1. Intensive First Year American Sign Language (ASL 134) class Summer 2016
Instructor: Kristi Winter, MA
University of Washington
Dept. of Linguistics
ASL Program

2. Agenda: Today: Units 4-5 Test Wednesday, July 27th Thursday, July 28th
Test format: Fill in blanks, MC, T/F, Matching, and Short Answers
Unit 6 “The Gallaudet and Clerc Story” (Sign Production Assignment #2)
Unit 6 “Childhood Stories”
Wednesday, July 27th
Unit 7 “Describing People and Things”
Signing Lunch 12:15 – 12:45
Thursday, July 28th
*Signing Production Assignment #2 – the due date for SPA #2 is postponed to Monday, August 1st

3. Unit 5 “Talking about Activities”

4. Lesson 5:8 Talking about Activities with Others

5. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Next Wednesday night (Wed, 21st)
Who: Boyfriend
Describe Activity: will eat at Mexican restaurant
Other information: listen to music

6. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Last Tuesday night (Tues, 6th)
Who: students
Describe Activity: danced at a club
Other information: it was fun

7. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Last Friday afternoon (Fri, 9th)
Who: 2 roommates and her
Describe Activity: got on a boat to San Francisco
Other information: went sightseeing and went to a dance class; fun

8. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Next Tuesday night (Tues, 20th)
Who: grandparents
Describe Activity: 50th wedding anniversary
Other information: will go to a park to eat, drink and celebrate; will be enjoyable

9. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Last week, Monday morning (5th)
Who: Iva and her 3 children
Describe Activity: bicycled to the beach
Other information: children went on rides while Iva sunbathed and read books; that was nice

10. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Next week, Thursday night (Thurs, 22nd)
Who: 7 friends
Describe Activity: going camping
Other information: will pack food and clothes in car; then go fishing; I’m excited

11. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Last Wednesday night ( 7th)
Who: brother; sister and Priscilla
Describe Activity: went to school
Other information: watched niece play soccer; then we hosted a birthday party for nephew; it was nice

12. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Last weekend( 9th, 10th and 11th)
Who: mother, father, cousin, wife and Isias
Describe Activity: skiing all day
Other information: went to bar and played pool while drinking; fun

13. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Next week, Friday night (23rd)
Who: four ASL teachers
Describe Activity: will play poker
Other information: after they finish playing poker they will watch a movie and eat popcorn

14. Homework 5:8 (pages 269-271) Tell about Activities
When: Last Thursday afternoon (8th)
Who: nephew and Tyrone
Describe Activity: visited train museum
Other information: we visited our aunt and uncle; chatted a while; nice

15. Unit 5 Questions to Ask ask what the person did last Saturday.
ask when the person does laundry.
ask if the person exercises everyday.
ask what errands the person must do tomorrow.
ask the person who s/he lives with and what their household duties are.

16. Questions to Ask ask the person if s/he minds washing dishes.
explain you have not finished your homework, ask the person if s/he has done his/her homework.
explain you must go to the post office to mail a package, then to the bank to get some money. Ask the person if s/he wants to come with you.
explain you and your roommate are moving to another apartment next Friday. Ask the person if s/he can help you move.
explain you and two friends are going to the museum this afternoon. Ask the person to join you.

17. Review Unit 4 Family Members
What’s the Relationship?

18. Units 4 & 5 Exam

20. Unit 6 “The Gallaudet and Clerc Story”

21. The due date for SPA #2 “The Gallaudet and Clerc Story” will be on Monday, August 1st.

22. Watch video of “The Gallaudet and Clerc Story”

23. Lesson 6:9 “The Gallaudet and Clerc Story”
Understanding the story
Review vocabulary:
To search for
To locate something after a search
To set up; to establish; to form a system or institution
The first of its kind
Arrive
There is none, or something doesn’t exist

24. Thomas Gallaudet Laurent Clerc
6:9, p. 569

25. Gesture vs Sign
M 194
6:9, p. 572

26. Differences Between Signs and Gestures
“not me”
“I didn’t see anything”
“smells bad”
“no, no”
“yummy”
I’m very tired
Where’s the train?
I’m hungry
Where’s the hotel? 
Where’s the restroom?

27. Lesson 6:10 Two-Person Role Shift
“ball throwing” and “saying hello and bye” exercises

28. Lesson 6:10 Two-Person Role Shift
Scene: Gallaudet and the Girl
Scene: Gallaudet and Clerc

29. Lesson 6:10 Two-Person Role Shift
Two-Person Role Shift in Narratives
Gallaudet and the Girl
establish Gallaudet to the right of and slightly behind the girl
use shift and eye gaze correctly
gesture “not understand” by shrugging shoulders
Gallaudet and Clerc
establish Gallaudet to the left of Clerc
Each partner pick one of the scenes above to rehearse and have the other partner give feedback.

30. Lesson 6:11 Maintaining Spatial Agreement
Scene 1: Gallaudet Sails for England
locate England in your signing space
sign SAIL-TO moving in the direction of England
sign ARRIVE-TO agreeing with the location of England

31. Lesson 6:11 Maintaining Spatial Agreement
Practice maintaining spatial agreement when referring to established locations.
Scene 1: Gallaudet Sails for England
locate England in your signing space
sign SAIL-TO moving in the direction of England
sign ARRIVE-TO agreeing with the location of England

32. M 195
6:11, p. 578

33. Lesson 6:11 Maintaining Spatial Agreement
Scene 2: Gallaudet Sails for France
locate France south of England on your signing space
sign ARRIVE-TO agreeing with the location of France
Scene 3: Gallaudet and Clerc Sail for America
ASL sign TEACH

34. M 195
6:11, p. 578

35. Lesson 6:12 “The Gallaudet and Clerc Story” Story Cohesion
Elements to help you tell the story well
• transitions: raised brows
• engaging the audience
• use of signing space

36. 6:13 Childhood Stories: “Wrong Name”
Student Workbook, page 338
Watch Video: “Wrong Name”

37. 6:13 Childhood Stories: “Wrong Name”
New Vocabulary:
Sometime in the past; long time ago
One long week
enthusiastic, excited with anticipation
transition: the following day
mirror
wrong, not correct
to burst into tears
wh-word: ask what is the matter
to chuckle; to laugh quietly to oneself
not in working condition; broken
transition: now
to realize; to understand

38. Answer Key: Wrong Name!
Where did the parents go for their vacation? For how long?
Answer: To Mexico for one week
Where did the children stay?
Answer: At their grandparents’ place
What did the parents bring back f or each child?
Answer: Sombreros
What did Michelle do to her hat? What did she use?
Answer: Painted her name on front of the hat with Mom’s red nail polish

39. Answer Key: Wrong Name! What happened when she looked in the mirror?
Answer: Her name was not spelled right.
How did her mother explain the problem?
Answer: Her mother said that the mirror was broken.
What does Michelle understand now that she didn’t back then?
Answer: That her name seems wrong because mirrors reverse your image
This story takes place over how many days?
Answer: Nine days

40. Childhood Stories: “If Only I Could Fly”
Student Workbook, page 341

41. Childhood Stories: “If Only I Could Fly”
Student Workbook, page 341
New Vocabulary:
to do repeatedly in order to become proficient
tasty, scrumptious, delicious
to remain in anticipation; to wait for
to express an apology
to feel or experience pain

42. Childhood Stories: “If Only I Could Fly” (p. 341)
What did Priscilla want to do?
She wanted to fly like a bird.
What did Priscilla’s mom want Priscilla to help her with?
Making cookies.
After Mom caught Priscilla eating the cookies, where did she put the cookies?
Inside the cupboard
How was Priscilla able to reach the cookies?
She pulled out the drawers and used them as stairs to climb to the counter.

43. Childhood Stories: “If Only I Could Fly”
When she heard her mother coming, what did she do?
She tried to fly.
What happened to Priscilla?
She broke her collarbone and was brought to the hospital.
This story takes place over how long a period of time?
One afternoon

44. Work with Partners
Signs for Seeing (homework 6:13, p. 345)

45. Name object
Describe action
M 202
6:13B, p. 594

46. Homework for next class day:
Study and practice “The Gallaudet and Clerc Story” (pages ) for your SPA #2 (due on Monday, August 1st )

47. Sources:
Smith, C., Lentz, E. & Mikos, K. (1988)Signing Naturally Student Workbook Level 1. DawnSignPress. San Diego, CA
Smith, C., Lentz, E., Mikos, K. (2008) Signing Naturally Units 1-6. Dawn Sign Press. San Diego, CA.
Zinza, Jason E. (2006) Master ASL! Sign Media, Inc. Burtonsville, MD.
Eastman, G. (1989) From Mime to Sign. T.J. Publishers, Inc. Silver Spring, MD.
Pictures from Microsoft Clip Arts