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Based on Unit 9 Master ASL, J. Zinza

My Home & Community:

Lessons

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My Home & CommunityUnit 9, Major Goals

• Describe your home and community

• Sign about money

• Describe objects using spacialization & classifiers

• Understand and give street directions

• Understand how social changes affect the Deaf World

• Learn and apply non-manual signals

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Types of Housing

Apartment (apt), cabin, condo, duplex, studio, & townhouse (th) are all fingerspelled

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Home

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What kind (of housing)…?

house

apartment

trailer

mobile home

dorm

mansion

Mouth “cha” to show large or

big.

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Buildings

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Nursing Home

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Also (same)

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Curious, wondering

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Many-different, various3x

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North, South, East, West

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Lousy, low-quality

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More than, greater than

>Less than

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What kind of home do you have? In complete sentences, explain the following to a partner:

1. The type of home you live in now.

2. The type of home you lived in as a child.

3. The type of home you want in the future.

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Pros and cons of housing types. Think of 2 reasons you would like to live in the following places and 2 more reasons why you wouldn’t. Use the

listing and ordering technique.

1. Beach house 5. Condo 9. Duplex

2. Apartment 6. Mobile home 10. Nursing home

3. Dormitory 7. Small house 11. Studio apartment

4. Mansion 8. Mountain cabin 12. Living with parents

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Describe the pictures in a complete sentence. What type of housing is in each picture?

It’s a dorm at the university.

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Where do you live?Translate the conversation with your group.

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What’s your hometown like?Write a translation with your partner.

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Places Around the HouseFingerspell: porch, deck, pool, attic

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To have

Using Have –

The sign to have can be used for possession (“I have a sister”) as well as to show that something exists (“Is there a bathroom?”). In English you say “Is there?”, and in ASL you sign have. Use a simple question-face NMS when using have to ask a question.

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Room

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Basement

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Bedroom

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Dining Room

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Elevator

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Entrance

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Floor

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Levels, stories

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Garage

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Kitchen

Version 2

Version 3

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Living Room

Version 2

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Closet

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Front Back

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Use have to ask a partner the following questions about the houses pictured.

1. Is there a basement? (No, there isn’t.)

2. Is there a garage? (Yes, a 3-car garage.)

3. Is there an office? (No, there isn’t.)

4. Is there a bathroom? (It has 2 bathrooms.)

5. Is there a big kitchen? (Yes, there is.)

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What rooms or features do the following places tend to have? Use the listing & ordering technique

to sign complete sentences listing at least 3 features of each

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Apartment Hunter. Half your classmates will role-play the rental agent. The other half ask questions

using have or how many. • Bedrooms• Bathrooms• Large or small kitchen• Closets• Dining room• Swimming pool• Stairs• Washer & dryer• Elevator• Garage • Porch• Play area for kids

Example:

Are there stairs to the apartment?

Yes, it has 3 floors.

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• 2 Bedrooms• 2 Bathrooms• Small kitchen• Many Closets• Yes Dining room• 2 Swimming pools• No Stairs• No Washer & dryer• Elevator• 2 car Garage • Large Porch• Yes Play area for kids

• 1 Bedrooms• 1.5 Bathrooms• Small kitchen• 1 Closets• No Dining room, has a nook (spell)• 1 Swimming pool• 2 floors• Washing machines in basement• No Elevator• 1 Garage • no Porch• no Play area for kids

• 3 Bedrooms• 2 Bathrooms• Small kitchen• many Closets• No Dining room, large living room• small Swimming pool• No stairs• Can connect washing machine• Elevator• 2 car Garage • small Porch• no Play area for kids

• Studio apartment• 1 Bathrooms• Large kitchen• 1 Closets• No Dining room• no Swimming pool• yes stairs, 3 floors• yes washing machine• No Elevator• no Garage • big Porch• no Play area for kids

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Spatial Visualization:

the signer’s perspective

The goal of spatialization is to create a signed image of what the signer sees in his/her mind’s eye, from the signer’s own perspective. The signer will give details of what they see as if giving a virtual reality tour through a space.

Spatial visualization, sometimes called spatialization, includes both the signer and the receiver or viewer of a description. The signer creates strong three-dimensional images that include where objects are located in relation to one another in a scene.

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Spatial Visualization - DescriptionsDescriptions start with the general or big picture and move to smaller and more precise detail: House, 2 story. Front door, enter. Dining room, table there-front. There-front (far), stairs. There-right (close), bathroom. There-left (medium), kitchen.

Remember to use distance NMS’ when describing relative locations.

oo mm cha

near medium far

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Show how you would use NMS to describe the following using only your eyes,

eyebrows, lips, and head.

1. Something on your right shoulder2. Something an inch from your nose3. Something on the floor to your left4. Something barely visible in the distance5. Something on a shelf up higher than you6. Two things at your immediate left and right

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Spatial Description Tips

• As the signer, describe things from your own perspective, like a movie

• As the watcher or receiver, use the signer’s perspective. Put yourself in their shoes.

• Start general and add details

• Use eye gaze

• Use NMS1. “My House”, MASL DVD,

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2. Eyes On ASL #16 – Signer’s perspective

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Describe the following based on the reference point marked X.

X

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Describe the following based on the reference point marked X.

X

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Describe the following based on the reference point marked X.

X

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Describe the following based on the reference point marked X.

X

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Sign each description to a partner. See if your partner can draw an accurate

representation.

1. Open the door into the hallway. Right in front of you are stairs that lead up to the living room and down to the family room.

2. In the living room there is a door on the immediate right. That area is the kitchen. Across from the stairs is a hallway that has two bedrooms on the left and one on the right.

3. Walk down the stairs to the family room. On the left across the room is the bathroom. On the far side is a door to the outside.

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Describe for more practice

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Describe for more practice

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Draw a floor plan for your dream home, then describe to a partner.

Your partner should draw the layout described on a separate sheet of

paper. When done, compare drawings, then switch roles.

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Classifiers for Furniture

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Classifiers describe groups or types of objects

Flat or rectangular objects Boxier rectangular objects

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Classifiers describe groups or types of objects

Cylinders or wide tubes Thinner tubes

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Classifiers describe groups or types of objects

Seats - orientation

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Describe the following based on the reference point marked X.

XYour ASL classroom

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Describe the furniture in each room from a reference point you choose.

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Describe the furniture in each room from a reference point you choose.

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Describe your own bedroom or another room in your home.

Remember to establish a beginning reference point. Use 5 complete

sentences.

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Places Around Town

Fingerspell: Bank, Café, Mall, Park, Post Office (PO), Zoo

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Clinic

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7-11 Circle K

Both can be used in general for “convenience store”, depending on the part of the country you are in.

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Fire fighter, fire station

Notice that there is not a separate sign for “station” in many of the following place descriptions. The meaning is implied in the sign!

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GasGas Station, to

Get gas, fill tank

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Grocery store

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Hospital

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Hotel

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To be Imprisoned (prisoner)

Jail, prison, penetentiary

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Museum

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Pharmacy, drug store

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Police station, Officer, cop

Variation 2

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Explain the location and the activity in each picture in a complete sentence.

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Explain the location and the activity in each picture in a complete sentence.

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What’s the address? Ask a partner where the business pictured is. Your partner will

tell you the address.

323 Pinot Ave.

12 Vine St.Upstairs at the mall 2 Broadway Blvd.

4003 N. Main St. 105 Calle Norte

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Make up a few sentences about each scene below.

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Describing Relative Locations of Buildings (or other 3d objects)

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A Classifier that shows location of buildings (or other 3d objects)

The laundry is between the bank and the salon.

Hold or repeat a first classifier or locator as a point of reference when signing the second or subsequent locations.

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Other signs that show relative location

Next toAcross from, opposite

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A Classifier that shows many things together (buildings, people…)

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Use the classifier to sign the following:

1. My house is across from the school.

2. The store is right next to the post office.

3. The museum is behind the hotel.

4. The café is on the other side of the book store.

5. My office is between a restaurant and a flower shop.

6. His house is right around the corner from mine.

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Use:

Describe the locations of various buildings on the map.

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Use the sign finish to explain the different places you plan to go to today in complete sentences. Use your imagination to explain what you’ll do in

each place.

Dentist

Clinic

Optician

Post Office

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Money Signs

Fingerspell: ATM, cash, check, sale, tax, tip

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To be Broke

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To Buy

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To be Cheap

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Cost, price

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Credit/debit card

Older sign for imprint machine

Newer sign for card swipe machine

Both signs can be used to mean credit card

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Dollar

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To Earn

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Expensive

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Free

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To Leave (something)

Leave it alone!

Left clothes on floor

Leave the dirty dishes

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Money

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Pay

Pay you

Pay me

To have nothing

Blow air on the palm of your hand to express the following phrases:

I have no money

I have nothing

Not a dime

Zip

Nada

Zilch

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Dollar Twist (bucks)Use the dollar twist for amounts $1.00 - $9.00.

Larger amounts use the dollar sign.

Eyes on ASL #17, MASL DVD

$1.00

$2.00

$3.00

$4.00

$5.00

$6.00

$7.00

$8.00

$9.00

$10.00

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Cents onlyTouch the money spot on the side of your forehead before or while making a number

sign.

Eyes on ASL #17, MASL DVDpenny

nickel

dime

quarter

Dollars and cents together: Sign the dollars and the cents consecutively. You don’t need to add the dollar or the cent signs as

well.

• $4.83• $98.59• $16.27• $105.40• $1.50

• $463.10• $6.05• $25.09• $32.16• $2500.08

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Sign the correct money sign for each of the following

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Price tags. Sign the price.

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For the number shown in SignWriting, practice signing the correct form for dollars and cents

one cent

one

one dollar

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Describe an item and ask a partner how much it costs. Then tell your partner if it is expensive, cheap,

medium, or free.

$200.00$10.55 $.99

$5.40 $25.68

$58.0010 cents $15.35

$12.00

$5.00

free

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Collective Values – MASL, p. 346

The dominant cultural value in the United States and Canada is called individualism. Individualism is a social pattern or expectation that the individual is loosely connected to his or her community. If personal goals conflict with the group beliefs, individualists prioritize their personal preferences. The dominant cultural value among the Deaf is called collectivism. Collectivists consider themselves interdependent and closely linked together, so a high value is placed on group harmony, solidarity, and cooperation. When an individual behaves in a way that conflicts with the Deaf culture’s group expectations or norms, then the individual may be seen as yielding to the more dominant values of hearing society.

Behaviors considered rude in collectivist societies include the following: Bragging about one’s wealth or accomplishments, acting in a manner that causes the larger society to view the smaller group negatively, and avoiding social activities with other members of the community. Because the Deaf World is so small, differences in income, education, employment, and other status symbols are de-emphasized, which conflicts with the larger hearing society’s values, where these traits are prominent. Similar to the experience of other minority groups, the Deaf community encounters criticism of its cultural values by hearing people who insist the Deaf must “live in a hearing world.”

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Collectivistic vs. Individualistic Values

1. Interdependence 2. Obligations to others3. Rely on group 4. Adhere to traditional values 5. Maintain traditional practices

6. Fulfill roles within group 7. Group achievement 8. Competition between groups 9. Group or hierarchical decision-making

10. Shame/guilt due to failing group 11. Living with kin 12. Take care of own 13. Property shared within group 14. Elders transmit knowledge (often oral)

15. Objects valued for social uses

1. Independence2. Individual rights 3. Self-sufficiency 4. True to own values and beliefs 5. Continuously improve practices

(progress) 6. Pursue individual goals/interests 7. Individual achievement 8. Competition between individuals 9. Self-determination and individual

choice 10. Shame/guilt due to individual failure 11. Independent living 12. Seek help if needed 13. Strong individual property rights 14. Individuals seek knowledge (often

textual) 15. Objects valued for technological uses

http://ncset.org/publications/essentialtools/diversity/partIII.asp

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Interesting links on Collectivism vs. Individualism.

• Good, non-biased explanations of cultural variations - http://www.celt.iastate.edu/international/CulturalDifferences3.html

• Skewed in favor of individualism, but has some really good quotes - http://freedomkeys.com/collectivism.htm

Collectivistic or Individualistic?

• Is your own culture of origin collectivist or individualistic in its outlook? Write down at least 3 concrete examples to support why you think this, and explain your reasoning to a partner.

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TDI: the Deaf telephone bookCalled the “Blue Book” because of its distinctive blue cover, TDI has long been an appreciated part of the Deaf culture. It features Deaf-owned businesses, ads for deafness-related agencies and organizations, TTY access for emergency police and fire services, and telephone / videophone numbers of thousands of Deaf people all over the world. Because the Blue Book provides access for Deaf people to Deaf products and services, it strengthens relationships in the close-knit Deaf community. Whether you need a videophone number, a text address, or a local Deaf repairman, the Blue Book is the Deaf World’s directory assistance.

TDI (formally known as Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc.) was established in 1968 originally to promote further distribution of TTYs in the deaf community and to publish an annual national directory of TTY numbers. Today, it is an active national advocacy organization focusing its energies and resources to address equal access issues in telecommunications and media for four constituencies in deafness and hearing loss, specifically people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, or deaf-blind.

To learn more about TDI, visit: http://www.tdi-online.org

Getting Around Town,travel

Fingerspell: block, bus hybrid, mile, minivan, SUV, taxi, truck, van

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Corner

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To get in, on (transportation)

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To get out of (transportation)

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Highway, freeway

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Intersection

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Left (dir.)

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To ride in, on

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Right (dir.)

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Stop light

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Stop sign

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Subway

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Traffic

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To ride for awhile

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To drive for awhile, keep going

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Focus on Classifiers

Represents the person inside the vehicle

Represents the vehicle itself

To switch, transfer

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Signs that show transitions and frame ideas create complex sentences

Transitions: Frame ideas:

Ride in

Ride for awhile

Transfer

Get in vehicle

Get out of vehicle

How do you get here?

MASL DVD

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Explain to a partner how each person arrives at work, school or home in a

complete sentence

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Use transitions and frame signs to tell about traveling or commuting. Translate the following sentences and sign to a partner.

1. Everyday, I take the subway and then walk. 2. Sometimes, I fly there, and then get in a taxi.3. During the week, I walk to the bus stop and

then get on the bus and ride for awhile.4. Once in awhile, I walk to a friend’s house and

ride in their van.5. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I carpool

with four other people to the train and ride that to work.

Using with spatialization. Watch and translate as the signer

describes his neighborhood.

Using CL: Claw with spatialization, MASL DVD

Using the map below, explain in complete sentences what is at each intersection.

Mai

n S

t.State St.

Office

GasGrocery

Bus Station

Highway

Gates Ave.

Wall St.

Clothing

X

Translate these sentences. Use the keep going sign and for the underlined terms

below.1. Drive down Blake St. and make a left onto

King.2. Keep going on Olivera Ave. At the intersection

of Olivera and Park, make a right.3. Get on the freeway. Go for about an hour, then

exit at Laney Road.4. Drive on San Carlos until you see Polk. Go

right at the stoplight.5. On weekends, I go for long drives near the

ocean.

Now use the map below to explain in complete sentences how to get to various locations from the

X. Give driving and walking directions.

Mai

n S

t.State St.

Office

GasGrocery

Bus Station

Highway

Gates Ave.

Wall St.

Clothing

X

Tell a partner how you get from your home to the following places.

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My Commute

1. How does Kris get to school?

2. Why doesn’t Kris take a taxi to school?

3. How long does Kris ride the subway?

4. How does she get home in the afternoons?

5. How long does Kris ride the bus?

6. When will Kris take a taxi?

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Room or House Description Dialogue Rubric

Names:

2 3 4 5-Greetings

-Ask about type of housing or what someone’s room looks like

-Explain at least 6 rooms in house or layout of 6 features including furniture in bedroom

-Comment

-Switch roles

-Farewell

3 or more elements missing

2 elements missing

1 element missing

All elements present

Non Manual Signals Few or no NMS Some correct NMS

Many correct NMS

NMS present throughout with correct timing

Sign Production (HOLM) 3 or more incorrect signs

2 incorrect signs 1 incorrect sign All signs produced correctly

Fluency / Smoothness of signing Very halting, many unnatural pauses

Somewhat halting, several unnatural pauses

Mostly smooth, little hesitancy

No hesitancy, very smooth