PIERCE COLLEGE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 221 COURSE SCHEDULE AND HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT Fall Quarter 2012 DATE: CLASS ACTIVITY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT Monday, September 24 Introductions, Discuss Syllabus; Review: Talk About Summer Break Unit 13: Locating Things Around the House Review Unit 13: Language in Action and Classifiers for shapes in workbook and DVD pp. 1-3 Do worksheet pp. 4-9 Wednesday, September 26 Discuss homework assignment Continue Unit 13 Fingerspelling Practice Do survey activity Practice yes/no questions on p. 10 Complete worksheet pp. 10-14 Begin reading, “American Deaf Culture (ADC) Chapter 1: The Deaf Community and the Culture of Deaf People pp.1-16, answer questions on ASL 221 website under Course Resources, click on ADC Due Monday, Oct 1st. Mon, October 1 Discuss Homework Continue Unit 13: design your own living room activity Create a hand-shape story using your name or a word and Create your own “Lost Ring” narrative on videotape for grade. (see handout and/or website Read about plurality in classifiers and 2. Watch DVD story, “Exploring a Cave” and 3. Read about Handshape stories, create a story using your name. pp.14-17 Create your ideal living room using handouts with paper you may color your furnishings. Do NOT paste! Due before class Wednesday, Oct 3rd. 4. Review for Quiz on Unit 13 5. Submit your video, “Lost Ring”and handshape story Due before Monday, Oct 8. Wed, October 3 Review homework assignment Quiz on Unit 13 Introduce Unit 14: Complaining, Making Suggestions and Requests Watch DVD: Asking to Borrow a Truck pp. 31-32 and complete worksheet p. 33 Read about Inflections for Temporal Aspect pp. 33 and do worksheet p. 34. Read ADC Chapter 2: A Night of Living Terror” pp. 17-20. and answer questions on website. Due Monday, Oct 8. Mon., October 8 Review Homework Continue Unit 14 Read about Spatial Agreement pp. 35-36
Wed, October 31 Happy Halloween Homework Review Quiz on Unit 15 Introduce Unit 16: Describing and Identifying Things Describe in class then create your own video describing about a favorite or interesting costume used for Halloween or other event. Due Wednesday, Nov 7. Watch DVD and answer questions on worksheet pp. Read about Classifiers to Describe Things and watch DVD, “The Science Lab” pp. 80-83 Watch DVD, Describing Objects and answer questions on worksheet pp. 84-85 Read ADC Chapter 9: “funny in Deaf-Not in Hearing” and Ch 10: “What If… AGB Had Gotten His Way? pp. 65-87 and answer questions on website. Due Monday, Nov 5th. Mon, November 5 Homework Review Continue Unit 16 DVD and do worksheet, “Picture It” p. 86 Watch DVD and do worksheets p. 87-89. Watch DVD and do worksheets: pp. 90-91 Watch story, “The Reveille” and “The Ball” pp. 92-93 Wed, November 7 Homework Review Continue Unit 16 Read ADC Chapter 11: “Train- The Etiquette of Social Conversations in ASL pp: 89-102 and answer questions on website. Due Wed. Nov 14. Mon, November 12 NO CLASS-Veterans’ Day Read ADC Chapter 12: “The Deaf Child as a Linguistic Minority” and Ch 13: “Total Communication, A Total Farce” pp. 103-120 and answer questions on website. Due Wed. Nov 14. Study for Quiz on Unit 16 Wed, November 14 Homework Review Quiz on Unit 16 Introduce Unit 17 Watch DVD and do worksheet p. 103-105 Watch DVD and do activities pp. 106-111 of a vacation you had or a dream vacation you would like to do. Follow examples on handout or on website. Read ADC Ch 14: A Approach to Teaching English…and Ch: 15: STUCK in School…pp. 121-162 and answer