Monday, April 23, 2012

A Look at Our Final Weeks

Week 14
  • Exam Units 20-24: Monday, April 23
  • Expressive Session: Signed Story
    • Requirements discussed and given
    • Practice this week during class
    • student's names drawn for days they will present to class during week 15
  • Assignment
    • Develop your story
    • Story is to be written in English and ASL
    • Due on the day you present
Week 15
  • Sign Sessions begin (MWF)
    • if presenting meet in classroom; if not presenting meet in language lab to complete review sheet for receptive and written final exam
Final Week
  • Receptive and Written Final:Units 1-24
  • See Below

Expressive Session Storytelling Exam

100 points





For this expressive session (exam) you will need to incorporate key concepts and vocabulary that you have learned from ASL  1111- 1112 and sign a personal story of short length (3 minutes) during week 15. Students will be assigned to a day that they will present to the class. I will ask you questions about your story when you have completed.  Students will write their story in English and translate into ASL. This will be due the day you sign your story.



Requirements:

·         Vocabulary: 25 points

o   A wealth of vocabulary from units 1-24

o   Correct parameters

o   Correct concepts

o   Clear, crisp, concise and smooth



·         Grammar (you must incorporate one or more of the following unless otherwise noted) 40 points

o   Yes/no?

o   Wh?

o   Directional verb

o   Classifiers (3 or more)

o   Rhetorical Questions

o   Conjunctions

o   Concept of  very

o   Concept of continuously and repeatedly

o   Noun/verb pairs

o   Directional verbs

o   Descriptive signs

o   Locative (setting your story up in space using people, places or things)

o   Topic statement

o   Correct order

§  Object, subject, verb

§  Topics

§  Tenses

§  Politeness



·         Fingerspelling: 10 points

o   Spell your name

o   Spell your title of the story

o   Clear, crisp, smooth and concise

o   Correct letters (common errors: d,1,f,a,s)

o   Do not use fingerspelling for signs already known



·         Mime: 25 points

o   Use appropriate mime

o   Use appropriate facial expressions

o   Use body language

o   Use character shift

o   Become characters


SPRING FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE 2012

MWF 8:00 a.m.
EXAM: Monday, May 7 at 8:00 a.m.

MWF 9:15 a.m.
Exam: Tuesday, May 8 at 2:00 p.m

Friday, April 13, 2012

IMPORTANT DATES

Workbook #2 Written portion only, Friday, week 9, March 23rd
SigNews Article, Friday, week 8, March 9th
Exam #2 Units 14-16, Monday, week 8, March 5th
Exam #3 Units 17-20, Monday week 11, April 2nd
Workbook and signed DVD #3, Friday, April 27th
Exam #4 Units 21-24, Monday, week 15 April 23rd
Siging Sessions in class during week 15
Final Exam Units 1-24

Events:
All Abilities Ball
Thrusday, April 19th
5-10 pm
Spirit Mountain

Deaf Deaf World
Wednesday, April 25th
10:30-11:30
Multicultural Center

SignMark
May 3rd
More details to come
Twin Cities

SPRING FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE 2012

MWF 8:00 a.m.
EXAM: Monday, May 7 at 8:00 a.m.

MWF 9:15 a.m.
Exam: Tuesday, May 8 at 2:00 p.m.