****************************************************************************
4th 6 weeks: Jan 5 - Feb 12
Jan 4- (Staff Development)
Jan 13- ASL Club Mtg
Jan 18- No School (MLK Holiday)
Jan 23- Extra Credit Opportunity @ Purple Open House
Jan 27- ASL Club Mtg
Feb 6- Extra Credit Opportunity @ TSD Charity Pancake Breakfast
Feb 10- ASL Club Mtg *Free HMWK Pass* for ASL 1 students who attend
Feb 18- Extra Credit Opportunity @ ASL Social
Feb 20- Extra Credit Opportunity @ Deafblind Coffee Chat
****************************************************************************
ASL 1
1/5 & 1/6-
Welcome and catch-up! Letters & goals, Auld Lang Syne
HMWK: none
1/7 & 1/8-
Feedback forms, Human Tic Tac Toe, Geography Vocabulary, Partner Interviews
HMWK: Geography Wkst & Study for Geography Quiz next class
1/11 & 1/12-
Geography Review & Quiz, Coversational Practice, Transportation & Housing
Vocabulary, Partner Dialogues
HMWK: Transportation Wkst
1/13 & 1/14-
Contrastive Structure & Body Shifting, Gloss rules and WH questions
HMWK: Finish WH Phrases & Unit 4 Crossword
1/15 & 1/19- Unit 4 Phrases, Teachertube, Expressive Practice, Do Deaf
people like music? (www.dpan.org)
HMWK: Study for Unit 4 Test
1/20 & 1/21- Deaf-blind preview, Explanation of Memory Box Project,
POW Game & Review for Unit 4 Test
HMWK: Study for Unit 4 Test
1/22 & 1/25- Unit 4 Test, "Helen Keller" article summary, & Video clips
related to deaf-blind community
HMWK: Prepare Memory Box Project by decorating box and choosing five items
1/26 & 1/27- "We Learn As We Go" article summary and prepare Memory Box
projects by learning grammatical structures (Time Clauses, Dates, Rhetorical
Questions, & Ranking) needed for the project. Rough Drafts given to
students.
HMWK: Prepare Memory Box Project
1/28 & 1/29- (substitute) "In the Dark" & "Usher's Syndrome" article
summaries & movie "The Miracle Worker" (movie questions handout)
HMWK: Prepare Memory Box Project
2/1 & 2/2- Partners: Fingerspelling two words, finish "The Miracle Worker"
work on rough drafts for projects
HMWK: Prepare Memory Box Project
2/3 & 2/4- ABC Staircase, Group Activity: How would you explain?, Step-by-
step on Memory Box Projects
HMWK: Prepare Memory Box Project
2/5 & 2/8- Mad Libs Fingerspelling Activity, FS Quiz, Guest Speaker-
Jonathon, braille & technology for the blind, go over Unit 4 Test
HMWK: Memory Box Project due next class
2/9 & 2/10- Memory Box Presentations, "Through Your Eyes" documentary clips
HMWK: None
2/11 & 2/12- Barbara Walters: 20/20- Bob & Michelle Smithdas, a deaf-blind
couple, Unit 1-4 Review
HMWK: Unit 1-4 packet
END OF 4TH 6 WEEKS
2/16 & 2/17- Unit 1-4 review
HMWK: Study for 1-4 Test
2/22 & 2/23- Packet due, Unit 1-4 Scantron Test (100 vocab & sentences from
Units 1-4), finish documentaries
ASL 2-
See Ms. Garcia
ASL 3
1/5 & 1/6-
Welcome and catch-up! Letters & goals, ASL Phrases DVD
HMWK: Study ASL Phases 1-25
1/7 & 1/8-
Feedback forms, Bingo, ASL Phrases 1-25 and handouts
exam
HMWK: Study ASL Phrases 1-25 and start on expressive test for 1-25
1/11 & 1/12-
Plinko, Interpreter Semester Exam stories, ASL Phrases 1-25 game, time to
work on story #1 (yellow form)
HMWK: Prepare for Story #1 (50% of Test grade) and complete the story form
(yellow handout)
1/13 & 1/14- Quiz over ASL Phrases 1-25 & Story #1 Due (50% of Test)
HMWK: Watch ASL Phrases 26-50
1/15 & 1/19- Joe Gregg (college & career counselor) presentation & view ASL
Phrases 26-50
HMWK: Study ASL Phrases 26-50 & prepare Story #2
1/20 & 1/21- (Herf Jones Presentation during 2nd pd), Cont'd ASL Phrases,
POW game
HMWK: Study ASL Phrases 26-50 & prepare Story #2
1/22 & 1/25- Guest Speakers: Jan Castleberry & Stacy Landry- Court
Interpreters for Travis County
HMWK: Study ASL Phrases 26-50 & prepare Story #2
1/26 & 1/27- Quiz over ASL Phrases 26-50 & Story #2 Due (50% of Test),
write "Thank You" notes to our guest speakers
HMWK: Study all ASL Phrases for test
1/28 & 1/29- (substitute) Aptitude Challenge, ASL Phrases flashcards,
partners: English proficiency test (for BEI interpreting exam)
HMWK: Study ASL Phrases (1-50)
2/1 & 2/2- ASL Phrases Receptive Test, Start "A Loss for Words" book study
HMWK: Read ALFW
2/3 & 2/4- DEAR Day
HMWK: Read ALFW
2/5 & 2/8- Ch 1/2 Quiz, book discussion, Parameter Challenge
HMWK: Read ALFW- Ch 3 & 4
2/9 & 2/10- Ch 3/4 Quiz, Language Acquisition & Communication Methods
HMWK: Read ALFW- Ch 5 & 6
2/11 & 2/12- Ch 5/6 Quiz
HMWK: Read ALFW- Ch 7
END of 4th 6 weeks
Thanks,
ASL Teachers
REMINDERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
"WORD" ASL Tshirts on sale- $5 (lots of large & XL, few XXL left)
ASL Club Meetings:
Jan 13- Ice cream floats & poster party
Jan 27- Gross Story Contest (w/ gross prizes)
Feb 10- Deafblind Experience
Feb 24- Card Games, Scar stories
Mar 10
Mar 31
April 14
May 19
OFFICER MTGS ONLY: Jan 6, Feb 3, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5