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The lists below are for expansion and inclusion in the teaching resources list.
When I get some time, (ha!), I will be explaining these and linking to them:

Dr. Bill's Notes:  (Will expand on these during Fall of 2009 and create page links)

  ___Took them two years to figure out I wasn't MR
  ___So-So-Suck-My-Toe
  ___Pledge Of Allegiance
  ___Bill is "Bald"
  ___Inflamed Throat
  ___Merlin The Magician
  ___Making Out in the hall
  ___Grandpa's Aid
  ___Three Deaf Guys
  ___"What time/kind is it?"
  ___Lena and Ollie UR going to die
  ___Does your wife sign? checks
  ___Belinda and I are compatible: HA675
  ___Honeymoon
  ___Wife fell out of car
  ___Deaf couple adopt hearing
  ___So if a deaf kid swears do you tell him to wash his hands?
  ___graduate student screw in a light bulb
  ___How many Deaf to screw in a light bulb?
  ___What is the difference between a pizza and an asl instructor?
  ___That's a deaf hunter's dodo
  ___Deaf Kong
  ___Safari
  ___Deaf Tree

General ASL concepts:

  ___sign language continuum: gesture, mime, ASL, PSE, SE, cued speech, Rochester method, etc.
  ___space-present referent
  ___space-absent referent
  ___headshake for negation
  ___head nod for affirmation
  ___"y/n"  Question expression
  ___"wh"  Question expression
  ___agent affix
  ___plurality: horizontal / vertical sweep, number, reduplication,  Quantifier, etc.
  ___incorporation of number: pronoun
  ___incorporation of number: time
  ___sign parameters: handshape, location, movement, and orientation
  ___directionality
  ___classifiers
  ___compound signs, (e.g.): brother, wife, daughter, etc.
  ___name signs
  ___initialized signs
  ___Register: * intimate: extreme ellipsis, private language; * casual: ellipsis  (eyebrows up, "Take off?" = Are you ready to leave now?); * consultative: some ellipsis, colloquial language (He went, but his wife didn't.  ___[Drops "go"]); * formal: impart information; * frozen: formulaic (religious, courtroom)

ANECDOTES & STORIES
  ___Roz "He's handicapped"
  ___"No, I want to fly"
  ___Hands on the wheel
  ___Monestary
  ___Bullhorn
  ___Fire Alarm
  ___Merlin The Magician
  ___Making Out
  ___Football Huddle
  ___Inflamed Throat
  ___Hallway Scenes

JOKES
  ___Deaf Kong
  ___Deaf people have AIDS
  ___Deaf screw in a light bulb?
  ___Deaf Tree
  ___Does your wife sign? checks
  ___Grandpa's Aid
  ___Honeymoon
  ___In this very room (1.7)
  ___Pledge Of Allegiance
  ___Safari
  ___So-So-Suck-My-Toe
  ___That's a deaf hunter's dodo
  ___Three Deaf Guys
  ___"What time/kind is it?"
  ___Why do farts smell?
  ___Wife fell out of car
  ___Working with Elders (1.7)

Dr. Bill's Notes:  (Will expand on these during Fall of 2009 and create page links)
  ___Deaf German
  ___He fell in love with her
  ___ASL Continuum
  ___Videos available
  ___Sign dictionaries
  ___Tutoring available
  ___3-D computer language
  ___Prescription for arthritis
  ___Albert Mehrabian: 55% body, 38% para 7% verb
  ___Signing monkeys pass sign to their babies
  ___Used with disabled
  ___Schizophrenics
  ___New laws passed

● ___Understanding what it is like to be deaf slash hoh
● ___"Gestures" mime activity ___Charades/Pictionary
● ___Recognizable signing ___Deaf couple adopt hearing ___Crick Or Creek ___Woof, Meow, Boom.
● ___Understanding Dr. Bill's "RPM" teaching method
● ___Buzz
● ___Who's The Leader
● ___Deciphering written descriptions
● ___Describe sign to partner
● ___Elephant trainer
● ___Bingo
● ___Hangman
● ___Circle of sign (first letters) ___Circle of sign (handshapes)
● ___Numbers: Math drills ___"magic calculator" ___(buzz)
● ___Tic-tac-toe: regular ___with letters ___with numbers ___with vocabulary
● ___Pass It On (coin behind the back)
● ___Speed Dating: New signs between switches
● ___Helen Keller Speller
● ___Family Feud
● ___Deer Hunter
● ___Sign relays (rows)
● ___Concentration
● ___Spelling Quiz using vocabulary
● ___Go Fish
● ___Battleship
● ___Hot & Cold (getting warmer)
● ___My boss is ... ______Describe a person in the room
● ___Jeopardy
● ___Food:  Make a Menu (order a hamburger)
● ___Multi-sided dice
● ___Classifiers: Descriptive: size, shape, and space specifiers refer to the physical characteristics of an object. ___Semantic: indicate objects belonging to certain groups of nouns (e.g., "3" = vehicles). ___Body: represent parts of the body in action or function as a reference. ___Instrument: show how a referent (object) is manipulated. ___Primitive: show groupings, clusters, categories, and areas.
● ___64 Question survey ("Find out" curriculum)
● ___Tell a story, add a sign
● ___Syllabi that Succeed
● ___Logistics: pairing and grouping of students.
● ___Circle of sign using named categories: colors, fruit, animals
● ___Introduction methods: Look up the words in book ___
● ___Review methods: ___Same or Different: Y/N vs WH modeling ___Memory game: show 10, how many can they remember? ___Touch the color within 10 seconds ___
● ___Human interest stories: ___Deaf girl to mother: "He's handicapped" ___"No, I want to fly" ___Gallaudet tidbits: DPN-Bullhorn, Fire Alarm, Football Huddle ___Hands on the wheel
● ___Joking Around: Using jokes in the classroom.
● ___Fingerspelling Review: relays ___spelling speed drills ___bingo ___phonetics ___advanced handshapes ___The Quick Brown Fox... ______Phonetic spelling sheets ___Spelling quiz using vocabulary ___Lexicalized Spelling
● ___penny pass behind back while standing in circle, elephant hunter, deer hunter,
● ___Attention getters: rubber pencil, frog, disappearing Quarter, lift a finger, cat/cow, broken finger, stick behind back, student's own tricks, two people tied with string, human knot, toe-to-toe balance competition, Simon says ___Geometric Shapes
● ___Warming up: Using "warmup exercises" to focus attention: ___Finger exercises ___Change five things ___Frog ___Sculpture ___Pick A Finger ___Pencil Between Thumbs ___Pull a face relay ___Piano fingers ___Simon Says ___Stick behind back ___This finger weighs ___Where's the quarter? ___Human knot ___Picture It ___Circle sit down (stand behind each other, sit on lap).
● ___My Life Right Now: What important things are going on in your life right now? How do we sign those things?
● ___Namesigns
● ___Practice Card Usage
● ___Certification to teach Sign Langauge
● ___Politics and Public Relations
● ___ABC races using asl.ms
● ___Who am I?
● ___Through Deaf Eyes
● ___State Adoptions (Califorina / CSD) (ASL interpretations of Children's stories.)
● ___Technology-related signs
● ___