Fall 2009 Tentative Schedule
EDS 153 / ASL 3
 N. Horrell-Schmitz, Instructor 

Date:

Unit:

Activities/Assignments

Mon. 8/31

n/a

Introduction to ASL 3

Wed 9/2

13

Locating Things Around the House

Mon 9/7

n/a

LABOR DAY   NO CLASS

Wed 9/9

13

Describing where rooms are located, describing the arrangement of a room using locative or other classifiers.  Read p. 2-3, 14. do

p. 4-5.  Discuss Deaf experience assignment. 

Mon 9/14

13

Describing the arrangement of a room cont.  Discuss classifiers that show plurality.   Do p. 10-13

Wed 9/16

13

Telling where objects are.  Do p. 6-9.

Mon 9/21

14

Identify the ailment, making suggestions. Discuss inflections for temporal aspect. Complaining and making suggestions.  Read p. 37 and do p 38.  Read p. 39 on spatial agreement and view the demonstration (p. 40). Discuss how to do an ASL to English translation.

Wed 9/23

14

Making requests, discuss spatial agreement. Discuss One Fine Day (to practice role shifting using inflecting verb signs). Do p. 41-43. 

Mon 9/28

15

Telling about life events: discuss transitions between events. Read p. 60 and view demonstration. The Cave Translation due.

Wed 9/30

15

Review transitions between events. Discuss your personal history. Discuss nationalities. Do p. 62-64. 

Mon 10/5

15

Family tree and nationality discussion.  Do p. 68.

Wed 10/7

15

Telling about family history.  Do p. 66-67.  Prepare for presenting your biography (to practice when clauses, sequencing events, and family history vocabulary) for 10/12

Mon 10/12

15

No class  (Furlough Day) Do p. 59 and the remaining pages in your workbook.

Wed 10/14

15

Review on 13, 14, 15 and the extras introduced in class thus far. Discuss Midterm Presentation

Mon 10/19

(13,14,15 )

+++MIDTERM PRESENTATION++

Wed 10/21

16

Describing shapes, patterns, textures, and combinations of shapes by using descriptive classifiers (DCL). Read p. 88-92. 

Mon 10/26

16

Continue describing objects. Introduce instrumental classifiers (ICL) Do p. 93-94. Discuss money numbers. View Money Number Signs, p. 98. 

 

Wed 10/28

16

Defining something by how it looks, how it works and how it is made.  Do p. 95-97 

Mon 11/2

16

No class (Furlough Day)  Do your work in your workbooks, and view the DVD clips to keep up with your receptive /expressive skills. Quiz will be given to ensure that you have been working in your workbooks.

Wed 11/4

16

Cont…. Defining something by how it looks, how it works and how it is made.  Do p. 95-97 

Mon 11/9

16

Furlough Day—No class 

Wed 11/11

16

Holiday—No class

Mon 11/16

17

Ask/tell about weekend activities.  Read p. 118-119

Wed 11/18

17

Talking about weekend activities, telling about events and short trips.  Discuss transitions and continuity in a narrative. Do p. 120 (Trip for Two and The Signing Weekend) ASL to English translation due.

Mon 11/23

17

Telling how plans have been disrupted. Do p. 122-124. Telling what sights to see, recommending places to visit.  Do p. 121,122.

Wed 11/25

17

A Weekend to Remember:  to review vocabulary, phrases for activities, events, short trips and money while making weekend plans.  Do p. 125 and 128-129.

Mon 11/30

17

Continue Unit 17.   Discuss Legends (see p. 130).  Do p. 117.

Wed 12/2

13-17

TBA

Mon 12/7

13-17

TBA

Wed 12/9

 

Final Examination

Mon 12/14

 

Final Examination

 

(++subject to change, pop quizzes based on workbook assignments will be given without prior notice.++)  

 

 

 (++subject to change, pop quizzes based on workbook assignments will be given without prior notice.++)