Unit 11 / States

Lesson 11.1 Discussing One's Knowledge and Abilities

Key Phrases

Compare a person's knowledge of a subject matter to your own:

________T

(subject) IX "person" (having knowledge),(subject) ME (lacking knowledge)

Tell about an activity that you have become skilled in:

_____________t _______t ____t

(activity/skill) IN-PAST ME AWKWARD/CLUMSY, NOW BE SKILLED-IN

Describe an unusual skill/ability you (or someone/animal you know) possess:

ME BE-EXCEPTIONAL-IN, (describe skill) ME BE EXCEPTIONAL-IN.

If someone lacks a certain ability or talent to do something, explain what they should or should not do:

[SUPPOSE] IX "person" BE-INEPT (skill/talent), IX "person" SHOULD [NOT](activity).

Vocabulary

Having knowledge/ability

BE-KNOWLEDGEABLE-IN

BE-SKILLED-IN

BE-EXCEPTIONAL-IN

Lacking Knowledge

ZERO-FOREHEAD

BE-MIND-STUPID

Lacking Ability

BE-INEPT

AWKWARD/CLUMSY

CAN'T

other

MAJOR

Subjects

AMERICAN fs-LIT

INTERPRETING

HISTORY

DEAF STUDIES

SCIENCE

LINGUISTICS

MATH

PSYCHOLOGY

LAWS

POLITICS

COUNSELING

SOCIOLOGY

ARCHITECTURE

ENGINEERING

ECONOMICS

INFORM++ TECHNOLOGY or fs-IT

BUSINESS

Lesson 11:2 Numbers Review

Number Types

1. Cardinal 2. Age 3. Dollars 4. Cents 5. Clock 6. Minutes 7. Hours 8. Days 9. Weeks 10. Months

Lesson 11:3 Asking for Opinion about Someone

Dialogue

A: give name (from B's list); ask who

B: explain relationship

A:explain need(1), ask opinion about person as a potential...(2)

travel companion
roommate
employee
date
babysitter

B: give opinion about him or her

at least three personal quality signs
example(s) to support your opinion
at least one drawback about this person(3)

A: ask follow-up questions if necessary

B: reply

A: tell what you plan to do(4)

Key Phrases

1) (Travel companion) ME WANT SOMEONE WITH ME TRAVEL...

(Roommate) ME NEED ROOMMATE, ME THINK-cont ASK-person

(Employee) ME MULL-OVER INVITE/HIRE WORK or ME MULL-OVER ASK-TO-person IX "person" TRANSFER-TO-me WORK WITH ME.

(Date) ME MULL-OVER TAKE-FROM-person LEAVE-FOR fs-DATE

(Babysitter) ME NEED SOMEONE (2h) LOOK-AT, TAKE-CARE-OF MY CHILDREN.

________________________Q

2) THINK IX "person" GOOD.

________________T

3)[ONE] WARNING...

4) ME IN-FUTURE CONTACT-person IX "person"

ME GO-AHEAD (contact person, take out for date or hire person)

ME IN-FUTURE LOOK-FOR OTHER PERSON

Vocabulary

CONTACT-TO BE-EXPERIENCED (2h)PICK-UP++ BE-CREATIVE TO-FLIRT INVITE/HIRE-person TRANSFER-TO

Lesson 11.4 Describing Reactions

Dialogue

A: ask hypothetical question(1)

use hypothetical sign
state sequence of events
ask the question

B: tell how you would react or feel

Key Phrases

______cond

1) SUPPOSE, (state sequence of events),

___________whq ________________________whq

HOW FEEL YOU or YOU ANSWER/RESPOND HOW

Grammar

Conditional clause

Vocabulary

Others

ELECTRIC

LAST++ (at the end)

RUN-OUT-OF

!ERASE!

PIE

LONELY

PREACH+ER

APPLY

NUT

GROUND/SOIL

FULL(space

Positive Reactions

BE-THRILLED

JUMP-JOY

BE-RELIEVED

Negative Reactions

BE-SCARED

BE-LET-DOWN

BE-DISAPPOINTED

SQUEEZE-THROAT

#UPSET

BE-ANGRY

BE-DISGUSTED

Either

TOUCH-HEART

BE-PUZZLED

BE-SHOCKED

JAW-DROP

BE-EMBARRASSED

Lesson 11.5 States

US States Signed

Alaska

Montana

Arizona

New York

California

Oregon

Colorado

Texas

Hawaii

Washington

Maine

States Initials Fingerspelled

New Hampshire

North Carolina

New Jersey

South Carolina

New Mexico

North Dakota

Rhode Island

South Dakota

States First and Last Letters Fingerspelled

Georgia

Florida

Missouri

Maryland

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Louisiana

Vermont

Kentucky

West Virginia

States First Few Letters Fingerspelled

Arkansas Massachusetts

Delaware Mississippi

Kansas Alabama

Nebraska Nevada

Colorado Indiana

Wisconsin Illinois

Connecticut Michigan

Wyoming

Minnesota Tennessee

Oklahoma

Full Name Fingerspelled

Maine

Arizona

Montana

Hawaii

Alaska

Idaho

Colorado

Ohio

Iowa

Oregon

Nevada

Utah

Lesson 11.6 Making and Canceling Plans

Dialogue 1

Signer A: Invite B to join him or her (1)

Signer B: Respond

accept invitation
state problem with date (2)
decline invitation (3)

A and B: finalize plans if B accepts

A and B: close conversation (4)

Dialogue 2

A: refer to the plan you made together (use relative clause) (5)

B: acknowledge

A: tell you must cancel the plans; explain why

A and B: Close Conversation

Narrative Outline:

Narrating about Canceled plans

1. tell what was planned with the other person

tell when (date and time)
tell who (use plural pronoun)
tell about activity planned

2. (conjunction) tell what came up that caused you to cancel

3. tell you informed the other person

4. describe their reaction

5. close with your reaction

Grammar

Relative Clause

Key Phrases

1. IN-FUTURE+FRIDAY ME WANT LEAVE-FOR fs-BEACH

_________________Q

WANT you-JOIN-me

ME PLAN IN-FUTURE+FRIDAY, LEAVE FOR fs-BEACH

_________________Q

WANT you-JOIN-me

IN-FUTURE+FRIDAY, ME THINK-ABOUT LEAVE FOR fs-BEACH

_________________Q

WANT you-JOIN-me

ME-MULL-OVER IN-FUTURE+FRIDAY, LEAVE-FOR fs-BEACH

_________________Q

WANT you-JOIN-me

2. IN-FUTURE+FRIDAY, CONFLICT ME MUST WORK (or other commitments)

_______________Q/T _____________NEG

IN-FUTURE+FRIDAY BE-STUCK, CAN'T, (explain why)

__________NEG

3. NOT+CARE-FOR...

"close conversation" (if plan works out for both)

"thumb-up"

(2h) "perfect"

ME (2h) LOOK-AT "forward"

"close conversation" (if plan does not work out)

SORRY

(wh) "pshaw" FINE++

IN-FUTURE ASK-TO-another person OTHER PERSON

_______________________________rel cl

5. REMEMBER US-TWO PLAN (activity)...

Vocabulary

Declining

BE-STUCK

CONFLICT

NOT-CARE-FOR

Signs for Thinking

THINK-ABOUT

THOUGHT-OCCUR

MULL-OVER

IDEA

Canceling

CANCEL

Comments

SORRY

"shucks"

(2h) PERFECT

(2h) LOOK-AT "forward"

Inviting

PLAN

JOIN-me

Other

MAYBE

Lesson 11.7 First and Last Time you Did Something

Key Skills

use spatial agreement with TELL-TO-person
use horizontal listing to give results of the survey

Grammar

"when" clauses
horizontal listing

Vocabulary

Last Time

LAST+TIME

First Time

FIRST-thumb+TIME

Wh-word Question

WHEN

Phrases

Ask when was the last time someone did something

___________________when ____whq

LAST+TIME YOU (activity) WHEN

Ask how old someone was the first time she or he did something

________________________when __________whq

FIRST-thumb+TIME (activity), HOW-OLD YOU

Repeat information, last time a person did something

ME ASK-TO "partner" LAST+TIME IX (activity), WHEN IX "partner" TELL-TO-me (when) (with whom) (what they did) (comment)

Summarize the survey results

__________t ____________________when ____________whq

10 PEOPLE, ME ASK-TO-all, FIRST-thumb+TIME(activity), HOW-OLD YOU

_______________t ___________________________t

(largest number), FIRST-thumb+TIME (activity), OLD+(#)

____________________t

(next largest number), OLD+(#),etc.

Lesson 11.8 Numbers Review 2

Key Skills

Dollar+cent combinations

the dollar sign for 1-9 is twisted before giving the cent number

Clock: hour + minute combinations

clock numbers 1-9 face out before signing the minute number.

Year number combinations

year numbers are signed as a pair of two-digit numbers; for example, 20+15 for year 2015, 19+86 for year 1986

Lesson 11:9 Discussing Personal Goals

Narrative Structure

1. Broach Subject (1)

2. State five Goals (2)

travel
personal
learning
adventure
volunteer

3. Conclude(3)

Grammar

Repeating for emphasis

Key Phrases

_____________________t ___nod _nod _nod _nod _________nod

1)BEFORE-EVENT ME DIE, 5 Things ME GOAL, WANT, TRY, SEE,EXPERIENCE,

____nod _________nod

TOUCH, CHECK MARK.

___________________nod

2. ME GOAL[or WANT] (state goal), ME GOAL [or WANT] ME.

_____________t

3. [(wh) 5/ #ALL] ME GOAL MUST FINISH++arc BEFORE-EVENT ME DIE.

Vocabulary

Continents

WORLD (2 variations)

EUROPE

AFRICA (2 variations)

AUSTRALIA (2 variations)

ASIA

SOUTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nouns

GOAL/AIM

LANGUAGE (2 variations)

DEGREE

(2h) THING

Countries

COUNTRY

ENGLAND

FRANCE

SPAIN (2 Variations)

MEXICO(2 variations)

ITALY (2 variations)

GERMANY (2 variations)

CHINA

JAPAN

INDIA

EGYPT(2 variations)

Time-Related

BEFORE-EVENT

Verbs

DIE

SIX-FEET-UNDER

BE-GONE(die)

TRY

CHECKMARK

EXPERIENCE

TOUCH

VOLUNTEER

STUDY-all

DECORATE

BECOME

Lesson 11.10 Fingerspelling: States and Provinces 2

Lesson 11.11 Comprehension: Brother on the Roof

Vocabulary

Possible new signs in the story

EXAGGERATE SOMETHING /SOMEONE BE-GONE/ DISAPPEAR "shh"

Lesson 11.12 Culture: ASL Student in the Community

Key Behaviors

Offering to interpret for a Deaf person

first let the Deaf Person know you can sign. then let him or her decide if she or he needs help

Communicating in a Deaf Environment

avoid using spoken language; sign at all times
leave the room if you need to speak

Lesson 11.13 Culture: Focus on Chuck Baird, Deaf Artist

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