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What types of assignments will I have this class?
Workbook Assignments
Workbook Assignments
Student's Interactive Workbook assignments are a follow up to all the lectures and provide you practice with your receptive skills.
There are reading assignments in the workbook, which are worth no points. Those readings are important for us to understand the culture and language.
Video Assignments
Video Assignments
Video assignments are for you to show your signing skills. There are 4 videos from Unit 2 and Unit 5 and 2 narratives from Unit 6. You will be using Canvas' media platform.
There will be rubric for all video assignments. On each assignments, click the snowman icon (3 vertical dots)on the top right corner, then select "Show Rubric"
I will not accept any form of attachments (.mov, etc) and YouTube links. If those were made, the grade will be 0.
Online Discussions & Lab Assignments
Online Discussions & Lab Assignments
There will be discussion boards where you can interact with other students online. Each unit will have at least one discussion board.
All lab assignments are based on receptive and/or expressive skills practice. Some of the lab assignments require you to create videos on the Canvas platform.
Receptive Assessment and Interactive Assessment
Receptive Assessment and Interactive Assessment
At the end of each unit, your knowledge and skills will be evaluated and bench marked.
The receptive assessment are also based on the reading materials given in the Interactive Workbook.
The receptive assessment are based on what you have learned.
The receptive assessments are done online.
The mid-semester interactive assessment will cover Units 1-3 and will happen either in the classroom or online
. And the end of semester interactive assessment will cover Units 1-5 and will also happen either in the classroom or online.
What is grading scale?
Participation: 10%
Students musts participate in all classroom activities, as hands-on practice and live feedback will help to achieve fluency. Active participation and homework exercises, such as submitting short videos via Canvas are required.
Interactive Signing Naturally Homework: 10%
Students will watch video clips and complete interactive activities with questions ranging from multiple-choices, fill-in-blank, drag-and-drop, and reading grammar notes and tips. Students must complete a weekly unit before moving on to the next one.
Lab: 10%
Students will complete assigned lab assignment on Canvas weekly. It should be approximately an hour worth of work weekly. Lab assignments include short easy, practice quizzes, discussing on Deaf culture and comprehension skills.
Production Video: 25%
Your production in ASL will be evaluated through video submission online. The prompt will be provided, along with instruction and guidelines. The video submission will be: Language Background, Retell Gum Story (unit 6), Chosen Family & Childhood Narrative (Unit 6).
Unit quizzes: 20%
All the receptive, general knowledge, and comprehensive quizzes will be done every unit (Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4 & Unit 5). The quizzes will include: multiple choice, true or false, fill-in-the-blank, matching and short essays so forth.
Interactive Assessment: 25%
The interactive assessment will happen during the mid-semester and end of semester will be real-time in the classroom.
Course Schedule:
Course Schedule:
Week 1: Pre-Unit/Unit 1- General Course Information, Pre-Unit Lecture (interpreted), ABC's, Wh-Questions
Week 2: Unit 1 - Numbers & Shapes, Above and Below, Gender, Identifying
People, Clothes, & Colors
Week 3: Unit 2 - Rhetorical (Yes/No) Questions, Numbers, Language
Background, Hobbies
Week 4: Unit 2 - Signer's Perspective, Identifying People, Culture Knowledge &
Timber (Unit 6)
Week 5: Unit 3 - Cities, Landscapes, Parks/Landmarks, Sizes and Age of
Housing & Schools
Week 6: Unit 3 - Signer's Perspective, Roommates, Pets, & Transportation &
Gum Story (Unit 6)
Week 7: Unit 3 - Living Narratives and Asking What is the Sign?
Week 8: Unit 1-3 - Mid-Semester Interactive Assessment & Submission
"Re-tell Gum Story"
Week 9: Unit 4 - Immediate Family, Count 1-100, Have, Like, Want & Need.
Week 10: Unit 4 - Siblings, Age, and Pronouns.
Week 11: Unit 4 - Keys, and Commentaries about family members & Gallaudet
& Clerc (Unit 6)
Week 12: Unit 5/6- Day, Week, Month, "What will I do that day?", and Chores &
opinions & "Only If I Could Fly" & "A True Fish Story" (Unit 6)
Week 13: Unit 5/6- Errands, How Often, Schedule, & Activities & "I Wanna Be
Different" & "Ghost In My Room" (Unit 6)
Week 14: Unit 5/6- Story Comprehensions, Childhood Narrative & Review
Unit 1-5
Week 15: Unit 1-5- End of Semester Interactive Assessment
Week 16: Submission "Childhood Narrative"
**Course schedule is tentatively
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