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Discussion topic: Code Switching
Discussion topic: Contact Sign Language
Discussion topic: Bilingual-Bicultural approach
Discussion topic: Numerical Incorporation
I have taken the Lesson 9 Quiz
Vocabulary:
BASEMENT
BATHTUB
COUCH
DOOR-[Variations: open, open door, close door, closet]
DRESSER
DRY-[Version: "dryer"]
GARAGE
GARBAGE
KITCHEN
LIGHTS
MICROWAVE
REFRIGERATOR
SHOWER
SINK -(S-I-N-K)
STOVE-(S-T-O-V-E)
TABLE-[desk]
WINDOW-[Variations open-window, close-window]
Review and/or clarify:
THERE
WHAT-KIND
WITH, together, variation "go-steady"
SOMEONE (something, single)
NUMERICAL INCORPORATION] The process of including a number in a sign.
Practice Sheet 9.A
1. YOU LIVE BASEMENT APT? (Do you live in a basement apartment?)
2. YOU PREFER BATH, SHOWER, WHICH? (Which do you prefer, taking a bath or taking a shower?)
3. YOUR BATHROOM HAVE T-U-B? (Does your bathroom have a tub?)
4. YOU TOGETHER-steady SOMEONE? (Are you going steady with someone?)
5. YOUR COUCH, COLOR? (What color is your couch?)
Practice Sheet 9.B
6. GARAGE HAVE?
7. CAR HAVE? HOW-MANY DOORS? (Do you have a car?--if so--How many doors?)
8. YOUR HOUSE, GARBAGE, WHO "throw out?" [mime "throw out"] (Who takes out the garbage in your house?)
9. YOUR DRYER, G-A-S, [bodyshift] ELECTRIC WHICH? (Is your clothes dryer gas or electric?)
10. THAT TABLE, COLOR? (What color is that table?)
Practice Sheet 9.C
11. WHAT-KIND TOOTHPASTE YOU? (What kind of toothpaste do you use?)
12. YOU PREFER STOVE, MICROWAVE, WHICH? (Would you rather cook using a stove or a microwave?)
13. YOUR REFRIGERATOR, WHAT COLOR? (What color is your fridge?)
14. AMBULANCE, BEFORE YOU? (Have you ever been in an ambulance?)
15. WHY DEAF PREFER KITCHEN?
Why do deaf people tend to gather in the kitchen? [Good light.]
Practice Sheet 9.D
16. YESTERDAY YOU SHOWER?
17. YOUR S-I-N-K, COLOR? (What color is your sink?) [Fingerspell "S-I-N-K"]
18. YOUR PANTS, YOU PUT DRESSER, "HANG-UP" WHICH? (Do you keep your pants in a dresser or do you hang them up?)
[Mime "hang up" using an X-hand as the "hanger" and an index-finger as the "bar."]
19. YOUR BEDROOM HAVE WINDOW? (Is there a window in your bedroom?)
20. YOUR HOUSE, HOW-MANY BATHROOM? (How many bathrooms are there
in your house?)
Signing notes:
"Battery" and "electric" can both use the same sign.
Story 9
YESTERDAY me-HELP-him BROTHER MOVE. HE BEFORE LIVE BASEMENT A-P-T. NOW HOUSE HIMSELF. HOUSE SMALL. GARAGE ZERO-(none). STOVE, REFRIGERATOR WASH-MACHINE, DRY DRY-(dryer), TABLE, MICROWAVE ALL IN KITCHEN. SINK WINDOW-(sign "window" further out and above the sink") WASH-DISH CAN LOOK-(out window) CHILDREN PLAYING WASH-DISH. BATHROOM SMALL, BATH-T-U-B ONLY, not-HAVE SHOWER. BEDROOM MEDIUM, DRESSER HAVE. LIVE-ROOM HAVE COUCH, TV, WINDOW SMALL, (Show the size of a small square window by tracing the outline of the window with the tips of your index fingers.)
STORY NOTES: "MEDIUM" uses a sign that is halfway between small and large.
Curriculum revision notes: Eventually these signs will be move to a higher level lesson:
TOOTHPASTE
SAY
The sentence:
GARAGE HAVE? CL:3-(vehicle, "park")++ HOW-MANY CAN? (Do you have a
garage? --if so-- How many cars will it fit?) will be phased out of this
level of the curriculum.
This is how it was signed: Show the sign "GARAGE" and sign "HAVE" while
raising your eyebrows. Then if the person you are signing to nods
"yes," then you use the Classifier-3 handshape to show several cars parked
side by side in a garage, and then ask "HOW-MANY CAN? - using slightly
furrowed eyebrows.
YOUR REFRIGERATOR CL:BB-"side-by-side-double-doors?" (Is your refrigerator the kind that has the freezer on the side?)
KNOW TOOTHPASTE BRUSH-TEETH, WHAT-KIND TOOTHPASTE YOU?
What kind of toothpaste do you use?
YOUR BATHROOM HAVE T-U-B AND SHOWER? (Does your bathroom have both a tub and a shower?)
TUB, SHOWER TOGETHER, SEPARATE, WHICH? (Are your bathtub and your shower combined or are they separate?)