American Sign Language I
Syllabus for Academic Year 2010-2011
Instructor:
Miss Louden
Textbook: Master ASL ©2006 Jason E. Zinza,
Sign Media, Inc.
Purpose
This course was designed to
satisfy the high school foreign language or fine arts graduation requirement.
If you want go to college, you will need a good grade in this class. If you are on permit to attend SHHS by
taking ASL, you must maintain this privilege by doing well in the class,
including proper behavior and participation.
Description of Course
This course follows the
California State Framework for learning a foreign language. You will learn
basic vocabulary, grammar, finger spelling, and aspects of Deaf Culture.
To learn any language, you
must use it in class and practice outside of class. How well you sign and
understand sign will affect your grade.
What effort you give will make the grade you get each 6 weeks.. To get credit for the class on your
transcript, you must achieve a grade of C or better.
Course Objectives
At the end of this class you
will be able to:
- Have a basic ASL vocabulary in the areas of
pronouns, action verbs, everyday expressions related to home, school,
work, and recreation.
- Respond in ASL to simple “wh” questions and
request for basic personal information.
- Become familiar with some aspects of Deaf
culture.
- Demonstrate proper use of linguistic features of
ASL
- Use ASL vocabulary in simple self-generated
signed dialogues.
- Fingerspell words and sign numbers
- Understand fingerspelled words and signed
numbers
- Demonstrate expressive and receptive skills
necessary to have a basic conversation in ASL.
- Recognize correct use of non-manual linguistic
features of ASL
- Compare and contrast Deaf and hearing cultures.
- Use critical thinking skills to analyze and
evaluate the significance of a specific historical event in Deaf culture.
Assignments include but are not limited to:
Tests
on grammar, fingerspelling, and deaf culture
Read
an article in a deaf newspaper or magazine and write a summary
Interview
a deaf person and write a summary
Choose
a person famous in deaf culture and write a brief biography.
Attend
an out-of-class Deaf function and write a paper about it.
Sign
a children’s story or book
Sign
a song
Explain
the basic rules of a game in ASL
Write
a dialogue and sign it in ASL
Notebook
The
notebook is REQUIRED. It can be one section of a binder, a
folder with pockets, or a separate spiral notebook. What goes into it?
Any handouts you receive, notes you take in class, homework, and copies
of reports you do. This will count toward your grade.and will be checked at the
end of each 6-week period. It is
part of participation.
Grades:
These percentages apply to
the overall semester grade:
25% -- weekly tests
25% --
participation/in-class work
30% -- Presentations
20% -- Mid-term or Final
exam
Cheating or plagiarism will
earn a 0% on a test or assignment and this cannot be made up.
Make-Up work and Due Dates
You have one week to make
up a test, and YOU must approach the
teacher and make arrangements. Late
assignments will be given reduced credit. You have one day’s grace per day of absence to turn in
missed assignments.
Communication with
Teacher
You
are encouraged to communicate with the teacher any time you have a question or
difficulty in the course. You can
make an appointment to see me after school for extra help, too. Parents are
welcome to communicate with me as well.
My email is glouden@cvusd.k12.ca.us
