Identifying Fingerspelling in “The NAD Responds to Charlottesville”

In this video, Howard Rosenblum, CEO of the National Association of the Deaf, speaks on behalf of the NAD in response to the violence in Charlottesville in August 2017.   You will predict, watch, and then review the fingerspelled words in the video.  

Activity developed by Mark Halley

Objective: To identify fingerspelling in an ASL text.

Competencies Addressed:  Fingerspelling

Time […]

2022-02-02T09:47:24-06:00September 20th, 2017|

Identifying Depiction in Science News in ASL

In this video, Michael Stultz provides an informal science lesson about a natural phenomenon known as ball lightning. You will predict and then identify examples of depiction within the video text.  

Developed by Mark Halley

Competency: Depiction in ASL

Time: 30 minutes

Objective: To identify depiction in an ASL text.

Prediction and Preparation

You will watch a segment of Michael’s lesson on ball […]

2022-02-02T09:48:25-06:00September 19th, 2017|

Immigrating from El Salvador – Summarize

Ana discusses her decision to move to the United States while growing up in El Salvador. Objectives: 1) to identify the main ideas in an ASL text; 2) to create an accurate English summary of an ASL text. Time: Approximately 15 minutes

2022-02-02T09:49:35-06:00March 20th, 2017|

Becoming a Citizen – Translation

In this video, Julio shares his experience of immigrating to the United States from Guatemala and going through the process of getting his green card and then becoming a citizen.

Objectives:

  • to identify the main ideas in an ASL text;
  • to create an accurate English translation of an ASL text.

Time:

This activity will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Directions for Practice:

You will do […]

2022-02-02T09:51:21-06:00March 20th, 2017|

Fingerspelled Word Recognition: Capitalizing on the Collectivist Culture of Deaf Community

Man with black hair and wearing blue shirt signs in front of purple backdropIdentify Fingerspelled Words in an Excerpt from

Capitalizing on the Collectivist Culture of Deaf Community

In this video, Fred Weiner shares his ideas about how to take advantage of collectivist culture in the Deaf community as part of a TEDxGallaudet Talk.  You can see the complete talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtYHvZ3Iaic.

Objective:

  • to […]
2022-02-02T09:52:29-06:00March 20th, 2017|
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