Resource person: Hillary Smith: sl@dspa.org

Location: Virtual

Description:

As this course is a review, not every topic will be covered:

Unit 13: Narrative Building Blocks

13.1 Describing Concepts

Adjectives: Identifying Sizes

Intensifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs

Shape, Surface and Size

Appearances

Taste and Touch

Feelings, Personality and Qualities

Culture and Language Snapshots:

Adjectives

Intensifiers

13.2 Onomatopoeia

Animal Noises

Action Sounds

Body and Bodily Functions

Visual Noises

Element Sounds

Culture and Language Snapshots:

Onomatopoeia

Being Noisy

Speaking Gibberish

13.3 Different Shades of Colors

Color Ranges

Color Mixing

Culture and Language Snapshots:

Color Ranges

Color Mixing

Identifying Products through Color

13.4 Opening and Closing

Past, Present and Future

Review: Time-related Non-manual Markers

Telling a Short Story Using Time Expression

Culture and Language Snapshots:

Diamond-Style Stories

Openings and Closings

Mouthing Time Expressions

Unit 14: Narratives

14.1 Who Did What to Whom?

Directions: Sideways, Upwards and Downwards

Location and Height of Giver and Receiver

Indicating Verbs:

• Palm Orientation Changes

• Movement Changes

• Dominant Hand Orientation Changes

• Begin at Fixed Space; End Differently

• Both Hands Switch Locations

To + Adverbs

To + Location

Verbs That Cannot Change Direction

Culture and Language Snapshots:

Who did What to Whom?

To

To and Adverbs

To and Location                                                        

14.2 Constantly and Repeatedly

        Temporal Aspects:

• Ordinarily

• Regularly and Concentratedly

• Hurriedly

• Continually

• Prolongedly

• Prolongedly and Repeatedly

Action Verbs

Culture and Language Snapshot:

Temporal Aspects

Temporal Aspect Examples

14.3 Becoming the Character

Surrogates

Personification

Anthropomorphism

Perspectives

Culture and Language Snapshots:        

Surrogates

Personification

Anthropomorphism

Perspective

Eye Gaze While In Character

14.4 Putting it All Together

        Story Structure:

• Opening and Closing

        Essential Components:

• Goal, Time

• Establish Space, Characters and Location(s)

• Details

• Impact

• Purpose and Reason

        Type of Stories:

• Overcoming Obstacles

• Rejuvenation; Inspiration

• Quest; Goal

• Rags to Riches

• Tragedy

• Comedy

        Deaf Narrative Themes:

• Discovering Deaf Identity

• Triumphing Over Ignorance

• Deaf as Leverage

        Culture and Language Snapshots:        

        History of ASL Storytelling

Deaf Narrative Themes

Storytelling Components

Telling Stories

Translated Stories

Unit 15: History

15.1 US and Canadian History

        1500s/16th Century:

• Indigenous

• First Nations

• Aboriginal Peoples

        1600s/17th Century:

• Colonialization

• Migrants

• Slaves

• Missionaries

        1700s/18th Century:

• Wars

• Settlers

• Revolution

• Taxation

• Assimilation

        1800s/19th Century:

• Reservations

• Control

• Independence

• Abolitionism

        1900s/20th Century:

• Suffrage

• Great Depression

• Segregation

• Civil Rights    

Culture and Language Snapshots:        

Register

Specialized Discourses

Year and Year Ranges

15.2 US and Canadian Deaf History

1500s-1700s:

• Emergence of Deaf Education

• First Deaf Schools

1800s:

• Gallaudet University

• Alexander Graham Bell

1900-1959:

• Preservation of ASL

• First Deaf School in Canada

1960-1990:

• ASL as a Language

• Americans with Disabilities Act

        1991-Present:

• Ontario Education Act

• Video Relay Service

Technology:

• Telephone Timeline From Massive TTYs to Smart Phones

        Exploring Deaf History Links

Culture and Language Snapshots:        

Discussing the Past

Origins of ASL

Deaf History

Early ASL

Deaf and Dumb

Deaf-related History Links

15.3 Breaking Records

Firsts: Football Huddle, Light Bulb, Walk on the Moon

Incredible Records: Oldest Cat, Hottest Chili, Smallest Dog

Biographies: Sacajawea, Frederick Douglass, Sonia Sotomayor

Deaf Biographies: Dr. Shirley Allen, Christine Sun Kim, Douglas Tilden

Firsts, Biography, World Records Links

Culture and Language Snapshots:        

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Autobiographies and Biographies

15.4 Museums and Historical Tours

Museums

The Experience and Reactions

Available: 6

Price: $862.40 Taxes waived

Notes: The TWA curriculum has a $60.00 (non-refundable) fee associated with it (regardless of if you have already used it). You will receive a link to register and pay, and then will be able to expense this in Concur. Cancellation Policy: If you must cancel your enrollment, a minimum of 48 hours notice (excluding weekends and holidays) before the class is scheduled to start is required to avoid charges. If you cancel with less than 48 hours notice, you are required to pay for the full cost of the class. The cost of the class is not pro-rated based on attendance. Once you register for a class and the cancellation deadline passes, you are responsible for full payment of the class. Instructors reserve the right to reschedule individual classes as needed.

Prerequisites: ASL 401 Course

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