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Sample Student Bio Assignment:

by Jennifer Rayman (Nov. 18, 1006

Include as much of the following as you can in a 2 minute or less video.  Sign the whole story as one stream, rather than edit it together. 

About yourself

  • Name first and last
  • Hearing status
  • Age
  • Studies
  • Work, where?

About your living situation

  • Where you were born or grew up?
  • moving history,
  • big cities, small cities, where do you prefer to live?
  • Do you live in a house, apartment?
  • Who do you live with?

About your family

  • Parent's marital status
  • Number of brothers and sisters
  • Other relatives
  • Are your Grandparents still alive?
  • Relative's hearing status
     

Vocabulary

  • Appropriate vocabulary used (correct sign for context)
  • Clear articulation

Variety of Vocabulary Used

  • The more the better (as long as it is fluid with the story)

Facial Expression

  • Use your face to show the appropriate emotional tone of the story
  • Use your face to add to the grammar and discourse flow (nodding for sentence affirmation, shaking for negation)

Discourse Flow/ Sentences

  • Phrasing pace should be clear and sentences chunked well
  • Use at least one contrastive sentence
  • Do ideas flow well and naturally from the different topics
  • Variety of sentence structure (not glued to English grammar)

Grammar Points included

  • Contrastive sentence (at least one)
  • Spatial agreement
  • Negation (at least one)
  • Likes/Dislikes (at least one)

Fingerspelling and Numbers

  • Clear correct letters
  • Proper placement of hand
  • Relaxed holding of hand
  • Fluid, flowing, no bouncing


 


      

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