"The Classroom"

Goals:  To practice Units 1-2 vocabulary and Whole Entity classifiers (people and/or objects).

Reminder:  Whole Entity Classifiers describes spatial relationships between 2 or more people, animals, places or objects as well as representing specific groups of pronouns. Therefore, the Whole Entity classifier becomes a spatial locative.  In addition,  any time, movement is added to the Whole Entity classifier, it becomes a verb i.e.  MAN (CL:1) "walks away to the left".


Part A  Activity - Small group exercise:
 1. a) Groups of 3

     b) Take turns - each has a different colored  "Classroom" handout
       with names for 4 different people.
              
2. Using spatial referent:
    a) Student A signs in this order:
                      :  where person is located in the classroom handout
                      :  what that person is doing (sitting, sleeping, drinking tea, etc.)
                      :  FS name (remember deixis sign!)

    b) Student B and C are to locate that person on their
        handout and jot down the name.
 

    c)  When done, Student A proceeds to give 2 or 3  
         pieces of information on that person  from the below list:

                       -student/teacher
                       - color of various clothing
                       - what/how many classes taking up
                       - where take classes
                       - teacher's name
                       - deaf, hearing, hard of hearing

     d) Student B and C are to jot down that information
          on their classroom sheets.

3. Students A, B and C take turns until each student is done with their 4 names.

Part B Activity:  Instructions

1. In groups of 3, take turns and use the same colored Classroom handout.

2. Using spatial referent:
a) Student A signs in this order:

                      :  where person is located in the classroom handout - change your perspective  around i.e.  
                          start your spatial referent from the back or in middle of row, etc. instead of using the
                          teacher as the first spatial referent or from the front row!

                      :  what that person is doing or wearing (add pattern and color when applicable)
                      :  FS name (remember deixis sign!) - (this time you make up the names!)

b) Students B and C are to locate that person on their handout and jot down the name.

c)  When done, Student A proceeds to sign all information from the  below list:
                       - where grow up
                       - where live now and in what type of abode
                       - lives with whom
                       - what age the person is now
                       
d) Students B and C are to jot down that information on their classroom sheets.

3. Students A, B and C take turns until each student is done with 4 different names.  Each name can only be used for one person on the handout!