Warm-up

Welcome!

1. Attendance
2. Begin with 5-7 minutes of conversation
   • “START 5-7 MINUTES CONVERSATION.” 
3. If there are new people ask them to introduce themselves
   • Name&Namesign
     • “NAME [SHIFT] NAME SIGN WHAT?” 
   • Where are you from?
     • “YOU FROM WHERE?”
   • What year are you in?
     • “YEAR YOU WHAT?”
   • What is your major and minor?
     • “YOU MAJOR [SHIFT] MINOR WHAT?”
   • Why did you pick ASL? What is your ASL story?
     • “YOU PICK ASL WHY? YOUR ASL STORY WHAT?” 
4. Vocabulary Review
   1. MUSIC
      • Non dom hand shape 5 arm bent at a 45 degree angle located in front of chest dom hand shape 5 located behind non dom hand but above non dom arm palm orientation facing chest moving back and forth from chest to non dom hand
   2. GENRE/KIND
      • Both hand shapes K, dom hand moving in a circular motion lading on top of stationary non dominant hand to the left of the chest
   3. SPECIFIC
      • Both hand shapes 1, non dom stationary palm orientation facing out, dom hand moving towards and pointing at non dom hand
   4. INTERESTING 
      • Both hand shapes F located in front of chest palm orientation facing up moving in a circular motion connecting pointer and thumb circles on both hands
   5. THEATER 
      • fs-THEATER or same sign as play/show-both hands shape 10 thumbs on chest moving in a circular motion towards the chest
5. Opening Question:
   1. If you were an interpreter would you want to interpret for music? All types of music. Jazz, RAP, RB&B, Classical, Country… ETC.
      • “IF YOU INTERPRETER, INTERPRET MUSIC KIND WHICH? ALL TYPES OF MUSIC OR SPECIFIC TYPE?”

Main Activity

Questions are interchangeable between versions

Version One:

• Watch Video:
  • How sign language innovators are bringing music to the deaf – VOX (7:13)

• Follow-up questions:

1. Have you heard of Amber Galloway Gallego before? If so when? How?
   • “YOU fs-AMBER GALLOWAY GALLEGO KNOW? YES? [SHIFT] NO? WHEN? HOW?” 
2. What did you think was interesting about the video?
   • “YOU THINK VIDEO INTERESTING WHAT?”
3. How many hours/days in advance do you think you would have to prepare?
   • “YOU INTERPRET fs-CONCERT YOU PRACTICE DAYS THINK [SHIFTS] HOURS HOW MUCH?” 
4. Did you know that there were interpreters for concerts? If not have you ever thought about it?
   • “PAST YOU KNOW CONCERTS INTERPRETERS HAVE? IF NOT YOU THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE?” 
5. What do you think would be the hardest part about interpreting?
   • “YOU THINK MOST HARD ABOUT INTERPRETING WHAT?”
6. If you were interpreting a song what song would you interpret?
   • “IF YOU INTERPRET SONG YOU PICK SONG WHICH?” 
7. Why do you think it’s hard to get interpreters?
   • “INTERPRETERS FIND HARD YOU THINK WHY?”

Version Two:

• Watch Video(s):
  • Sign Language Interpreter goes viral over rap concert – ABC13 Houston (1:58)
  • Twista Sign Language interpreter going crazy! (0:48)

• Follow-up questions:

1. Do you think that you can interpret a song that wasn’t planned?
   • “YOU THINK YOU INTERPRET SONG PLAN NOT CAN?”
2. Have you seen an interpreter at a concert before?
   • “PAST YOU SEE INTERPRETER fs-CONCERT YOU?”
3. Do you think that because there’s an interpreter Deaf people have priority seating at the front?
   • Answer: YES!
     • “YOU THINK IF INTERPRETER PRESENT DEAF PEOPLE PRIORITY SEATING HAVE?”
4. Do you think that people have lied about being Deaf so that they could sit up front?
   • “PAST YOU THINK PEOPLE SAY THEY DEAF NOT rhq-WHY? SIT FRONT CAN?”
5. How do you feel about a hearing person impersonating a Deaf person?
   • “HEARING PERSON SAY THEY DEAF PERSON YOU FEEL HOW?” 

• (If there’s time left over): FS PRACTICE:
  • Human
  • Voyage
  • Friendship
  • Battery
  • Candle

Wrap-up

1. Have you ever interpreted a song before?
   • “PAST YOU SONG INTERPRET HAVE?”
2. What was it for?
   • “PAST INTERPRET SONG FOR-FOR?”
3. How was it?
   • “PAST INTERPRET SONG YOU DO HOW? 
4. How hard was it?
   • “PAST INTERPRET SONG HARD EASY WHICH?”