ASL 2

Mrs. Rugg

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COURSE POLICIES

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FALL

2024

krugg@puhsd.k12.ca.us

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(916) 652-7243 ext. 1107

CLICK HERE FOR

CANVAS SHELL

Mrs. Rugg

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WELCOME TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS!

ASL 1 Vocab lists

Get Ready For ASL 2

FINGERSPELLING PRACTICE TOOL

WELCOME

Hello and Welcome to ASL 2

About Me: I have been a Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for 27 years with 18 of those years at Del Oro High School. I am a certified interpreter with the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. I have a B.A. in Deaf Education and M.A.Ed in Language and Literacy. This is my first year teaching ASL here at Del Oro HS.

My hobbies include: reading, binge watching my favorite shows, hanging out with with my family, going on hikes, and brunch with friends.

Course Description: Basic fundamental principles of American Sign Language (ASL). Learning about visual/gestural communication including information relating to Deaf culture, beginning work on comprehension skills and grammatical structures.

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENT

ASL 1 is required to graduate from Del Oro High School.

ASL 2 is required for A-G (CSU/UC) graduation requirements.

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ASL 3 is recommended by CSU/UC admissions. It is also the next step in obtaining your Seal of Biliteracy from Del Oro High School (which requires ASL 4 as well).

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WHOSE EDUCATION

IS THIS?

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Yours. Not your friend’s. Not your family’s. Not anybody else’s.

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What you put into it will determine how successful you can be in this class.

I’m here to help.

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If you are taking this ASL class, then you must know you will be required to work in class and practice daily. Sign in class always. If you prefer to speak and not sign THIS IS NOT THE CLASS FOR YOU. There is NO TALKING unless directed by the teacher.

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COURSE MATERIALS

Chromebook (or another computer)

charger (if you do not charge your chromebook at home nightly)- there are no spare chargers in my room.

The ability to interact with peers in ASL only and to stand up in front of class to sign presentations in ASL.

COURSE CURRICULUM

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ASL 1 is Signing Naturally Units 1-6

ASL 2 is Signing Naturally Units 7-12

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We use various lessons from this book to help you practice and improve Fingerspelling, Numbers, and Glossing skills

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Various Deaf signers from youtube: Joseph Wheeler (ASL THAT), Lifeprint (Bill Vicars), StartASL, CODA signers, etc

Please click here to review for ASL 2

Get Ready for ASL

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GRADING

Evidence Happens Everywhere

Most of the activities we do every day will be given feedback and/or assessed in some form; however, sometimes, not everything will be “graded.” And while during class I will always be looking out for evidence of your skills and knowledge, I’ll usually be focused on something specific on any given day. I’ll be watching for that. In ASL class (and in real life), skills and knowledge constantly overlap.

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Competency-Based Education (CBE)

Competency-Based Education (CBE) is a system of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that makes learning goals and expectations clear and easily understood by teachers, students, and families. CBE is designed to accurately identify the level of student understanding, allowing students to progress as they demonstrate mastery of the academic content, regardless of time, place, or pace of learning.

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Course Proficiency Scales

Proficiency Scales delineate the progression of learning from foundational knowledge and skills to the target learning goal that students are expected to reach and opportunities for sophisticated applications. They provide feedback that shows exactly what students need to know and how they will get there.

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PUHSD CBE Grading Policies

• All student grades will be based on 4-point proficiency scales
• All grades will only reflect student knowledge & skill
• Grades will be based on required content, not extra credit
• Grades will not include penalties for late work, perceived effort, or classroom behavior
• Grades will be based entirely on assessment of student learning, not activities intended for practice
• Students will have multiple opportunities to demonstrate learning. These may include retakes and redos (conditions may apply, such as attending intervention or completing prior missed assignments)

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PUHSD Grading Policies

ASL Methods

• There will be a “No Talking Mode” (NTM) during class sessions. This is when signing is to be done at all times in the classroom by both teacher and student and no talking is allowed. ASL is a visual language, so students must be willing to participate as others are watching. The students all learn from one another by watching the body language and facial expressions of each other. There are also Culturally Appropriate Norms (CAN) that must be adhered to at all times to be successful in this class.�
• During the term receptive and expressive skills are emphasized, and because ASL has no written form, most writing will be done in grammatically correct English, while any “writing” of ASL will be done by “glossing”. “Glossing” is a way to keep notes of ASL on paper.
• Culturally Appropriate Norms (CAN) for ASL class (Proficiency Scales 6 & 7))�These norms are culturally appropriate in a visual classroom. You cannot earn a 3 (proficient) or a 4 (exceeding standards) if you are not following these at all times while in an ASL classroom.

1. Voices off (communicate visually/adhering to NTM)

2. Eye Contact (watching the signer)

3. Signing (actively engaged in conversation)

4. American Sign Language is a culture and language that belongs to the Deaf community. Treat the people and the language with respect.

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Del Oro’s Technology Policy

All electronic devices (cell phones, Chromebooks, tablets, etc.) are only to be used for academic purposes during instructional time as determined by the teacher. Inappropriate use may include text messaging, storing phone numbers, AirDropping, checking the time, taking a photo, playing a game, being on social media, etc. Student use of cell phones, or any other recording device, without the prior consent of the teacher may disrupt and impair the teaching process, and such use is prohibited and the student subject to disciplinary action. Electronic devices such as earbuds/AirPods must be taken out at the teacher's request to ensure students are attentive to the presented lesson. Misused cell phones/electronic devices will be confiscated and brought to the Assistant Principal.

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Del Oro Cell Phone/Mobile/Electronic Device Policy & FAQs

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Class Rules

Mrs. Rugg’s classroom rules:

1. C3 B4 ME (ask 3 people before asking the teacher)
2. 2 bathroom breaks per person per week
3. No voicing in class when in No Talking Mode (includes whispers, mouthing, or interpreting for others)
4. Phones in cubbies at all times, must ask teacher for permission
5. Be respectful, on time, and attentive

If you do any of the following:

• T (talking)
• OT (off task)
• OOS (out of seat)
• NE (not engaged)
• WG (wrong group)
• MIA (missing in action)

Consequences:

• Warning
• Speak privately in hall (email parents)
• Moved to solitary desk & Meeting with parents
• Make arrangements with counselors

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Class Policies

• All assignments must be turned in on time to receive credit. You must communicate with me if you expect an exception. Most work is done during class so there should be no reason for not completing the work. If you are absent, everything is available on CANVAS so you can complete work on time. However, you are granted a day for each absence to complete missing work.
• THIS IS A NO VOICE CLASS. For the majority of the class there will be a “No Talking Mode”.
• THIS IS A VISUAL CLASS. If you are uncomfortable with students looking at you, or coming up in front of class to present-you will learn how to overcome this. If you do not want people looking at you signing this may not be the appropriate class for you to take.
• MAKE UP TESTS/QUIZZES: Students have the next intervention day after being absent to make up any tests or quizzes (receptive only) missed because of EXCUSED absences. Expressive tests can only be made up IF the student’s parent emailed the teacher as to why they were absent the day of the presentation, or they had a school related function (in which case the first rule applies).
• LATE POLICY: All assignments have due dates as listed in CANVAS. The assignments are open after the due date but any expectation that you will be granted an exception must be addressed with the teacher and communicated as to why an extension is needed. No late work is accepted for the prior unit when that unit test has been taken (without prior approval). You must complete all missing assignments (you are allowed 1 missing) for that unit in order to be eligible to take the end of unit assessment. If you are not eligible you will be in intervention the following week to make up work and take the test. If this does not occur the test will stay a zero and can be used as the lowest grade to drop (not counting the midterm and final).
• Retakes: No retakes allowed, however, each student will have an opportunity to “redo” any part of the receptive test they may have failed in intervention-but the “redo” may be more difficult.

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GRADING POLICIES (pt 1)

• All student grades will be based on 4-point proficiency scales
• All grades will only reflect student knowledge & skill
• Grades will be based on required content, not extra credit
• Grades will not include penalties for late work, perceived effort, or classroom behavior
• Grades will be based entirely on assessment of student learning, not activities intended for practice
• Students will have multiple opportunities to demonstrate learning. Lowest Receptive and/or Expressive test will be dropped (not including Midterm and Final). All missing assignments must be in (one missing assignment is allowed) per unit BEFORE a student is eligible to take the Receptive test for that unit. If the student is ineligible to take the test due to multiple missing assignments, they will be forced into intervention and must be eligible (completing missing assignments for that unit) by the end of the week. After that, the student will remain ineligible to take the receptive test for that unit and that will result in a zero (this could potentially be their dropped test).

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GRADING POLICIES (pt 2)

ASL 2 fulfills the requirement for A-G for CSU/UC and it is one stepping stone to completing the 4 levels of ASL to earn a “Seal of Biliteracy” on a student’s diploma.

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The essential Receptive (watching and understanding ASL), Expressive (signing in ASL), Communication (conversations in ASL), Presentation (presenting in front of peers in ASL), and Deaf Cultural Awareness skills students will develop and demonstrate in ASL 2 are described in seven categories called Proficiency Scales. Students will produce evidence that they are acquiring and improving their capabilities by demonstrating Foundational Skills and Learning Targets.

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Formative Assessments = 10% Summative Assessments = 90%

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on a Proficiency Scale

looks like this

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS (F) terms, knowledge and expectations are described here on a proficiency scale

This section describes the basic “building block” vocabulary, structures and content that build up ASL 1-level receptive, expressive, communication, presentation, and culture. These are the basics,

but the basics matter.

on a Proficiency Scale…

This section describes the learning that’s behind the more complex assessments where students combine and apply the basic Foundational Skills to demonstrate they can use this skill (ideally without help).

LEARNING TARGET (T)

skills, knowledge and expectations are described here on a proficiency scale

on a Proficiency Scale…

This section describes what advanced, complex work looks like for this Receptive, Expressive, Communication, Presentation, or Cultural skill set.

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Sophisticated Application work is graded as a Learning Target (T) and demonstrates a score of 4.

SOPHISTICATED APPLICATION

Proficiency Scale-3

PRESENTATION�

Proficiency Scale-5 VOCAB/GRAMMAR (glossing)�

Proficiency Scale-4 VOCAB/GRAMMAR (signing/watching)�

Proficiency Scale -7 CULTURE (watching)

Proficiency Scale 6

CULTURE (signing)

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BLUE BOX

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to view the proficiency scales for our ASL class

Students must demonstrate overall scores

of _at least 2.0 on all scales_ in order to pass ASL

Students must demonstrate overall scores

of _at least 2.0 on all scales_ in order to pass the class

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YOUR OVERALL LETTER GRADE

for the whole class is a simple average

of all the overall proficiency scale/category scores

OVERALL

LETTER

GRADE

Students must demonstrate at least 2.0 on all proficiency scales in order to pass.�

**Students who earn below a 2.0 for MORE than one of the proficiency Scales, will receive a NC (no credit).�

**Students who earn below a 2.0 on one Proficiency Scale, will receive an I (Incomplete).

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**FINAL LETTER GRADE I indicates the student still needs time to complete all of the learning required in a course:

• Typically a teacher will give an “I” when a student has less than a 2.0 on one Proficiency Scale.
• In a plan developed with the teacher, the student will have an agreed-upon amount of time during the next term, or during summer (TBD) to finish the course.
• I stands for “Incomplete,” and they are only given at the end of the term.

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**FINAL LETTER GRADE NC indicates the student has not completed enough of the course and will receive No Credit:

• The student has earned less than 2.0 on two or more of the Proficiency Scales.
• The student has not completed an Incomplete Remediation Plan.
• The student will need to retake the course again.

WRITING ARGUMENTS

ACADEMIC CONVERSATIONS

CREATIVE WRITING

INVESTIGATING

THEMES

ANALYZING INFORMATIONAL TEXTS

YOUR OVERALL LETTER GRADE

for the whole class is a simple average

of all the overall proficiency scale/category scores

AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER…

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** Students who earn below a 2.0 for one proficiency scale,

will receive an overall letter grade of I

• … even if their overall average is above 2.0.
• I stands for “Incomplete,” and is only given at the end of the term.
• The student is almost done, and just needs a little bit more time.
• In a plan developed with the teacher, the student will have an agreed-upon amount of time during the next term, or during summer (TBD), to finish their last, incomplete proficiency scale.
• If the student does not complete the plan, their ASL grade will change from I to NC, and the student will need to retake the course.

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** Students who earn below a 2.0 for two or more proficiency scales,

will receive an overall letter grade of NC

• … even if their overall average is above 2.0.
• The student really isn’t close to passing the class, or the student has not completed an Incomplete remediation plan within the agreed-upon time frame beyond the original course dates.
• The student will need to retake the course.

EXTRA CREDIT

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There is no extra credit.

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Do the regular work.

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Do the assignments as they are assigned IN CLASS-then there will be no homework and no excuse for not getting it done.

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Don’t wait until the end when there’s no more time to get help.

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is submitting another person’s work and claiming that it is a demonstration of your own skills and abilities. It is not only dishonest, it defeats the purpose of education — developing the skills and credibility that you need as readers, writers, thinkers and SIGNERS who can thrive and command respect in the real world. Since plagiarized work is not a reflection of a student’s actual skills and knowledge, it will be excluded as invalid evidence of student proficiency. Additionally, I will enforce the DEL ORO Plagiarism/Academic Honesty Policy which may include further disciplinary consequences beyond the student needing to start over with their own work.

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Students are not allowed to use youtube or other signed videos and copy them. They are also not allowed to copy another student’s written or signed work. Also, because of the newness and prevalence of generative AI technology such as Chat GPT, the use of this technology on assessments will be considered plagiarism and inauthentic/invalid evidence of student achievement.

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LIFE SUCCESS

Respect your neighbors

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• We’re all in this together.
• Show courtesy and respect to your fellow students.
• This our class and the quality of our journey together depends completely on everyone’s contribution. Show up on time. Help others not get off track.

Respect yourself

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• This is your education, not mine.
• As young people, we are not preparing for “real life”: your real life started a long time ago. If you wait until graduation to start thinking this way, you’ll have lots of catching up to do.
• Make the effort to learn from mistakes.
• Strengthen the communication skills (signing, watching, practicing, communicating) you are going to be successful at this language.

TARDIES

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Students who arrive after class after the bell rings

will be marked on the attendance with a tardy.

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Students who frequently arrive tardy will be referred to the office.

I will begin this process after the student has been tardy three times;

this is over and above the Del Oro Student Handbook

recommendation of only two tardies.

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Thereafter, if tardies continue to be an issue,

I will submit further tardy referrals,

and the administration will follow through with their consequences.

COMMUNICATION

EMAIL ME

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Email is the most effective way to reach me. krugg@puhsd.k12.ca.us

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If you’re asking for help on current assignments that are due tomorrow, I will make an effort to respond as quickly as possible. However, check the CANVAS first, and complete the assignment to your best understanding regardless.

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If you’re asking about grades or missing assignments, you won’t be my highest priority, but I will get back to you soon.

STUDENT APPOINTMENTS

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Students can arrange to meet with me most days after school. Students can also sign up for my ASL intervention on Flexisched.

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WHERE CAN I SEE MY GRADES?

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Even though CANVAS will show students’ submitted assignments and grades associated with those assignments, always check AERIES for current up to date and accurate grades.

PUHSD

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The Placer Union High School District (PUHSD) is committed to ensuring equal, fair, and meaningful access to employment and education services and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. PUHSD prohibits discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), intimidation, or bullying in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis and/or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics of age, ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical information, national origin, disability, parental status, political affiliation, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, retaliation, sex, sexual orientation, military or veterans status, homelessness, foster status, or any other basis prohibited by California state and federal nondiscrimination laws consistent with Education Code 200 and 220, Government Code 11135, and Title IX.

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If you believe you have been subjected to discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), intimidation, or bullying you should contact Title IX Coordinator (Students) Steve Caminiti 13000 New Airport Road, Auburn, 530.886.4402, scaminiti@puhsd.k12.ca.us; Title II (Students) and Section 504 Coordinator Carrie Warda, 13000 New Airport Road, Auburn, 530.886.4443, cwarda@puhsd.k12.ca.us; and/or Title IX and Title II Coordinator (Staff), Elena DalFavero 13000 New Airport Road, Auburn, 530.886.4426, edalfavero@puhsd.k12.ca.us.

Thank You!

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SYLLABUS ACCEPTANCE FORM (due Friday, August 16th)

Click Here: Rugg - Syllabus Acceptance Form

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STRIVE | INVITE | SERVE | RESPECT | CELEBRATE

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