LISTING PRACTICE (PGP) IDEAS

• Create new sentences of each grammatical model we learned

in class.
• Sign these in varying order and have your peer(s) write out the
English, identifying each sentence type.
• If there are questions, re-sign each, making corrections
according to the feedback received.
 PGP: FUN REVIEW: WHO CAN…?

• Raise one eyebrow • Rub tummy/pat head at

• Snap fingers? same time
• Touch own nose with • Curl tongue
tongue • Touch elbows behind
• Bend thumb back to your back
wrist? • Wiggle your ears
• Leg behind your head • Flare nostrils
• Cross eyes
 PRACTICE IDEAS:
CREATE YOUR OWN INTERESTING FACTS

• With a partner quickly complete a survey of your classmates.

• After you complete your survey, decide which appropriate
would be appropriate to share your facts. (Ranking, Top Five,
Top-Most-Oldest)
• Try to come up with a variety of questions.
 MORE COMPARISONS

• Students will practice organizing

information using:
• Contrastive Structure
• Topic-Comment
• Rhetorical Structure
 REVIEW: IDENTIFYING TOPICS

• Contrastive Structure
• You will be comparing facts of two topics.
• You need to set up these topics on your right and left.

• Example: Lynn has curly hair and Deb has straight hair.
 WORKBOOK PAGE 35-37
• Find the topics of each of the sentences.
• Practice signing each topic. Remember to incorporate
appropriate non-manuals when introducing each topic.
• Complete the rest of the blanks for each sentence,
formulating a conclusion or a reason for the stated
information.
 ACTIVITY: WORKBOOK PP. 35-37

• Complete the Interpretation section of each fact.

• Remember that there is no single correct interpretation for a
fact. When you formulate your interpretation, address either
the reason why it is true or what should be done to change,
prevent or improve the situation.
• Monday, we will continue to practice putting it all together.
 PAGE 32: TRANSLATING FACTS
Using the data gathered now practice signing the facts.
• Form and relate a hypothesis, conclusion, or opinion about
what this info might mean
• Why
• Means
• Seems
TRANSITIONS FOR INTERPRETATION/CONCLUSIONS

• “WHY” (r.q.): used as an attempt to give an explanation or offer a

reason for the fact that was stated
• “MEANS” (r.q.): used to bring out the significance or implication
of the fact; sometimes precedes a suggestion or a warning in
which suggestion vocabulary may be incorporated
• “SEEMS”: used to introduce one’s perception or opinion about a
presented fact
 NUMBER TWO

• Topic: Abe Lincoln, George Washington

• Question: Which president has more places named
after him?
• Information: Lincoln has more places or things named
after him (1,361), Washington (1,346)
• Possible interpretations/meaning:
• More controversy surrounding Lincoln so he is more well-
known
• Lincoln was the more recent president…maybe that’s why
• Lincoln is more respected because of perceived civil rights
actions
 NUMBER THREE

• Cars and bottle caps

• Here in the US, which does more steel go into?
• Every year, more steel is used to make bottle caps
• Possible interpretation:
• Cars are no longer made of mostly steel; a variety of materials are
used
• Bottle caps must be composed of more pure steel
 NUMBER FOUR

• Movie industry, Auto industry

• Which industry has more employees?
• The auto industry employs 3,000,000 vs. movie industry
(200,000)
 NUMBER FIVE

• Wine/beer, Mouthwash
• Which has more alcohol?
• Mouthwash has more alcohol (14-27%) than wine/beer (3.2-
14%) therefore they are banned in prisons
 NUMBER SIX

• Country vs. city, vegetarians vs. non-vegetarians

• Who lives longer?
• People living in the country live an average of five years
longer than people in the city; vegetarians live an average of
10 years longer than non-vegetarians
 NUMBER SEVEN

• Anchorage, Alaska and Jackson, Mississippi

• Which has more males than females
• The male-female ratio in Anchorage, Alaska, is 107.7 men to
100 women. In Jackson, Mississippi, it’s 88.3 men to 100
women.
 NUMBER EIGHT

• Students from one-parent families, students from two-parent

families
• Students from which type of family gets kicked out of high
school more?
• Three times as many students from one-parent families as
from two-parent families get kicked out of school
 NUMBER NINE

• The Las Vegas Hilton vs. Country of Burma

• Which has the most hotel rooms?
• The Las Vegas Hilton has three times as many hotel rooms as
the entire country of Burma.
 NUMBER TEN

• Pet food vs. baby food

• On which do Americans spend more money?
• Americans spend four times as much money on pet food as on
baby food.
 TRANSLATION GUIDE

• 1a. Name Topics (use contrastive structure)

• 2a. Pose the question (use rhetorical question <OR>
• 1b. Pose the question (use rhetorical question)
• 2b. Name Topics (use contrastive structure)
• 3. Supply answer
• 4. Transition (Means, So, Should, Why-not, Better,
Reason, Why?, etc.)
• 5. Give “interpretation” by addressing either
• Why the fact is true, or
• Explaining what should be done