teaching the kids

[K.J. Boal]

Cherie -

That's wonderful, I'm so glad it's going so well!!!  Do you think there 
might be something for me to see in April after all? :-)  I could bring 
along a SW document of my own for them to read, and maybe they could write 
me something... what do you think?

Kelly Jo


>From: CWren at doe.k12.ga.us
>Reply-To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>Subject: [sw-l] teaching the kids
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:02:31 -0500
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>OMG!!!  These kids picked up SW like it was candy.  At the end of a one
>hour lesson, I could write just about any sign on the board and they could
>figure it out.  Today was just supposed to be an introduction, but we went
>farther than we had planned because they just soaked it in.  Luckily I had
>next weeks materials ready!  I am so impressed I don't know what to say!
>They were all interested and paid attention well (for elementary students,
>smile)  They were hollering out (in sign) words for me to write...  It was
>amazing!  Toward the end, when they hollered out a sign, I would say
>"where (on the body) is it?" and they would tell me if I needed a shoulder
>line or a face circle.   Then I would say what handshape, and they would
>show me, then I would ask how does it move, and they would show me....
>They were all just as excited as they could be.  So am I!
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>cherie
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>Cherie Wren
>GSD Staff Interpreter
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>The box is here, on my desk.  I have a whole hour to peruse the stuff
>before we start!  ::grin::
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>cherie
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>"Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM>
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>January 11, 2007
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>Cherie -
>now I must know...did you get the box today that I sent you Fed-Ex
>yesterday to the Georgia School for the Deaf? please answer as I
>would feel sad if it didn't arrive ;-) I also need to get on Fed-Ex's
>case about it...so please answer this...
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>Regarding Stefan's book...
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>Stefan has been so busy doing that translation from German to
>English, and I have the documents now, and it is my job to read it
>through and then get Stefan's approval of my editing, and then we
>will talk with his publisher, Birgit, as to how we can distribute the
>English translation...
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>So that particular English translation is not ready yet, but it is
>coming...
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>meanwhile you can read about the book on these web pages:
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>http://www.signwriting.org/germany/germany.html
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>http://www.suttonshop.com/ecommerce/pages/products_sw_detail.jsp?id=54.0
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>It was never online before...you must be thinking of other German
>documents...
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>Val ;-)
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>PS. I believe I will need to cancel the course on video transcription
>in February to finish the translation of Stefan's book into English,
>plus finish SignBank...
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>On Jan 11, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Cherie Wren wrote:
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> > Speaking of that!  There was a link to the English translation of
> > the German book somewhere... but I can't find it now.  Is that
> > still available online?
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> > Thanks,
> > cherie
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM>
> > To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:12:28 PM
> > Subject: [sw-l] German translation of SignText manual ;-)
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> > SignWriting List
> > January 11, 2007
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> > THANK YOU, Stefan, for your German translation of the SignText
> > Manual!!
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> > You can download Stefan's translation here:
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> > SignText Manual in German
> > http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs5/sw0469-DE-SignText-Handbuch-
> > Deutsch.pdf
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> > I still have to create the web page with the links in the SignText
> > area but at least the wonderful document is on the web!!
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> > Val ;-)
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