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ASL I Week 1: Self Introductions hi, hello I, me my, mine name you your nice meet deaf hearing yes no school/paper high school class start/begin senior junior sophomore freshman sign language	ASL II Week 1: Reflexive Pronouns & Absent Referents myself ourselves yourself yourselves he, she, it they himself, herself themselves oneself, itself
ASL I Week 2: Numbers & People 1-10 person people boy girl man woman baby son daughter husband wife family dad mom brother sister grandfather grandmother uncle aunt cousin nephew niece friend boyfriend girlfriend sweetheart young old teach teacher learn student	ASL II Week 2: Possessives my, mine your, yours his, her, hers, its their, theirs our 's
ASL I Week 3: Numbers, Colors, & Questions 11-20 favorite color red orange yellow green blue purple pink brown white gray black many, much, a lot, how many? have who what when where why which how for-for please sorry thank you welcome hard of hearing live like don't like	ASL II Week 3: Sports sports, game challenge play race, competition exercise practice running swimming rock climbing bicycling baseball football soccer golf bowling tennis snowboard basketball active energy tired lazy skill win lose tie, equal give up, sacrifice team individual
ASL I Week 4: Numbers, Verbs, Interests 21-30 do food, eat sleep wake up stand sit walk run read study look watch travel hobby/interesting TV movies computer book football snowboard ski skateboard cooking videogame home work	ASL II Week 4: Space & Large Numbers hundred thousand million billion trillion sky, heaven outer space star sun moon earth world planet galaxy universe rocket national federal debt
ASL I Week 5: Numbers & Time 100 1000 understand fine America sign language time past finish future, will year month week day hour minute second now today tomorrow yesterday English question, ask	ASL II Week 5: Temporal Inflection wait vomit every day bath itchy cramp morning all morning every morning tired month cough sick cold (illness) every year autumn sore throat dizzy every Monday (and other days of the week) visit hospital stand afternoon headache upset stomach last night since tell paint postpone, procrastinate every night all night annoy stay distant past all day play
ASL I Week 6: Time & Food go come fly airplane good bad morning noon afternoon night breakfast lunch dinner pizza sandwich, taco hot dog hamburger barbecue popcorn apple cereal meat, steak bacon candy sweet, sugar, honey chocolate spaghetti cookie ice cream drink water milk	ASL II Week 6: Plants plant roots tree bush flower rose grass seed fruit apple orange strawberry tomato grapes coconut banana cherry watermelon pumpkin vegetable carrot potato lettuce
ASL I Week 7: Pronouns, Places, & Days of the Week we (inclusive) we (exclusive) you (plural) he, she, it they place area house city, town, community forest beach mountain river store restaurant library college university here there that quiet Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday	ASL II Week 7: Cultural Terms culture coda Deaf of Deaf hard of hearing hearing impaired home sign IEP LDA mainstreaming NAD oralism residential school sim-com total communication VP
ASL I Week 8: Thinking, Talking, Doing hearing aid cochlear implant if, suppose idea imagine concept think know don't know smart same different but maybe not, don't say talk with without in out review give do-do oh I see finger spell mainstream oralism, speech reading (lip reading)	ASL II Week 8: Voting, Reasons, Convincing vote government politics compete run (machine, for office) president governor reason, realize persuade, convince flatter opinion fact analyze positive negative policy, principle neutral debate, discuss change law rule group power rights support choice life
ASL I Week 9: Money money dollar cents debt require pay, spend buy earn, deserve save waste expensive cheap rich poor broke need want cost, charge, fee credit card trouble hundred thousand Halloween	ASL II Week 9: Numbers percent 1/2 1/4 3/4 first middle last second third once twice thrice double triple quadruple
ASL I Weeks 10-11: Animals animal cat dog fish lion tiger bear horse elephant giraffe zebra whale dolphin bird, chicken turkey eagle duck rabbit wolf bat cow beaver sea turtle tortoise shark crocodile hippopotamus snake spider insect bee butterfly mosquito buffalo rhinoceros pig fox deer, moose reindeer frog squirrel, chipmunk mouse rat raccoon peacock goat sheep donkey panda crab shrimp walrus seal kangaroo llama	ASL II Week 10-11: Deaf expressions off topic up to you for for? do you mind? I don't mind taking turns same time looks like the same as if no more train zoom 258 too bad no good ha ha ha mentally hearing mentally Deaf Deaf pride (stuttering) happen (smooth signing) true business yeah right extremely knowledgeable one more
ASL I Week 12: ADA & Transportation rule law banned, illegal correct wrong, mistake serve, service car truck bus van bicycle motorcycle boat, ship airplane helicopter train subway submarine tank drive ride walk run Thanksgiving	ASL II Week 12: Attitude of Gratitude attitude important unimportant thanks, thank you thankful, grateful ungrateful, ingratitude appreciate, appreciation, enjoy, pleasure, entertainment to take for granted, light minded, to think lightly spoiled, pet ruin, corrupt, spoil, decay pet peeve, irks me
ASL I Week 13: Opposites more less a lot, many, much several few joke, tease, kidding serious, bitter start end finish past future thick thin heavy, weight, pounds light (not heavy) smooth rough true, real, sure, so false, fake, fiction	ASL II Week 13: Opposites, Conjunctions, & Useful Signs mean nice strict allow baby children kids teenager adult and but, however or, so, therefore both either
ASL I Week 14: Feelings touch feel, sensitive touching emotion happy sad depressed angry fire under the surface content, satisfied relieved afraid, scared bored excited thrilled funny fun surprised shocked disappointed offend tired focused distraction annoying appreciate, pleasure comfortable	ASL II Week 14: Overcoming Suffering sick a cold flu sore throat upset stomach pain headache cramp diarrhea broken bone dizzy sleepy tired suffer secret endure, patient anguish attitude overcome choice become
ASL I Week 15: Classifiers, Months, Holidays, & Requests CL1 CL2 CL3 CLI CLF CLO CLC CLbentL CLbent3 CL4 CLbent5 CLA CLB month January February March April May June July August September October November December holiday, vacation Halloween Thanksgiving Hanukkah Christmas New Years Independence Day present, gift guest, visitor please question, ask ask, request thank you welcome don't mind, would you mind?	ASL II Week 15: Religion freedom religion trust faith belief, believe doubt values God devil, evil spirit, soul righteous sin repent church Jesus Christ Christian Catholic Protestant Orthodox Jewish Bible angel heaven, sky hell eternity, forever bless, blessing pray amen
ASL I Week 16: Verbs can can't want don't want play party help change become travel stay wait lose find keep loan borrow care, careful win lose do, action, activity, active understand have	ASL II Week 16: Giving Instructions wish list tradition technical, technology, technique write explain, describe command, order, answer reply, response, report progress, process, kind, grace details priority simple complex, complicated, mystery, puzzle easy hard, difficult clear, obvious, light, bright confusing, confused, discombobulating
ASL I Week 17: Opposites & History opposite easy hard, difficult slow fast big small before after cold hot dark light, bright, clear, obvious prepare plan organize college university study read oralism	ASL II Week 17: Resolutions think, brain, mind point perfect new year decide goal, resolution dream vision, envision reason, realize recognize, notice, acknowledge forget remember accomplish, achieve
ASL I Week 18: Opposites & History hello goodbye born, birth die, death, dead war peace love hate wonderful, terrific, great, fantastic awful, terrible, horrible long short remember forget good bad history Gallaudet near neighbor France, French America English, England	ASL II Week 18: Inviting & Setting Appointments invite, welcome, hire want come party busy, business meeting doctor appointment establish, set up can can't formal casual date chat hang out with friend family
ASL I Week 19: Finals Week Review of essential vocabulary.	ASL II Week 19: Finals Week Review of essential vocabulary.
ASL I Week 20 (Student Conferences)	ASL II Week 20 (Student Conferences)
ASL I Week 21: Communications Technologies communication, conversation technology telephone TTY video phone call relay email movie video culture environment situation voice talk say tell all some, piece, part none, nothing	ASL II Week 21: Comparing compare, comparison good better best bad worse, worst most every everyone, everybody everything someone, somebody something never sometimes always
ASL I Week 22: Valentines, Relay, & Opposites heart Valentine romance review relay stop go stay leave hungry full enough lacking, empty laugh cry scatter gather strong weak keep throw away	ASL II Week 22: Mathematical Concepts try make figure out math problem solve, resolve, dissolve, melt, dissipate positive, plus negative, minus add, extra, bonus more less than then share, average partner with, together divide separate include
ASL I Week 23: Interrupting Conversations hey tap him/her excuse, forgive interrupt, break hold just a minute wait hurry okay later late, not yet important unimportant whatever, anyway, nevermind and or help fine only, just except, especially, special, rare	ASL II Week 23: Opposites choose, choice, pick force overcome to be overwhelmed show hide donate steal beautiful, pretty ugly popular lonely friendly shy shame, ashamed pride, proud reject approve accept
ASL I Week 24: (President's Day & Staff Retreat) No new vocabulary. Review all previous vocabulary.	ASL II Week 24: (President's Day & Staff Retreat) No new vocabulary. Review all previous vocabulary.
ASL I Week 25: Travel, Cities & States travel city state Portland Beaverton, Boston Hillsboro Gresham Vancouver Salem Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Riverside San Diego Chicago Washington, D.C. New York Rochester Oregon Washington Alaska Hawaii California Idaho Nevada Utah Arizona Colorado Texas Florida	ASL II Week 25: Countries & Continents north south east west country nation America Canada Mexico Brazil Europe Norway Sweden Finland Denmark Germany Poland France England Scotland Ireland Italy Spain Greece Switzerland Africa Egypt Israel India China Russia Japan Korea Taiwan Vietnam Philippines Singapore Australia
ASL I Week 26: Stories & Clothes clothes use wear shirt pants shorts necktie bowtie, tuxedo shoes boots sandals socks hat vest robe belt underwear coat, jacket gloves ring watch, chronometer story, adventure, marshmellow experience fake real, true idea, imagine, imagination imagine a lot	ASL II Week 26: Countries & Continents (continued from week 25)
ASL I Week 27: Body Parts body head hair face eyes mouth beard neck heart arms hand finger leg feet back flesh, meat bone skin fat skinny thin muscle power energy authority	ASL II Week 27: Relationships connect, seal relationship responsibility professional boss, captain coach control, manage manager, master coworker friend match companion, roommate romantic, romance sweetheart boyfriend girlfriend fiancé, fiancée engaged marry, marriage, married wedding single divorce family relative widow
ASL I Week 28: Occupations work job nurse doctor police firefighter lawyer, attorney engineer artist picture, image, graphic designer mechanical designer actor scientist customer service, serve interpreter relay operator teacher Chestnut Lane	ASL II Week 28: More Occupations boss coach businessman politician soldier marine singer, musician writer secretary president janitor translator judge cook priest accountant counselor king queen emperor prince princess
ASL I Week 29: College college community search, explore apply send receive letter self advocate, support meaning, purpose explain, describe show class credit, merit, benefit, profit semester, season time (period), term stress, pressure, oppression difficult, hard easy fun major, main, career, straight General Education	ASL II Week 29: PCC Placement interview interview bed room door wall window closet dresser desk shelves chair couch television mirror
ASL I Week 30: College Majors university major, main, career, straight Computer Science Information Systems English Psychology Political Science Music Art Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Business Law Nursing Accounting, count History Chemistry Biology Graphic Design Philosophy	ASL II Week 30: Around the House The Riddle of the Stone Circle
ASL I Week 31: Seasons & Weather season weather spring summer autumn winter sun rain snow wind freeze melt, dissolve, resolve storm hurricane tornado lightning flood upheaval, disaster emergency cold hot warm wet dry	ASL II Week 31: Building Materials make from stuff, thing build, building, construction tower castle, palace statue, shape rock stone plastic metal rubber glass, teeth, dentist rope wood dirt, dust, sand oil chemical, chemistry element, elementary basic recycle, exchange, trade, swap, atone
ASL I Week 32: ASL Parameters listen comprehending sign evil, devil, demon, wicked, mischievous apple onion will, future eventually, someday fine cool groovy funky early naked, available rude family class understand what's up? thrilled event not, don't deny, denial	ASL II Week 32: English Poetry in ASL long ago, distant past, once upon a time happen kingdom us two again silly why that myself dissolve, melt, resolve lack, empty high low thing go ahead but live eternal, forever poem through famous, fame beautiful, pretty record if-same heaven world continue later inspiration
ASL I Week 33: Communication & Education communication, conversation education way, road, street, path mainstream simultaneous communication (sim-com) Bilingual-Bicultural (Bi-Bi) total communication learn teach agree disagree pain, hurt fight happen children teenager, adolescent adult grow up talent, skill show, act, theater, drama share hide	ASL II Week 33: Deaf Poetry Deaf poem, poetry technology, technique, technical ruin, spoil, corrupt arrive imagine a lot lead, guide follow story, adventure example practice gun search, explore stuck train discuss rebel, revolt increase patience, patient, endure relationship, united, unified, connected
ASL I Week 34: Quantity vs. Quality number quality all every most more less than better best many, how many? some, part, piece several few none, nothing, no always never sometimes often occasionally rare, special, except, especially forever, eternity, infinity about almost, near late, not yet any another, other	ASL II Week 34: Deaf Poetry continued flat, floor horse queen paranoid, panic wow team want defend, defense bunny, rabbit long cute mature immature jealous weird
ASL I Week 35: Opposites free, freedom captivity, bondage, slavery, slave save, safe, safety, salvation danger, hazard, risk, threat, dangerous choice, choose force lie honest strange normal, nature, natural, of course, usual soon eventually, someday stay leave still continue no more strict allow, let reject approve	ASL II Week 35: Homes & Rooms front door window table desk sink bathroom room office bedroom kitchen living room stairs closet garage bath shower yard
ASL I Week 36: Summer Plans summer plan during, while holiday, vacation rest, relax lazy excited work job part, piece, some full time travel stay earn money event use know, knowledge wisdom, wise, wisely improve	ASL II Week 36: Life After High School arrive graduate, graduation freedom, free responsibility choices, choose decide, decisions become adult kind, type person everyday actions up to you, think for yourself
ASL I Week 37: Continue learning during summer during, while, as summer continue learn America sign language class(es) either both Spanish Egyptian self improvement community college math art music fun credit, benefit, merit, profit basic communication, conversation skill, talent, proficiency, adeptness	Week 37: Finals Week (seniors) Review of essential vocabulary.
ASL I Week 38: Finals Week Review of essential vocabulary.