Hello Friends
October is a very special month in the United States. We celebrate some major cultural holidays over the next few months. Look for Halloween decorations. This holiday is second only to Christmas in outdoor yard displays! Halloween shops are popping up in vacant stores. These are great field trips!
To celebrate the season...
Mark your calendars for our in-person meet up:
Thursday, October 20, 10:00-12:00 at Cornerstone Lutheran Church
4850 East Main Street, Carmel
To tailgate and carve pumpkins for Halloween
We will meet in the parking lot to have a tailgate party. This is a parking lot party before a sporting event or concert where people meet and share snacks or food. Bring food to share and a pumpkin to carve for you Halloween decorating. Everyone is welcome! Bring friends and children and meet up with old friends and new friends.
- Bring something to eat to our tailgate.
- Bring some delicious thing to eat to our tailgate party.
Storytelling
Everyone likes a good story. Storytelling Arts of Indiana is just that. You can go to listen (and watch the ASL interpreter) to a storyteller weave his or her magic. Most events are free (but you need to register) and may be in person or virtual or a hybrid.
Fun to Ponder
How we say a word or words make a difference. Consider the following words. There is a little difference that can make a big difference.
something or some thing: We say and write these words together and they function as a pronoun. We only separate them if we add an additional descriptive word in between.
someplace or some place:
sleep over or over sleep
The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
This amendment was repealed by the 21st Amendment. Read more about this now defunct amendment.
Section 1
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2
The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
American Sign Language: Monday, 5:30-6:30 PM, ZoomEmergency weather language as it relates to hurricanes. We found that we generally understood about 85% or more of the signs. Some of the signs we "missed" were either quickly transformed into another word, were a bit stylistic or maybe local. Look how information about Florida is signed. The interpreter's left hand was the state of Florida and the right hand demonstrated what Governor DeSantis was saying. This signed map is a clever visual presentation and shorthand.
October 3: Meet and explore new topics and practice stringing our vocabulary together.
American English: Thursday, 9:30-11:30, Zoom
We had a very productive meeting. We compared the word advocate to similar words in our home languages. An advocate takes the side and the cause of another or others. In America, advocates may or may not be personally involved. Some advocacy agencies are hired. We covered the "A" words in a favorite 1000 word list.
October 6: Be Prepared:
1000 Word "B" List
Email three goals for the class.
American Accent Training: Thursday, 9:30-11:30, Zoom
Class met for a brunch meet-up to end the month of September to practice social skills....
October 6: Business as usual on Zoom.
Kid's Conversation: Friday, 5:30-6:00, Zoom
We learned about field day in Japan. Games include running races, tug of war and, martial arts "dance". We also had a drive in the Indiana countryside and got to see harvest equipment and fall farm fields.
October 7: Hear and ask questions about field day in Brazil.
October 7: Hear and ask questions about field day in Brazil.
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