Questions about Communication

What is the focus question of the session?

• How do we communicate?

• Does language unite us or divide us?

• What are the ways to send messages without sound?

• What do you notice and wonder about the story?

Where can you find the guide to ASL in illustrations for the word "whale"?

• Page 349

• Page 355, signed by Iris

• Page 351

• Page 355, signed by Grandpa

What activity is suggested to understand the ways we communicate?

• Discussing ideas with a partner

• Writing a list of all the ways you send messages and crossing out all that use sound

• Reading a story and noticing and wondering

• Learning ASL from illustrations

What is the title of the story from which the provided text is taken?

• Song for a Whale

• The Gulf Coast Adventure

• Iris's Summer

• The Old Family Story

Who is the main character in the story?

• The grandfather

• Iris

• The whale

• Iris's parents

What do Iris and her grandparents have in common?

• They all enjoy collecting shells.

• They all have a family story about a whale.

• They were all born deaf.

• They all live on the Gulf Coast of Texas.

Why did Iris's grandfather change the subject when asked about school?

• He wanted to talk about the whale instead.

• He didn't know what to tell Iris about school.

• He had a new story to share with Iris.

• He was interested in the shells and driftwood.

How long had the whale been buried on the beach according to Iris's parents?

• Two years

• Eleven years

• Since last summer

• For about a decade

Why did the whale beach herself the same day the narrator was born, according to Grandpa?

• Because she was following the narrator

• Because she was born deaf

• Because of an explosion from an oil rig

• Because she was old and tired

What did Grandpa use to help tell the story of the whale?

• His singing voice

• His signing hands

• A book

• Pictures