Deaf event

Deaf Event Paper 

Due: May 17, 2018 at 11:59pm

After you have attended an event you are asked to write about the Deaf event you attended.  Please include name of the event, date, time and location.  Your paper must include an introductory paragraph, three supporting paragraphs and a conclusion.  You may include more than five paragraphs; this is the bare minimum. 

Check out this website for help writing a five paragraph response paper: https://www.thoughtco.com/write-a-five-paragraph-essay-1856993

Please include in your comments observations about the three following cultural norms:

greeting behaviors,

attention getting behaviors,

conversational strategies.

You may also include any observations about cultural norms you feel are UNIQUE to American Deaf culture.  You may include your feelings and perceptions.  

Observational statements to avoid; anything about

Deaf people being happy and genuinely okay with being deaf

Signing is fast

They use their face for expression

The report shall be typed using ARIAL 12-point font double spaced with no more than a one-inch margin all around.    No cover page please.

The use of the word ‘dead’ when deaf is intended will result in a zero (0) for your whole assignment. 

For help knowing when to use Deaf or deaf, please read this blog.  http://deafexpressions.blogspot.com/2011/01/big-d-little-d-whats-it-mean.html