1. 12 Pictures with Captions
Maida Ahmad

2. This picture displays me using
www.lifeprint.com to learn sign
language. During this week, I focused
on “clothing” vocabulary. In this
picture, I am practicing the sign for
“socks”.

3. By using www.lifeprint.com, this week I
focused on “animal” vocabulary words.
This picture shows me practicing the sign
for “bird”.

4. During this week, I began to use the
vocabulary I had learned to create
sentences. In this picture, I am signing
“What is your favorite animal?”

5. Today, I taught sign language to a
student who was extremely interested
in the language. This picture displays
me teaching the sign for “brother” to
Ashley Bridges.

6. In this picture, I am teaching
Ashley the sign for “interesting.”
Later on, I taught Ashley to use the
word in a simple sentence.

7. When I asked Ashley what she was
interested in learning to sign, she
immediately said “food”. In this
picture, I am teaching Ashley the
sign for “hamburger”.

8. This picture was taken during the
time I was teaching Ashley to sign
personal statements. In this picture, I
am teaching Ashley to sign “My
name is Ashley.”

9. Today, I went on a shopping trip to
Michaels to get some ideas for a visual
display. As soon as I saw this shiny silver
scrapbook, I knew I wanted to create a
scrapbook to document the lessons I
gave Ashley.

10. When I wasn’t learning new signs or teaching
sign language to Ashley, I practiced signing
conversations to my mom. Although my mom
didn’t know sign language, she was extremely
supportive by simply sitting down and watching
me sign to her. In this picture, I am signing “my
name is Maida” to my mom.

11. This picture displays me having a simple
conversation with my mom in sign language. In
this picture, I am signing “how are you?” to my
mom. Since my mom didn’t know sign
language, whenever I felt that I needed to
practice sign language with someone, I would
speak and sign a question to my mom and she
would speak her reply.

12. Since my project facilitator was very busy with
work and her family, it became quite difficult to
meet up with her sometimes. Nevertheless, we
stayed in contact through social networking sites.
In this picture, I am emailing my project
facilitator, Andy, about some questions I had
about some signs that I had learned.

13. In this picture, I am emailing Andy to see if she
has any suggestions about what my visual
displays can be. Since I am not very artistic, I
asked Andy for some advice on what
possibilities I had for a visual display that didn’t
consist of drawing or painting.