Free Shipping On Every Order
Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!
Bird of a Different Feather and for a Decent Living, and Videotext : ASL Literature Series Includes
Bird of a Different Feather and for a Decent Living, and Videotext : ASL Literature Series Includes
- ISBN 13:
9780915035229
- ISBN 10:
0915035227
- Edition: Student
- Format: Paperback w/Video
- Copyright: 06/01/1994
- Publisher: Dawn Sign Pr
- Newer Edition
List Price $53.27 Save
| TERM | PRICE | DUE |
|---|---|---|
Free Shipping Both Ways
Highlight/Take Notes Like You Own It
Purchase/Extend Before Due Date
Free Shipping On Every Order
List Price $53.27 Save $46.86
In Stock Usually Ships in 24 Hours.
We Buy This Book Back!
.svg "Free Shipping On Every Order"){kind=icon}
Free Shipping On Every Order
Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
Extend or Purchase Your Rental at Any Time
Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.
Summary
Ben Bahan's allegorical fable, Bird of a Different Feather, explores the experience of a bird living with a family of eagles. Rather than accepting the bird's differences, the eagle family tries to apply a pathological approach to raising the bird. It is an odyssey familiar to many Deaf people.
Sam Supalla's For a Decent Living is a novella in which the protagonist is a deaf boy on a journey to find his Deaf identity. Escaping from his unsympathetic hearing family, he faces the continuing dilemma of proving himself to his family, the Deaf community, and society at large.
Students' comprehension of ASL and appreciation of ASL literature are enhanced as they are introduced to the art of narrative expression. The student materials emphasize comprehension and literary analysis plus understanding of linguistic
