EXERCISE 9: John B. Hotchkiss

0          The thought is missing, nothing was signed.

1              Too much information, or too many facts, or data is missing. There are some major grammatical

errors. It is unintelligible due to major sign production errors or poor grammar.

2              Some/little information, facts or data is missing. Minor grammatical and sign production errors.

3              All clear and in good form. Your message was clearly understood.

0 1 2 3             John B. Hotchkiss was born in 1846.

0 1 2 3             He attended the American School for the Deaf in Hartford.

0 1 2 3             While he was a student there he often saw Laurent Clerc lecture.

0 1 2 3             Although Clerc was retired at the time.

0 1 2 3             Hotchkiss was graduated from Gallaudet College in 1869, the same year that Clerc died.

0 1 2 3             Hotchkiss taught at Gallaudet for 53 years.

0 1 2 3             He was such an avid sports fan that the football field at Gallaudet was named in his honor.

0 1 2 3             Hotchkiss died in 1922, but we have a short film of him so he will always be with us.