Get to know each otherVoice off
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GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
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Practice Unit 1-5 Vocabulary
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Class Conversations- I will ask people questions today, so
be prepared with knowing your signs.
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Work on getting to know someone new today.
Unit 6 Goals
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To sign about sports
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To understand the Five Parameters of ASL
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To understand the different types of ASL literature
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To expand classifier skills
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To use the past, present, and future tenses
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To understand and use the Rule of 9
Come on
Involve, to be
included
Many, a lot
All year, year round
During, in, on
(time)
Use during to talk about
a non-specific time when
something occurs.
During is used much the
same way as “in” and
“on” are used in English
to talk abut events.
To play
Team
Tend to, usually
When do people play certain
sports? Follow the example
shown.
People tend to
bowl year round.
The Literature of ASL, p. 227
Both hearing and Deaf people create and enjoy
literature, artistic works such as stories, poetry, riddles,
and more. The literature of most cultures is written,
though cultures that do not use or have a written
ABC, classifier, and
language also produce a specific type of literature. This
handshape stories
is called oral literature, meaning stories are preserved
and passed down only by the act of storytelling.
Until very recently, the literature produced by the Deaf culture has been primarily
passed from person to person in such a way. Live or recorded storytelling has a
rich tradition in the Deaf culture. Poetry, ABC stories, classifier stories,
handshape rhymes, number stories, narratives, and humor form a highlyregarded body of signed, visual literature passed down from generation to
generation.
The Major Forms of Literature of ASL,
p. 227
ASL poetry: Covers a broad spectrum of genres and topics, performed by a Deaf poet.
Deaf poets such as Clayton Valli and Ella Mae Lentz are cherished for their poetry reflecting
the shared Deaf experience.
Classifier stories: Works that use only one or more specific classifiers to tell a complete,
plot-driven story.
Handshape rhymes: Works in which the signer tells an entire story using only one
handshape, often incorporating meter, or rhythm, based on the story’s plot.
ABC stories: Using only the letters of the alphabet in sequence (either A-Z or Z-A), the
signer tells a complete story. ABC stories combine elements of classifier stories and
handshape rhymes.
Number stories: Similar to ABC stories, the signer uses specific number signs to tell a
story. Number signs can be made in sequence like ABC stories (numbers 1-10, for
example), in a challenging pattern (numbers 7, 5, 7, 5, for example), or in reverse order
Narratives: Signed in formal ASL, narratives often relate events and aspects of the shared
Deaf experience, especially humorous tales of being Deaf in a hearing world. ASL
narratives often highlight Deaf history, famous Deaf persons, and Deaf accomplishments or
triumphs over adversity.
Poetry
ASL/Signed
The two signs
differentiate between
poems produced by
hearing culture and
those produced by
Deaf performers.
Over the years, Deaf
poets felt the general
sign poetry did not
fully capture the depth
of expression that is
part of ASL poetry, and
eventually the sign
express myself / let it
out became known as
ASL poetry.
English/Spoken
Story, to tell a story
Handshape Classifier?
Classifier – a sign that represents classes of objects
Handshapes are one of the five fundamental building blocks of a sign: Handshape,
movement, location, orientation, and nonmanual markers. Non-manual markers
include those aspects of body language that do not involve the hands such as shoulder
movements, head tilts, and facial expressions. The handshape is literally the shape in
which we form our hand during the production of a sign. (Remember the acronym HOLM?)
The movement or shape of certain signs can be modified in such a way as to include
information about a referent's type, size, shape, movement, or extent. Those signs
which have this ability are "classifiers."
It might be more accurate to call them "potential classifiers" since whether or not these
"potential classifiers" become actual classifiers depends on how they are used in context.
Think of classifiers as a type of pronoun. You have to identify your pronoun before you
can use it. Also you have to use it in context. I cant just start a conversation with you by
signing, "HE WALK." I have to set up some sort of situation or context, then I spell F-R-ED, and then point to the right then form the INDEX-finger-classifier (or "Classifier 1" also
shown as CL:1) and move it to the left.
Most common handshapes used in ASL BASCO15
(RED Book 225, 228)
Classifier, Many People
Crowded
elevator
A popular penguin.
Streams of many people going
somewhere.
Classifier,
Animals and Seated Position
To jump (animal)
To sit next to or show seated
position
CL: B & Base B,
Flat Objects
Bug, ant - crawling
Ears (animal)
Winding road
TEND TO
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Mingle people ask them
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EVERYDAY TEND-to / USUALLY WHAT
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ACTIVITY TEND WHAT
GAME
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Rollick