1. Student Booklet Name: ____________________
Master Asl unit three
Student Booklet
Name: ____________________

2. Getting to know you to expand ASL skills and topics of conversation
to understand topic-comment structure
to incorporate numbers into conversation
to understand how ASL name signs are made
to use possessive signs and deixis appropriately
to talk about favourites

3. Expression corner Oh I See….
This is an ASL expression that conveys comprehension, sympathy, and concern similar to sounds in hearing culture like huh, hmm, oh, aha, and I see.
You will see it used often in conversations.

4. Where do you live?
As you socialize with Deaf people, you will be asked questions about your background, especially if you are hearing and new to most people.
Deaf individuals will want to know where you are from, why you are leaning ASL, and whether you have other Deaf friends or family.
Your company will be more valued if you make the effort to ask questions in ASL as well as responding to those asked of you.

5. Let’s learn some geographical signs
Canada signs and more…
These will be on the test

6. Where are you from

7. And more…

8. Where do you live?

9. Interests

10. That way is related to deixis
That way is related to deixis. It is used to provide the general direction of an object or location.
Emphasize distance by opening your eyes wide while pointing or using the sign far.
Accent steps

11. Distances

12. Wave your hands in the air instead of clapping them.
Did you know

13. Read page 84 and be prepared to answer the following questions:
What is a name sign?
Why are they important to the Deaf Community?
What might it mean if you are given a name sign?
What is the difference between a descriptive name sign and an arbitrary name sign?
Should you give yourself a name sign?
Deaf culture note
Name Signs

14. Most Deaf adults live in larger cities across the United States and Canada. Jobs, social opportunities, Deaf-interest agencies, schools for the Deaf, and interpreters are more plentiful in metropolitan areas than in isolated rural areas. The metro region of Rochester in New York state features the world’s highest per capita population of Deaf people. Are there many Deaf people in your area? Why or why not?
Deaf culture minute

15. Focus: is sign language universal?
Read page 86/87 and be prepared to answer the following questions:
Is there a universal sign language?
Compare ASL to British and French sign language.
What is Gestuno?
Look at the three different signs for walk: Chinese, French and ASL.
Focus: is sign language universal?
What is Gestuno?

16. ASL Grammatical structures
Topic-Comment
Subject-Verb-Object

17. #1 Topic & comment

18. topic & comment
Topic-comment is one of the grammatical structures that ASL uses.
Use topic-comment structure when signing with WH-signs
Present the information then make the information either a statement or question by adding a comment.
This is very different than English and may be hard to get used to.
Using ASL signs in English word order will not make sense.

19. ASL up close
Read page 88 and be prepared to sign a complete sentence using the ASL Topic-Comment grammatical structure.

20. #2 Subject-verb-object
This is the second basic structure of ASL.
Use the S-V-O structure when WH-signs are not needed.
This format is more familiar to English users.
Use ‘why’ as a bridge or connector between S-V- O phrases

21. Subject-verb-object

22. Use the sign ‘why’ to connect sentences rather than the English word ‘because’. This is called a rhetorical question and is used often in ASL.
Bridges

23. Accent steps
Raise your eyebrows to make the Question- Maker face when using ‘why’ to connect two parts of a sentence.

24. Possessive signs
Signs for mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, and ours are called POSSESSIVES
Possessive signs follow the same rules as deixis to point towards people and things, including eye gaze.

25. Possessive signs

26. More possessive signs

27. Let’s review colours! See also your ASL dictionary
Orange
Black
Pink
Blue
Purple
Brown
Red
Gray
White
Green
Yellow

28. Accent steps
To emphasize the depth or brightness of a colour, swing the hand forming the colour away from you.

29. Expression corner
Use love-it when signing about a non-romantic ‘love’ for things or people.
Love-it is often used instead of ‘like a lot’ or similar phrases.

30. favourites

31. More favourites

32. I want to know… How do I sign ‘and’ and ‘or’? Or
Since the word ‘or’ implies a choice, ASL uses which to show options.
And
The word ‘and’ is used differently in ASL than English. Generally, ASL does not use a specific sign because ‘and’ is implied by a slight pause, head nod, and change in eye gaze.
I want to know…
How do I sign ‘and’ and ‘or’?

33. Did you know? Vinton Cerf Internet Pioneer and hard of hearing
Vincent Cerf is a prominent figure in the internet world.
He serves on:
~ the board of ICANN (regulating body of the internet)
~ Board of Trustees at Gallaudet University
His work has impacted people around the world
Why might Vincent Cerf be well respected by the Deaf World?
Did you know?

34. Let’s talk tech

35. More tech talk

36. Accent steps ~ To sign web page, do not sign www + page, just sign www
~ Don’t sign the portion of an address
Accent steps

38. Accent steps
Don’t confuse the signs to live and address. They are easily mistaken because they look very similar, but the movement of each sign is different.

39. Numbers 1-5 always face you except when signing addresses and telephone numbers.
FYI: Pause briefly between the first and last sets of a telephone number. Pause rather than making a dash.
Eyes on asl #7

40. What is a videophone? Read page 101
Be prepared to describe the videophone and TTY
What is a videophone?

41. And still more tech signs…

42. Month of the year: the months of the year are fingerspelled using their abbreviation or the full word for the month
The months using abbreviations are:
January – Jan
February – Feb
August – Aug
September – Sept
October – Oct
November – Nov
December - Dec
The months that are fingerspelled are:
March
April
May
June
July

43. When is your birthday?

44. Seasons and holidays

47. Major holidays Fingerspell Labour Day Note: Variation for Halloween
Memorial Day = Remembrance Day
Major holidays

48. Note:
Variation for Thanksgiving

50. The weather basics
Note: Variation for weather x3

52. Today’s weather

55. Rotating Chairs Conversations /5
Spend 5 mins creating a minimum of 5 ASL sentences based on Unit 3 Themes and Vocabulary
Practice signing each question
When ready sit in Rotating Chairs format
You will choose a question from your list to ask your partner
Answers must be in complete ASL sentences (be creative!)
Continue asking your questions, switching roles until the teacher tells you to rotate

56. Journal Activity Respond to Journal Activity #2 pg 112
Respond in paragraph form with an in depth and well thought out answer.
Journal Activity