WARM UP Journal time: ½ page at least 1) What do you think it would be like to have Deaf parents? Imagine the life of a coda and compare it with your own. In what ways would your life be different? How would it be the same? What do you think it would be like to be a deaf parent with hearing children? 2) When done turn into the box, and then find someone to have a sign conversation with in the middle of classroom. Remember to keep voice off, and use the great skills you have.

Class conversations- VOICE OFF YOUR NAME WHAT? Whats your name? Make sure to ask this, if you don’t know their name. WEEKEND DO-DO? What are you doing this weekend? WEEK How? How was this week? FAVORITE EAT WHAT? Whats your favorite thing to eat? FAVORITE COLOR WHAT? Whats your favorite color? Have conversations these are just something's you can talk about. Build your skills, remember if you don’t know gesture it out but don’t voice it out. Don’t mouth everything, that doesn’t help your classmates.

Unit Four Family and Friends Unit Four Objectives To recognize and use gender distinction in ASL To understand and use contrastive structure To sign about family, friends and relationships To understand how ASL name signs are made To use pronoun signs appropriately

Gender Distinction in ASL Masculine Feminine You may have noticed by now that ASL distinguishes gender aspects of signs by locating a sign in either the masculine or feminine areas of the face, as seen in the illustration. Depending where you place the sign cousin, it means female cousin or male cousin. What other signs do you know with gender distinction? MASL p. 128

Pronouns and Number Use the ASL pronoun that shows the particular number of people being talked about whenever possible. When the exact number is unknown or larger than 8, use the general pronouns we, us, or they. Otherwise, use the following pronouns that refer to a specific number of people. You can include number in pronouns up to eight. Use eye-gaze and hand placement to indicate if the speaker, listener, couple or group not present are included in the pronoun. Three of usThree of youThree of them Pronouns and Number & Eyes on ASL #10 – Unit 4

How Do I Fix Mistakes – Unit 4 Mistakes happen whether you are fluent in a language or not. An important part of using a language well is knowing how to correct your mistakes. ASL has several ways to help correct mistakes: The most common corrections are oops and wave-no. When you make a mistake, use either sign and continue signing. You don’t need to over- emphasize the signs or exaggerate facial expressions. The sign um shows one is thinking of what to say next. It is a visual cue that informs those watching that the signer isn’t done. Fixing Mistakes oops It slipped my mind. Um, hold on, I’m thinking. Wave-no

The Listing & Ordering Technique Making a visual list of information such as names or ages is called the Listing & Ordering Technique. This technique is used most often when providing several details about one or more person or thing. The non-dominant hand forms a list with each new bit of information signed by the dominant hand. Example 1 Marc is the first, I’m the second, and Lila is the third. Example 2 (He) Marc is a student, I’m a Teacher, and (she) Lila is my dog. MASL p. 138

Practice Exercise – Listing and Ordering Making lists. Use the Listing & Ordering Technique with each group of information. 1.Bryan, Leslie, Jason, Lisa, Jeff. 2. I’m going to: San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego. 3. John is first, Lara is second, and Rick is last. 4. Megan is tall, I’m medium height, and Hannah is short.

To camp

Unit 4 To play

Sometimes ( used for frequency of an event) NeverSometimesAlways

Sizes BIG MEDIUM SMALL

Family

Like, same as

Only (alone)

All, Everybody (quantity, how many) allsomenone All together, added up

Child

Children

To have

Parents

People

How Many Altogether? YOUR FAMILY ALL TOGETHER HOW MANY (WHQ) MY FAMILY ALL TOGETHER (NUMBER) 5 LIST (Spelling out names) Headcount. Ask a partner how many members are in each family. Your partner will respond using the information below. When done, switch roles and repeat the exercise. Sentence examples are provided. 1.Practice your family first then make up examples below. 2.8 people 3.3 people 4.11 people 5.5 people 6.16 people 7.4 people 8.6 people 9.9 people 10.2 people people

HOMEWORK Be ready to talk about your family. All together how many, then list each one. We will add how old each person is, so make sure you know how old your family members are. Start loooking for picture of your family