1. Unit 4
Family and Friends

2. What’s Your Family Like? Pg. 121
To camp
To play
Sometimes

3. Signing About Family Pg. 122
Watch on the student DVD the dialogue between Sean and Kelly about their families.
What is different about their shoulders?

4. Page 122

5. Family Size Pg. 122 Big, large Family Same as, like Medium Only Small
This “like” means “I have a shirt like that.” NOT “I like your shirt.”
Medium
Only
Small

6. Page 123

7. Family Members Pg. 123 All, everybody Child Children To have Parents
People

8. Classroom Exercise A Pg. 123
Look at the pictures of the families
In complete sentences tell about each family
How many children are in each family?
Who are the hearing and Deaf members of each family?
How many people are in your family?
Using the information shown practice signing how many people are in your family.

9. Page 125

10. Family Signs Pg. 125 Mother Aunt Sister Grandmother Baby Cousin
Relatives
Father
Uncle
Brother
Grandfather
Step-
Total, to add up
Twins

11. Classroom Exercise B pg. 124 YOUR FAMILY HAVE DEAF ?
Yes, my mother is Deaf.
No, there are no Deaf people in my family.
All my family is Deaf.
Yes, my sister and brother are Deaf.
YES, MY MOTHER DEAF
NO, MY FAMILY ALL HEARING
MY FAMILY ALL DEAF
YES, MY (dir 1)sister (dir 2)BROTHER DEAF.

12. Classroom Exercise B pg. 124
MY DEAF FRIEND LIVE NEW-YORK
MY MOM H.O.H. MY DAD DEAF. THEY LIVE FLORIDA
MY BROTHER LIKE
LEARN ASL
My Deaf friend lives in New York.
My mom is hard of hearing and my dad is Deaf. They live in Florida.
My brother likes to study sign language.

13. Page 127

14. Related Signs Pg. 127
To be dead (alternate sign also--more common here!)
Missing
To divorce
To marry
Older, tall, adult
Younger, short
Use the signs older and younger as seen, even if an older sibling is shorter or a younger sibling is taller than you.
(Alternate signs for OLDER and YOUNGER – more ENGLISH, but used)

15. ASL Up Close Pg. 128 Gender Distinction in ASL
Look at the picture on page 128
In ASL the top half of the face is used for Male signs and the bottom half is used for the Female signs.
Just by placing the sign “Cousin” in a gender distinction area you will know whether they are male or female.

16. BOY, MAN, MALE-COUSIN, UNCLE, FATHER, GRANDFATHER
FEMININE WORDS
Lower Part of Face/Head
MASCULINE WORDS
Upper Part of Face/Head
GIRL, WOMAN, FEMALE-COUSIN, MOTHER, AUNT, GRANDMOTHER

17. Page 128

18. ASL Up Close Pg. 128 Girl Niece Daughter Cousin (Female) Woman Boy
Nephew
Son
Cousin (Male)
Man

19. What’s Your Family Like? Pg. 121
Watch on the student DVD how Sean signs about his family.
What new signs do you see???

20. Classroom Exercise E pg. 128
My cousin Joseph lives in Florida.
Her niece was born yesterday.
My sister married a man who has two daughters.
MY COUSIN
J-O-S-E-P-H LIVE FLa.
YESTERDAY HER NIECE BORN
MY SISTER MARRIED MAN HE HAVE TWO DAUGHTER

21. Did you know? Pg. 129
Read on page 129 about what CODA means.

22. C O D A
CHILD OF
DEAF
ADULTS

23. Read page 131 silently to yourself.
What is Shoulder-Shifting?
When do we use Shoulder-Shifting?

24. Constructive Structure (Pg. 130)
Using shoulder shifting to ask and answer questions that incorporate more than one detail or piece of information.
This generally takes place of the word “and”.

25. ASL Up Close (Pg. 131) Shoulder Shifting is used for:
Contrasting: Multiple topics or pieces of information in the same sentence
Comparing: what more than one person says or does
Separating: More than one idea or concept in the same sentence.

26. DVD: Using Shoulder-Shifting
Let’s watch the DVD about how to use Shoulder-Shifting.

27. YOU ANIMAL! P. 133
Add a snap!

28. Household Pets (Pg. 133)
Bird
Cat
Dog
Fish

29. Accent Step (pg. 133)
Many words in ASL are Compound Signs, which are two separate signs combined to make an additional meaning. Combing the signs for mother and father creates parents. When using compounds, sign each portion quickly and smoothly in one motion.

30. VIDEO TIME!! Signing Age (Pg. 135)
Age Spot: the spot on your chin where someone’s age is signed.
When signing “How old are you?” use your WH-Face and sign “old”.
In ASL-GLOSS is would read…
OLD YOU?
AGE SPOT
VIDEO TIME!!

31. ASL Up Close (pg. 135)
AGE SPOT
Place a number sign at the Age Spot and then move the hand shape away from the chin in one movement.
You do not need to twist your wrist inward for ages involving the #1-5.
Moving the # away from the Age Spot conveys the meaning years old, so you do not need to add separate signs for year and old after the #.
The AGE SPOT showing AGE-2 (two years old)

32. Eyes on ASL pg. 134
All age signs originate at the Age-Spot and face outward.
Using separate signs for 10, year and old is sloppy and incorrect.

33. Four things to know about signing age:
1.) Ages 1-9 always follow the Rule of 9
(look on page 136 for example)
2.) Ages except 13,14,15 follow either variation, depending on the style in your area.
3.) Generally the age numbers are signed like this… (look on page 136)
4.) Ages 13, 14, 15 are signed like this…
LOOK ON PAGE 136 FOR EXAMPLES

34. Page 136

35. Classroom Exercise I (Pg. 137)
Practice signing ages on #1 and #2 in this classroom exercise. (see next slide)
LOOK ON THE PAPER!!!!!!

37. Age-Related Signs (pg. 137)

38. ASL Close Up (Pg. 138) The Listing and Ordering Technique:
This technique is often used when providing 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.
Look On Page 138 for examples.

39. p. 138
Let’s watch the video!

40. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To camp To play Sometimes
Big, large
Family
Like, same as
Medium
Only
Small
All, everybody
Child
Children
To have
Parents
People
Aunt
Baby
Brother
Cousin

41. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Father
Grandfather
Grandmother
Mother
Relatives
Sister
Step-
Total, to add up
Twins
Uncle
To be dead
Missing
To divorce
To marry
Older, tall, adult
Younger, short
Boy
Daughter

42. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cousin (Female)
Cousin (Male)
Girl
Man
Nephew
Niece
Son
Woman
Bird
Cat
Dog
Fish
Teenager
To be young

43. P. 142

44. Life Events (pg. 142) But College To get (something) To graduate
High school
License
To pass down, descendants
Should
To vote

45. Video Time: p. 143
Take a look at the questions on Classroom Exercise “M”.
We will watch the video 3 times…regular speed, slow speed, and then regular speed again.
Answer the questions on a sheet of paper.
This will be for a grade.

46. Accent Step (pg. 147)
The sign SINCE means “for” but only when signing about a period of time: “I’ve know him for five years” uses since, but not “Tell her for me.”

47. p. 145

48. Friendship (Pg. 145) Best friend Boyfriend To get together Girlfriend
To go out, leave
Good friend
Since, for
To be single
Sweetheart, honey

49. Classroom Exercise O (Pg. 145)
She is my best friend. Her name is Andrea.
I’ve know him for four years.
I met my sweetheart at work.
SHE MY BEST-FRIEND. NAME SHE fs-A-N-D-R-E-A
ME KNOW HIM SINCE 4 YEAR
ME MEET SWEETHEART WORK ME

50. p. 149

51. Relationships (Pg. 149) Verbal fight To argue To date To fall in love
To flirt
Together, be together
To break up
Love
Relationship
To get along

52. ASL Close Up (Pg. 147)
The basic form of the verb “to go to” is modified when used in the plural form.
Look on page 147 (next slide) for examples of how to sign “to go to” in the plural form vs. the singular form.
Practice under Classroom Exercise P

53. P. 147

54. Accent Step Pg. 148
Don’t confuse the signs “love” and “love-it”. “Love” is used for romantic emotions, while “love-it” shows and emotional or sentimental attachment to a person or thing.

55. Expressions Corner pg. 148
ASL distinguishes between a literal, physical fight and a heated exchange of words, know as a verbal fight. Look closely at the sign; can you see why the sign is appropriate in a signed confrontation?

56. Accent Step pg. 149
This is one of the more common signs for to break up, though there are many others.
Look closely at the sign for “relationship”: How could you make break up using this sign?

57. I Want to Know… (Pg. 150) How do I fix mistakes signs… Oops Slip-mind
Wave-no
Wrong
Um, uh

58. Expression Corner (Pg. 159)
Dive-in: someone who becomes completely involved with an activity or group.
Deaf World: the Deaf Community’s clubs, sporting competitions, and social events where Deaf peoples form the majority and ASL is the language everybody knows, uses and cherishes.

59. Break time: Watch videos “Pronouns and Numbers” and “Eyes on ASL #10”

61. p. 159

62. Personality Traits Cute pretty,beautiful Smile Ugly Annoy,bother
Annoyed
Arrogant
friendly
Funny
Laugh
Mean
Mischievous
Shy
Sweet
Boring
Interesting

63. Personality Traits Lazy Motivated Negative Outgoing Positive Smart
Stupid
Smart
Stupid
Work hard

64. Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
Adult
All, everybody
Annoy, bother
Argue
Arrogant
Aunt
Baby
Best friend
Big, large
college
Bird
Boring
Boy
Boyfriend
Break up
Brother
But
Camp
Child
children

65. Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
Cousin (female)
Cousin (male)
Cousin (general)
Cute
Date
Daughter
Dead
Missing
Divorce
Dog
Fall in love
Family
Father
Fish
Flirt
Friendly
Funny
Get
Get along
Get together
Girl
Girlfriend

66. Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
Go out, leave
Go to (plural)
Good friend
Graduate
Grandfather
Have
High school
Interesting
Laugh
Lazy
License
Like, same as
Love
Man
Marry
To be Mean
Medium
Mischievous
Mother
Motivated
Negative
Nephew
Niece
Older

67. Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
Shy
Since, for
Single
Sister
Slip-mind
Small
Smart
Smile
Son
Sometimes
Step-
Sweet
Sweetheart, honey
Only
Oops
Outgoing
Parents
Pass down, Desecdents
People
Positive
Pretty, beautiful
Relationship
Relatives
Short
Should

68. Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
Teenager
Those-four
Those-three
Those-two
Together
Total
Twins
Ugly
Uncle
Us-four
Us-three
Us=two
Verbal-fight
Vote
Wave no
Woman
Work hard
You-four
Young
Younger
You-three
You-two

69. Unit 4 Review!!! Where is the female gender distinctions located?
Bottom half of your face; nose down
Where is the male gender distinctions located?
Upper half of your face; nose up
Where is the Age Spot located?
Your chin

70. Unit 4 Review!!! What does CODA stand for?
Children of Deaf Adults
When do you use Shoulder Shifting?
Use shoulder shifting to ask and answer questions that incorporate more than one detail or piece of information.
What is a Compound Sign?
Two signs used to create one sign
Review Back over your Numbers!!