1. Unit 3
Getting to Know You

2. Page 73

3. Where Are You From? Pg. 73 A lot of To be beautiful / pretty
To do, activity, action
Fun
During
Vacation
You and me
Family

4. Page 75

5. Background Signs (pg. 75) To be born in To be from To grow up Here
To live in

6. Classroom Exercise A PG. 75
Where were you born?
Where do you live?
Where did you grow up?
Where are you from?
YOU BORN WHERE you?
YOU LIVE WHERE you?
YOU GROW-UP WHERE
You?
YOU FROM WHERE you?

7. Expression Corner pg. 76 OH-I-SEE
Oh-I-See is an ASL expression that conveys comprehension, sympathy, and concern, similar to sounds like “huh”, “hmmm”, “oh”, “aha”, and “I see.” It is often used in conversation.

9. Interests (pg. 77)
Beach
Ocean
To rollerblade
To ski
To visit

10. Accent Step (pg. 79)
Most states and provinces are fingerspelled. Fingerspelling the name the way it is shown in capital letters on the map.

12. States and Provinces (pg. 79)
America
United States
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Colorado
Arizona
Mexico
Spanish
New York
Texas
California

13. Classroom Exercise C pg. 77
HE FROM NEW-YORK HE? YES HE FROM NY HE
YOU BORN WHERE? (reply in complete sentence)
WHO LIVE TEXAS WHO? (reply……)
Is he from New York?
Where were you born?
Who lives in Texas?

14. Classroom Exercise C pg. 77
Where do you want to go?
Can we go to the beach on Saturday?
He was born and grew up in Mexico.
YOU WANT GO WHERE YOU? (reply)
SATURDAY, BEACH CAN WE GO-TO?(reply)
IX-he BORN GROW-UP MEXICO IX-he.

15. States and Provinces (pg. 79)
IDAHO
NEVADA
UTAH NM WY ND SD
OKLA
MINN
IOWA MO
ARK LA
ILL

16. States and Provinces (pg. 79)
IND
OHIO PA KY
TENN
MISS
ALA GA
MAINE NH VT
MASS RI
CONN NJ MD

17. States and Provinces (pg. 79)
FLA SC NC
NEB KS
WASHINGTON+DC VA
DEL
WEST VA
WISC
MICH

18. Classroom Exercise D I was born in Alaska. Oh yeah? I’m from Texas.
Do you like Texas?
Yes, I do.
I see. I want to visit Texas.
A:ME BORN ALASKA ME
B:OH-I-SEE, ME FROM TEXAS ME
A:TEXAS LIKE YOU?
B:YES, LIKE TEXAS
A:OH-I-SEE. TEXAS ME WANT VISIT ME

19. Classroom Exercise D I moved here from Florida.
Why did you move here?
I want to go to school here.
Oh, I see. Do you like it here?
Yes, I do!
A:ME MOVE-TO-HERE FROM FLORIDA
B:MOVE-TO-HERE WHY?
A:SCHOOL ME WANT GOTO –HERE
B:OH-I-SEE. YOU LIKE HERE?
A:Yeah, I like here

20. Prominent Cities

21. Well-Know City Signs (pg.82)
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
City, town
Houston
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington D.C.

22. Distance (pg 83) To be close to, near To be far That way, over there
REMEMBER: Use EYE GAZE when you are signing WHERE something is!
If something is FAR AWAY OPEN YOUR EYES WIDER to show distance is greater!

23. Classroom Exercise E 1.) TURN OFF YOUR VOICES
2.) Turn to someone next to you
3.) Complete # 1 and 2 in this exercise
I WANT TO SEE YOU SIGNING NOT TALKING!!

24. Use the sign New York for both the city and the state.
FYI
Use the sign New York for both the city and the state.

25. 1. A: Is Seattle, Washington. far away from TX
1.A: Is Seattle, Washington* far away from TX? B:Yes Seattle, Washington is far away from Tx 2.A: Is NY,NY near Arlington, TX? B: No, NY,NY is far away from Arlington TX 3. A: Atlanta, GA Near Arlington, TX? B: No, Atlanta, GA is far away from Texas. 4. A: OKLA near Arlington, Texas? B: Yes, OKLA is near Arlington, TX 5.A La, California far away from sd California? B: No, la is near sd.

26. 6. A: Is Miami, FLA far away from Texas. B: YES, Far away. 7
6. A: Is Miami, FLA far away from Texas? B: YES, Far away! 7. A: Dallas near Arlington? B:Yes, near, not far. 8.A: Is Phoenix, Arizona near California? B:Yes, Phoenix Arizona is near California. 9. A: Chicago, ILL near Dallas, TX? B: No, Chicago,ILL is far away from Dallas,TX 10. Honolulu, Hawaii far away from F.W. TX? Yes, very far away!!

27. Classroom Exercise F with your partner TURN OFF YOUR VOICES.
Complete # 2 in this exercise on page 83

28. 1. YOU LIVE NEAR NEW YORK CITY?
2. YOU LIVE NEAR LOS ANGELES?
3. YOU LIVE FAR AWAY FROM W.D.C. ?
4.YOU LIVE NEAR CANADA?
5.YOU LIVE NEAR MEXICO?
6.YOU LIVE FAR AWAY FROM *ALASKA?

29. VIDEO TIME
Watch the video conversations “Where are you from” and “Where is that”.
Can you understand what they are saying?

30. Did you know? (pg 83)
Deaf people wave their hands in the air to applauded someone rather than clapping.

31. Read more about Name Signs on pg. 84
Deaf Culture Note pg. 84
Name Signs are highly valued in Deaf Culture. Having one shows you are accepted by the Deaf community because you made an effort to learn Deaf culture and ASL.
Read more about Name Signs on pg. 84

32. Focus: Is sign language universal? Pg. 86-87
Read on pages about the different types of sign language around the world.
Compare our fingerspelling to those in other countries.
Why do you think sign language is not universal?

33. ASL Grammatical Structures pg. 88
TOPIC+COMMENT
The signer presents information and then makes the information either a statement or question by adding a comment
SUBJECT+VERB+OBJECT
This is used when WH signs are not needed.
However, WHY often acts as abridge or connector between two separate SVO phrases.

34. Accent Step (pg. 89)
Raise your eyebrows to make the Question-Maker face when using WHY to connect two parts of a sentence.

35. Classroom Exercise I (pg. 89)
Look at #2
Bridges: Use the WHY sign to connect each sentence together.
Sign these to a partner.
I want to see you signing, NOT TALKING!

36. Classroom Exercise K p. 90 What’s missing?
Sign each sentence by filling in the blank with a WH-Sign. Choose from:
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHICH AND WHY.

37. Practice Sentences Where’s the water fountain? WATER-FOUNTAIN WHERE?
I sleep on the weekends.
She can’t go to the party, because she works.
Yesterday I was tired because I studied.
WATER-FOUNTAIN WHERE?
WEEKENDS ME SLEEP
PARTY IX-she CAN’T GO-TO, WHY IX-she WORKS.
YESTERDAY ME TIRED WHY I STUDIED

38. Possessive Signs pg. 92
Signs for mine, his , hers, theirs, and ours are called Possessives.
Possessive signs follow the same rules as Deixis.

40. Possessive Signs pg. 92 My, mine Your, yours His, hers, its
GLOSS = POSS-IX or POSS-his…POSS-hers
Ours
Yours (plural)
Theirs

41. Accent Steps pg. 92 Don’t use possessive signs with names!
Using them instead of Deixis results in ungrammatical sentences like “Mine name Joe” or “Their name Ann and Thomas.”
Remember that deixis coveys the verb to be, not possessive signs.

42. Classroom Exercise M pg. 92
BOOK MINE or MY BOOK
OUR TEACHER DEAF
NO NOT (dir 1)
POSS-his (dir 2 ) POSS - hers.
TODAY YOUR (plural) HOMEWORK DUE
It’s my book.
Our teacher is Deaf.
No, it’s not his. It’s hers.
Your (plural) homework is due today.

43. My isn't working
Her teacher is hearing
Is this your DVD?
Her friend is named Glen
Its not mine its yours

44. COLORS P. 93

45. Color Vocabulary! (pg. 93) COLOR BLACK BLUE BROWN GRAY GREEN ORANGE
PINK
PURPLE
RED
WHITE
YELLOW

46. Classroom Exercise N (pg. 93)
Practice signing your colors
1.) Identify each color with a partner
2.) Ask your partner what their favorite color is and which one they don’t like.
3.) We will tally the favorite color on the board. What color was the most/least popular?

47. Accent Step (pg 94)
To emphasize the depth or brightness of a color, swing the hand forming the color away from you.

48. Expression Corner pg. 94 LOVE-IT
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.

49. LOVE-IT (“like it a lot”) for things or people (non-romantic)
LOVE (Related to romance)
HATE-IT -(don’t like) I don’t like her

51. Favorites Vocabulary (pg.94)
To act, show, performance
Actor
Light (weight)
Musician, singer
Car, Drive
Dark
Television
To watch
Love it

52. I Want to Know (pg. 95) How do I sign “and” and “or”?
Since the word or implies a choice, ASL uses WHICH to show options.
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 of eye gaze.

54. Email Vocabulary (pg. 96) @ Dot, period Email Internet Listen Music
Page
Web page
When you sign WEB - PAGE do not sign WWW + PAGE, just sign WWW.

55. Practice (pg. 97) 1.) bdarrell@aisd.net 2.) baseballfan@domain.com
3.)
4.)
5.)
6.)
7.)
8.)

57. Addresses & Telephones (pg. 99)
Boulevard Blvd.
Court Ct
Drive Dr.
Road Rd.
Avenue Ave.
Street St.
Address
Number
Telephone
Street
Fingerspell the abbreviation!

58. Accent Step (pg.99)
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.

59. VIDEO: Eyes on ASL #7 pg. 99
Numbers 1-5 always face you except when signing about addresses and telephone numbers (giving information).
When counting in ASL, twist you hand towards you for numbers 1-5.

60. Page 100

61. Addresses & Telephone (pg. 100)
New
To be old
Pager
Video phone
TTY

62. Classroom Exercise T (pg 100)
1.) What’s the number?
I will sign a phone # and you tell me whose number it is by fingerspelling his/her name to me.
2.) Updating addresses
Tell me whose address I’m signing from the book by fingerspelling his/her name.

63. Did you know? Pg. 101
Read on page 101 about how Deaf people the phone.

64. Birthday Variations (pg 103)
Remember to sign the variation preferred by your local community.
Birthday (1) is used most in our community.

65. Months of the Year (pg. 104) January - JAN March February - FEB April
August - AUG
September – SEPT
October-OCT
November – NOV
December - DEC
March
April
May
June
July
Spell out the whole month
Spell out the month’s abbreviation!

66. Classroom Exercise W 1.) Birthdays 2.) Dates
Who’s birthday is in _______ ?
2.) Dates
Practice signing these dates

67. Page 105

68. Seasons (Pg. 105) To celebrate Depends Fall How many Month Season
Spring
Summer
Winter
Year

69. Major Holidays p. 106

71. Major Holidays (pg. 106) Christmas Easter Halloween Hanukkah
Independence Day
Kwanzaa
Memorial Day
New Year’s Day
Passover
St. Patrick’s Day
Thanksgiving
Valentine’s Day

72. Classroom Exercise Y Celebrate Holiday When?
I will sign a holiday and you tell me what Month we celebrate it in.

73. Holidays and Activities Pictures
Holidays and Activities Pictures What month do these activities take place in?

74. Weather : the basics

75. The Basics Vocabulary (pg. 109)
Inside
Outside
Weather 1
Weather 2

76. Accent Step (pg.109)
The sign INSIDE is a literal sign that means TO BE INSIDE OF. Avoid using the sign INSIDE for “in December” or “in the future”. You will learn more about how such concepts are signed in later units.

77. Weather Vocabulary

78. Weather Vocabulary (pg.110)
To be cloudy
To be cold
To be cool
To be hot
To rain
To snow
To be sunny
To be warm
Waves
To be windy

79. Accent Steps p. 110
Only facial expression distinguishes cold from winter. Beware of slight differences in the sign rain and snow. What is the difference?

80. Classroom Exercise AA
1.) Describe the weather according to the pictures
2.) Emphasis: What kind of facial expression would you add to the correct weather- related sign?
Look on page 110

81. Review all of Unit 3 Signs!!
Act, show
Actor
Address
America
April
@ (symbol)
Atlanta
August
Avenue
Beach
Birthday
Black
Blue
Born in
Boston
Boulevard
Brown
Canada
Car, to drive
Celebrate

82. Review all of Unit 3 Signs!!
Chicago
Christmas
City, town
Close to, near
Cloudy
Cold
Color
Comment
Cool
Court
Dark
December
Here
His, hers, its
Denver
Depends
Dot, period
Easter
Fall
Far
February
From
Gray
Green
Grow up
Halloween
Hanukkah

83. Review all of Unit 3 Signs!!
Hot
Houston
How many
Independence day
Inside
Internet
January
July
June
Kwanzaa
Labor day
Light
Listen
Live in
Los Angeles
March
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
May
Memorial day
Mexico
Month
Music
Musician
My, mine
New Orleans
New year’s
New York
New

84. Review all of Unit 3 Signs!!
November
Number
Ocean
October
Old
Orange
Ours
Outside
Page
Pager
Passover
Philadelphia
Pink
Purple
Rain
Red
Road
Rollerblade
Salt Lake City
San Francisco

85. Review all of Unit 3 Signs!!
Season
Seattle
September
Ski
Snow
Spring
St. Patrick’s Day
Street
Summer
Sunny
Telephone
Television
Thanksgiving
That way
Their, theirs
Topic
TTY
United States
Valentine’s Day
Vacation

86. Review all of Unit 3 Signs!!
Veteran’s Day
Videophone
Visit
Warm
Washington, D.C.
Watch
Waves
Weather
Web page
White
Windy
Winter
Year
Yellow
Your, yours
Yours (plural)
Alaska
Hawaii

87. Review all of Unit 3 Signs!!
California
Oregon
Washington
Arizona
Mexico
Spanish
Colorado
Montana
Texas
New York
West Virginia
Colorado
Montana
Texas

88. Review Unit 3!!! What is the ASL grammatical structure?
TIME+TOPIC+COMMENT
What are the possessive signs?
MY, MINE, YOUR, YOURS, HIS, HERS, ITS
Numbers 1-5 face you except when you sign…
Telephone numbers and addresses (giving information)
Know your numbers 1 – 100.

93. Can you and a partner figure out how to sign about each of these people? P. 118