Unit 5 Review What year are you? (freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior) grow up become what? (When you grow up what do you want to become?) Favorite class what? (What is your favorite class?) Location around the school… Where can I find the Library, Cafeteria, Nurse, bathroom, and food machines? What are you skilled at & what are you bad at?

Inflections and Intensity How we say something tells a lot about what we think of it. It’s the inflection we use to vary the meaning of what’s being expressed. In ASL, inflected can be done using non-manual indicators to demonstrate tone, depth or the degree of intensity. It’s used to modify the meaning of a sign based on the situation. For example if you wanted to say “ I’m very happy I’ve passed my driver’s test.” Skilled ASL signer would sign “ I HAPPY I PASSED MY DRIVER TEST” By adding inflection to sign Happy means very happy. 6 ASL Modifiers Intensity facial expression Hold the initial handshape slightly longer Slightly exaggerated the movement of a sign Hold the ending handshape slightly longer Tilt your head back slightly and then nod your head using a single, short, quick movement Stick the elbow slightly further out at the beginning of the sign and bring the elbow down sharply during the sign you want to enunciate SLOW then you can add by doing the noun sign slow. Car drove slow, car movement with CL 3 would be slow. Or if teacher talked really slow then you sign the sentence as teacher would be talking, slow.

Past, Present and Future Behind the body=Past Directly in front of the body =Present In front of the body= the future Past tense FINISH Movie I have seen. MOVIE I WATCH FINISH.

Classifier’s NOTES Classifiers are the signs that give descriptive traits to our person, place, or thing otherwise known as NOUNS. They are used to describe the movement, location, and appearance of our subject. Some are iconic, meaning you can tell what they mean even if you don’t know ASL. The pattern is NOUN FIRST THEN CLASSIFER! MOTION CL: Can use body and DON’T MOVE but stay in place show the movement.

Classifiers CL 3: represents vehicles ( cars, trains, boats, motorcycles, bicycles) CL 1: represents long thin things ( people, poles, sticks) CL C: represents thick cylindrical items (glass, cup, cookies) CL 5 CLAW: represents a lot of something (crowed of people, pile of laundry, snow ball, bush, city) CL 5 Flat represent flat without straight edges (leaf, a lot people walking by each other traffic, candle flame) CL V: represent people (two people walking, people sitting in a circle) bent at the knuckles can represent chairs or animal movement (circle of chairs, dog sitting) Upside down V: represents person legs (person walking, jumping, falling, dancing) CL L: represents rectangular things (check, credit card, drivers license's.) CL B: represents flat things (A wall, roof, windows) palm down can be (bed, table) palm up (pan, book, magazine) CL 4: represents things like a long line of people, curtains, people moving in line, running water. CL A: represents object in a certain location ( house, lamp, vase)

Different types of CL Whole Classifiers: where the handshape represents a whole object. FOR EXAMPLE: CL: 3 (CAR) CL:1 (PERSON) Surface Classifiers: where the handshape is used to show the surface of something CL:B (wall) (2h) CL:B (hills) Instrument Classifiers: where the handshapes show that you are holding something. CL:C (holding a cup) CL:S (hold hammer) CL: S (driving) Size Classifiers: where handshape shows the depth or width of something (2h) CL:C (thick vertical pole) (2h) CL:F (thin vertical pole) (2h) CL:L curve (small plate). Amount Classifiers: where handshapes show the increase or decrease in amount or volume of something. CL: B bent (liquid level decreasing)

Different types of CL Shape Classifiers: where handshapes trace the exterior shape of something. (2h) CL:B (large box shape) (2h)CL:L curve (credit card) Location Classifiers: where the location of the handshape represents the location of something. CL:5 claw (city) CL:A (lamp here) CL: 5 claw (Bushes) Gesture Classifiers: where you use your body to act out something. (stomp foot, or give a hug, walk or run.) Body Classifiers: where the handshape shows a part of your body doing an action. CL:V (looking around) CL: G (big smile) Verb Classifiers: where they are used to show how something is doing an action. CL:3 (Car) “drive down a hill” Plural Classifiers: where the handshape and movement show that there is more than one of something. CL: 3 (Car’s park) CL: 1 (poles laying) CL: Bent V (two people sitting)

ASL Classifier Story Build and Write a story down as a group (4-5 people in a group) Write the story first then figure out how to say it using the classifiers instead of so many (ENGLISH SIGNS) Then break the story up so everyone has a part in the story. Add Classifiers to have each person with at least 3. DUE NEXT CLASS FOR PRESENTATIONS: Peer will evaluate you with Understanding 1-5 CL used correctly 1-5 NMS used 1-5 TOTAL 15 Points. 3-5 Minutes Long SIGNED