ABC.2 Possessives, Basic Sentence Structure, Using Two Third Person Pronouns, Agent Suffix

Objectives: The student will be able to use the correct handshape when referring to possessives. Students will be able to sign the vocabulary correctly using MOPSE and be able to interpret the vocabulary when signed in lists and in sentences.

Vocabulary… Time to learn some new signs and review some old ones. Open your vocabulary packet to lesson 2. ____________________________________________________ You should be studying this vocabulary daily. For your benefit there is a video on YouTube for you to practice with AND a voice-over DRILL. Use it.

america

aunt

boy

brother

child

cook

dance

daughter

family

father

friend

girl

Good-friend

grandfather

grandmother

His/hers/its

husband

learn

man

mother

My, mine

nephew

niece

Our/ours

parents

please

sister

son

student

Teach, educate

teacher

theIr

uncle

wife

woman

Your

Your (plURAL)

Possessives and the Agent Marker ASL Grammar

Possessive Pronouns: The handshape for possessives is the B handshape with the thumb extended. The locations are the same as personal pronouns. The palm moves in the direction of the “owner” MY, MINE YOUR, YOURS HIS, HERS, ITS OUR, OURS YOUR-PL THIERS

Practice the sentences below: SHE MY SISTER. HE MY BROTHER. HE YOUR FATHER. HE OUR FATHER. SHE MY GRANDMOTHER. SHE MY FRIEND. HE YOUR GRANDFATHER.

Practice the sentences below: SHE YOUR TEACHER. SHE MY STUDENT. HE MY FRIEND. SHE GIRL. HE BOY. HE MAN. SHE WOMAN.

Using Two Third Person Pronouns: When pronouns are used in a sentence to refer to two different persons, point to a different location for each person. If the persons are not present, the signer can refer to one person on one side of the signer and the other person on the opposite side.

Practice the sentences below: SHE HER SISTER. SHE HER MOTHER. SHE THEIR TEACHER. SHE HIS GRANDMOTHER. HE HER FRIEND. SHE HIS STUDENT HE HER BROTHER. HE HIS FATHER. HE HER GRANDFATHER. SHE HIS SISTER.

AGENT Suffix: As with TEACHER and STUDENT the AGENT suffix can be added to a sign to indicate a profession or identity. You can gloss TEACHER or TEACH+AGENT.

Let’s look at your worksheets… It is common in simple sentences to repeat the subject pronoun at the end of the sentence. This is often referred to as a closing signal and is used to show that the signer is done singing. Personal pronouns use the index finger handshape. Step 1. Practice sentences 1-16 on your own and underline any signs you do not know. Step 2. What signs do we need to review? Step 3. Now lets sign the sentences together. Step 4. Now lets sign them with partners. Move around the room. Sign a sentence to a person… the person responds with the number that corresponds to that sentence.

On Your Own… There are 37 signs in this chapter. Create 10 sentences on your own that incorporate at least 20 of the signs from this chapter and use grammar structures from this chapter. Gloss the sentence first underlining the vocabulary used from this chapter, on the next line write out the grammar structure used. Add all glossing marks and double space. For example: HER HUSBAND LEARN ASL. (Possessive pronoun handshape is the open B.) You will be signing and translating these ten sentences in class. Be sure to use only vocabulary we know—do not use www.aslpro.com to look up new signs. Rely on your master vocabulary list only! Make sure you know how to sign each sentence on the due date.

Complete the following sentences and be prepared to sign for the class Complete the following sentences and be prepared to sign for the class. Use only vocabulary we have learned in chapters 1 and 2: JACK MY GOOD-FRIEND. HE . MY MOTHER PRETTY. SHE . YOUR DAUGHTER SHORT. SHE . MY BROTHER SMART. HE . MY TEACHER INTERESTING. SHE .

The Family Using the picture, identify “who’s who” and “who’s related to who” using singular and possessive pronouns.

Grammar Drop! Choose two (2) sentence from each practice set… Record yourself signing these four sentences, upload to Google Drive “Grammar Drop” folder. Your video needs to be labeled with your FIRST AND LAST NAME. Do it like this: Ben Baker While signing the sentences you SHOULD TALK and EXPLAIN what you are doing and WHY.

High Five! Time to review vocabulary. Find a partner and make sure you each have a different colored pencil or hi-lighter. Come up and get your paper… one per group.

Master Monologue Transcription Watch the ABC 2 “Mater Monologue” in Google Drive. Transcribe the passage. Be sure to double space. Remember you must have an English word for every sign. Turn in to the class box.