Warm Up What are the 5 parameters of ASL?

5 minutes voice off Tell your partner what you want to be when you grow up If you run out of things, ask questions about your partner’s future!

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CleXbsA3_ns

Fingerspelling Practice 1. Moe 6. Ines 2. Naomi 7. Sean 3. Anna 8. Mia 4. Anne 9. Estee 5. Toni 10. Tina

Mirror Game – One partner initiates movement. The other copies. M 1 5

What is gesturing? A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words. Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body. Gestures differ from physical non-verbal communication that does not communicate specific messages

Rally Pair share Make a list of all gestures you know- do not use signs

What is ASL? American Sign Language is a visually perceived language based on a naturally evolved system of articulated hand gestures and their placement relative to the body, along with non- manual markers such as facial expressions, head movements, shoulder raises, mouth morphemes, and movements of the body

Think pair share What are 5 key words that describe ASL

What makes a language a language? Language is typically said to be governed by a group of unspoken rules: phonological, semantic, syntactic, pragmatic, prosodic, and idiosyncratic. Basically: relationship between sounds relationship between symbols and the things they refer to how things are organized or ordered (grammar) social communication- social norms/changing languages Inflection of voice Word choice

Jigsaw Summary (write pair share) With your partner explain the following terms (going back and forth) Please write this down phonological, semantic, syntactic, pragmatic, prosodic, and idiosyncratic

How does this apply to ASL? ASL uses 5 parameters Handshape Movement Location Orientation Non-Manual Signals ASL is constantly changing and evolving ASL follows the other rules of language

5 parameters of ASL Handshape- the shape that your hand is in Movement Location- where in location to your body Palm Orientation- which way is your palm faced Non-Manual Signals- facial expressions

Dissect the ABC’s with your partner For each letter, describe your Palm Orientation, Movement, Location, and Handshape to your partner. Please jigsaw back and forth