ASL Class 2/24/15

Unit 6.1 – “Timber” Understanding the Story What is ASL Classifier? Classifiers are designated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime used to represent nouns and verbs. The purpose of the classifier is to provide additional information about nouns and verbs such as: location, kind of action, size, shape and manner.  ASL has many classifier handshapes to represent specific categories or class of objects.

Unit 6.1 – “Timber” Understanding the Story Vocabulary WORK “area” SANDWICH TREE HUNGRY DOCTOR WALK COFFEE

Unit 6.1 – “Timber” Understanding the Story Opener ME TELL-TO-you STORY

Unit 6.1 – “Timber” Understanding the Story Grammar One-person role shift Two-person role shift Instrument classifiers (ICL)

Unit 6.1 – “Timber” Understanding the Story

Unit 6.1 – “Timber” Understanding the Story ME TELL-TO-you STORY whq _________ MAN WALK++ SEE “what” T: S: TREE

Unit 6.1 – “Timber” Understanding the Story TREE, MAN ICL”chopping tree” IX”tree” TREE [(wh)arm”ground”/LCL:5+arm”tree about to fall”] MAN (2h)BPCL:1”step back” BCL”cup mouth to yell” “what” S: fs-Timber

Unit 6.1 – “Timber” Understanding the Story Classwork Please do the student workbook, pages 310-311