1. Get to know each other- Voice off GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER Practice Unit 1-5 Vocabulary Class Conversations- I will ask people questions today, so be prepared with knowing your signs. Introduce ourselves with signing our name.

2. Unit 6 Goals To sign about sports To understand the Five Parameters of ASL To understand the different types of ASL literature To expand classifier skills To use the past, present, and future tenses To understand and use the Rule of 9

3. Come on

4. Involve, to be included

5. Many, a lot

6. All year, year round

7. During, in, on (time) Use during to talk about a non-specific time when something occurs. During is used much the same way as “in” and “on” are used in English to talk abut events.

8. To play

9. Team

10. Tend to, usually

11. When do people play certain sports? Follow the example shown. People tend to bowl year round.

12. The Literature of ASL, p. 227 ABC, classifier, and handshape stories Both hearing and Deaf people create and enjoy literature, artistic works such as stories, poetry, riddles, and more. The literature of most cultures is written, though cultures that do not use or have a written language also produce a specific type of literature. This is called oral literature, meaning stories are preserved and passed down only by the act of storytelling. Until very recently, the literature produced by the Deaf culture has been primarily passed from person to person in such a way. Live or recorded storytelling has a rich tradition in the Deaf culture. Poetry, ABC stories, classifier stories, handshape rhymes, number stories, narratives, and humor form a highly- regarded body of signed, visual literature passed down from generation to generation.

13. The Major Forms of Literature of ASL, p. 227 ASL poetry: Covers a broad spectrum of genres and topics, performed by a Deaf poet. Deaf poets such as Clayton Valli and Ella Mae Lentz are cherished for their poetry reflecting the shared Deaf experience. Classifier stories: Works that use only one or more specific classifiers to tell a complete, plot-driven story. Handshape rhymes: Works in which the signer tells an entire story using only one handshape, often incorporating meter, or rhythm, based on the story’s plot. ABC stories: Using only the letters of the alphabet in sequence (either A-Z or Z-A), the signer tells a complete story. ABC stories combine elements of classifier stories and handshape rhymes. Number stories: Similar to ABC stories, the signer uses specific number signs to tell a story. Number signs can be made in sequence like ABC stories (numbers 1-10, for example), in a challenging pattern (numbers 7, 5, 7, 5, for example), or in reverse order Narratives: Signed in formal ASL, narratives often relate events and aspects of the shared Deaf experience, especially humorous tales of being Deaf in a hearing world. ASL narratives often highlight Deaf history, famous Deaf persons, and Deaf accomplishments or triumphs over adversity.

14. Poetry ASL/Signed English/Spoken The two signs differentiate between poems produced by hearing culture and those produced by Deaf performers. Over the years, Deaf poets felt the general sign poetry did not fully capture the depth of expression that is part of ASL poetry, and eventually the sign express myself / let it out became known as ASL poetry.

15. Story, to tell a story

16. Handshape or Classifier? Classifier – a sign that represents classes of objects Handshapes are one of the five fundamental building blocks of a sign: Handshape, movement, location, orientation, and nonmanual markers. Non-manual markers include those aspects of body language that do not involve the hands such as shoulder movements, head tilts, and facial expressions. The handshape is literally the shape in which we form our hand during the production of a sign. (Remember the acronym HOLM?) The movement or shape of certain signs can be modified in such a way as to include information about a referent's type, size, shape, movement, or extent. Those signs which have this ability are "classifiers." It might be more accurate to call them "potential classifiers" since whether or not these "potential classifiers" become actual classifiers depends on how they are used in context. Think of classifiers as a type of pronoun. You have to identify your pronoun before you can use it. Also you have to use it in context. I cant just start a conversation with you by signing, "HE WALK." I have to set up some sort of situation or context, then I spell F-R-E- D, and then point to the right then form the INDEX-finger-classifier (or "Classifier 1" also shown as CL:1) and move it to the left. Most common handshapes used in ASL BASCO15 (RED Book 225, 228)

17. Classifier, Many People Streams of many people going somewhere. A popular penguin. Crowded elevator

18. Classifier, Animals and Seated Position

19. To jump (animal)

20. To sit next to or show seated position

21. CL: B & Base B, Flat Objects

22. Bug, ant - crawling

23. Ears (animal)

24. Winding road

25. Use classifiers to describe each illustration. Don’t forget to identify the person, place or thing being described by the classifier first. Watch “Eyes on ASL #11” again to help you understand how classifiers function.