1. Welcome- Voice OFF Fingerspelling
Find partner fingerspell 10 names in the class.
Practice fingerspelling the name back to them when you understand it.
Sit down in front of each other and sign back and forth trying to figure out what your partner is signing to you. What name? Work on classroom students name.
# Start practicing Unit 2 Vocabulary

2. Review Vocabulary To grab None Warning Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Book
Desk, Table
To give to
To help(general)
Help Me
I help you
To move
To need
Pen, Pencil
Sure

3. FS Drill Henri Matisse Pablo Picasso Jackson Pollock Edgar Degas
Auguste Rodin
Vaughn Hogue
Andy Warhol
Cecilia Alvarez
Paul Cezanne
Vincent van Gogh
Mark Rothko
Judith Leyster
Hakeem
Matthew
Shannon
Derrick
Kenneth
Brianna
Jeffrey
Cassidy
Kendall
Desiree
Marissa
Johanna

4. Numbers
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18
3, 4,5, 10, 20
18, 19, 10, 11, 12
0, 4, 12, 17, 7, 19
11, 6, 18, 12
20, 9, 14, 18, 19
13, 19, 12, 20, 17
15, 20, 17, 18, 19, 6
11, 14, 17, 20, 19, 5
13, 12, 15, 14, 17, 16
1-20 KNOW

5. to Mean, meaning

6. What does it mean?

7. to Explain

8. Explain it again.

9. to be Clear

10. Excuse me
Tip – Don’t add the sign me to excuse me, it’s redundant.

11. Not, don’t, doesn’t

12. to be Unclear, vague

13. Right, correct
Wrong, incorrect
What’s wrong?

14. You’re welcome
ASL Tip – Just nod to acknowledge being thanked. There is no separate sign for this concept.

15. Review Vocabulary To mean What do you mean? Explain Explain it again?
To be Clear
Excuse Me
Not, Don’t
To be unclear
Right, Correct
Wrong, Incorrect
You’re Welcome

16. Vocabulary Helpful Signs
UNCLEAR
Use the sign unclear for phrases like I don’t really understand, I don’t get it, or Is something not clear?
WELCOME
What is the ASL sign for You’re welcome? You can sign thank you back to the person who thanked you, or nod your head and smile. Nodding is more casual and should be used with friends and family. Seem strange? It’s different than English, but not so strange. Many languages say you’re welcome this way.

17. Asking for Help. Sign the phrases below with a partner
Asking for Help. Sign the phrases below with a partner. Your partner answers using the sentence in parentheses.
Excuse me. Do you mind helping me? (Sure! What’s wrong?)
What does _____ [pick a sign] mean? (_____ means _____ [explain])
I don’t understand. It’s unclear (vague). (Can I help you?)
Is that clear? (No, please explain it again.)
Am I right? (No, you’re wrong.)
Please give me the paper today. (No, not today. Tomorrow.)
Look at him/her. (Who?)
Thank you! (You’re welcome)
Example:
You and partner try to come up with three ask for help that hasn’t been shown and you know how to sign it. Answer the questions too- both names on it turn it in

18. Directionality: Verbs that show who or where

19. Directionality
The meanings of some signs in ASL change depending on the way the signs are moved. For example, the sign help can mean I help you or You help me if the movement is towards the signer or someone else. This feature of ASL is called directionality. You need to memorize which ASL signs are directional to use them correctly. Here’s a hint: If you want to sign something being done to, for, or with you, then the sign tends to be directional.

20. to Give to – DV
to you
to me
DV = directional verb
to all of you

21. to Help - DV
to you
to me
to all of you

22. to Move (an object) - DV
right
left
towards me
away from me

23. to Tell, announce - DV
to you
to me
to all of you

24. to Ask, inquire - DV
ask you
ask me
ask everyone

25. to Show, demonstrate - DV
to me
to you
to all of you
Unit 2

26. to Bring, carry - DV
to me, here
To the right, over there

27. to Look at, watch -DVD Look at me Make eye contact
Look away, break eye contact

28. The WH-Face (complex questions)
Knowing how to ask for help is important in any language. In ASL, two key phrases are mean what and explain again. Both phrases use a specific non-manual signal called the WH-Face that resembles the simple (Yes/No) Question Face Use the WH question face when you are uncertain, unclear, or asking a question using signs for who, what, where, when, why, etc.

29. I want to know
Isn’t ASL just gestures or making “pictures” in the air?
Some people believe ASL is a simple language of gestures like don’t do that. Using some gestures doesn’t make ASL any less of a language than English, which also sees gestures. Can you think of gestures or signs that ASL and English have in common? Some signs resemble the meaning behind the sign (like book). These are called Iconic signs, but most signs are not iconic.
To close/open (door)
To turn on/off (lights)
Person(standing, to get up/stand up, jump, to sit down)

30. Asking
Asking questions. Ask a partner the following questions in ASL. When done, switch roles an repeat. Remember to answer questions in a complete sentence.
Are you learning ASL? 6. Do you want to meet tomorrow?
Do you understand me? 7. Are you sitting down?
Do you mind opening the door? 8. Are you going to school today?
I’m tired. Are you? What’s for homework?
Who is that? What does it mean?