1. Warm Up
What are the 5 parameters of ASL?

2. 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!

3. Video

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

5. Mirror Game – One partner initiates movement. The other copies. M 15

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. Think pair share
What are 5 key words that describe ASL

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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