1. Unit 6 ASL Storytelling

2. Components  Beginning  Middle  End

3. How to open, begin Once upon a time…. (frozen format) Long, long, ago…. In the past…. True story (really happened)

4. Not my story (maybe “dirty” rated XXX) I remember, growing up…. Looking back…. ME-TELL-TO-YOU STORY Show opening of camera lens

5. Middle Chronological sequence Narrator Characters (names/name signs) Setting Plot Other (props, etc.)

6. How to end Hold the last sign Morale of story Show closing of camera lens Stick the end

7. ASL Linguistic Structures

8. Examples Non-manuals Facial expressions Role shift (character changes) Classifiers Pausing Clear finger spelling Eye-contact with audience

9. Role Shift Eye Gaze

10. Narrator Role Eyes straight ahead-audience/camera Examples: I-tell-you story Long time ago Not my story

11. Older/Taller Character Eyes gaze down. Examples: Mom to son: your bedroom, go clean Father to dog: treat, I-give-you later

12. Younger/Shorter Character Eye gaze up. Examples: Child to mom: no don’t-want Man proposing knee: will you marry me