1. ASL Class 2/24/15

2. 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.

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

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Opener
ME TELL-TO-you STORY

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Grammar
One-person role shift
Two-person role shift
Instrument classifiers (ICL)

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ME TELL-TO-you STORY
whq
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MAN WALK++ SEE “what” T: S:
TREE

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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

9. Unit 6.1 – “Timber” Understanding the Story
Classwork
Please do the student workbook, pages