1. American Sign Language Classifiers

2. Purpose of classifiers Replaces a noun Clarifies a message More efficient

3. Classifiers show movement, location, and appearance show where and how something moves Show what it looks like where it is located

4. What do classifiers represent? Whole entity Surface Instrumental Depth/width Extent Perimeter shape On-surface

5. Use Classifiers to Describe the House

6. House Activity Find a partner. The person with the closest birthday (you need to ask and decide in ASL) will turn around and face the back of the room. The other person will face the front of the room. I will put a picture up of a house and the person facing forward will describe it. The person facing away from the board will draw it. You have 10 minutes per round.

7. House Activity

9. Letter Handshapes A- vase, can, bottle, statue, placement of items on a table B/4- time marker, 4 people together, walls, floors, shelves, flat objects

10. Handshape Classifiers C- cup, trash can, building, large pipe, shape of something F- coins, buttons, eyes moving back and forth, pearl necklace, shape of cigar G- eyebrows, mouth, mustache, collar, bird beak

11. Handshape Classifiers ILY- bird, airplane flying L- show shape of objects- picture frame, clocks, lakes, or size O- pipes, handlebars, hose

12. S- show a head- nodding, peaking through a door, animal stretching/turning head U- people sitting or standing, thin objects- tongue, diving board, tie

13. Number handshapes 1- person, time marker 2- two people 3- vehicle, animal 4- 4 people, hair style, whiskers 5- 5 people walking, leaves falling, hair style

14. 3 kinds of Classifiers Stative- does not move/stationary Process- moves Contact- touches

15. Stative Car parked Time marker Vase Person standing

16. Process Car moving Animal running Person walking Eyes moving

17. Contact Vase on table Car parked Coins on a table

18. Which Handshapes are allowed for Classifers? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

19. Comic Strip Teacher demonstrate Divide into two groups Tell comic strip using classifiers

20. Comic Strip Homework Bring a comic strip to class Tuesday 9-27-05 Using classifiers tell comic strip story