Unit 11 - Attributing Qualities
To Others
Gallaudet University
ASL Program
Signing Naturally Level 1
Rev.: 8/2012
Describing Personal Qualities
Who do we have here?
Celebrity
Now you try…
Pair up with a partner.
Describe two family
members and how
they’re different.
What’s the
difference?
How would you describe me…
Review –
Who do we have here?
More Reviews …
What’s their personality?
Now you try, again…
Get with a partner.
Tell about two family members, how are they different?
“What’s the Sequence?”
Purpose: To foster spontaneous interaction, to
practice asking/giving information and
attention getting behaviors.
“Picture It”
Purpose: To practice using descriptive and
locative classifiers, correct spatialization and
eye gaze. Also to practice using confirming
and clarifying conversation strategies
“Opposites Attract”
Purpose: To practice new vocabulary for
describing personal qualities, using
contrastive structure
“Opposites Attract”
MY
FATHER
AUNT
(adjective)
SISTER
HUSBAND
MY
MOTHER
UNCLE
(adjective)
BROTHER
“That’s not who I Am”
Teacher: Tell Signer A about Signer B
Signer A: Repeat statement to B, ask if
that’s true
Signer B: Contradict statement
“Let’s Make a Room”
Purpose: To practice visualizing an imaginary
space, develop visual/spatial memory skills,
and to practice using appropriate eye gaze
and descriptive and instrument classifiers.
Dialogue Practice
Signer A:
Ask if opinion about a person is true
Signer B: Confirm or correct (give additional
information or opinion)
Signer A: Respond
Pets!!
Numbers – Buzz Game
Fingerspelling
Months
“Guessing Game – Personality”
Purpose: To express opinions about people’s
personal qualities, practice age numbers,
and confirm qualify, and contradict each
other’s opinions
“Desirable Personal Qualities
for Specific Jobs”
Purpose: For further practice with personal
quality vocabulary in a group discussion
situation.
Works Cited:
Smith, C., Lentz, E., and Mikos, K. (1988). Signing
naturally: Teacher’s curriculum guide level 1 and
classroom language videotape. CA: DawnSignPress