Unit 4
Family and Friends
What’s Your Family Like? Pg. 121
To camp
To play
Sometimes
Signing About Family Pg. 122
Watch on the student DVD the dialogue
between Sean and Kelly about their
families.
What is different about their
shoulders?
Page 122
Family Size Pg. 122
Big, large
Family
Same as, like
 This “like” means “I have a shirt like
that.” NOT “I like your shirt.”
Medium
Only
Small
Page 123
Family Members Pg. 123
All, everybody
Child
Children
To have
Parents
People
Classroom Exercise A Pg. 123
Look at the pictures of the families
In complete sentences tell about each family
How many children are in each family?
Who are the hearing and Deaf members of each
family?
How many people are in your family?
Using the information shown practice signing
how many people are in your family.
Page 125
Family Signs Pg. 125
 Mother
 Aunt
 Sister
 Grandmother
 Father
 Uncle
 Brother
 Grandfather
 Baby
 Cousin
 Relatives
 Step Total, to add up
 Twins
Classroom Exercise B pg. 124
YOUR FAMILY HAVE DEAF ?
 Yes, my mother is Deaf.
 YES, MY MOTHER
DEAF
 No, there are no Deaf
people in my family.
 NO, MY FAMILY ALL
HEARING
 All my family is Deaf.
 MY FAMILY ALL DEAF
 Yes, my sister and
brother are Deaf.
 YES, MY (dir 1)sister
(dir 2)BROTHER DEAF.
Classroom Exercise B pg. 124
 MY DEAF FRIEND
 My Deaf friend lives in
LIVE NEW-YORK
New York.
 MY MOM H.O.H. MY
 My mom is hard of
DAD DEAF. THEY
hearing and my dad is
LIVE FLORIDA
Deaf. They live in
Florida.
 MY BROTHER LIKE
 LEARN ASL
 My brother likes to
study sign language.
Page 127
Related Signs Pg. 127
 To be dead (alternate sign also--more common
here!)
 Missing
 To divorce
 To marry
 Older, tall, adult
 Younger, short
Use the signs older and younger as seen, even if an older
sibling is shorter or a younger sibling is taller than you.
 (Alternate signs for OLDER and YOUNGER –
more ENGLISH, but used)
ASL Up Close Pg. 128
Gender Distinction in ASL
Look at the picture on page 128
In ASL the top half of the face is used for Male
signs and the bottom half is used for the Female
signs.
Just by placing the sign “Cousin” in a gender
distinction area you will know whether they are
male or female.
BOY, MAN, MALECOUSIN, UNCLE,
FATHER,
GRANDFATHER
MASCULINE WORDS
Upper Part of Face/Head
FEMININE WORDS
Lower Part of Face/Head
GIRL, WOMAN,
FEMALECOUSIN,
MOTHER, AUNT,
GRANDMOTHER
Page 128
ASL Up Close Pg. 128
 Girl
 Niece
 Daughter
 Cousin (Female)
 Woman
 Boy
 Nephew
 Son
 Cousin (Male)
 Man
What’s Your Family Like? Pg. 121
Watch on the student DVD how Sean
signs about his family.
What new signs do you see???
Classroom Exercise E pg. 128
 My cousin Joseph lives
in Florida.
 Her niece was born
yesterday.
 My sister married a man
who has two daughters.
 MY COUSIN
J-O-S-E-P-H LIVE FLa.
 YESTERDAY HER
NIECE BORN
 MY SISTER MARRIED
MAN HE HAVE TWO
DAUGHTER
Did you know? Pg. 129
Read on page 129 about what CODA
means.
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C
CHILD
O
OF
D
DEAF
A
ADULTS
Read page 131 silently to yourself.
What is Shoulder-Shifting?
When do we use Shoulder-Shifting?
Constructive Structure (Pg. 130)
Using shoulder shifting to ask and answer
questions that incorporate more than one
detail or piece of information.
This generally takes place of the word “and”.
ASL Up Close (Pg. 131)
Shoulder Shifting is used for:
Contrasting: Multiple topics or pieces of
information in the same sentence
Comparing: what more than one person says
or does
Separating: More than one idea or concept in
the same sentence.
DVD: Using Shoulder-Shifting
Let’s watch the DVD about
how to use Shoulder-Shifting.
YOU ANIMAL!
Add a
snap!
P. 133
Household Pets (Pg. 133)
Bird
Cat
 Dog
Fish
Accent Step (pg. 133)
Many words in ASL are Compound
Signs, which are two separate signs
combined to make an additional
meaning. Combing the signs for
mother and father creates parents.
When using compounds, sign each
portion quickly and smoothly in one
motion.
Signing Age (Pg. 135)
Age Spot: the spot on your
chin where someone’s age is
signed.
When signing “How old are
you?” use your WH-Face and
sign “old”.
AGE SPOT
In ASL-GLOSS is would read…
OLD YOU?
VIDEO TIME!!
ASL Up Close (pg. 135)
 Place a number sign at the Age Spot
and then move the hand shape away
from the chin in one movement.
 You do not need to twist your wrist
inward for ages involving the #1-5.
 Moving the # away from the Age
Spot conveys the meaning years old,
so you do not need to add separate
signs for year and old after the #.
The AGE SPOT showing
AGE-2 (two years old)
AGE SPOT
Eyes on ASL pg. 134
All age signs originate at the Age-Spot
and face outward.
Using separate signs for 10, year and
old is sloppy and incorrect.
Four things to know about signing age:
1.) Ages 1-9 always follow the Rule of 9
(look on page 136 for example)
2.) Ages 10-100+ except 13,14,15 follow
either variation, depending on the style
in your area.
3.) Generally the age numbers are
signed like this… (look on page 136)
4.) Ages 13, 14, 15 are signed like this…
LOOK ON PAGE 136 FOR EXAMPLES
Page 136
Classroom Exercise I (Pg. 137)
Practice signing ages on #1 and #2 in
this classroom exercise. (see next slide)
LOOK ON THE PAPER!!!!!!
Age-Related Signs (pg. 137)
ASL Close Up (Pg. 138)
The Listing and Ordering Technique:
This technique is often used when providing
details about one or more person or thing.
The Non-Dominant Hand forms a list with
each new bit of information signed by the
Dominant Hand.
Look On Page 138 for examples.
p. 138
Let’s watch the video!
REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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To camp
To play
Sometimes
Big, large
Family
Like, same as
Medium
Only
Small
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All, everybody
Child
Children
To have
Parents
People
Aunt
Baby
Brother
Cousin
REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Father
 Grandfather
 Grandmother
 Mother
 Relatives
 Sister
 Step Total, to add up
 Twins
 Uncle
 To be dead
 Missing
 To divorce
 To marry
 Older, tall, adult
 Younger, short
 Boy
 Daughter
REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Cousin (Female)
 Cousin (Male)
 Girl
 Man
 Nephew
 Niece
 Son
 Woman
 Bird
 Cat
 Dog
 Fish
 Teenager
 To be young
P. 142
Life Events (pg. 142)
 But
 College
 To get (something)
 To graduate
 High school
 License
 To pass down, descendants
 Should
 To vote
Video Time: p. 143
Take a look at the questions on Classroom
Exercise “M”.
We will watch the video 3 times…regular
speed, slow speed, and then regular
speed again.
Answer the questions on a sheet of paper.
This will be for a grade.
Accent Step (pg. 147)
The sign SINCE means “for” but only
when signing about a period of time:
“I’ve know him for five years” uses
since, but not “Tell her for me.”
p. 145
Friendship (Pg. 145)
 Best friend
 Boyfriend
 To get together
 Girlfriend
 To go out, leave
 Good friend
 Since, for
 To be single
 Sweetheart, honey
Classroom Exercise O (Pg. 145)
 She is my best
friend. Her name is
Andrea.
 SHE MY BESTFRIEND. NAME SHE
fs-A-N-D-R-E-A
 I’ve know him for
four years.
 ME KNOW HIM SINCE
4 YEAR
 I met my sweetheart  ME MEET
at work.
SWEETHEART WORK
ME
p. 149
Relationships (Pg. 149)
 Verbal fight
 Together, be together
 To argue
 To break up
 To date
 Love
 To fall in love
 Relationship
 To flirt
 To get along
ASL Close Up (Pg. 147)
The basic form of the verb “to go to” is
modified when used in the plural form.
Look on page 147 (next slide) for
examples of how to sign “to go to” in the
plural form vs. the singular form.
Practice under Classroom Exercise P
P. 147
Accent Step Pg. 148
Don’t confuse the signs “love” and
“love-it”. “Love” is used for
romantic emotions, while “love-it”
shows and emotional or
sentimental attachment to a
person or thing.
Expressions Corner pg. 148
ASL distinguishes
between a literal,
physical fight and a
heated exchange of
words, know as a verbal
fight. Look closely at the
sign; can you see why the
sign is appropriate in a
signed confrontation?
Accent Step pg. 149
This is one of the more
common signs for to break up,
though there are many others.
Look closely at the sign for
“relationship”: How could you
make break up using this sign?
I Want to Know… (Pg. 150)
How do I fix mistakes signs…
Oops
Slip-mind
Wave-no
Wrong
Um, uh
Expression Corner (Pg. 159)
Dive-in: someone who becomes
completely involved with an activity or
group.
Deaf World: the Deaf Community’s
clubs, sporting competitions, and social
events where Deaf peoples form the
majority and ASL is the language
everybody knows, uses and cherishes.
Break time: Watch videos “Pronouns and
Numbers” and “Eyes on ASL #10”
p. 159
Personality Traits
Cute
pretty,beautiful
Smile
Ugly
Annoy,bother
Annoyed
Arrogant
friendly
Funny
Laugh
Mean
Mischievous
Shy
Sweet
Boring
Interesting
Personality Traits
Lazy
Motivated
Negative
Outgoing
Positive
Smart
Stupid
Positive
Smart
Stupid
Work hard
Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
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Adult
All, everybody
Annoy, bother
Argue
Arrogant
Aunt
Baby
Best friend
Big, large
college
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Bird
Boring
Boy
Boyfriend
Break up
Brother
But
Camp
Child
children
Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
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Cousin (female)
Cousin (male)
Cousin (general)
Cute
Date
Daughter
Dead
Missing
Divorce
Dog
Fall in love
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Family
Father
Fish
Flirt
Friendly
Funny
Get
Get along
Get together
Girl
Girlfriend
Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
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Go out, leave
Go to (plural)
Good friend
Graduate
Grandfather
Have
High school
Interesting
Laugh
Lazy
License
Like, same as
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Love
Man
Marry
To be Mean
Medium
Mischievous
Mother
Motivated
Negative
Nephew
Niece
Older
Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
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Only
Oops
Outgoing
Parents
Pass down, Desecdents
People
Positive
Pretty, beautiful
Relationship
Relatives
Short
Should
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Shy
Since, for
Single
Sister
Slip-mind
Small
Smart
Smile
Son
Sometimes
StepSweet
Sweetheart, honey
Unit 4 Review of all the signs!!!
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Teenager
Those-four
Those-three
Those-two
Together
Total
Twins
Ugly
Uncle
Us-four
Us-three
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Us=two
Verbal-fight
Vote
Wave no
Woman
Work hard
You-four
Young
Younger
You-three
You-two
Unit 4 Review!!!
 Where is the female gender distinctions
located?
Bottom half of your face; nose down
 Where is the male gender distinctions
located?
Upper half of your face; nose up
 Where is the Age Spot located?
Your chin
Unit 4 Review!!!
 What does CODA stand for?
Children of Deaf Adults
 When do you use Shoulder Shifting?
Use shoulder shifting to ask and answer questions
that incorporate more than one detail or piece of
information.
 What is a Compound Sign?
Two signs used to create one sign
 Review Back over your Numbers!!