DCHS
American Sign
Language Club
1st Meeting
August 20, 2012
Mrs. Alexander
What’s Up Today
 Business
 Vote
for officers
 Review From Last week
 Lesson 2


New vocabulary
Practice
 Review
Game: Sign Language Bingo
 Next Time…
Business
 T-Shirt
Designs
 Video/Picture Permission Forms
 Field Trip ideas
 Last minute nominations
Possible Field Trips
 Interpreted


show
Zorro – but would run late
Charlotte’s Web
Vote for Officers
 Get
voting slip
 Choose ONE person for each office
 You can vote for the same person more
than once, but remember that it could
hurt their chances of getting something
 Fold it in half and put in box
 They MUST be here to be voted for
Nominations
President
 Mare Heflin
 Rena Park
 D’Angelo
 Karla Vazquez
Secretary
 D’Angelo
 Khadija
 Aliya Strong
Vice President
 Nton McClure
 Ayanna Garnett
 Jessica Hundley
 Rena Park
Treasurer
 Janee’ McGowan
 Danielle Bernard
Review!
 Alphabet
 What
do you remember?
 Sign a phrase/question
Lesson 2: Family & People
 Review
Alphabet
 New Vocabulary
 Story
 Practice
Alphabet
New Vocabulary
 GIRL
 HEY
 TALL
 BOY
 HOW
 SHORT
 BROTHER
 HOW-MANY  FAT
 SISITER
 LIVE
 AGE
 CHILD
 MARRIAGE
 FUNNY
 SINGLE
 SWEET
 SLOW
 MEAN
 SPELL
 STRICT
 WORK
 FRIENDLY
 FAMILY
 CRAZY
(Children)
 DAD
 DIVORCE
 MOM
 HAVE
GIRL
Place the tip of your thumb on your cheek. Slide the tip of
the thumb forward and down along the cheek.
Memory tip: Girls used to wear bonnets that they tied
under their chin.
BOY
 To
do the sign for "boy," grab an imaginary
baseball cap on your forehead
BROTHER
 The
sign for "brother" uses a modified "L"-hand
that turns into a "1"-hand as it moves from the
forehead down to make contact with the base
hand (which is in a 1-handshape).
SISTER
 The
sign for "sister" uses a modified "L"-hand that
turns into a "1"-hand as it moves from the jaw
down to make contact with the base hand
(which is in a 1-handshape).
CHILD
 Move
your hands like you are patting the child’s
head. Two hands for multiple children, or one
hand for only one child.
DAD
 Make
the sign for "father" by the thumb of your "5hand" against your forehead.
MOM
 Make
the sign for "Mother" by placing the thumb
of your hand against your chin. Your hand should
be open (a "5" shape).
MARRIAGE
 The
sign for "marriage" is made by clasping both
hands comfortably together.
For right-handed people the right hand should be
on top of the left hand.
DIVORCE

The sign for "divorce" is made by first forming the letter
"d" with both hands. Hold both hands together with the
palms facing each other. With a twisting motion, move
both hands outward and sideways so both palms face
forward.
HAVE
 Hold
"bent" handshapes a few inches out from
your upper chest. Move your hands back and
touch your chest.
HEY

The sign "hey" is a good way to get someone's attention
when you want to sign to them. Do NOT do this sign close to
somebody's face. That would be rude. Do it from at least
several feet away. The closer you are, the smaller the
movement. The further away you are, the larger you can do
the movement.
HOW
 Form
curved handshapes on both hands, palms
down and/or slightly back. Place your hands
together with the knuckles touching.
HOW-MANY
 The
sign "how many" is a "wh-q" sign. That means
since it is a question that starts with the letters "wh"
you should furrow your eyebrows a bit
LIVE
 This
version of "live" is "initialized" with an "L." It
cannot be used to mean "address."
Use a single movement, straight up.
SINGLE

This sign is made by holding the right arm in front of
you, palm up. Your right index finger makes circular
motions about the size of a quarter. The movement is
in your shoulder and elbow, not in your wrist.
SPELL
 Using
your dominate hand palm down, wiggle
your fingers
SLOW
 To
sign "slow," slide the dominant hand (right hand
if you are right handed) up the non-dominant
forearm a short distance--starting at the back of
the base (left) hand. You only need to go a few
inches
WORK
 The
sign for "work" is made by shaping both hands
into "fist shapes" (the letter "s.") With your palms
facing downward, use your dominant fist to tap
the wrist or the side of your non-dominant fist a few
times.
FAMILY
 To
sign "family" form "F" hands and use the hands to
trace the shape of a circle. As if representing a
family sitting around a dinner table.
TALL (height)
A
good general sign is made by placing your right
index finger on the palm of your left hand (if you
are right handed) and moving the finger upward a
few inches.
SHORT (height)
 To
sign SHORT show the height with your hand
FAT


This is not a mean sign!
The sign for "FAT" (as in "a fat person) uses "claw" hands
near the face to show chubby cheeks. Start with a
relatively normal face and then puff out your cheeks
as you move your hands out a couple inches
AGE/OLD
 The
sign for "old" starts as a "C" hand and turns into
an "S" hand as you pull it down from your chin.
FUNNY
 The
sign "funny" just uses one hand and is done
near the nose and/or brushes off the nose twice.
(You don't actually have to touch the nose.)
SWEET
 The
sign "SWEET" is also used to mean "diabetes."
The handshape, location, and movement are all
done the same. The difference is in the context
and the rest of the sentence in which you use the
sign.
MEAN
STRICT
FRIENDLY
 The
fingers wiggle as you move both hands
backward. The sign starts a few inches in front of
your head and moves backward until the hands
are even with, or a little-bit behind your face.
CRAZY
 Point
an index finger at the side of your head and
draw a circle a couple of times
Story
 MINE:
Hi! My name is Mrs. Alexander. I am hard of
hearing. My husband is Thierry George, he is
hearing. We have one daughter named
Mailys. We live in Marietta.
 Your
Turn:
Turn to your neighbor and tell your own
story…
Video
 Watch
this video and see how much you
can understand.
 Family
Story
Practice
 Phrases
 Grab
to go over:
a partner and a slip and start
signing!
GAME!!!!
 Sign
Language BINGO
 You wont know all of the signs, so just try
your best!
Next Time…
 More
games
 Home Signs
 Final T Shirt Designs