Practice Sheet: 1.A

Come here (has several variations) vs "ask to me"

Ask-him/her “Go ASK MOM”

“ask the person next to you”

Forgot (has two variations) - middle finger variation - Wipe from brain variation

KNOW don’t-know

Spell / again / all again / slow

Think of learning as sticking info in your head.

Learn vs student

Think of teaching as the teacher taking information from his head and putting it into yours: Teach vs teacher

1. “YOU NAME?" [You are named what?] Ask your partner this and get a response.

IF you get done before others cuz yer so smart…then spend time watching others so you can practice your receptive skills (will help you on quizzes)

2. "DEAF YOU?" (Are you Deaf?) Look for proper facial expression: head tilt, eyebrows up.

3. "STUDENT YOU?" ("Are you a student?)"

4. "YOUR TEACHER NAME 'HUH'?" (What is your Teacher's name?) On “wh” questions the eyebrows are a bit down.

5. "YOU UNDERSTAND HE/SHE?" (Do you understand him/her?)

6. "HOW YOU SIGN P-L-E-A S-E?" (How do you sign "please?") For fun…you can exchange some other vocab word if you’d like…heh…make yer partner work for it. Or just use “please”

7. "AGAIN YOUR NAME?" (What is your name again?)

8. "S/HE STUDENT?" [point at teacher] (Is she or he a student?) He she vs.

His/hers mine yours

9. "THIS YOUR?" [point at any object] (Is this yours?)

10. "WHERE ____" [spell the name of a person in the room] (Sometimes the answer is “I Don’t Know”)

Practice Sheet: 1.C

MEET vs MEET-you vs “meeting”

HEARING-(cultural identity) vs HEARING-(physical ability)

WHY (version) WHY (other version)

MEET-you HEARING-(culturally) TEACHER LEARN WHERE WHY NICE

11. "NICE MEET-you" (It is nice to meet you.)

Response vocabulary: YES NO

12. "HEARING YOU?" (Are you a hearing person?)

13. "ASL TEACHER YOU?" (Are you a teacher?)

Response vocabulary: HERE SCHOOL

14. "YOU LEARN SIGN, WHERE?" (Where are you learning sign?)

Response vocabulary: FUN GRADUATE FRIEND DEAF MEET GIRLS MEET GUYS

15. "YOU LEARN SIGN, WHY ?" (Why are you learning sign?)

Practice Sheet: 1.D

THANK-you vs GOOD HE/SHE/IT/THIS/I/YOU = “index finger”

YOU vs YOU-all HE/SHE vs THEY/THEM I/ME vs WE

YOU vs YOUR ME vs MINE HE/SHE vs HIS/HERS

HOW WHO WHERE

16. "HOW SIGN T-H-A-N-K S?" (How do you sign "thanks?")

Response vocabulary: YES NO DON’T KNOW

17. "STUDENT, HE/SHE ?" [point at other student] (Is she or he a student?)

18. "THEY LEARN SIGN?" (Are they learning sign language?)

What is this spelling?

19. "OUR TEACHER, WHO ?" (Who is our teacher?)

20. "WHERE ____" [spell the name of the teacher or of a student]

Story 1 HI I _________. NICE-MEET YOU.

I HEARING. I SIGN SLOW.

I STUDENT ________ [tell where].

I LEARN LEARN SIGN.

TEACHER NAME _________

HE/SHE DEAF

Other possibilities might include: [Hearing / hard of hearing].

HE/SHE TEACH GOOD.

I UNDERSTAND HE/SHE.

I LIKE HE/SHE.

Story 1 HI I _________. NICE-MEET-YOU. I HEARING. I SIGN SLOW. I STUDENT ________ [tell where].

I LEARN LEARN SIGN. TEACHER NAME _________ HE/SHE DEAF [Hearing / hard of hearing]. HE/SHE TEACH GOOD. I UNDERSTAND HE/SHE. I LIKE HE/SHE.

Vocabulary: AGAIN-[repeat] DEAF HEARING-[speak, say] LEARN LIKE MEAN-(meaning)-[what is the meaning of, purpose] MEET-[meet-you]

NAME-[called] NICE-[clean] PLEASE-[enjoy, appreciate] SIGN-[sign language, signing] STUDENT (learn) TEACHER [teach, agent]-[ er]-[professor, educate] THANK-YOU [good]

UNDERSTAND WHAT (huh?) WHERE WHO WHY YES/NO (Affirmation/Negation)

Pronouns: Pointing movement: it, he, me, she, him, her, this, you. Sweep movement: them, they, those, us, we, you-all

Many signs have older, current, and emerging variations.

WHO versions: a.

b.

c.