Narrating Unforgettable

Moments - Putting it all Together!

Unit 18ASL III

IntroductionSharing personal and amusing stories is one way people connect with each other. The ability to share stories is an important component in developing and maintaining relationships. Stories expand the conversations beyond everyday topics. Telling stories about unforgettable moments is sure to make others laugh, wince, or sigh in relief and is a good springboard for strengthening connections with each other.

Role ShiftingThis is one of several narrative units designed to help you develop essential skills needed to tell a story successfully. Role shift is an essential tool used in telling anecdotes, stories, or even jokes. Role shift allows you to tell what happened in a vivid way, and it allows you the rich opportunity to describe the person’s thought, behavior, or reaction simultaneously. Additionally, you will learn to maintain spatial agreement between the location of people; sequence classifiers; time reactions to coincide with the action; and to elaborate on a story by giving descriptions, sharing thoughts, and giving reasons.

ClassifiersWe have learned about several important kinds of classifiers used to narrate unforgettable moments. Here is a review of the different Classifier types learned and examples of how to use them:

1.Locative Classifiers (LCL)2.Semantic Classifiers (SCL)3.Instrument Classifiers (ICL)4.Element Classifiers (ECL)5.Body Classifiers (BCL)6.Body Part Classifiers (BPCL)

LCL, SCL, ICL, ECL, BCL, and BPCL

Examples: • Person leaving• Pass the flowers• Pop fly ball• Water squirted out• Slipped because of

banana peel• Crossed legs• Tapping toes• Banging head on wall

• SCL:1 “leaving”• ICL “pass flowers”• LCL:1 “path of ball: pop fly”• ECL:S->1 “water squirted”• LCL:B “banana peel” SCL:V

“slip”• (2h)BPCL:X “cross legs”• (2h)BPCL:B “tap toes”• BCL “bang head on wall” LCL:B

“wall”

LCL, SCL, ICL, ECL, BCL, or BPCL?

Examples:• Coffee spill• Tossing the basketball• Sit facing me• Fall forward over a wire• Teacher approaching me• Lie on back, looking up• Catching a football• He flew thru the air then

landed on his side hard

• ECL:S->5 “coffee spill• ICL “toss basketball”• SCL:V “sit facing me”• SCL:V “fall forward over” LCL:1

“wire”• TEACHER SCL:1 “approach”• SCL:V “lie on back, looking up”• ICL “catch football”• SCL:V “fly thru air: ahhhhh, land

on side: pow”

Volleyball GameIn this story explaining a volleyball game, role shift and several different types of classifiers learned are used throughout the story. Watch and see how many different classifiers and types you can identify.

Unforgettable Moments - “Taken for a Ride”

Watch the following example “Unforgettable Moments” story to prepare to tell your own story.

Summary: In this story, Terrylene went on a bicycle ride with her older brother and his friends. He played a prank on her at the ice cream store. He left her alone at the store to pay for everyone’s ice cream cones when he knew she had no money. She rode her bike to the park to catch up with the boys, and told her brother that she owed him (was going to get back at him).

Preparing Your Narrative: Telling about an

Unforgettable Moment• Instructions: Recall an embarrassing or

unforgettable story that either happened to you or you happened to witness. The story must represent a situation from the following categories:

a.touching the wrong personb.spilling/wetting somethingc.fallingd.careless mistakee.caught in the actf.embarrassed by someone else

Preparing Your Narrative: Telling about an

Unforgettable Moment• Instructions (cont.): The story must

have at least two characters. It can be a personal story, or a story about someone else. If the story is about someone else, make sure you know the story well enough to elaborate on it. The story should be between 3 and 5 minutes long.

Preparing Your Narrative: Telling about an

Unforgettable MomentNarrative Structure

I. IntroductionA. Create the context for the story. Include some of these:

• description of the environment or description of the people• relationship of the people• time and place

I. BodyA. Describe the situation leading up to the incident.

1. Elaborate on thoughts, behaviors, reactions, and feelings. B. Tell what happened.

1. For the incident itself, use a role shift sequence. 2. Time your reactions to coincide with the action. 3. Use a transition. 4. Tell the results

II. ConclusionA. Frame the story. Include one of these:• what the person thought, learned, or resolved never to do again• what happened afterward• a general comment about the story itself

Preparing Your Narrative: Telling about an

Unforgettable MomentGrading Criteria1. Body of the narrative

• role shift was consistent• spatial agreement was maintained• classifiers were sequenced appropriately• reactions were well timed and appropriate• transitions were used appropriately

1. Overall Narrative• cohesion: the story flowed logically from one part to

the next• elaborations were sufficient to add color, texture,

and dimension1. Language Fluency

• use and range of vocabulary was appropriate• pacing was comfortable• presentation engaged the audience, signer was

composed

ReviewThroughout this presentation, you have learned the following:

1. Further use of classifiers learned2. Example “Unforgettable Moments” Stories3. Guidelines, Narrative Structure, and grading criteria

for your final “Unforgettable Moments” Story Project