Unit Two VocabularyGetting Started Asking for help

Engaging in Basic

Conversation

Activities

Using WH-signs and Facial Expressions

Days of the Week

Classroom Signs

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GRAB-an opportunity

NONE

WARNING

BOOK

DESK/TABLE

GIVE-TO

GIVE is a directional sign. This means I-GIVE-YOU. If you change the movement

toward yourself it becomes YOU-GIVE-ME. You can also sign with both hands to GIVE-

EACH-OTHER or TRADE.

HELP/HELP-ME/etc…

Help is a directional sign. When using HELP as a general sign the

movement is straight up. For HELP-ME the movement is

toward your body. For the sign HELP-YOU simply move the sign toward the other person. You will

learn many more directional signs later.

NEED

When you change the movement to one strong downward

movement the sign becomes MUST/HAVE-TO.

MOVE

Move can be a directional sign.

PENCIL

SURETRUEREAL

The sign for SURE is also the same sign as TRUE and REALLY.

Your facial expressions will change depending on which

meaning you want to convey.

CLEARBRIGHT

EXCUSE-ME

EXPLAIN

MEANMEANING

NOT

This is also the sign for DON’T.

UNCLEARVAQUE

YOU’RE WELCOMEx3

You will also see the sign (two thumbs up) for YOUR WELCOME.

DON’T-DO-THAT/NO-NO X2

DOOR

OPEN-DOOR

CLOSE-DOOR

TURN-ON-LIGHT

TURN-OFF-LIGHT

LIGHT

ClassifierSTAND/STANDING

^

GET-UP

JUMP

SIT/SIT-DOWN

HOME

The sign for HOME began as EAT/SLEEP as home is where you eat and sleep.

Over time the sign evolved to maintaining the same handshape in

both positions.

WALKHere the flat

hands represent two feet taking steps forward.

PARTY

READNot only can the fingers represent legs, but they also represent the eyes. Here, two eyes read the

page.

SLEEP

WALK-TO

With this sign the fingers

represent the two legs

as they walk .

DEAF (old ASL sign- used by some…mostly older Deaf)

CANCELto CORRECTto GRADE

Often CANCEL is signed bigger.

ERASE (a board)

ERASE (paper)

HAND OUT

PAPER

NOTICEto SPOTto SEE

STUDY

STUDENTThe sign for student is LEARN +

the agent marker, which represents a person. Can you see how the sign brings the information off the page and

into the head?

TEACHER

Here you see that the information is coming out of the head to be given away to others (the sign for TEACH)

and the agent marker is added to make it a person.

TESTEXAMASSESSMENT

WRITE

The question mark does not replace the “Question Maker” (eyebrows up). It is used to emphasize that a question has been

asked and that the signer expects a response.

Question Mark“HUH”When to use the Question Mark:-best informally-NOT with “wh” questions

Just as we saw that HELP is a directional sign, ASK is a directional sign as well. See how the movement changes direction depending

on who is asking whom.

ASK

ASK… a variation.

FOOD

To-eat Food

Although FOOD and EAT are

interchangeable signs, often you will

see them as a noun/verb pair. We

will learn about these later. What does this mean?

Well… for a verb (EAT) you sign one big movement and for a noun (FOOD) you sign it twice with a

smaller controlled movement.

EAT

To-eat Food

Although FOOD and EAT are

interchangeable signs, often you will

see them as a noun/verb pair. We

will learn about these later. What does this mean?

Well… for a verb (EAT) you sign one big movement and for a noun (FOOD) you sign it twice with a

smaller controlled movement.

HUNGRY

Cool Information: The sign for WISH is the exact

same sign as HUNGRY!

READY

RESTAURANT

CAFETERIA is signed the same way but with a “C” handshape. NAPKIN is

singed with a “flat O” handshape.

WITH

Days of the week can be signed

toward or away from the body

depending on the signs preceding

or following.

Mostly, the palm

orientation is in.

Most commonly used.

Alternate signs for Thursday.

This is the sign your book teaches for

SUNDAY.

Another very popular way to sign SUNDAY is with the hands moving

up and down facing forward.

CHAT

CHURCH

ENJOY

KICK BACKTAKE IT EASY

MOSQUE

COMPETEPLAY-SPORTS

This sign is also used to mean COMPETE or COMPITION and

you will also see it to mean RUN-TRACK and RACE.

TEMPLE

YESTERDAY

DAY

The sign for DAY shows the sun moving across the

horizon.

DAILYEVERY-DAY

WEEK

The sign for week moves across the hand from left to right, just as the days of the week move across

a calendar.

WEEKEND

Here you see the sign for week and then it drops off to show the

end of the week

WORKJOB

GET BETTERto IMPROVE

GET WORSE

IMPORTANT

WATER/WATER-FOUNTAIN

WATER FOUNTAIN

You can be more specific, but it isn’t really necessary.

End of Unit 2 YEA!

Don’t you feel smart now?

GRAB (an opportunity) NONE WARNING BOOK DESK/TABLE GIVE-TO HELP NEED MOVE PENCIL SURE/TRUE/REAL CLEAR/BRIGHT EXCUSE/EXCUSE-ME EXPLAIN MEAN/MEANING NOT VAQUE/UNCLEAR YOU’RE-WELCOME DON’T-DO-THAT/NO-NO DOOR OPEN-DOOR CLOSE-DOOR TURN-ON-LIGHT TURN-OFF-LIGHT LIGHT STAND GET-UP JUMP SIT/SIT-DOWN HOME WALK PARTY READ SLEEP WALK-TO DEAF (old sign) CANCEL/GRADE/CORRECT ERASE (a board ERASE (paper) HAND-OUT/PASS-OUT PAPER

NOTICE/SEE/TO-SPOT STUDY STUDENT TEACHER TEXT/EXAM WRITE WRONG/ERROR ASK FOOD EAT HUNGRY READY RESTAURANT WITH MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY CHAT CHURCH DO-DO/WHAT-DO ENJOY KICK-BACK/TAKE-IT-EASY MOSQUE COMPETE/PLAY-SPORTS TEMPLE YESTERDAY DAY DAILY/EVERY-DAY WEEK WEEKEND WORK/JOB GET-BETTER/IMPROVE GET-WORSE IMPORTANT WATER/WATER-FOUNTAIN

MASL Vocab – Pam Walker – no voice – by page   MASL page 61: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsH1_7NAvNg   MASL page 64 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzZJv6P8qk   MASL page 66 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crb0HqeE0Ks Underkd – with voice - alpha Unit 2a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuX7v3Qwt2c&feature=related Unit 2b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSm-ky9_2_g&feature=related Unit 2c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0SYbYplKdw&feature=related  

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