ASL Class 61515 Unit 7 1 Identifying Present

ASL Class 6/15/15

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People What is ASL Classifier? Classifiers are designated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime used to represent nouns and verbs. The purpose of the classifier is to provide additional information about nouns and verbs such as: location, kind of action, size, shape and manner. ASL has many classifier handshapes to represent specific categories or class of objects.

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Understand Grammar • • • Body Classifiers (BCLs) Body Part Classifiers (BPCLs) Body Part SASSes (BPSASSes) Descriptive Classifiers (DCL”clothing pattern”) Facial Expressions (“oo”, “mm”, “cha”, “ee”, “puffed” and “open mouth”)

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Vocabulary Body positions Height Body type BPCL”leg positions” TALL SKINNY SHORT-person SLENDER BROAD-SHOULDERS PLUMP

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Vocabulary Appearance: head and face Appearance: hair Describing patterns HEAD-WRAP (color)+HAIR DCL”patterns” HAT BALD-TOP fs-SUN+EYEGLASSES BPSASS”hair length, texture or style” MUSTACHE BEARD

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Vocabulary Ask to confirm Confirm q ____ THAT-ONE !THAT-ONE!

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People To point out a person in the room, you need to describe something that helps the listener locate the person quickly. Identify person by describing one or two of these: 1. body position 2. appearance 3. clothing

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Body Position: Arms 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. 1. BCL”hands folded” 2. BCL”hands and arms stacked” 3. BCL”head resting on one hand” 4. BCL”head resting on both hands” 5. BCL”hands behind head” 6. BCL”crossed arms”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Body Position: Legs 1. BPCL”sitting with legs crossed” 4 2. BPCL”sitting with legs outstretched”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Body Position: Legs 3. 3. BPCL”lotus sitting position” 4 4. BPCL”sitting with one foot tucked under the other leg”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Body Position: Legs 5. 5. BPCL”sitting with foot over knee” 6. 6. BPCL”sitting with legs wide apart”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Appearance: Height oo ______ SHORT-person cha _____ TALL

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Appearance: Body Type 1. oo ______ SKINNY 2. oo _______ SLENDER

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Appearance: Body Type 3. cha ________ BROAD-SHOULDERS 4. puffed ______ PLUMP

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Appearance: Head and Face 1. 2. fs-SUN+EYEGLASSES 3. MUSTACHE BEARD 5. 4. HAT HEAD-WRAP

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Appearance: Hair 1. BALD-TOP 2. BPSASS: G”very short” 3. (2 h)BPSASS: B”shoulder length”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Appearance: Hair 4. (2 h)BPSASS: B”long hair” 5. (2 h)BPSASS”curly” 6. BPSASS”frizzy”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Appearance: Hair 7. BPSASS”bun” 8. (2 h)BPSASS”pony tail” 9. BPSASS: R”large braid”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Appearance: Hair 10. (2 h)BPSASS R: ”dreads” 11. !RED! HAIR 12. GRAY HAIR

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Clothing: Patterns 1. 2. oo __________________ SHIRT, BLUE, WHITE DCL: 4”vertical stripes” oo ____________________ SHIRT, BLACK, WHITE DCL: 4”horizontal stripes”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Clothing: Patterns 3. 4. mm ______________ SHIRT, RED, GRAY DCL: 4”plaid” mm ______________ SHIRT, BLACK (2 h)alt. DCL: F”dots”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Clothing: Patterns 5. cha ________________ SHIRT, FLOWER (2 h)alt. DCL: C”flowers” 6. mm ________________ SHIRT, BLACK (2 h)alt. DCL: claw”swirly”

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Clothing: Patterns 7. SHIRT, PICTURE CAT (2 h)DCL: L”picture on chest” 8. SHIRT, NAME (2 h)DCL: bent L”across chest” [(wh) DCL: bent L/IX-loc”across chest”] fs-CALIFORNIA

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People The Men A: Identify person by using one or two of the following: 1. body position 2. appearance 3. clothing B: (Wave right or left to confirm the person) A: Confirm

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People The Women A: Identify person by using one or two of the following: 1. body position 2. appearance 3. clothing B: (Wave right or left to confirm the person) A: Confirm

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Women Sitting A: Identify person by using one or two of the following: 1. body position 2. appearance 3. clothing B: Add another description to confirm A: Confirm

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People raise brows Ask to confirm nod Confirm

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Women Sitting A: Identify person by using one or two of the following: 1. body position 2. appearance 3. clothing B: Add another description to confirm A: Confirm

Unit 7. 1 – Identifying Present People Classwork Please do the student workbook, pages 4 to 14