Master ASL Vocabulary Unit 5 School and Life

Master ASL Vocabulary Unit 5 School and Life Signs School Related People Using the Agent Marker Signing Times School Subjects Classifiers V, 1, and 3

FOOTBALL See how the players on each team (represented by the fingers) line up and crash into one another?

VICE-PRESIDENT

AREA (location)

CAFETERIA

GYMNASIUM

HALLWAY Be careful that your hands are up and down, because when the fingertips face forward, the sign becomes ROAD.

LIBRARY

OFFICE

STADIUM/AUDITORIUM Can you see how the hands show the people sitting on a slope?

STUDENT CENTER Student Center

TECHNOLOGY CENTER

THEATRE/DRAMA

CLASS This sign can also be initialized with a “T” for TEAM, an “F” for FAMILY, or a “G” for GROUP.

LOCKER

to LOOK-FOR/SEARCH

ROOM/BOX Notice how the hands show the four walls of a room. Office is the same way but with the “O” handshape.

STORE

COACH/BOSS/DEAN

COUNSELOR Without the agent marker, this sign is counsel, or advice.

INTERPRETER

LIBRARIAN

NURSE

PRINCIPAL

PSYCHOLOGIST

SECRETARY

to COOK Notice how the action is that of flipping food over in a pan.

to MANAGE/CONTROL This movement represents holding and controlling the reins of a horse.

to PICK-ON

to SERVE Add the agent marker and this sign becomes WAITOR.

to WRITE

ACTIVITY CENTER

FRONT

BACK

FIELD (grass + area) Be careful not to sign FIELD TRIP, as this is not the correct concept… unless you are taking a trip to an actual field.

FLAG To sign HOTEL simply change the handshape to an “H”.

SNACK MACHINE See how the cogs of the machine are working together?

SODA MACHINE

FRESHMAN

SOPHOMORE

JUNIOR

SENIOR

WHAT YEAR ARE YOU?

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL To sing KINDERGARTEN simply change the “E” to a “K”. You can see how they are both under the left hand, representing basic schooling.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL To sign HIGH SCHOOL, simply fingerspell HS.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE is signed with a flat hand instead of a “U” handshape.

to MAJOR IN To sign MINOR, move the dominate hand to the bottom instead of the top.

to TAKE (something) As in to take a class This is also the sign for ADOPT.

to FORGET This movement represents wiping something from your forehead.

to REMEMBER Here we see the sign showing taking something from the head and sticking it to the thumb, as if to remember it.

to THINK To sign THINK-ABOUT or WONDER circle the index finger at the temple with either one or two hands.

ART When you change the handshape to a “D” you have the sign for DESIGN.

AUTO BODY

BUSINESS Notice that BUSINESS is a bigger movement but BUSY is a smaller quicker movement.

SCIENCE See how the sign looks like you are pouring in liquid for an experiment?

BIOLOGY

CHEMISTRY

COMPUTER TECH

Alternate Signs for Computer

DRAMA

ECONOMICS

EDUCATION Notice how this sign is similar to teach? The information is coming out of the brain and moving forward with the initialized letters “ED”.

ENGINEERING The sign for MEASURE is very similar. The two “Y” hands touch instead of one twisting.

ENGLISH

GEOGRAPHY This is also the sign for EARTH.

GOVERNMENT Change the handshape to a “P” and you have the sign for POLITICS.

GYM

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

HEALTH

HISTORY

JOURNALISM This is also the sign for PUBLICATION and NEWSPAPER.

MATH The root sign for MULTIPLY or FIGUREOUT is made with two “V” hands. Here we see it initialized with an “M” for MATH.

Other Related Math Subjects Initialized ALGEBRA

Other Related Math Subjects Initialized CALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY

PHOTOGRAPHY

PHYSICS The sign for BATTERY or ELCETRICITY is made the same way with only the index fingers.

PHYSIOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY

SPEECH This is also the sign for LECTURE. Change the handshape to an “F” and you have PREACH.

TEACHER’S ASSISTANT

WOODSHOP

YEARBOOK

to be GOOD-AT/SKILLED

to be BAD-AT

GALLAUDET

An A Grade You can also sign B and C grades on the hand in the same way. An F Grade

BUS

What is a classifier? A classifier is a handshape that conveys additional details about a sign’s meaning. For example: The direction something moves, how a person walks, or where something is located. The sign for Classifier is CL When you gloss a classifier you write CL: Example: Bicycle CL: 3 (down a hill)

The Classifier 3 represents any land vehicle. You MUST identify with a sign what the classifier represents FIRST and then you may give additional information about the sign with the appropriate classifier.

Classifier Examples: The bicycle went up a hill. BICYCLE CL: 3 (go uphill) The motorcycle did a wheelie. MOTORCYCLE CL: 3 (did wheelie) The car crashed into a tree. TREE CAR CL: 3 (crash into tree)

The Classifier 1 generally depicts an individual and it’s location, action, and manner. Manipulate the sign to reflect details such as walking slowly, hunched over, falling down, passing someone, etc. KIDS CL: V (walk together) MAN CL: 1 (walk slowly) MAN CL: 1 (walk quickly) Classifier 1 can also indicate cylindrical objects as well, such as poles, logs, pencils, etc.