Unit 4 Family and Friends Contrastive Structure Listing

Unit 4: Family and Friends • Contrastive Structure • Listing and Ordering • The Age Spot

Pets

Age-related signs

Contrastive Structure CONTRAST

Contrastive Structure To use indexing and shoulder shifting to compare or contrast characteristics about people, places, or things. Pointing to a person, place, or thing in space. (Pronouns in ASL) Slightly moving your shoulders from one side to another to show contrast. Usually used to compare 2 people, places, or things. Used as AND in ASL.

Contrastive Structure Example Referent 1 = Referent 2 =

Contrastive Structure Example Referent 1= Referent 2= Referent 3=

Contrastive Structure Practice 1. I have 1 sister and two brothers. 2. She has 2 brothers named Jason and Jeff. 3. My family has 4 dogs, 3 cats, and 2 fish.

Contrastive Structure Practice: Sign the sentence below and add 2 details about each referent. 1. He sees one man and two women. 2. I have two cousins, Sean and Laura. 3. I need hot and cold water. 4. I have two children, one boy and one girl. 5. I have one brother and two sisters.

Classroom Exercise G 6. His grandmother is deceased and his grandfather is alive. 7. My uncle is watching TV and my aunt is sleeping 8. My parents are divorced. My father lives in New York and my mother lives in California. 9. My mother is Deaf, my father is hearing, and my two brothers are deaf. 10. She has one dog, two cats, and two older sisters.

Listing and Ordering • A visual list of information • Provides details about 3 or more people, places, or things. • The non-dominant hand makes the list • The dominant hand references (points) to each person, place, or thing Example: http: //www. ha ndspeak. com /learn/l/listing/ listdegrees. mp 4

Listing or Ordering? List Order Making a general list of people, places, or things. Ranking people, places, or things by age, preference, or order. Examples: Her best friends are Morgan, Jalen, Adam, and Domonique. My three favorite cities are Atlanta, Houston, and Salt Lake City. Today you will need a pencil, paper, and your book for class. Examples: My parents have 3 children, Yahaira, Ashton, and Justin. My oldest sister is funny. My middle sister likes to ski. My youngest sister doesn’t like school. This semester I have Lit. , Math, Art, and PE.

Listing and Ordering Practice

The Age Spot https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=R 7 lxe. Mi. Hzp 4 (Starting with the Index Finger) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Bea_Eph. Ax 8 E&feature=yo utu. be&list=PLHb 7 PTlfzjy 4 hk. Zb. Y 8 mu. IAX 0 Ja 07 -bd 7 y (Starting with the sign AGE)

Starting With… Index Finger AGE Used for all ages Used for ages 10 and up • Palm Orientation for Numbers 1 -5 = ____________ • Both ways convey = ___________

Signing Age Practice

Age Practice Chad is 2 years old He is 48 years old Kiernan is 1 year old Mike is 17 years old My mother is 42 years old She is 13 years old Ahmed is 20 years

Age Practice Kendra is 16 years old He is not 1 year old yet Tera is 29 years old Da. Shawn is 15 years old My grandfather is 80 years old She is 13 years old Cecile is 30 years old