Unit 6

Telling About Activities

Time Concepts

To indicate tense (past, present, future) in ASL, use a time sign at the beginning of the sentence. LAST-WEEK CHICKEN I EAT PAST MONTH NEW CAR I BUY

Once a tense has been established, everything that follows is understood to be in that time frame until a new time is specified. LAST WEEK CHICKEN I ATE. BASKETBALL I PLAYED. BOYFRIEND I MET.

Time Concepts Continued

To refer to specific times, the general time sign for past, present, and future are combined with the signs for days, weeks, and months. Last month: PAST + MONTH This month: THIS + MONTH In two weeks: 2-WEEK+FUTURE

Bell Work: Contrastive Structure Referents: people, places, or things that are

not in the immediate environment Establish referents in a specific location in the

signing space in front of you Establish the referent by naming what you

are referring to and then pointing to a location To refer to the noun again, point to the same

location

Continued…

As you compare two nouns, shift your head and body slightly in agreement with the space you established for each referent

Contrastive Structure Practice Kanye

•Short

•Brown hair

•Mean

•Interrupts speeches

Taylor

•Tall

•Blond

•Sweet

•Gives lovely speeches

Contrastive Structure Practice

Kanye

•Singer

•Arrogant

Jimmy

•Actor

•Funny

Contrastive Structure Activity Write down 3 facts about two different

partners Practice using contrastive structure to sign

the information Be prepared to sign in front of the class!

Bell Work: Negative Statements To form a negative statement, sign NOT and shake

your head throughout the statement To answer no to a yes/no question, sign no followed

by a negative statement or a statement that gives the correct information. Example: Are you married?

No, I’m not married. No, I’m divorced

If you don’t have something, or there is none, or something doesn’t exist, use the sign NONE to form the negative statement

Negative Statements Example BROTHERS IX-YOU HAVE HOW-MANY?

BROTHERS

Bell Work: Time Concepts

Practice Sentences

PAST MONDAY IX-YOU DO WHAT? THIS MORNING IX-YOU GO CLASS? IX-I CAN’T COME CLASS; IX-I MUST SEE

DOCTOR SORRY IX-I LATE; IX-I OVERSLEPT I LEAVE EARLY; IX-I HAVE APPOINTMENT NEXT-WEEK WEDNESDAY WANT US-TWO GO-

OUT EAT? FINE. OK. SORRY IX-I FINISH HAVE PLANS

MORNING

AFTERNOON

NIGHT

MIDNIGHT

TODAY/THIS/NOW

YESTERDAY

TOMORROW

NEXT-WEEK

WEEK

LAST-WEEK

COOK

CLEAN (ORGANIZE)

STUDY

CHAT

STAY+HOME

BABY+TAKE-CARE (babysit)

BABY+WATCH (babysit)

WORK

BUY/SHOP

VISIT

PARTY

Don’t analyze

HOME

CHURCH

STORE

Don’t analyze

RESTAURANT

MOVIE

HOSPITAL

FS-PARK

FOOTBALL

BASEBALL

BASKETBALL

VOLLEYBALL

RUN

CARDS

EXERCISE

PLAY

DOCTOR

DENTIST

MEETING

ENJOY

LIKE

OK

SO-SO

DON’T-MIND

DON’T-LIKE

DETEST

HATE/AWFUL

CAR+BREAK-DOWN

FLAT-TIRE

TRAFFIC

CAN’T+FIND+KEYS

SICK

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