Master ASL Vocabulary Unit 5 School and Life

SignsUsing the Agent

Marker

Classifiers V, 1, and 3

School Subjects Signing Times

School Related People

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/ACT/SHOW

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

Fingerspell:LAB and POOL

NEIGHBORHOOD

HOME+AREA

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

WAITER.

to WRITE

TEACH

TEACHER

LEARNThe 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?

STUDENT(LEARN+STUDENT)

The 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?

COMPETE

ATHLETE

PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGIST

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 non-dominant hand, representing basic

schooling.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

To sign HIGH SCHOOL, simply fingerspell HS.

HIGH SCHOOL

To sign HIGH SCHOOL, simply

fingerspell

“HS”.

COLLEGE

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

handshape.

UNIVERSITY

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

handshape.

to MAJOR-IN/MAIN

To sign MINOR, move the dominate hand underneath, instead of the

top.

to TAKE-UP (something)

…as in to take a class

This is also the sign for ADOPT.

to TAKE-SOMETHING (literal)

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 MECHANICS/WRENCH

BUSINESS

Notice that BUSINESS is a big movement - BUSY is

a smaller quicker movement.

SCIENCE

See how the sign looks like you are pouring in liquid for

an experiment?

BIOLOGY

CHEMISTRY

Alternate Signs for

Computer

COMPUTER TECH

DRAMA/ACT/ THEATER/SHOW

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 or “F” for FEDERAL.

GYM

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

HEALTH (x2)

HISTORY

JOURNALISM

This is also the sign for

PRINT, PUBLICATION and NEWSPAPER.

MATH

The root sign for MULTIPLY or FIGURE-OUT is made with two “V” hands. Here we see it initialized

with an “M” for MATH.

ALGEBRA

Other Related Math Subjects Initialized

CALCULUS

Other Related Math Subjects Initialized

GEOMETRY

Other Related Math Subjects Initialized

TRIGONOMETRY

Other Related Math Subjects Initialized

PHOTOGRAPHY

PHYSICS

The sign for BATTERY and ELCETRICITY are made the same

way, but 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.

WOODSHOP

YEARBOOK

TECHNOLOGY

TEACHER’S ASSISTANT

BUSY

…. BUSINESS

MAINSTREAMED

Deaf student(s) attending public school

PUBLIC-SCHOOL

(see the sign HEARING used for public.)

Deaf student(s) attending public school

ONE-IN-A-CROWD

One student attending public school.

SCHOOL-FOR-THE-DEAF

ORAL-EDUCATION

Students rely on lip reading and speaking.

GALLAUDET

G.U. is the only 4 year, liberal arts university in

America.

An A Grade

You can also sign B

and C grades on

the hand in the same

way.

An F Grade/FLUNK/FAIL

to be GOOD-AT/SKILLED

to be BAD-AT

The Classifier 3

represents any land or sea 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.

CL: 3 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.

Classifier 1 can also indicate cylindrical objects as well, such as poles, logs,

pencils, etc.

MAN CL:1 (walk slowly)

MAN CL:1 (walk quickly)

KIDS CL:V (walk

together)

The classifier V (written upside-down) represents the

actions of an individual's legs or eyes.

Lying on back

Jumping

Walking

ACCIDENT

BUS

to DANCE

to LINE-UP

to LOOK-AT

MOTORCYCLE

to RIDE-A-HORSE

AMERICA

AROUND/ABOUT/APPROXIMATELY

HOUR

HALF HOUR

NOON

Here we see the sun at the directly above

us.

MIDNIGHT

Now the sun is on the opposite of the

earth.

TIME/WHAT TIME IS IT (‘WH’

NMS)

ALARM/BELL

to ARRIVE

to ARRIVE/LAND (plane)

to DEPART/TAKE-OFF (plane)

to TAKE-OFF (person)As in need to leave in a hurry.

to FINISH/to be done

This sign also means to stop doing something. To CUT-IT-

OUT.

to be LATE

to START/BEGIN

See how the motion looks like starting a car?

TRAIN

to TAKE (literally)

to TAKE (abstract)

to BREAK (literally)

a BREAK (abstract)

This sign also means

INTERMISSION or HALFTIME.

End of Unit 5

YEA!Don’t you feel

smart?

Checked with book.