Wisconsin School for the Deaf

Symmetrical Butterfly

5th Grade

Good Afternoon!Good Afternoon!

ShhhhhhhhRemember no voicing

ShhhhhhhhRemember no voicing

Syllabus

• I will use my voice for this part but afterwards I will turn it off.

ATTENDANCE

Please write your first and last name on the small erase board and show me your name.

Pass it to the next person when you are done.

Activities for Eye Training

Same or Different

‘Same or Different’ Activity

To help students…

• develop visual discrimination skills for signs

• realize that small differences in signs are important

• begin to develop their visual memory for signs

New Vocabulary

Watch me show you two signs at a time.

Let me know if the signs are the same or different.

Mirror Game

To help students…

• develop visual awareness skills

• become comfortable with moving your bodies

• develop visual focusing skills

Imitate or “mirror” my movements and please focus on my eyes,

not on my hands or arms

Mirror game in pairs

Find a partner and take turns mirroring each other

It is common to have a sign name if you are involved in the Deaf community.

A person is identified by his/her sign name.

Only a deaf person can give you a sign name.

There are two types of sign names.• arbitrary • descriptive

Sign NameUsed for identification

Arbitrary Name Signs

Uses manual alphabet.The initials of your name are shown.Sign located on body or in front of

signer

Examples: Sheri Cook Jennifer Gordon Diane Armato Jeannie Jones Bob Addie Gulley Paula Sheets

Descriptive Name Signs

Depict info about personality/physical characteristics

Examples: Laurent Clerc (scar on face) Gallaudet (glasses) Mike (tall) Lori (always smiling) Charlie (big eyes)

Descriptive Sign Names

•Each of you will be given a temporary descriptive sign name.

•If you take ASL class this spring, you will be given a permanent sign name (descriptive or arbitrary).

Descriptive Sign Names

On the board, list three things you love to do during your spare time (hobbies).

Do you have any special talents?

I will pick one of your hobbies or talents as your temporary sign name.

Introducing Yourself in the Deaf Community

Who Are These People?

In the Deaf community, you always introduce yourself and define your

connections to other people.

Deaf Norm: How Do You Connect to Me?

• Another important connection is to go through the history of who you know and who I know for everyone in the room so you can fit one another in the strata of your lives.

• This can seem tedious and mind-bending to those who aren't familiar with this cultural style of introduction, but, for the Deaf, it is important to know about your friends, family, where you work, and what school you attended.

• If you're new to ASL and you don't have many friends or experiences in Deaf culture, you can say you're a newbie in ASL, tell the group why you're there to learn, and ask them to help you.

New SignsNew Signs

NAMENAME

SIGNSIGN

SIGN NAMESIGN NAME

New ASL sentences New ASL sentences

YOUR SIGN NAME WHAT?YOUR SIGN NAME WHAT?

New SignsNew Signs

YOUR SIGN NAME WHAT?YOUR SIGN NAME WHAT?

MY SIGN NAME _________MY SIGN NAME _________

New SignsNew Signs

YOUR SIGN NAME WHAT?YOUR SIGN NAME WHAT?

MY SIGN NAME _________MY SIGN NAME _________

NICE (TO) MEET YOUNICE (TO) MEET YOU

Stand up and practice Stand up and practice introducing yourselves introducing yourselves

to two people. to two people.