ASL Sentence Structure

• American Sign Language
• 9th Grade

Today 

• Warm-up
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• Lesson
• Predict ASL sentence structure
• Understand what makes up an ASL sentence and why William Stoke helped the Deaf community prove that ASL is a true language
• Rearrange English sentences to ASL Structure
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Question of the day

Question of the day:

Ask your partner or group what class they are excited for this semester and why.

ASL Sentence Structure

What do you see?

Is ASL Engish?

No

Yes

How is ASL a true Language?

• How did it become a language? 
• Where did it come from? 

William Stokoe

Predict

How do you think ASL sentences are structured? 

We have been signing in ASL structure, but let's dive deep into the structure of ASL. 

During this video pay attention to how they take English sentences and interpret them into correct ASL structure. Think back to the word cloud.

Predict: After watching the examples in the video how do you think simple ASL sentences are structured?

topic " "

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Predict: Now let's add time. How do you think ASL sentences are structured when time is involved?

topic " "

time ⏰ 

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ASL Grammar

TOPIC/COMMENT: English: He likes purple.

ASL:

YES/NO Questions: English: Do you want milk?

ASL:

WH-Questions: English: Where is Tom?

ASL:

Rhetorical question: English: She passed the class! How? She worked hard.

ASL:

ASL Notebook

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. What is the difference between a RH question and a WH Question? Provide 1 example of each.

2. What does your body/NMM do for the following:

RH Question:

WH Question:

time signs
(what have we learned in the past)

Sentence Structure Continued 1/12

Question of the day: 

If you could visit any state in the country, which state would you choose and why?

Warm-up

Write on your desk:

TIME + TOPIC + COMMENT

English: It rained yesterday.

ASL:

English: I have baseball practice at 1:00.

ASL:

When you see the word topic, what does that mean in a sentence? Explain.

Let's Practice 

English:  I am an only child. 

Words we don't use

child

only

I

I

am 

an 

English: My bother is Deaf.

Words we don't use

English:  Your aunt and uncle are tall!

Words we don't use

words we didn't use

On your own

Team Practice

GimKit