Family Related Signs and Gender Distinction

• American Sign Language
• 9th Grade

On your own

• Review family signs (go back to the last lesson up)
• Create a family tree in your ASL notebook on a cartoon or tv show family (examples: Mondern Family, The Simpsons, Lilo and Stitch) if you can't find a family member make one up, try to use as much of the vocabulary that you can. You will do this with a partner. 

Family Tree Partner Work

• You will create this with a partner
• Using past vocabulary, create a family tree based on a movie, tv-show, etc.  (examples: Modern Family, The Simpsons, Lilo and Stitch) if you can't find a family member make one up, try to use as much of the vocabulary that you can 
• Be creative, use the template on Schoology, turn it in when you are done
• Practice signing your family tree with your partner, I'll pull sticks for partners to show the class (sign their name and their relationship)
• Go up to grandparents 

Today 9/13-9/14

• Review family signs by presenting your family tree with your partner
• Understand and identify relationships between family members 
• Gender distinction 

Family Tree

Relationships in families

• aunt
• uncle
• cousin
• father
• mother
• step mother/father
• grandfather
• grandmother

• sister
• brother 
• step-sister
• step-brother
• 1/2 sister/brother 

Let's add on!

Related Signs 

• to divorce
• to marry
• older, tall, adult
• younger, short

divorce

to marry

older, taller, adult

younger, short

divorce

to marry

older

younger

short

tall

NOTE

** Use the signs older and younger, even if an older sibling is shorter or younger sibling is taller than you**

Example:

This is my younger sister, but she is taller

Gender Distinction in ASL

Exit ticket

Relationship Practice

I'll sign some questions about the family tree. Write them on your whiteboard.