Narrating Unforgettable Moments

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Narrating Unforgettable Moments

• Unit 18
• ASL III

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Basic Role Shift Sequence

• Tell where you and the other person are located.
• Name the object.
• Tell how the object is passed between the two
  people.
• Possible outcomes
• Person catches the object
• Person drops the object
• Person is hit by the object
• Person sees the object just in time
• Person is nearly hit by the object

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Now watch the video of the girl doing the 5
different outcomes. Watch her role shifting,
facial expressions, body language.
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Video Notes

• Tell where you and the other person are located.
• Stefanie introduces and places the characters
  with raised eyebrows. She shows agreement by
  glancing in the direction of the man when
  referring to him.
• Name the object.
• Stefanie shifts to the woman and tells that the
  ball was thrown, fingerspelling ball.

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Video Notes, continue

• Tell how the object is passed between the two
  people.
• Stefanie shifts to the woman to show her throwing
  the ball and tracks the movement of the ball with
  her eyes as it travels toward the man located on
  her left.
• Tell the outcome.
• Stefanie shifts to the man, changing her eye gaze
  and body orientation, and resumes tracking the
  imaginary ball from the mans point of view. The
  mans expression shows that the ball was caught
  with ease.

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What kind of classifier is used?

• S for ball
• Locative classifier LCLS ball (A, B, C)
• LCL1 direction of the ball (E)
• LCL1 ball passing (E)

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Now you try it!

• You toss an egg to another person.
• You throw a screwdriver to a person standing on
  the roof of a house.
• You throw a long football pass down field to a
  receiver.
• You snap a knife with butter on the end at
  another person.
• You throw a Frisbee to another person.
• You swing your leg and your sandal comes off and
  flies toward the other person.

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More to try!

• You are twirling a chain on your finger and it
  slips off in the direction of the person sitting
  beside you.
• While you are signing you knock your glasses off
  and they fly toward the other person.
• You spit your gum out the front window of a car
  and it is blown back in through the rear window
  toward the passenger in the back seat.

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ICL

• Instrument Classifiers
• Shows how a person handles/manipulates an object.
• Imitate what you will do.
• Remember to show size and shape of the object.
• Example receive flowers, pass the salt.

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ECL

• Element Classifier
• Movements of elements such as air, smoke,
  water/liquid, rain, fire, and light.
• You need to show where the liquid came from and
  where it landed.
• When showing where liquid landed, you must role
  shift to the other person to show where the
  liquid landed and their reaction.

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LCL

• Locative Classifiers
• Tells location of the object and/or its movement.
• The description of movement is often accompanied
  by facial expressions to show distance or the
  speed of the movement.
• EX fast low but level movement accompanied
  by an oo mouth and squinted eyes. Or popped
  up into the air is described with a high and
  curved movement accompanied by a slightly open
  mouth.

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Different kinds of LCLs

• LCL can be used to represent barriers. They
  refer to shape and location of things that may
  cause someone to trip or fall
• LCLC bulk - rock, toy
• LCLB flat flat surface, step, fence, banana
  peel
• LCL1 thin, long pencil, rope, wire, bar

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SCL

• Semantic Classifiers
• Describes where the person is located, where they
  moved, and/or how they moved (with facial
  expressions)

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Different kinds of SCLs

• SCL handshape vertical 1 shows a person
  approaching and leaving a scene. SCL1
  approaching or leaving.
• SCL handshape V shows the persons position
  sitting, standing, lying, or standing on their
  head. It is also used to describe falls
  forward or backward. SCLV fall back or sit
  facing me.

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Facial Expressions with SCL

• Ahhhhhhh indicates a person or thing is
  airborne or falling.
• Pow used for both objects and people when there
  is impact.

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BCL

• Body Classifiers
• Shows how a person move his/her arms, shoulders,
  or head.
• Always used with role shift
• Only the upper part of your body enacts the
  verb of the sentence waving, shrugging
  shoulders, putting hands on hips, hitting the
  head in frustration, etc.

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BPCL

• Body Part Classifier
• Represents specific parts of the body in action.
• Action of legs and feet (running, jumping, or
  crossing legs) use the BPCL handshape X (bend
  index fingers. Add facial expressions to
  describe how the person ran easily, in a panic,
  or with determination.
• BPCL handshape B represents the feet and toes
  and describes actions like tapping the floor, or
  wiggling the toes.

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LCL, SCL, ICL, ECL, BCL, or BPCL?Then sign it!

• Person leaving
• Pass the flowers
• Pop fly ball
• Water squirted out
• Slipped because of banana peel
• Crossed legs
• Tapping toes
• Banging head on wall

• SCL1 leaving
• ICL pass flowers
• LCL1 path of ball pop fly
• ECLS-gt1 water squirted
• LCLB banana peel SCLV slip
• (2h)BPCLX cross legs
• (2h)BPCLB tap toes
• BCL bang head on wall LCLB wall

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LCL, SCL, ICL, ECL, BCL, or BPCL?Then sign it!

• Coffee spill
• Tossing the basketball
• Sit facing me
• Fall forward over a wire
• Teacher approaching me
• Lie on back, looking up
• Catching a football
• He flew thru the air then landed on his side hard

• ECLS-gt5 coffee spill
• ICL toss basketball
• SCLV sit facing me
• SCLV fall forward over LCL1 wire
• TEACHER SCL1 approach
• SCLV lie on back, looking up
• ICL catch football
• SCLV fly thru air ahhhhh, land on side pow

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CUTS/PUNCTURES

• CUT-ON-HAND
• PUNCTURE-IN-SHOULDER-AREA-WITH-A-SMALL-OR-POINTED-
  OBJECT
• FINGER-CUT-OFF
• PUNCTURE-IN-FOOT WITH A-SHARP-FLAT-OBJECT
• BLEEDING-FROM-PALM-OF-HAND

• BRUISE-ON-ARM
• LUMP-ON-FOREHEAD
• SCRATCH-ON-FACE
• SEVERAL-SCRATCHES-ON-FACE
• BROKEN-BONES (2)
• fs-BURN-ON-ARM
• BLEEDING-FROM-FOREHEAD
• BLEEDING-FROM-ELBOW

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Describing Injuries Outside of the Sign Space

• BPCLs are used to describe an injury that occurs
  on a part of the body located outside of the
  signing space, such as injury to ones foot or
  leg.
• Name the body part
• Use BPCL to represent the part
• Show where the injury is

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Describing Injuries Outside of the Sign Space

• Fingerspell the body part
• fs-LEG
• fs-ANKLE
• fs-KNEE
• fs-TOE
• fs-FOOT

• Use BPCL to describe the injuries
• Use BPCL forearm to show injuries between knee
  and foot
• Use BPCL wrist to show injuries to the ankle
• Use BPCL back of hand to show injuries to the
  knee
• Use BPCL finger to show injuries to toe(s)
• Use BPCL hand to show injuries on the foot

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How do you sign WRONG?

• Use this sign to transition from an uneventful
  situation to one that becomes unexpected.
• EX STUDENT MY PAPER ICL wadded LCL1 across
  room !WRONG!

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MISHAP

• 2 ways
• Something that was caused by a failure to notice
  warning signs and ends in an unexpected injury.

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SURPRISED!!!

• Use this expression when signing what happened.
• Fell, slipped, hit by a ball, etc.

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Watch the different versions of role shifting
(from initiators and receivers view).
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GLOSS these sentences using what we have learned
so far! Work individually!

1. You toss an egg to another person.
2. You throw a screwdriver to a person standing on
   the roof of a house.
3. You throw a long football pass down field to a
   receiver.
4. You snap a knife with butter on the end at
   another person.
5. You throw a Frisbee to another person.
6. You swing your leg and your sandal comes off and
   flies toward the other person.

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More GLOSSing!

• 7. You are twirling a chain on your finger and
  it slips off in the direction of the person
  sitting beside you.
• 8. While you are signing you knock your glasses
  off and they fly toward the other person.
• 9. You spit your gum out the front window of a
  car and it is blown back in through the rear
  window toward the passenger in the back seat.

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New (and some OLD) Words

• JOB
• OFFER
• BUSBOY
• DUTIES
• HAPPENED
• COMMUNICATE
• CUSTOMERS
• MISHAP
• FEELINGS
• WATCH
• EXPRESS

• MOMENT
• UNFORGETTABLE
• PLANNED
• SITUATION
• OWES
• BICYCLE
• OUTING
• DESCRIBE
• SKILLS
• OPINION
• FAVORITE

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More Words

• PREDICAMENT
• INTRODUCTION
• REMEMBER
• AMUSEMENT
• IMITATE
• ANTICS

• INDICATE
• REACTION
• LAUGHTER
• CACTUS
• EXPERIENCE