01.

03 After School Workshop Note Guide

Focus Question: What do I do for fun after school?

COMMON GROUND
“Deaf people can do anything hearing people can do, except hear.” -Dr. I. King Jordan

Here are some signs you may already know. If you don’t need the review, feel free to skip this
section. Make sure you review the ones you need help with from the playlist.

Entertainment Playlist (optional)

 Watch TV
 Closed captioning
 Skill nothing

SUCH TALENT!
What talent does Adrean Clark have?
Calvin Young?

Use the chart to help you keep track of the vocabulary that you will need for your assessments.
You will be assessed on these words, and you can fill in any additional notes to help you.
The most important thing is that you can sign correctly and understand the signs for these
words.
English Parameters (Facial Expressions, NMM, Any additional notes to help
Handshape, Orientation, etc.) you sign accurately

Painting Facial Expression/NMM: N/A Note: The dominant hand

Handshape: looks like a BIG paint brush
 Dominant: Open B to Bent B and your base hand is a
 Non-dominant: Open B canvas.
Location:
 Dominant: On top of non-dominant
Open B
 Non-dominant: Neutral, in front of the
body
Orientation:
 Dominant: Toward non-dominant and
then down
 Non-dominant: Toward dominant
side
Movement: Place dominant hand flat on top
of non-dominant hand. Pull down, and then
turn your hand into a Bent B and pull up. Do
this twice. (Imagine your dominant hand is a
paint brush.)
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

Drawing Facial Expression/NMM: N/A Note: This is the same sign for
Handshape: art.
  Dominant: I Looks like your writing
 Non-dominant: Open B something.
Location:
 Dominant: On top of non-dominant B
 Non-dominant: Neutral, in front of the
body
Orientation:
 Dominant: Toward the body
 Non-dominant: Toward non-
dominant side
Movement: Place dominant hand at the top
of non-dominant Open B and pull down in a
squiggle motion (as if your dominant hand is
drawing a squiggly line).
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary
Reading Facial Expression/NMM: N/A Note: Your dominant hand takes
Handshape: a V shape and is mimicking eyes
 Dominant: V and your base hand is mimicking
 Non-dominant: Open B a page in a book.
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation:
 Dominant: Out to down
 Non-dominant: Toward the body
Movement: Place hands close together.
Move your dominant V up and down along
the non-dominant Open B. Imagine the
Open B is a book page and the V are
eyeballs scanning the page.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary
Talented Facial Expression/NMM: MM Note:
(Skilled-at) Handshape:
 Dominant: Open A
 Non-dominant: Open B
Location:
 Dominant: On non-dominant Open A
 Non-dominant: Neutral, in front of the
body
Orientation:
 Dominant: Toward the body
 Non-dominant: Toward dominant
side
Movement: Grab non-dominant B with
dominant Open A (over your pinky finger).
Then pull dominant hand away from non-
dominant hand.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

Photograp (PICTURE) Note:

hy Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
 Handshape:
 Dominant: C
 Non-dominant: Open B
Location:
 Dominant: Dominant side of the face
 Non-dominant: Neutral, in front of the
body
Orientation:
 Dominant: Outward
 Non-dominant: Up
Movement: Start with dominant hand on
dominant side of cheek, then move it to
where it is flat on the non-dominant Open B.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

(TO-TAKE (PICTURES))
Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape:
 Dominant: Bent L
 Non-dominant: Bent L
Location: Front of the face
Orientation: Toward each other
Movement: Press down with dominant
pointer finger twice (as if you're pressing the
button on a camera).
Iconic or Arbitrary: Iconic
 
IT’S A CULTURAL THING
Q: Why is the Deaf community a lot like a small town?
A: There’s a deep connection and sense of closeness that comes from shared
experiences and backgrounds.

Q: Who are the Famous Four, and what are their names?
A: Greg Hlibok
A: Gerald Covell
A: Bridgetta Bourne-Firl
A: Tim Rarus

Q: List three other advocates for Deaf civil rights

A: George Veditz
A:Marlee Matlin
A: Douglas Ridloff

Q: What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and what has it done for the Deaf
Community?
A: federal legislation passed in 1990 that prohibits discrimination against people with
disabilities and to ensure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as
everyone else. Ensures deaf individuals can seek employment and take advantage of
things like public education, transportation, health care, voting, and more without being
discriminated against. 

DEAF MEET UPS

Q: What is a Silent Dinner?
A: I guess just regular dinners but with Deaf individuals

Q: What are some examples of Deaf cultural events?

A:

BEST PRACTICES FOR CONVERSATIONS

Q: What are four best practices for respectfully participating in a conversation in ASL?
A:
A:
A:
A:

ARE YOU GAME?

Use the chart to help you keep track of the vocabulary that you will need for your assessments.
You will be assessed on these words, and you can fill in any additional notes to help you.
The most important thing is that you can sign correctly and understand the signs for these
words.
English Parameters (Facial Expressions, NMM, Any additional notes to help you
Handshape, Orientation, etc.) sign accurately

Play (PLAY) Note:

video Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
games Handshape:
 Dominant: Y
 Non-dominant: Y
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation: Toward each other
Movement: Twist wrists back and forth
twice (both hands should be in sync).
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

(VIDEO GAMES)
Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape:
 Dominant: Bent 3
 Non-dominant: Bent 3
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation: Toward each other
Movement: Move thumbs and hands up
and down quickly. Imagine you're holding a
game controller and pushing the buttons.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Iconic
Chess fs-C-H-E-S-S Note: While there are a few games
that have signs in ASL, many are
 fingerspelled, like chess.
Watch (MOVIE) Note:
movies Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape:
 Dominant: 5
 Non-dominant: Open B
Location:
 Dominant: On the side of the non-
dominant Open B
 Non-dominant: Neutral, in front of
the body
Orientation:
 Dominant: Toward the non-
dominant side
 Non-dominant: Down
Movement: Place dominant hand on non-
dominant hand along the index finger. Rock
dominant hand side to side.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

(TO-WATCH)
Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape:
 Dominant: Bent L
Location: Front of the face at eye level
Orientation: Toward the face
Movement: Thumb will be under dominant
eye and index finger will be under non-
dominant eye. Start close to the face and
then pull outwards once.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary
Board (BOARD) Note:
games Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape:
 Dominant: B
 Non-dominant: B
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation: Down
Movement: Start with your hands together
out in front of you and then slide them
apart.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

(GAME)
Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape:
 Dominant: Open A
 Non-dominant: Open A
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation: Toward the body
 Movement: Tap your knuckles together
twice.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary
Browse (INTERNET / ONLINE) Note: In this context, the sign would
the Facial Expression/NMM: N/A often be repeated because it's
internet Handshape: something that you may do for an
 Dominant: 25 extended time and possibly "get
 Non-dominant: 25 lost" in.
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation: Toward each other
Movement: Place middle fingers together.
Alternate twisting your dominant and non-
dominant hand forward and backward.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

(SEARCH)
Facial Expression/NMM: Mouth
morpheme of MM
Handshape: C
Location: At the face
Orientation: Toward non-dominant
Movement: In a circle twice
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

SOCIAL MEDIA BUTTERFLY

Use the chart to help you keep track of the vocabulary that you will need for your assessments.
You will be assessed on these words, and you can fill in any additional notes to help you.
The most important thing is that you can sign correctly and understand the signs for these
words.
English Parameters (Facial Expressions, NMM, Any additional notes to help you
Handshape, Orientation, etc.) sign accurately

Hobby fs-H-O-B-B-Y Note:

Selfie Facial Expression/NMM: selfie face Note: There are a few different
Handshape: L variations for this sign, but this one
Location: Out in front of the body at or is the most popular. Other variations
slightly above face height show pushing the “home” button on
Orientation: Out a cell phone, or a mix of pressing
Movement: Press down with pointer finger, the button and showing a classifier
as if you are clicking a camera button. for the flash.
Iconic or arbitrary: Iconic
Social (ONLINE) Note:
media Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape:
 Dominant: 25
 Non-dominant: 25
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation: Toward each other
 Movement: Place your middle fingers
close to each other. Your non-dominant
hand will stay still as your dominant hand
will shake forward and backward.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

(SOCIAL)
Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape:
 Dominant: 5
 Non-dominant: 5
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation: Toward the body
Movement: Your dominant hand will be
above your non-dominant hand. Your
fingertips will be close (this means your
dominant hand is upside down). You will
then wiggle your fingers, and your
dominant hand will move in a circle around
your non-dominant hand.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

(COMMUNICATION)
Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape:
 Dominant: C
 Non-dominant: C
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation: Toward each other
Movement: Alternate moving hands
forward and backward.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary
Involved Facial Expression/NMM: N/A Note:
Handshape:
 Dominant: 5 to Flat O
 Non-dominant: C
Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation:
 Dominant: Out to down
 Non-dominant: Toward dominant
hand
Movement: Start with your dominant hand
as a 5, and pull the 5 downward into a Flat
O. Then place the Flat O inside the non-
dominant C.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary
Socializin Facial Expression/NMM: N/A Note:
g Handshape:
 Dominant: 5
 Non-dominant: 5
 Location: Neutral, in front of the body
Orientation: Toward the body
Movement: Your dominant hand will be
above your non-dominant hand. Your
fingertips will be close (this means your
dominant hand is upside down). You will
then wiggle your fingers, and your
dominant hand will move in a circle around
your non-dominant hand.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary
School (SCHOOL) Note:
club Facial Expression/NMM: N/A
Handshape: Special Note: The sign for CLUB
 Dominant: Open B originated from its fingerspelled
 Non-dominant: Open B form. To sign CLUB, you will quickly
Location: fingerspell CLB. Notice the U is
 Dominant: On top of non-dominant dropped. Also notice that the speed
Open B of the fingerspelling is sped up.
 Non-dominant: Neutral, in front of
the body
Orientation:
 Dominant: Down
 Non-dominant: Up
Movement: Clap downward twice.
Iconic or Arbitrary: Arbitrary

(CLUB)
#CLB

GLOSSING, TOPIC-COMMENT STRUCTURE, AND YOU

Grammar TOPIC-COMMENT STRUCTURE

Topic-Comment Structure is a common way to structure an ASL sentence using the order
__________ _____________ ______________ __________.

Remember that in ASL, you don’t typically sign little in-between words like ___, ___, ___, ___,
___, ___, ___, and ___.

Your signed sentence goes in this order:

.
.
.
.

Example:
English: What game do you want to play tomorrow?
Topic-Comment Structure:
Topic-Comment Structure:
Time Sign:
Topic:
Comment:
WH:
Words not signed:

Capitalization WH Fingerspelling Shoulder Shifting

Always write your WH refers to your To show something To separate
glossed ASL WH _____ ______. is ____________ in ____________ and
sentences in _____ (_____, _____, a glossed sentence, ____________ and
______. _____, _____, add ______ in front to ____________
_____, _____, of the word and and ____________
_____). Your WH separate each letter things such as
word acts as a with a ______. ____________,
_____ _____and ____________or
goes at the _____ ____________ in a
of your glossed sentence, slightly
sentence. (Be sure shift your shoulder
to ditch the _____ to the
_____ itself in your ____________ (ss-
gloss.) d) or ____________
(ss-nd) side.
English: I like English: Which English: I am English: Jeremy
watching movies. school clubs are skilled at chess. likes to play video
you involved in? games, but Tommy
doesn’t like to.
Gloss: Gloss: Gloss: Gloss:
Topic-Comment Topic-Comment Topic-Comment Topic-Comment
Structure: Structure: Structure: Structure:

Time: Time: Time: Time:

_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________
Topic: Topic: Topic: Topic:
_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________
Comment: Comment: Comment: Comment:
_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________
Words not signed: Words not signed: Words not signed:

ALL MIXED UP
Your turn: Convert each English sentence into Topic-Comment Structure. You must put your
word choices in the correct order (time, topic, comment, WH).

1. English: What is your 2. English: I want to play 3. English: I take painting

classes on Thursday and
favorite game?
Topic-Comment
Structure:
Time: _____________
Topic: _____________
Comment: _____________
WH: _____________
Gloss:
______________________
_ Gloss:
chess tomorrow.
Topic-Comment
Structure:
Time: _____________
Topic: _____________
Comment: _____________
WH: _____________
______________________
_ _
Sunday.
Topic-Comment
Structure:
Time: _____________
Topic: _____________
Comment: _____________
WH: _____________
Gloss:
______________________

WHATCHA DOIN’?
Use the chart to help you keep track of the vocabulary in sentences that you will need for your
assessments. You will be assessed on these sentences, and you can fill in any additional
notes to help you. The most important thing is that you can sign correctly and understand the
signs for these phrases.
English Glossed Sentence Parameters (Facial
Expressions, NMM,
Handshape, Orientation,
etc.)
What hobbies do you fs-H-O-B-B-Y IX-you INVOLVED NMM: Eyebrows up on fs-H-
have? WHAT O-B-B-Y; eyebrows furrowed
and head tilt forward on
WHAT.

I am in the school SCHOOL #CLB IX-I INVOLVED NMM: Eyebrows up on

chess and photography TWO ss-d fs-C-H-E-S-S ss-nd SCHOOL #CLB.
clubs. PICTURE+TAKE-PICTURE

Do you have social ONLINE SOCIAL NMM: Eyebrows up the

media accounts? COMMUNICATION fs-A-P-P-S IX-
you HAVE
Yes, but I prefer YES BUT SOCIALIZING WITH
socializing with my POSS-my FRIENDS IX-I
friends. PREFER
Adrean Clark is DRAWING ss-d fs-A-D-R-E-A-N-
talented at drawing, but C-L-A-R-K IX-she SKILLED-AT
I am not. ss-nd IX-I SKILLED NONE
entire time.
NMM: Headshake on YES.
Eyebrows up on BUT;
eyebrows up on
SOCIALIZING WITH POSS-
my FRIENDS
NMM: Eyebrows up on
DRAWING; headshake on
NONE

Remember to complete and submit the Take One Planning Sheet and your video for the
assessment 01.03 After-School Workshop.
You may also want to review the following playlists prior to completing your video:

Family Playlist Pet Playlist

 Mother  Dog
 Father  Cow
 Brother  Horse
 Sister  Pig
 Grandmother  Cat
 Grandfather  Mouse
 Family  Bird
 Parents  Lizard
 Boyfriend  Snake
 Girlfriend  Alligator
 Best friend  Dolphin
 Whale
 Turtle