Lab 1: Station 1

Goal: Teacher candidates will identify the 4

basic sentence types of English:
Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, and
Exclamatory
English Declarative
Makes a statement; declares something; ends in .
Notes:

Imperative
Gives a command or orders; ends in ! or .; Often has no stated subject (You).

Exclamatory
Shows sudden emotion or feeling; exclaims; ends in !

Interrogative
Asks a question; interrogates; ends in ?
Three types: wh- questions, yes/no questions, tag questions
 Declarative
Voice is neutral
Spoken
English
Notes:

Imperative
Voice may be forceful

Exclamatory
Pitch and/or volume increases; speed may increase

Interrogative
Voice goes up (y/n) or down (wh, tag) at end
 Task

(Group) Create a VENN DIAGRAM or

CONCEPT WEB to show how the types of
sentences compare
(Group) Each person will create a Sentence
Pop-Up Book
(Individual) Complete Worksheet 1A

Learning
Learning Strategy:
Strategy: Foldables
Concept
Maps
 Lab 1: Station 2

Goal: Teacher candidates will identify the 4

Direct vs Indirect Object
Sentence Structure: SVO

Who/What did something?

Subject What is the main NOUN?

What happened?
Action What is the (transitive) VERB?

____(verb) WHAT?
Direct Object

Indirect To whom/what?

Object
Sentence Structure

Most English sentences are SVO: Subject,

Verb, Object
Direct Objects and Indirect Objects can come in
a variety of places in a sentence!

Subject Verb DO IO
She gave the ball to him

Subject Verb IO DO
She Gave Him The ball

IO Subject Verb DO
To him She Gave The ball
 ASL Structure

ASL is in OSV format with the IO often

embedded.

DO Subject Verb+IO ENGLISH

BALL ME GIVE-YOU
A ball I Give to you I give you a ball.
DO Subject Verb ENGLISH
PICTURE ME PAINT
A picture I painted I painted a picture.

Learning
Strategy:
Form-Focused
Instruction
 Task

(Group) CREATE a Graphic Organizer that

illustrates how to change from English DO/IO
sentence form to ASL DO/IO.
Using the given verbs and your Graphic
Organizer, create 5 samples

Learning
Learning Strategy:
Strategy: Graphic
Sentence Organizers
Strips
 Lab 1: Station 3

Goal: Teacher candidates will identify the 6

basic sentence types of ASL:
Declarative, Questions, Negation, Commands,
Topicalization, Conditionals
 Declarative
English Makes a statement; no non-manual markers
Notes:

Negation
Changes an affirmation to a negative; head shake; ______neg

Commands
Gives an order; direct eye contact; *WORD*

Topicalization
Object moved to emphasize; eyebrows up, head tilt, pause; __t

Conditionals
If, then statement; eyebrows up, pause, shift; ____cond

Questions

3 types: yes/no, wh, rhetorical

ASL Questions
Eyebrows up, body
tilt; hold sign

Y/N
_____q
QM wg
(Question Mark
Wiggle)

Eyebrows down,
WH head titt
___wh-q

Eyebrows up

RH Not really a question

____Rhet
Task

(Group) Create a VENN DIAGRAM or

CONCEPT WEB to show how ASL & English
sentence types are similar
(Group) Create a stick figure character set to
illustrate the non-manual markers of each
sentence (Worksheet 1C)
 Lab 1: Station 4

Goal: Teacher candidates will identify the

interjections
 Words that are used to express strong emotion,
but are not sound words (onomatopia).
English
Notes:

Interjections also indicate pauses and delays

(fillers)
Wow!

Umm..

Oh!

Shoot!

Yikes
!
Hey..!

&#$@!
 Informally, we use interjections every day in our
online writing. Emoticons act as interjections
English
Notes:

online. Students need to learn when these types of

communication are/not appropriate.

<3

><

>^..^<

:(

*<|:)

 ASL also uses Interjections and Fillers.
Interjections can be used as a way to show the
listener that you are still attending:
Notes:

* ah, yes yes, ok-ok

ASL

Interjections can also be used to show extreme

emotion
* PAH!
Fillers can be used to show that you have not
stopped your conversation.
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Task
(GROUP) View the following websites. Role
play a situation where you would use each of
these signs.
http://
www.handspeak.com/learn/index.php?id=36
(goo.gl/Aq5Feu)
http://
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/f/filler-sign
s.htm
(goo.gl/5QBjjW)
http://
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/s/succeed.
htm
Learning
Strategy: (goo.gl/I9RsL5)
Role
Play
(Individual) Complete Grammar Graphics
Lesson #15 Quiz on Reggie Net