Lab 2: Station 1

Goal: Teacher candidates will identify nouns

using Grammar Graphics
Noun : Word that names

A Person

A Place

A Thing

An Idea
Nouns vs Verbs in ASL

Many nouns and verbs are shared in ASL, the

difference between a NOUN and a VERB is
MORPHOLOGICAL.
Noun/Verb pairs were first analyzed by Supalla
& Newport (1978)
The Noun & Verb have the same
HANDSHAPE, LOCATION, and
ORIENTATION BUT the MOVEMENT changes
Noun- repeat movement
Verb- hold movement
Nouns vs Verbs in ASL
NOUN VERB
Fly Airplane
Sell Store
Paint To Paint
Print Newspaper
Window Close/Open Window
Name To call (to name)
Skis To Ski
 Task

Complete Grammar Graphics lessons 3, 5, & 6

Grammar Concept
Graphics Sorts
 Lab 2: Station 2

Goal: Teacher candidates will identify

pronouns using Grammar Graphics
 The Pronoun

The
Thepronoun
pronounisisaaword
wordused
usedin
inplace
placeof
ofone
oneor
ormore
morenouns.
nouns.
ItItmay
maystand
standfor
foraaperson,
person,place,
place,thing,
thing,or
oridea.
idea.
PERSONAL

INDEFINATE

PRONOUN

DEMONSTRATIVE

INTERROGATIVE
 Indefinite Pronouns
anybody Demonstrative Pronouns
each this
either that
none
these
someone, one, etc.
ouns those
n
al Pro
son
Per ine
, me , m y o u rs
I o ur
,
,y s,
you er, her
,h
sh e
s u rs Interro
it, it , our, o ir, g ative P
us
we, them, t
he who ronoun
, s
they whom
rs
thei f what
el
mys elf which
rs
you
whose
 Task

Complete Grammar Graphics lessons 17 & 18

Grammar Concept
Graphics Sorts
 Lab 2: Station 3

Goal: Teacher candidates will identify the

categories of Nouns
Categories of Nouns
SIGULAR

COLLECTIVE
NUMBER

PLURAL

COMMON

REGULAR

POSSESSIVE

FORMALITY

PRONOUN PROPER

POSSESSIVE
Types of Nouns

Formality-
Common- general nouns
dog, teacher, city, religion
Proper- specific nouns, capital letter
Lassie, Gdubs, Normal, Hindu
Pronoun- replaces a noun
He, she, it, they
Types of Noun

Number
Singular one of a noun
Dog, teacher, state
Plural- more than one; -s or es ending
(typically)
Dogs, teachers, states, children*
Collective- a group that functions as a single unit
Class, hive, flock, team
Types of Nouns

Possession
Possessive- shows ownership
His, Sallys, The class, my
Not Possessive
Sam, Sally, The class, he
Task

For each letter in the ALPHABLOCK, list:

Common & Proper Noun
Singular & Plural Noun
Pronoun or Collective Noun
This MUST be done silently ONLY
fingerspelling is allowed.
Rotate each block to a new receptive person
and a new expressive person

Shared
Fingerspelling Vocabulary
Practice
 Lab 3: Station 4

Goal: Teacher candidates will sign pronouns

using ASL and SEE
 The Pronoun

The
Thepronoun
pronounisisaaword
wordused
usedin
inplace
placeof
ofone
oneor
ormore
morenouns.
nouns.
ItItmay
maystand
standfor
foraaperson,
person,place,
place,thing,
thing,or
oridea.
idea.

InAmerican Sign Language,

personalpronouns(me, she/he, you, us,
them) can indicate possession by
changing the handshape from an index
finger to a flat hand (a version of a "b"
palm). The palm should face toward the
person or thing that is doing the
possessing.
Pronouns in ASL

Pronouns in ASL have several unique features:

Indexing- pointing to a location to indicate a
pronoun
Referent- establishing a name sign for a noun
Number- Classifiers used to distinguish group
membership number

SEE as a
supplement
a.k.a
Translangugaing
 Task

Use the SEE dictionary and the Joy of Signing

to sign each unknown SEE word.

Dictionary
Skills