School Paths
A student is in the second year of high school. Sign their class status AND the status they will have next year.
SOPHOMORE → JUNIOR.
You need to buy a textbook, then find a place to borrow another book. Identify BOTH destinations in order.
BOOKSTORE → LIBRARY
Take out your textbook. Put a pencil under it.
Both actions, correct object and location.
Identify the person who helps students find books AND the place where that person usually works.
LIBRARIAN + LIBRARY.
Identify BOTH subjects: studying living things; studying the structure of the body.
BIOLOGY; ANATOMY.
Show the difference between a CIRCLE shape and the instruction to CIRCLE an answer. Use each in context.
Two appropriate signs/constructions and two clear contexts.
One student lives at school during the school year. Another learns at home. Identify BOTH school types.
BOARDING SCHOOL HOME SCHOOL
You have two separate needs: help paying for college and help planning a future job. Identify the office or center for EACH need.
FINANCIAL AID OFFICE; CAREER CENTER.
Circle the correct answer. Cross out the wrong answer. Underline your name.
Three distinct actions in order; use the action sign for drawing a circle.
Identify the person who teaches physical education and the person who coaches track. Give a reasonable work location for each. 4 answers
PE TEACHER + GYM/ATHLETIC FIELD; TRACK COACH + TRACK/ATHLETIC FIELD.
Identify THREE subjects: chemical reactions; forces and motion; locations and maps.
CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; GEOGRAPHY.
Sign three different meanings: a class break, a car breakdown, and having no money.
Correct distinctions for CLASS BREAK, CAR BREAKDOWN, BROKE financially.
A student finishes high school, go to a community college, and later moves to a university. Sign the three-stage journey in order.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT GRADUATE ENROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE LATER TRANSFER UNIVERSITY
Identify three destinations: apply to the college; request a transcript; arrange disability-related access support.
ADMISSIONS OFFICE; REGISTRAR’S OFFICE; ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES.
Take out one piece of paper. Give it to the person on your right. That person puts it on the table.
Three steps; clear giver, recipient, and final location.
Describe three notebooks so a partner can identify them: one light blue, one dark blue, and one bright green.
NOTEBOOK with all three correct color/shade combinations; keep the objects distinguishable in signing space.
A student’s main field is psychology, their secondary field is sociology, and they take a French course. Explain all three without confusing major, minor, and course.
MAJOR PSYCHOLOGY; MINOR SOCIOLOGY; COURSE FRENCH.
Demonstrate BOTH noun–verb pairs: CHAIR/SIT and SCISSORS/CUT. Put one pair into a short message.
Distinguishable noun/verb forms as taught; a meaningful contextual example.
Describe TWO different options for Deaf students: a school where students live on campus and a Deaf day school where students return home each day. Identify each option clearly.
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
A student says, “I need help choosing courses, so I’ll go to the cafeteria. Then I’ll buy my workbook at the library.” Correct BOTH destinations in connected ASL.
ADVISING/COUNSELING OFFICE for course planning; BOOKSTORE for purchasing a workbook.
Two students do different tasks: Student A labels a picture and Student B fills in blanks. Then they compare their work. Explain who does what.
Distinct references for A/B; LABEL, FILL-IN-THE-BLANK, THEY COMPARE THEIR WORK; correct task assignment
Three people hold different folders: the nurse has light pink, the counselor has dark purple, and the principal has bright yellow. Sign all three matches.
All three staff–color pairings correct, with clear reference.
One student removes a single course but continues studying. Another withdraws from school. Explain the difference in ASL.
DROP COURSE versus WITHDRAW FROM SCHOOL, with the continuing-school distinction clear.
First, give a book to your partner. Then show your partner giving it back. Finally, show your partner giving it to a third person.
Three clear GIVE directions with consistent references; not merely repeating one unchanged sign.
Create a short educational biography. Include a school type, a grade level, a class status, graduation, and a postsecondary destination.
Example: PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, 12TH GRADE, SENIOR → GRADUATE → ENROLL UNIVERSITY.
Give a new student a three-stop campus plan: get help transferring colleges, buy a textbook, then practice ASL. Sign the destinations in order and explain the purpose of each stop.
TRANSFER CENTER → BOOKSTORE → ASL LAB
Take out a notebook. Rip out one page. Give the page to a partner. Put the notebook back in. Throw away the page after your partner gives it back.
All five stages in order, including the return of the paper and correct objects throughout.
Your partner must identify one person in a crowded school office. Invent a description that includes their staff role, two colored objects, one shade, and their location.
All five details clearly connected. Example: SECRETARY, DARK BLUE NOTEBOOK, RED PEN, PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE.
Describe a student who earns an associate degree, transfers to a university, earns a bachelor’s degree in education, then enters graduate school for a master’s degree.
Correct sequence and distinctions: ASSOCIATE → TRANSFER UNIVERSITY → BACHELOR + EDUCATION → ENROLL+ GRADUATE SCHOOL + MASTER.
Watch once, then watch again: “A part-time student transfers from community college to university. Their major is nursing. They buy a dark blue notebook for 18 dollars and a calculator for 67 dollars.” Retell the story.
Six details: PART-TIME; transfer route; NURSING MAJOR; BUY DARK BLUE NOTEBOOK; $18; CALCULATOR $67.