Sign differences
Concepts & Grammar
Around School
Places around town
What day is it?
100

This parameter changes the sign from BLACK to SUMMER

What is handshape? 

100

What is neutral space? 

The square box of signing in the front of your body, typically around the middle of your body. 

100

Sign student

STUDENT

100

Sign TOWN/CITY

TOWN

100

This day is commonly celebrated as the holiday of love.

What is Valentine's Day?

200

This parameter conveys tone and adjectives to your signs. 

What is NMS?

200
List one rule for ASL sentence structure. 

What is OSV? 

OR 

What is TTC *time, topic, comment*

200

Sign two items located in a classroom.

PEN, PENCIL, CRAYONS, COMPUTER, DESK, *more

200

This is the sign for the town we are currently in. 

What is Temecula? 

200

This day is usually by dressing up in costumes and visiting houses for candy. 

What is Halloween?
300

This parameter changes the sign from MEET to DATE

What is handshape? 
300

This technique is used to compare, contrast, and separate ideas. 

What is shoulder shifting?

300

Sign one building at GOHS and their respective class subjects. 

300 = ENGLISH, OR WORLD LANGUAGE

200= HISTORY

500= SCIENCE

600-700= MATH

1000= VAPA

300

If you were to spend your Saturday around town what two places are you going to. 

LIBRARY

STORE

MALL

RESTAURANT

*more* 

300

This day marks the start of new beginnings. It happens during winter and many people create resolutions because of it. 

What is New Year's Day. 

400

These are the 5 parameters of ASL

handshape, palm orientation, location, movement, NMS 

400

This technique is commonly used to show multiple items such as siblings, things you need to finish, items at a grocery store, etc. 

What is listing and ordering? 

400

List three signs you can add the sign AREA to and it makes a new sign. 

PLAY + AREA = PLAYGROUND

BASKETBALL + AREA = BASKETBALL COURT

GRASS + AREA = FIELD 

400

This is somewhere you can go for money, to deposit, withdrawal, etc. 

What is a Bank? 

400
Sign the following in correct sentence structure. 

I'm excited for school to be out. 

SCHOOL FINISHED ME EXCITED ME 

*will accept some variations* 

500

Provide two signs that if you change one parameter it changes the sign. 

Examples

*SUMMER, UGLY, DRY

*BEAUTIFUL, HAWAII

*APPLE, DISNEYLAND, CANDY,

*PINK, RED

*BLUE, GREEN, PURPLE, 

*MANY MORE

500
Give 5 different NMS's

happy, sad, confused, puffed cheeks, tongue out, eyebrows up, eyebrows down, and many more

500

List at least two types of Deaf education. 

What are residential schools, oralism, mainstream. 

500

These are 5 states in the US that have signs.

HAWAII

CALIFORNIA

ALASKA

NEW YORK

WYOMING

UTAH

OREGON

TEXAS

500

Sign every month of the year correctly. 

Jan

Feb

March

April

May 

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec