Idioms, Puns and other stuff
Yes! I have been to France!
What is "YES FRANCE ME TOUCH-FINISH"?
Sign the sentence/question and lexicalize the italicized word: "Yes! I'm excited for my birthday!"
What is "#YES ME EXCITED FOR MY BIRTHDAY" or "#YES MY BIRTHDAY ME EXCITED!" or "MY BIRTHDAY? ME EXCITED! #YES!!"
This classmates life was made chaotic over the last year or so by a lot of in house construction.
Who is Orion?
Look at me. I'm going to ask you a question. All you have to do is answer it.
Did you answer the question: "What did you do for Easter?" Good job!
Use semantic classifiers to sign the following: "Aleah walked to the library."
What is "fs-ALEAH (choose a classifier handshape to represent the Aleah) LIBRARY (choose a classifier handshape to represent the library)? Show Aleah walking to the library.
I'm going to college to study "Anthropology".
What is "ME GO COLLEGE STUDY ANT+THROW+POLOGY" or "ME GO COLLEGE WHY? STUDY ANT-THROW-POLOGY" or "ME GO COLLEGE STUDY WHAT? ANT-THROW-POLOGY"?
Sign the sentence/question and lexicalize the italicized word: "I missed the bus!"
What is "ME MISS #BUS!" or "#BUS ME MISS!"
If this classmate could be any animal, they would want to be a cow.
Who is Milo?
Look at me. I'm going to ask you a question. All you have to do is answer it.
"What do you want to do after high school?"
Use descriptive classifiers to sign the following: "Mrs. Farmer has a mustache, sideburns and a goatee."
What is "fs-Mrs.. Farmer HAVE CL:G/bent B/1 (2h) MUSTACHE; CL:G/1 (2h) SIDEBURNS; CL:G/H (2h) GOATEE."?
My aunt is a hermit. We never see her.
What is "MY AUNT SHE HERMIT/WE SEE ix-HER NONE. or WE NEVER SEE ix-HER"?
Sign the sentence/question and lexicalize the italicized word: "What's your new job?"
What is "YOUR NEW #JOB WHAT"?
This classmate likes to shop at the craft store.
Who is Camille?
Look at me. I'm going to ask you a question. All you have to do is answer it.
"In your opinion, what's your best characteristic?"
Use a Body classifier to depict the following: "Orion played video games all day"
What is "ALL-DAY fs-ORION" then use your actual body to mime out the activity of Orion playing video games?
I went to Disney last week. The lines were so long! It took forever!
What is "LAST-WEEK ME GO DISNEY. CL 4 2H (depict long lines of people). IT COW-IT!"?
Sign the sentence/question and lexicalize the italicized word: "What did you do last weekend?"
What is "LAST WEEKEND YOU WHAT-DO"? or "PAST WEEKEND YOU DO (wh-face)?"
This classmate lives in Missouri.
Who is Jax?
Look at me. I'm going to ask you a question. All you have to do is answer it.
"What's one thing you've always wanted to buy?"
Use a Semantic and Plural classifiers to depict: "Camille zig-zagged her way through a row of parked cars."
What is "fs-CAMILLE (choose classifier handshape to represent Camille), CARS CL:3 (2h) depict row of cars."?
I'm so ready for summer break! For real!
What is "SUMMER BREAK ME READY! TRUE-WORK!"?
Sign the sentence/question and lexicalize the italicized word: "I need to go to the bank."
What is "ME NEED GO #BANK!" or "#BANK ME NEED GO!"
This classmate has one older sister who also learned ASL from Mrs. Farmer
Who is Aleah?
Look at me. I'm going to ask you a question. All you have to do is answer it.
What is "What animal would you never want to become? Why?"
Use a Body Part and Semantic classifiers to depict: "Jax hopped, skipped and jumped his way to the Lego convention."
What is "fs-Jax (CL:V-upside down; depict legs) fs-LEGO CONVENTION (choose handshape to represent convention)? Depict legs hopping, skipping and jumping to the convention.