Vocabulary
This is the sign for "yours".
(Librarian will demonstrate.)
Fingerspell your name.
(Answer varies).
To get the attention of a Deaf person across the room you should do this.
What is wave your hand.
"Lower case d" deaf means this.
A person who cannot hear but is not involved in deaf culture.
These type of words are not used in ASL.
Articles (am, is, are was were, etc)
This is the sign for "Children".
(Librarian will demonstrate)
(Librarian will demonstrate).
When communicating with a Deaf person, you should look here.
What is in the person's eyes.
These are two characteristics of someone who is "Capital D Deaf".
What is:
They identify as Deaf culturally.
They communicate with sign language.
They socialize with other people who are Deaf.
They possibly attended a residential school.
Your eyebrows are up when you are asking this type of question.
What is a yes/no question?
This is the sign for "teacher."
(Librarian will demonstrate.)
Fingerspell Mango
M-A-N-G-O
Do this to get the attention of a room full of Deaf people.
What is flash the lights once.
Information that is not considered rude to share or ask about in the Deaf community.
What are: personal, financial, health.
Three. (or demonstrate)
This is the sign for "Good morning"
(Librarian will demonstrate)
This is the hand that you use when fingerspelling or counting.
Your dominant hand.
When getting the attention of a Deaf person who is near you, you should do this.
What is tap their shoulder lightly.
Three things that you could use the "2" classifier to represent.
standing, jumping, lying down, looking, fangs, biting, two people walking, etc
This is how you sign "How are you?"
(Librarian will demonstrate)
This is the name of our city.
C-O-L-U-M-B-U-S
The Deaf community values this because they often grow up together in residential schools much like siblings.
What is collectivism?
This is how you change a noun/verb into a sign representing a person (Teacher for example)
Demonstrate.