Deaf Culture & Identity
Community & Connections
It's All in the Face... & Order!
Name That Parameter
Sign It!
100

What does the capital D in "Deaf" tell us about someone's identity?

They identify with Deaf culture and community.

100

Your Deaf friend is facing away from you. Name one appropriate way to get their attention.

Tap their shoulder, tapping, stomping, handwave.

100

What should your eyebrows do when asking a yes/no question?

Raise/Go Up

100

This parameter describes the shape made by your fingers and thumb.

Handshape.

100

Sign TEACHER

Student produces the sign taught in class.

200

What does lowercase "deaf" describe?

The audiological condition of hearing loss.

200

You meet two Deaf people who sign the same word slightly differently. What are these differences called?

Variations.

200

What should your eyebrows do when asking a WH-question?

Furrow/Go Down

200

This parameter describes where on the body or in signing space a sign happens.

Location.

200

Watch Mrs. Hotchkiss. Which day is she signing?

Sign a day of the week; students identify it.

300

Which model focuses on hearing loss as a condition to treat or cure?

Medical Model

300

Answer the signed question to show comprehension 

MONDAY MORNING YOU SCHOOL GO-TO YOU

300

Which one does not belong with the WH-question words: WHO, WHEN, CAN, or WHICH?

CAN

300

Your hand is in the correct place, but your palm faces the wrong direction. Which parameter needs fixing?

Palm Orientation.

300

Watch Mrs. Hotchkiss. What question can this sign ask in English? 

Sign DO-DO. Accept "What are you doing?"

400

Which model focuses on Deaf people, their language, and their community?

Cultural model.

400

When do I use a question mark instead of a closing signal?

* Informally to people you know and family

*Not for who, what, where, when, how questions 

*General questions to more than one individual

*An individual can ask a question to anyone can answer

400

A student signs a question mark but uses no question facial expression. Does the question mark replace the required NMS? Explain.

No. The appropriate question facial expression is still needed.

400

Your handshape, location, and palm direction are correct, but the hand follows the wrong path. Which parameter needs fixing?

Movement.

400

Sign all 7 WH- words

(hint: they don't all start with WH-)

WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY WHICH HOW

500

EVERYONE:Draw a detailed ear to include the outer inner and middle ear you have one minute most detailed gets the points

Best drawing and most clearly labled

500

BOOK and BABY visually resemble what they represent. What kind of signs are these, and what does that term mean?

Iconic signs: signs that resemble their meanings.

500

Following the sentence pattern we practiced in class, where should a time sign such as YESTERDAY go? Give the full pattern.

At the beginning:

TIME-TOPIC-COMMENT.

500

Two students make the same hand movements, but their eyebrows, heads, and bodies communicate different information. Which parameter accounts for the difference?

Non-Manual Signals

500

Watch these two signs. Identify both meanings in order.

Sign GET-BETTER, then GET-WORSE. Both meanings must be correct.