ASL 1: Week One
Tommy Korn
Rebecca Lovitch
Deaf History
—  What do you know about American Sign Language
(ASL)?
—  History of Laurent Clerc
Fingerspelling
‘The quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy dog’
Fingerspelling
—  First, middle, last name
—  City
—  Country
—  University
—  Occupation
—  Food
—  Hobby
Dialogue
—  A: Ask for name
—  B: Give name
—  A & B: Nice to meet you
Greetings
—  How are you & What’s up?
—  Busy
—  Confused
—  Fine
—  Good/Well
—  Happy
—  Angry/Mad
—  Nothing
—  Same old
—  Sleepy
—  So-so
—  Tired
—  Bored
—  Excited
Dialogue
—  A: Hi
—  B: Hello
—  A: How are you?
—  B:
—  B: How are you?
—  A:
Grammar: Wh-Question
—  Who
—  What
—  Where
—  When
—  Why
—  How
WHO?
WHAT?
WHERE?
WHEN?
WHY?
HOW?
Cardinal Numbers
1-10
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Activity #2
Telephone Game
Homework
—  Practice your alphabet and cardinal numbers (1-10)
Reference
—  Smith, C., Mikos, K. and Lentz, E. 2008. Signing
naturally. San Diego, CA: DawnSignPress.