Lesson Tutor ASL Lesson 3B

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American Sign Language (ASL) for the Deaf Lesson 3b

By Elaine Ernst Schneider
March 12, 2001

American Sign language (ASL) relies heavily on descriptive signs to indicate which specific person is being talked about. This includes eye and hair color. Let’s learn these signs:

Eyes	Hair	NO SIGN - use finger spelling Blonde
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"B" hand on brow Black	"B" hand Brown	"R" hand Red
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"B" Blue	"G" hand Green	White

Sign	Description of Action
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black	Touch the index-finger side of a right "d" hand to the forehead. Then move it across the forehead, (just above the eyebrows) in a left to right motion.

blue	Slight shake a right "B" hand as you hold it to the right of the body.

brown	Draw a right "b" hand across the right cheek, starting at the right side of the nose and ending at the bottom of the mouth.

eyes	Point to eyes with right hand.

green	Slightly shake a right "g" hand.

hair	Using the index finger and thumb of the right hand, grasp a lock of hair.

red	Touch a right "d" hand to the lips, glancing the top and then the bottom lip in a downward motion.

white	Touch all fingertips and thumb of an open and slightly curved right hand to the chest. Move the hand forward, while closing it so that the fingertips touch about eight inches in front of the chest.

Assignment:
Make a family mobile. Choose family photos or cut out pictures from magazines that represent family members. Punch a hole in the top of each picture and attach pictures to a coat hanger using yarn. Prepare a description of each family member using the ASL sign from this lesson. For example: Mother has blue eyes. Father has black hair.

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Submitted by: © Elaine Ernst Schneider is a freelance writer and a teacher. She has been writing since high school and has published articles, songs, and children's work. Presently, Elaine is a curriculum author for Group Publishing and also writes the City Songs column for www.newcolonist.com ezine.

Feedback:
Our son is profoundly deaf and as a family we use ASL. I've enjoyed looking over your site and will suggest it to those interested in learning sign language. I do have one suggestion and it may be a local thing but for blonde the sign used in our area is touching the hair and then sign yellow. Thank you for the hard work and dedication needed to put together a site such as this one.
Sincerely, Diana S (May, 2002)

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