Signs
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Description
of Sign Action
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apple
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Curl your right index finger to touch your thumb. Twist or
rotate, your arm, tipping the knuckle towards your mouth, then back
again.
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banana
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Make an imaginary banana by holding a left "and" hand with
fingers pointed upward and touching. Then use the right hand to
pantomime peeling the banana.
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berries
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Hold a left "I" hand in front of the body, palm facing
inward. Then place the fingertips of the right hand around the tip of
the left pinky finger, turning slightly to indicate the roundness of a
single berry on the end of a vine.
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grapes
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Lightly touch the fingertips of a right curved hand (fingers
spread) several times on the back of a left curved hand, palm turned
down. Note: The movement represents clusters of grapes.
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peach
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Touch all five fingers of the right hand on the right side
of the face. Then pull the hand outward, as if plucking peach "fuzz."
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pear
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Place two "and" hands together, fingertips touching. Then
move the right hand away. Note: The movement of the right hand suggests
the elongated shape of the pear.
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plum
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Touch the middle finger of a right "P" hand to the right
side of the cheek; then turn the hand slightly, rotating front to back,
and then away.
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tomato
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Touch the lips with the index finger of a right "D" hand.
Then move the right hand down, pantomiming cutting an imaginary tomato
that is being held by the left "and" hand.
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watermelon
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Place the right hand letter "W" on the chin. Then form a
left "s" hand and hold it palm down. Move the "W" hand from the chin to
the left hand. Thump the left back of the left "s" hand with the thumb
and second finger of the right hand (as if thumping a ripe melon).
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