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Martin High School ASL Level III

World Cultures and Storytelling  The art of storytelling is an appealing way to transmit

information. Since the beginnings of cultural history, people have been ing on knowledge through the speaking/listening process of storytelling. Subject areas come to life when narrative is introduced. Language arts seems a likely home for the art of storytelling; however, storytelling techniques and process can exploration in many other curriculum area.  Gossip = an example of modern storytelling

Storytelling in Deaf Culture  American Sign Language has a rich literacy tradition. ASL is an

unwritten language, so the art of storytelling is very much a part of Deaf culture. The storyteller and the story have an important role to play in the bonding of the Deaf-World and the transmission of its heritage and accumulated wisdom.  Humor plays a strong role in storytelling. The visual/manual

modality of ASL creates special opportunities for humorists to play with the rules of grammar to entertain and enlighten us. Such humor also contains cultural messages and plays an important role in cementing the society.

ASL Story Telling  Story Telling is very important in ASL culture.  Story telling is a form of literature in Deaf culture. This

is how information is communicated and ed down from generation to generation

Forms of ASL Story Telling  Metaphors  Sharing life experiences  Poetry

 ABC Stories  Handshape Stories  Number Stories

Important Features in ASL Storytelling  Uses appropriately animated facial expressions  Knows how to use ASL role playing methods  Uses bodyshift and eyegaze to model the characters in the    

story as they communicate with each other Has a wide range of ASL vocabulary choices to accurately represent the specific concept being conveyed Uses classifiers liberally Incorporates mime as appropriate Tells culturally appropriate and representational stories

Metaphors  Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Metaphors are a way to describe something.  ASL Metaphor Example: Bird of a Different Feather

Life Experience •Stories in which

personal experiences are told •Often humorous, or of an important occasion •Example: •http://oicmovies.co m/video.php?vid=10 12

ASL Poetry  Based off of visual aspects instead of verbal/auditory

aspects  Pleasing to the eye, not based off of sounds

In ASL Poetry, Poets Make Use of:  Word signs that are expressed poetically using regular or modified hand movements, palm orientations, and hand locations.  Facial expressions that further add to the hand signs.  Poetic expression through mouth and head movements.  Rhymes or ideas through eye movements and eyebrow movements.

 Expressing ideas through body movements.  Different speeds in g different lines of the poem. One line, for example, may be signed fast and another slow. Yet another line may be signed in a jerky fashion to convey a particular meaning.  Subtle and strong pauses between signs to emphasize an idea.  Regular poetic devises like rhyme, rhythm, line, meter, and stanza.  Features like classifiers, repitition, and assimilation.  Figurative language like metaphor, personification, taking roles, and symbols

ASL Poetry

ASL Poetry

ASL Poetry

ABC Story  A signed story that follows ABC order  Each sign that is used has a specific letter handshape

and is signed in ABC order  When g an ABC Story, it is imperative that you use role shifting and facial expressions. Most of the meaning of your story comes from body language

ABC Stories

HandShape Stories  An ASL story that only uses one handshape for all

signs.  Facial expressions, and role shifting is very important!

Handshape Stories

Handshape Stories

Number Stories  Stories that are made up of counting either forwards or

backwards.  Example: 0-10, 15-0 ETC  Facial expressions and role shifting very important!

Number Stories