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Review:
Here is the sentence structure (again) in ASL:
TIME + SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT + ADJECTIVE
Activity 1:
Putting sentences together in ASL is like creating a map.
Object
Situation
Action
End Result
Here is our map and our story:
I am a priest in a situation. I am passing the sacrament.
First I go to pick up the bread. Then I pass the bread to the congregation.
When I reach the back and everyone is served, I am finished.
Activity 2:
Now lets have some fun!!
As a speaker of ASL, you will have to learn to tell stories with your body, the signs that you know, and a translation of the words in English into ASL. Not all words will be easy to translate, or will directly translate. Knowing about the topic can lend clarity to your story in ASL and help lend to understanding. Watch as he sets up the ASL Sentences in TIME and also the SPACES for the objects in the story.
Translations of Star Spangled Banner in ASL Explained
Sometimes the definition and the meaning of the song story can be better explained / portrayed through ASL because it portrays the concepts and diverts our brains (as hearing people) away from the “words.” Take this rendition of the National Anthem:
Troy Kotsur performs the national anthem in ASL at Super Bowl LVII Feb. 12 2023
Have you EVER had someone EXPLAIN to you the National Anthem in this way? Does it not convey, perfectly, what the writer was trying to say? There is no doubt that the interpreter here (who is an actor, so he already knows how to move you), did a little research on the national anthem, so he is both educating you about what he learned while trying to convey it in the “pictures” we talked about in Lesson 1.
Homework:
Now you try to tell a story (or look one up). In our lessons in Come Follow Me, there are many parables, because Jesus commonly taught with parables. Parables are simple stories with deep meanings.
There are stories that will be easy to translate because they have simple concepts (think of the parable of the lost sheep) and you will just translate it by telling the story with your hands – a group of sheep, and one goes off.
The Lost Sheep
Other stories are more complicated.
Can you tell a story about yourself in ASL? Something that happened to you recently or a place you visited?