Unit 6ASL Storytelling

Components

BeginningMiddleEnd

How to open, begin• Once upon a time…. (frozen format)

• Long, long, ago….

• In the past….

• True story (really happened)

• Not my story (maybe “dirty” rated XXX)

• I remember, growing up….

• Looking back….

• ME-TELL-TO-YOU STORY

• Show opening of camera lens

Middle• Chronological sequence• Narrator• Characters (names/name signs)• Setting• Plot• Other (props, etc.)

How to end

• Hold the last sign• Morale of story• Show closing of camera lens• Stick the end

ASL Linguistic Structures

Examples• Non-manuals• Facial expressions• Role shift (character changes)• Classifiers• Pausing• Clear finger spelling• Eye-contact with audience

Role ShiftEye Gaze

Narrator Role

• Eyes straight ahead-audience/camera

Examples: I-tell-you story Long time ago Not my story

Older/Taller Character

• Eyes gaze down.

Examples:

Mom to son: your bedroom, go clean

Father to dog: treat, I-give-you later

Younger/Shorter Character

• Eye gaze up.

Examples:

Child to mom: no don’t-want

Man proposing knee: will you marry me