Vocabulary:
BIRD -[chicken]
BOOK-[open book, close book, bookstore]
BUG
CAT-[kitten]
COW
DOG
DOWN-[downstairs, CALM-DOWN, DEPRESSED]
FISH
GET-[BECOME, acquire]
HORSE
KNOW-[don't know, know-that, know-nothing, familiar, aware]
PET
READ
SAME-[me-same-as-you, me-too, LOOK-LIKE, similar, ALSO]
SOME
TAKE-[take up, adopt, evaporate, take-it-easy]
TELL
TIME-[o'clock]
TRUE-[sure, really, real]
UP-[upstairs / wake-up / give-up]

Practice sheet 10.A

1. CAT LIKE EAT BIRD?
Do cats like to eat birds?

2. WHAT-KIND BOOK YOU LIKE READ?
What type of books do you enjoy reading?

3. FISH LIKE EAT BUG?
Do fish like to eat bugs?

4. MILK, WHERE FROM, HOW GET?
How and/or where do we get milk? [Answer: the store or a cow]

5. NAME SOMETHING DOG CHASE. 
What do dogs like to chase?

6. YOU PAST TAKE A-S-L CLASS YOU?
Have you ever taken an ASL class?

7. YOU KNOW TEACHER WIFE/HUSBAND NAME?
Do you know the teacher's wife's/husband's-(choose appropriate) name?

8. HAVE PET YOU? (if so) NAME?
Do you have a pet? What is its name?

9. SOME CAT LIKE WATER?
Do some cats like water? [Note: Some like swim in it. All like to drink it.]

10. YOU WANT HORSE YOU?
Do you want a horse?

Practice sheet 10.B

1. YOU LOOK-LIKE YOUR DAD?
Do you look like your father?

2. WHICH YOU PREFER, READ O-R TV WATCH-(casual)?
Which would you rather do, read or watch TV?

3. COOK CLASS, YOU PAST TAKE?
Have you ever taken a cooking class?

4. TIME YOU GO ASL CLASS? (wh-q)
What time to you go to your ASL class?

5. BIRD LIKE EAT FISH?
Do birds like to eat fish? [Some do--pelicans for example.]

6. HORSE LIKE EAT FISH?
Do horses like to eat fish?

7. YOUR BEDROOM UPSTAIRS?
Is your bedroom upstairs?

8. TELL-(to-me) HOW YOU FEEL.
Tell me how you feel.

9. YOU THINK COW GOOD PET?
Do you think a cow would make a good pet?

10. YOUR FAVORITE BOOK NAME?
What is your favorite book?

Story 10

I LIKE ANIMAL. I LIKE READ ANIMAL BOOK. PETS HAVE 4 ME. CAT, DOG, BIRD, FISH. I WANT HORSE. DAD TOLD ME CAN GET HORSE I OLD 18. MY UNCLE HAVE MANY HORSE. MANY COW. HIMSELF V-E-T. I ADULT WANT SAME-AS-HIM. I LIKE TAKE CLASS CLASS LEARN LEARN KNOW ANIMAL. ONE ANIMAL I DON'T-LIKE, BUG.

Discussion:

Topic:  Cardinal Numbers
Topic:  Ordinal Numbers

Topic:  Loan Signs-(define)
Loan signs are signs that have been borrowed from other countries.  Quite a few loan signs consist of the signs that deaf people in other countries use to refer to their country.  For example, the loan sign for Japan uses the index and thumb of each hand to trace a banana shape in the air.  This sign looks somewhat like the shape of Japan.  The old sign did a "J" on the temple near the eyes in reference to the shape of a Japanese person's eyes.  The new sign shows more respect for Japanese Deaf Culture.

Topic:  Lexicalized Fingerspelling:
Some fingerspelled concepts in ASL have mutated over the years.  Over time they have changed to look more like individual signs and less like strings of fingerspelled letters.  For example, here are a few concepts that are commonly "fingerspelled" but no longer look like normal fingerspelling because they have mutated in some way.
#BUSY
#DO
#IF
#JOB
#VEG
#WHAT
The term "lexeme" means a "fundamental unit" in a language. Think of a lexeme a particular "word" or a "sign."  The term "lexicalized" means to have become like a word (or sign).

Lesson 10:

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