A game for ASL as a second language learners (advanced)
This game was submitted by "Lyn J. Wiley" -- a Deaf wordsmith and signsmith
extraordinaire.
Name of game: Frankenstein's ASL
Target class: Advanced ASL
Preparation: Write or type the following items individually, on an index card.
Put the cards in a big bowl.
Instructions: Do not show or tell what is on your card to
other students. Be prepared to sign at our next class the words or letters that
appear on the left side of your card. During the next class you will sign the
words or information on the left side of your card and the other students will
try to guess an English word or phrase that might sound like what you are
signing.
Playing the game: In the next class divide the students into small teams. Call
upon individual students to sign their assigned concepts. Each team would
huddle and try to be the first to correctly guess the English word or phrase by
writing their guess on the blackboard / whiteboard / or some other way of
sharing their answer.
Benefits of the game: generates a lot of energy, laughter, camaraderie and reinforces many signs. Provides the instructor an opportunity to show the "real" signs for the English concepts and explain the limitations or actual meanings of the signs on the left-hand side.
Four Bye For 4 X 4
In Ten Shun L Intentional
Perm Me Ate Permeate
Out Door (A door we open) Pool (The game) Outdoor pool
Year O Sand Witch Gyro sandwich
D Ten Shun Detention
Glass Swear Glassware
Out Age Outage
Watch (Wristwatch) your mouth Watch your mouth
Eye Eye Eye Ai-yai-yai
Eye, Eye Aye Aye (Pronounced: eye, eye)
E Long Gate Elongate
Engine Near Engineer
Ant Agonize Antagonize
Dew T Full Dutiful
Merry Wanna (Want to) Marijuana
Add Dish On Addition
In Vest Tug Ate Investigate
Badge -er Badger
Hear Ring Hearing
Sew In Sew So and so
Summer Rise Summarize
Tie Knee Tiny
Arm Me Army
Dew Know Harm (Pain) Do no harm
Due T Duty
Despair, Aging Disparaging
Under S Teammate Underestimate
End Earring Endearing
In Knock You Us Innocuous
Perk Oh Later Percolator
Washing Ton Washington
Bee Hold Behold
Tack Tick Tactic
Hip Know Sis (Sister) Hypnosis
Un (Not) Her dove Unheard of
Anna (Spell the name) List Analyst
Shake King Shaking
Count Ts Counties
Y Knot Why not
Ad You Lay Shun Adulation
Opera Bull Operable
C Meant Cement
In Dig Go Indigo
Sock -Er Soccer
R U Crazy!? Are you crazy!?
Z Row Zero
Lie King Liking
Wear House Warehouse
Miss (As in to miss someone) Take Mistake
Miss Steak Mistake
Miss Tick Mystic
Eye know, I no! I know, i know!
Alley Gate -er Alligator
Wig L Room Wiggle room
Know Weigh No way
L Bow Room (Like a bow on a gift) Elbow room
Knead 2 Lie Down Need to lie down
Sing King Sinking
Bull Let Bullet
Arc In Saw (Saw - verb) (I.e. saw wood) Arkansas
Off Her Offer
Him Null Hymnal
Con Doe Mini Yum Condominium
Horn Knee Horny
Con Tin You Ill Continual
Flee Bag Fleabag
All Most Come Pleated Almost completed
Chair E Pi Cherry Pie
Oh Hi Oh Ohio
Con Damn Nation Condemnation
Ill Annoy Illinois
Con Tent Content (Adjective)
Ear Resist Able Irresistible
Cry Sis (Sister) Crisis
Idle Lies Idolize
X aisle Exile
Bee Cause Eye Said Sew Because I said so
Weak End Rowed Show Weekend Road show
Calf A Cafe
Mouse Turd Mustard
Strand Dead Stranded
Ear E Eerie
Purse Suede Persuade
Free Key Freaky
If Fee Iffy
Know Bull No bull or Noble
Knew Sense Nuisance
Bee Leaf Belief
Off Fur Offer
Dis- (Not) Tent Distant
O Know Knot Again! Oh no, not again!
Come Penny Company
Dis- (Not) Tents Distance
My Grain Migraine
Big One God Away Big one got away
Horse N Bug E Horse and buggy
Tech Knowledge E Technology
Un- (Not) Bee Leave Able Unbelievable
Bee Leave -er Believer
Me Grrr Meager
Re Damn Shun Redemption
Worse Ship Worship
Car Nation Carnation
Punk Chew All Punctual
Mad Hat -er Mad Hatter
Ink Lined Inclined
Fish Sure Fissure
Stair Ring Staring
Stare Well Stairwell
Sit Chew Wait Situate
Damn Nation Damnation
Out Side -er Outsider
Pan D Moan E Yum Pandemonium
Hi Light Highlight
Ink You Bait Incubate
Hi Weigh Highway
Brain Storm Brainstorm
Sun Day Sunday
Heave (Throw up) Hoe Heave Ho!
Race Sing Racing
Cough E Coffee
Can Teen Canteen
My M Me Miami
Try Cycle Tricycle
Can Tanker (Military tanker) Us Cantankerous
Dew Z Doosie
Monk E Monkey
Key Tow Sis (Sister) Ketosis
Hand E Man Handyman
In Tear (As in to tear paper) Oh Gate Interrogate
Sea Section C-Section
Con Stir Nation Consternation
Mew Til (Until) Lay Shun Mutilation
Hoe Tell Hotel
S Cup Aid Escapade
In Cap Soul Late Encapsulate
Ant Tick Quit T Antiquity
For Most Foremost
T Total -er Teetotaler
Ant Eeek Antique
Motor Cycle Motorcycle
Defend Ant Defendant
B D Ayes Beady eyes
You're O Euro
Bee Long Belong
O Cult Occult
Plain Tiff (A petty quarrel) Plaintiff
Add Doors Adores
D Light Full Delightful
X press Express
In Great Ingrate
In Able Enable
Ham Stir Hamster
Fill -er Filler
Go Fur Gopher
Fill Ant Throw P Philanthropy
E Lay Shun Elation
Shoe In Shoo-in (A certain, easy winner)
Under Mine Undermine
In Fat Chew Ate Infatuate
Fill Us Oh Fee Philosophy
Might E Mighty
Style Us Stylus
Ant Tie Social Antisocial
S Chew Eschew
Hire and Hire Higher and higher
Four Give And For Get Forgive and forget
X Sample Example
Be Little Belittle
Arm More Armor
Up Peas Appease
Up Side Down Upside down
Up Praise L Appraisal
Donut Move Do not move
In List Enlist
Wave (As an water) Good Buy Wave goodbye
Bam Booze L Bamboozle
No Park King No parking
X Tent Extent
X Ten Shun Extension
D Tent Shun Detention
Fell Un - Felon
Hand Some Handsome
Cop E Year Copier
X Press Shun Expression
Per (Each) View Purview
In Light Ten Meant Enlightenment
In Title Entitle
Con Text You All Contextual
Fee Line Feline
Leaf Me Alone Leave me alone
Good E 2 Shoo Goody Two Shoes
Otter Man Ottoman
This L Thistle
D Mean Demean
Dis Cuss Shun Discussion
X Sent Trick Eccentric
Mike (Microphone) Row Manage Micromanage
More On Moron
D Lay Delay
Blah Some Blossom
Tie Dull Wave Tidal wave
Pokey (Slow) Nose Poconos (The Mountains)
S Cap Aid (Assist) Escapade
Ant See Antsy
Catch 22 Catch 22
Jumping G Hose Fat Jumpin' Jehoshaphat
Snore Kill Snorkel
Hoe Down Hoedown
Goo Fee Goofy
Moon Shine Moonshine
Honey Moon Honeymoon
Fork Lift Forklift
Cent -er Line Center line
So Shell Lies Socialize
Poop -er- Scoop -er Pooper Scooper
Man Neck Manic
Pig Let Piglet
Or Kid Orchid
Oh Shun Ocean
L Amen Tree Elementary
D cent Decent
Cuss In Cousin
Pop Sick Ill Popsicle
Under Belly Underbelly
In Sin You Ate Insinuate
In Sin You Way Shun Insinuation
Summer Rise Summarize
Ten You Us Tenuous
In Sense Incense
I Con Icon
Low Go Logo
Leg Go Lego
Chair Man Chairman
Gold N Old EEs Golden Oldies
Rock N Roll Rock N Roll
East -er Easter
Test If I Testify
Tent Amount Tantamount
Disk Swear-(cuss) Discuss
Arch Cherry Archery
Auditory Yum Auditorium
Lemon Aid (Assist) Lemonade
Beef Jerk E Beef Jerky
Dick (Disparaging term) Tater (Potato) Dictator
B For Before
Up Pity Uppity
D Fence D Part Meant Defense Department
Dough (money or moolah) Nut Donut
Rat L Rattle
Rat E Ratty
Kangaroo (Roo) In Ruin
Clothes Sure Closure
In Vest Meant Investment
Part T Go -er Party goer
Add Oh Less Sense Adolescence
Punk Til (Until) E Us Punctilious
Floor All Floral
Can D Cane Candy cane
Creep Pee Creepy
Pains Taking (Sign: taking, taking w/both hands) Painstaking
Up Part Meant Apartment
Pain Full Painful
Shoo String Shoestring
Bone Hungry-(appetite) Bon appetit
Engage, Meant Engagement
Multi Pull Multiple
Eeek Out Eke out
Free B Freebie
In Sight Insight
Out Rage Us Outrageous
Comb Over Comb-Over (A hairstyle)
Coast Tall Coastal
Butter Fly (Verb) Butterfly
Dragon Fly Dragonfly
Cop Out Cop out (To avoid etc.)
In Die Jest Shun Indigestion
Demon Straight Demonstrate
Hunk Key Door E Hunky-Dory
Con Tempt Contempt
D Test Detest
B Friend Befriend
Boy Cot Boycott
Oh men Omen
E Merit Us Emeritus
Whisk Key Whiskey
Front Ear Frontier
Arc Tick Arctic
June O Juneau, Alaska
Scene Your Senior
Stone Wall Stonewall
Notes:
This game was submitted by Lyn J Wiley -- a Deaf wordsmith and signsmith
extraordinaire. Do NOT copy and repost this game at your website.
However, feel free to link to this page.
Notes: