Auslan News
Errol St Campus
North Melbourne Primary School
From Simone McGenniskin, Senior School Auslan teacher
Describing People & My Weekend
In week 3, students learned how to describe people with the following adjectives:
Boy, child, friend, girl, lady, man, person, old, young, bald, beard, blonde, curly hair, hair bun, long hair, moustache, plait, short hair.
Students completed a worksheet to demonstrate their understanding (left), followed up by a new Auslan game (of my personal invention) “draw what I sign”. Students had 1 minute to watch the teacher sign a long description of a person, then draw and/or write the answer. Year 5/6s were expected to write their answers using ‘glossing’ in combination with an illustration. Glossing is a written note-taking and transcription system that uses English words in capital letters to represent signs, because Auslan has no traditional written form. Below is a screenshot of my slides, and what Anand (3B) interpreted from my signing!
In week 3, we will be learning how to describe our weekend and be assessed in full sentences through presentations, as students sign about someone important in their life.
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