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Unit 4 – Descriptions

Unit 4 – Descriptions. Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. How to ask what someone looks like. How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight.

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Unit 4 – Descriptions

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  1. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  2. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  3. Ask what someone looks like ____whq___ LOOK^LIKE? What does he/she look like? Grammar Note: Remember that the question above is made like other questions, asking for information, with eyebrows squeezed together and the head tilted slightly forward. The mark, ^ indicates that the sign LOOK^LIKE is a contraction of two signs, APPEARNCE and SAME, in which the movement is made like one sign. Compare below: APPEARANCE + SAME = LOOK^LIKE

  4. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  5. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  6. How to use adjectives describinghair, height, and weight. Signs to describe hair are: SHORT SHOULDER-LENGTH LONG CURLY STRAIGHT WAVY-IN-FRONT

  7. How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. Signs used to describe height are: VERY-SHORT SHORT MEDIUM-HEIGHT TALL GIANT

  8. How to use adjectives describing hair,height, and weight. Signs used to describe weight are: SKINNY THIN SLIM MEDIUM-WEIGHT HEAVY, FAT

  9. Unit 4 – Descriptions Exercise 4A Working in pairs and taking turns, describe the following people to each other. Don’t tell your partner who you have selected to describe. Be sure to give hairstyle and color, eye color, and weight. • the President of the United States • Your mother • Your father • A movie star (see if your partner can guess who) • Santa Claus

  10. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  11. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  12. The position of descriptive adjectives in sentence ____________q______________ SEE WOMAN THERE, RED DRESS? Do you know that woman in the red dress? Grammar Note: Colors (RED, BLUE, etc.) may appear before OR after a noun. The sentence above could be signed as follows: ____________q______________ SEE WOMAN THERE, DRESS RED? Do you know that woman in the red dress?

  13. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  14. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  15. How signs are altered to show details in sentences. THERE STRIPES (VERTICAL), LONG-SKIRT. The one with vertical stripes and a short skirt. Grammar Note: Certain descriptive signs can be altered to show specific detail, for example, the direction of stripes or the length of a dress or skirt: THERE STRIPES (HORIZONTAL), SHORT-SKIRT. The one with horizontal stripes and a short skirt.

  16. How signs are altered to show details in sentences. Some other signs for describing are: plaid, checkered with dots

  17. How signs are altered to show details in sentences.

  18. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  19. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  20. Topicalization of subjects and objects __________t_________ SEE THERE MAN BEARD, NICE HE. See that man with beard, he’s nice. GRAMMAR NOTE: The subject or object of a sentence can be introduced first as the topic of the sentence and followed by a comment as in the sentence above. To show a topic, use raised eyebrows while signing the topic. (The raised eyebrows are indicated here by the topic marker ______t______ above. Other examples:

  21. Topicalization of subjects and objects ____t_____ MAN THERE, ARROGANT That man, he’s arrogant. _________t__________ MAN BLUE SHIRT THERE, HE SMART HE. That man in the blue shirt, he’s smart. ___t___ IT DESK, PLEASE MOVE-THERE. The desk, please move it there.

  22. Unit 4 – Descriptions Exercise 4C Make the following comments about each other the following people. Follow the prompt. _________t________ Prompt: MAN BLUE COAT, HE NICE. TopicComment • A man in striped pants Friendly • A book Give to me. • A woman with long, blonde hair Ask her to come here. • A man in a green coat Arrogant • A girl Smart • A boy with curly hair Tell him to come here • A man with a beard Heavy • Teacher with blue shirt Good teacher • A coat with red dots Bring it here • A heavyset man Pay him.

  23. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects.

  24. Unit 4 – Descriptions Tonight, you will learn about describing people: their physical appearance, their clothing, and their personalities and character including…. • How to ask what someone looks like. • How to use adjectives describing hair, height, and weight. • The position of descriptive adjectives in sentences. • How signs are altered to show detail such as the direction of stripes. • About topicalization of subjects and objects. Any question?

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