American Sign Language Series II Lesson 1: Forest Animals
By Elaine Ernst Schneider
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ASL Series II Lesson 1: Wold Animals of the Forest
| Signs | Description of Sign Actions |
| bear | Cross your arms over your chest (left over right) With hands almost at the opposite shoulders, make a scratching motion with your all of your fingers. |
| bird | Place the right “G” hand at the right side of the mouth with fingers pointing forward, as if to create a bird’s beak. Open and close the finger and thumb once or twice to emulate the movement of a bird’s beak. |
| chipmunk | Touch the thumbs of “C” hands to the cheek, moving both hands outwards. Hint: The motion highlights the fact that chipmunks have fat cheeks. |
| deer | Place the thumbs of open hands, palms forward, at the temples to show the buck’s horns. |
| duck | Create the “duck” sign by adding one finger to the “bird” sign (see “bird” word description). This emphasizes the flat beak of the duck. |
| eagle | Gently place the back of an “X” hand against the lips. Note: This illustrates the eagle’s crooked beak. |
| fox | Lightly touch the forefinger of a right “F” hand to the nose. |
| owl | Rotate “O” hands over the eyes, moving back and forth twice. |
| porcupine | Place the palm of an open right hand on the knuckles of a left “S” hand. Then roll the right hand across the back of the left hand, illustrating the porcupine’s prickly needles. |
| raccoon | Use “R” hands to draw imaginary circles under the eyes where the raccoon’s black markings are. Move hands from the nose to the sides. |
| squirrel | Curve the first and second fingers of “V” hands and then touch palms twice. |
| wolf | Hold a right curved hand in front of the nose as if you are about to grab it. Then move the hand outward and forward, closing the fingers into an “and” sign. The sign should move forward about the length of a wolf’s nose. |
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