GO-STRAIGHT, SECOND ELEVATOR TAKE. MY OFFICE, LEFT FOURTH DOOR.
| Question # | English Prompt / Video Context | Correct ASL Gloss or Short Answer | |------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| | 1 | "Please help me lift this table." | TABLE LIFT, YOU HELP-me? (raised brows) | | 2 | "Take the first elevator to the 4th floor." | FIRST ELEVATOR, FOURTH FLOOR TAKE. | | 3 | "Is the copy room the second door on the right?" | COPY ROOM, RIGHT SECOND DOOR? (head tilt) | | 4 | (Video: Person goes straight, turns left at fountain, third door) | DESTINATION: Third door on left after fountain. | | 5 | "My office is on the 5th floor, first room on left." | MY OFFICE, FIFTH FLOOR, LEFT FIRST ROOM. | | 6 | (Video: "Can you carry this to room 202?") | REQUEST: CARRY BOX TO ROOM 202. | | 7 | "Go past the stairs, not the elevator." | STAIRS PASS, NOT ELEVATOR. | | 8 | "I need help finding the second restroom." | RESTROOM SECOND FIND, NEED HELP-me. | | 9 | (Video: Directions to the cafeteria: straight, right at end, second door) | TURNS: Straight, then right. Door #2. | | 10 | "Thank you for helping me yesterday." | YESTERDAY HELP-me, THANK YOU. | The skills in Homework 9.12 aren’t just for a grade. In the Deaf community, asking for directions, giving floor numbers, and making polite requests happen constantly. Signing Naturally Homework 9.11 Answers
BOXES, BRING (point-to-third-floor), YOU HELP-me? (Accompanied by: raised eyebrows, leaning forward slightly, expectant look.) GO-STRAIGHT, SECOND ELEVATOR TAKE
They reply (in proper 9.11 style): THIS HALL GO-STRAIGHT. ELEVATOR SECOND TAKE. THREE FLOOR. LEFT. ROOM THREE-ZERO-FOUR-C, RIGHT FOURTH DOOR. (raised brows) | | 2 | "Take the
Students sign TWO ELEVATOR (meaning two elevators total) instead of SECOND ELEVATOR (the second one in a sequence). The movement of the number is critical: for ordinals, the hand twists or moves laterally. Category 3: Comprehension Questions Based on a Signed Narrative This is where most students seek "answers" because they missed a detail in the video. The video typically shows a person asking for help locating a room or an object in a building.
In ASL, ordinal numbers (second, fourth) require a specific twisting motion of the wrist that is different from cardinal numbers (two, four). Also, "take the elevator" is often signed as ELEVATOR ENTER or ELEVATOR RIDE .