ASL worksheet · How ASL works
Eyebrows Ask Questions
In ASL your eyebrows show what kind of question you are asking. Circle up or down for each question.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- How ASL works
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Naming the five parts of a sign, Using eyebrows to ask questions, Choosing a dominant hand, ASL vocabulary words
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- For a yes or no question, raise your eyebrows up. For a question that starts with who, what, where, when, why, which or how, pull your eyebrows down and together.
- Circle what your eyebrows do for each question.
- Do you like pizza?
- Where is the library?
- Who is your teacher?
- What is your name?
- Are you hungry?
- Why are you sad?
Teacher tip
Play “eyebrow check”: read a question aloud and have the class show only their eyebrows, no hands. Up for yes or no, down for the wh-words.
How to use it
- Show the five parts by changing one at a time on a letter kids know, like moving the A handshape to a new spot.
- Practice the eyebrows in a mirror: up for yes or no questions, down for who, what, where, when, why, which and how.
- Make every handshape with your own hand as kids work. Your hand is the best model in the room.
Watch for
Blank faces. In ASL the face is part of the grammar, not just feeling.
Talk about it
- Why does your face matter in ASL?
- How is your hand different from the picture? What would you change?
Take it further
Ask a question out loud and have kids show the right eyebrows silently.
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