These notes are for more advanced signers and address linguistic concepts and theory. Auslan story book “The Very Cranky Bear” Based on Auslan performance by Michelle Goodison for Communication Republic Summary of teaching benefits This story is a great example of facial expressions, incorporated mime and enactment, as well as other sign modifiers. It includes the use of Auslan lists to run through events (Eg 1st 1 of 3, then 2 of 3 etc); and the use of the person classifier. You will also find some Fingerspelling qualifiers. The teaching notes focus on highlighting sign modifiers, classifiers and linguistics. With a focus on non-direct English word translation but meaning. Teaching notes have been prepared to work in conjunction with video. (1:10) – refers to time stamps on the video. Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QsoglLzKtQ Topics: linguistics / grammar in auslan