🧢ASL Level 2, Activity 2-Headbandz/Questions & Describing (Online)
The importance of facial expressions Headbandz/20 questions
Description:
Each student will be assigned a word at random. This word will be an object, place, animal, etc. The student who is assigned a word will ask another student questions trying to guess what they are.
Semantic Topics: Describing, questions, guessing.
Grammatical Structures: Questions with Correct Facial Expression
Products: Nonmanual markers, questions, describing
Practices: Forming simple questions and describing characteristics
Perspectives: In what ways are nonmanual markers important to ASL?
Standards
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations and correspondence in American Sign Language to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2 Students comprehend and interpret live and recorded American Sign Language on a variety of topics.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COM 1: Interact with others in the target language and gain meaning from interactions in the target language.
- COM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- CONN 1: Build, reinforce, and expand knowledge of other disciplines while using the target language to develop critical thinking/creative problem solving skills.
Can-Do Statements
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can answer a variety of simple questions
- I can explain the importance of facial expressions
- I can describe simple characteristics
Materials Needed
Warm-Up
Materials Needed for Warm-Up
- Ask students to type ID # for attendance
- “TYPE NAME ID NUMBER”
- Begin by opening the Google Slideshow and introducing the Can-Do Statements.
- “BEGIN OPENING GOOGLE SLIDES AND INTRODUCE CAN-DO STATEMENTS.”
- After you finish the video have a discussion about the importance of facial expressions.
- Why are facial expressions important in ASL?
- “ASL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS IMPORTANT, WHY?”
- Was it easier to identify the signs with or without facial expressions?
- “UNDERSTAND WORD, (Point to one side of body then sign) FACIAL EXPRESSION,(Point to other side of body then sign) NOTHING, EASY WHICH?”
- Etc.
- Why are facial expressions important in ASL?
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
This activity is a combination of Headbandz and 20 questions.
- Put students into breakout rooms of 2-3 people
- Give each student 2-3 words that they will use for the other student. Instead of having 1 student place the card facing away from them, the prompt is sent to the person answering questions over Zoom.
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- If you have multiple rooms send multiple words to students so they can quickly take turns and have more time describing, asking questions, and practicing.
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- Once everyone has their words have the partners/groups go back and forth asking turns about their words. They can ask one question per turn. All the words are nouns.
- Examples of questions include but are not limited to:
- “Am I heavy?”
- “I HEAVY?”
- “Do you eat me?”
- “EAT ME, YES, NO?”
- “Am I hairy?”
- “HAVE HAIR (CL: Show hair all over body or in specific parts)? YES, NO WHICH”
- “Can you hold me?”
- “HOLD ME CAN? YES, NO, WHICH?”
- “Do you use me every day?”
- “EVERY DAY USE?”
- Etc…
- “Am I heavy?”
- Examples of questions include but are not limited to:
- Once they guess their word correctly they can move on to the next word that was provided to them. If they get frustrated they can move on to the next word. Every word guess correctly is one point. If they start speaking, they lose a point.
- “GUESS CORRECT FINISH CONTINUE NEW WORD”
- If you would like to add a time constraint feel free.
- The person with the most points at the end wins!
Wrap-Up
- Did this lab help you understand the importance of facial expressions?
- “THIS LAB HELP UNDERSTAND IMPORTANCE FACIAL EXPRESSION?”
- Do you find using facial expressions to be difficult for you?
- “FACIAL EXPRESSIONS DIFFICULT FOR YOU?”
- Do you think using facial expressions feels silly/unprofessional?
- “FACIAL EXPRESSIONS FEEL FUNNY/UNPROFESSIONAL? YOU THINK WHAT?”
Deaf Culture Notes
Some signs look the exact same but facial expression gives them a completely different meaning. Facial expression also aids emphasis and sarcasm.
End of Lab:
- Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence
- (Use thumbs up/ thumbs down or have them rate 1-5 on how they feel after the activity)
- Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
Can-Do Statements
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can answer a variety of simple questions
- I can explain the importance of facial expressions
- I can describe simple characteristics
