ASL Level 4, Activity 11-Jeopardy! (Online)
Description:
Students will answer questions or recall signs related to holidays, food, classifiers (CL), Deaf culture, and various activities in a game of Jeopardy. Students will also discuss service animals used in Deaf communities.
Products: Recall signs and facts about Deaf culture
Practices: Playing a review game and taking part in a discussion
Perspectives: Recalling signs and information shows how much students are really retaining
Standards
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 3.2 Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through American Sign Language and Deaf culture.
- 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
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
Can-Do Statements
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can participate in a conversation with topics that are unfamiliar to me.
- In my own and other cultures, I can understand the needs of Deaf individuals.
- I can recall the vocabulary presented to me and apply knowledge about Deaf culture.
Materials Needed
Warm-Up
Materials Needed for Warm-Up
- Ask students to type their name and ID # for attendance
- “YOU LIST 2- NAME, ID NUMBER TYPE”
- Start with 5-minute conversations in breakout rooms
- “START BREAKOUT ROOMS TIME 5 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
- Video about the positives and negatives of having a service dog and how that process works.
- The captions are permanently on this video. Please discuss with students about the potential positives and negatives of owning and training a service dog.
- “VIDEO WATCH TOPIC rhq-WHAT? SERVICE DOG GOOD THINGS BAD THINGS BOTH.”
- The captions are permanently on this video. Please discuss with students about the potential positives and negatives of owning and training a service dog.
- Discussion Questions
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- Were there ways in the video that a Deaf person would use a service dog that you had never thought about?
- “DEAF PERSON USE SERVICE DOG DIFFERENT WAYS. PAST YOU THINK BEFORE NOT WHICH?”
- Do you know a Deaf person who has a service dog?
- What was their experience?
- “YOU DEAF PERSON SERVICE DOG HAVE KNOW? THEY HAPPEN FEEL WHAT?”
- Were there ways in the video that a Deaf person would use a service dog that you had never thought about?
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
Jeopardy (password: ASL202)
“NOW GAME PLAY NAME JEOPARDY”
- Have students participate individually because it makes the most sense for the zoom/online format.
- Have each student choose a category and number corresponding to a question or sign that a student must answer or sign. It makes things easier and more clear to send the order in the chat.
- “TAKE TURNS TOPIC NUMBER PICK QUESTION ANSWER”
- Keeping track of points is optional.
Wrap-Up
- Were there vocabulary/signs that you had forgotten about?
- “PAST SIGNS YOU FORGET WHICH?”
- Overall, was this activity easy or difficult?
- “GAME HARD EASY WHICH?”
- Which was the hardest: the signs, classifiers, or Deaf culture?
- “cl-LIST 1-3, SIGNS CLS DEAF CULTURE. MOST HARD WHICH?”
Deaf Culture
Service dogs are rarely used within the Deaf community out in public because they can get around just fine on their own but service dogs can be very useful with help around the house.
End of Lab:
- Sign or show Can-Do statements once more 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 participate in a conversation with topics that are unfamiliar to me.
- In my own and other cultures, I can understand the needs of Deaf individuals.
- I can recall the vocabulary presented to me and apply knowledge about Deaf culture.