🤪ASL Level 3, Activity 7-Emoji Emotions (Face-to-Face)
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Description:
Students will review the signs for emotions and play a game to better understand how to use emotions in conversation. Students will have the opportunity to communicate with peers to defend and explain their choices.
Products: Vocabulary and display of emotion through facial expressions
Practices: Utilize correct signs for emotions in combination with facial expression
Perspectives: Facial expression is a huge aspect of communication in ASL because it is a completely visual language
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 1.3 – Students present information, concepts, and ideas in American Sign Language to an audience of viewers on a variety of topics
- Standard 4.1 – Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of American Sign Language and their own languages.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1: Interact with others in the target language and gain meaning from interactions in the target language
- COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
Can-Do Statements
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can give reasons for my choices.
- I can defend and support my beliefs about predetermined scenarios.
- I can review and remember new signs.
Materials
Warm-Up
Materials Needed for Warm-Up
1. Start with 5-minute conversations in breakout rooms
“START TIME 5-MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
2. Review different emotions in ASL. This can be done through conversation, fingerspelling practice, and/or students showing you the sign/you show them the sign.
“NOW EMOTION SIGN PRACTICE. ME NUMBER SIGN IF YOU KNOW SIGN YOU SIGN EMOTION. IF NO-ONE KNOW ME HELP”
- Mad
- Happy
- Sad
- Excited
- Embarrassed
- Sick
- Scared
- Surprised
- Stressed
- Nervous
- Tired
- Depressed
- Satisfied
- Worried
- Annoyed/Irritated
- Curious
- Jealous
- Disappointed
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
- Pass out emoji bingo cards
- Using the situation cards translate to the students the different scenarios
“ME HAPPEN/SITUATION CARD TRANSLATE”
- Students will then pick an emoji they think best describes the situation
- This is determined by the emotion (sad scenario=sad emoji)
“YOU fs-EMOJI PICK WITH HAPPEN/SITUATION”
- Facilitate a discussion in ASL for students to defend their reasoning
“PICK EMOTION WHY?”
- Students will get to keep that square if their explanation is sound, and they were able to defend it
“EMOTION CORRECT/RIGHT WITH HAPPEN/SITUATION KEEP SQUARE. IF EMOTION WRONG KEEP SQUARE NOT”
- Whoever gets a Bingo first, wins!
“FIRST fs-BINGO WIN”
Wrap-Up
- What is the hardest aspect of using facial expressions?
- “FACIAL-EXPRESSION HARD WHY?”
- Does it not come naturally, does it make you feel goofy, etc?
- “FACIAL-EXPRESSION NORMAL, WEIRD WHICH? WHY?
- Why are emotions so important in ASL?
- “EMOTION IMPORTANT fs-ASL WHY?”
Cultural Notes
ASL is a purely visual language which means facial expressions are an imperative part of grammar. The slightest change in Non-Manual markers may completely alter the meaning of what is being communicated. So remember, eyebrows speak louder than words!
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 Statement
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can give reasons for my choices.
- I can defend and support my beliefs about predetermined scenarios.
- I can review and remember new signs.
