☕️ASL Level 3, Activity 8-Coffee Talk (Face-to-Face)
Description:
Students will practice signs for emotions and play a game regarding a wide variety of topics to expand their vocabulary.
Semantic Topics: Conversation, Games, Descriptors
Grammatical Structures: Fingerspelling, Vocabulary
Products: Recalling Vocabulary
Practices: Using emotion signs and signs for different topics that aren’t used on a regular basis
Perspectives: Having a wide vocabulary makes sign language conversations more productive and in-depth
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 express my characteristics/personality traits using ASL.
- I am comfortable with my ability to explain a concept without the use of fingerspelling.
- I am able to express opinions that relate to everyday topics.
Materials Needed
- Google Slides
- Emotions Review Video (in Google Slides)
- Coffee & Conversation Cards
- Markers
- White Board
Warm-Up
Materials Needed for Warm-Up
- Google Slides
- Emotions Review Video (in Google Slides)
- Markers
- Start with 5-minute conversations
- “START TIME 5 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
- Name Personalities!
- Hand out dry-erase markers.
- Have students take a few minutes to write down personality traits they have corresponding with their first and last name
- ex. M-Motivated O-.Outgoing N-Nervous
- “TIME 3 MINUTES WRITE DESCRIBE WORDS NAME. M-MOTIVATED O-OUTGOING N-NERVOUS”
- Once everyone is done, have them give some background, an example, or tell a story of why they think they have that characteristic/personality trait.
- “FINISH TAKE TURNS SHARE WORDS. PICK WHY? EXPLAIN”
Main Activity
- Coffee & Conversations
- Lab assistant draws a Coffee Card and provides the sign
- “ME CARD PICK SIGN SHOW-YOU”
- Students list on whiteboard all of the things that come to mind based on that topic
- “YOU WRITE ALL WORDS THINK WITH TOPIC”
- Explain to students that each round the time will be getting shorter and shorter (30 seconds to start, by the end possibly only 10 seconds)
- “FINISH NOW NEW CARD NOW TIME SMALL CONTINUE”
- After time is up, students go around reading off their lists.
- “TIME FINISH TAKE TURNS LIST READ”
- If you have the same word written down as someone else, you cross it out.
- “YOU WORD WRITE OTHER PERSON WORD WRITE SAME cl-CROSS OUT POINT NONE”
- Students earn points for the words they have that no one else has.
- “YOU WORD WRITE NO ONE SAME WORD, 1 POINT”
- Be sure to question words that don’t seem relevant and students have to defend them.
- After each round, the lab assistant asks a question relating to the topic on the card to create a discussion
- When the game is over count up your points to see who won!
- “GAME FINISH POINTS COUNT. WIN WHO?”
Wrap-Up
- What are you wanting to improve on?
- “YOU IMPROVE WANT WHAT?”
- Do you feel more confident with your ability to communicate casually?
- “YOU COMMUNICATE CONFIDENT BECOME MORE?”
Deaf Culture Notes
Organized Deaf events are held at different locations to provide a meeting point for Deaf people or students/individuals learning sign to communicate with one another strictly using sign. These often take place at coffee shops.
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 express my characteristics/personality traits using ASL.
- I am comfortable with my ability to explain a concept without the use of fingerspelling.
- I am able to express opinions that relate to everyday topics.
