🚫ASL Level 1, Lab 08- Basic Information/Never Have I Ever (Face-to-Face)
Description:
For the warm-up, students will review signs that will aid them in communication and understanding. These signs should help students throughout the game as well. For the main activity, students will play Never Have I Ever by drawing a card and signing the question then stating if they have or have not done this. Students will end the lab by discussing what was easy and difficult.
Products: Experiences and grammar
Practices: Expressing experiences
Perspectives: Understanding the value of vocabulary words like never, finish, and do
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:
- COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
- COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- COMP 1.1: Observe formal and informal forms of language.
Can-Do Statements
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can discuss things I have and have not done before
- I can communicate basic information about myself
- I can communicate using memorized gestures and signs
Materials Needed
- Google Slides
- Never Have I Ever Cards
- Dry-Erase Marker
- Eraser
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Warm-up
Materials Needed for Warm-Up
Write on the dry-erase board simple phrases that will aid in communication and understanding, such as;
- What is the sign for…/How do you sign…
- “YOU SIGN… HOW”
- YES/NO
- I don’t understand
- “UNDERSTAND (shake head no)”
- REMEMBER
- SLOW
- AGAIN/REPEAT
- NEVER
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
- Never Have I Ever Cards
- Dry-Erase Marker
- Eraser
- Begin by splitting the lab group into two separate groups, unless you have a smaller lab. If you do, then just go ahead and do it as one group
- Have one person draw a card and sign “I NEVER…” and then the information that’s on the card
- “START ONE PERSON PICK CARD SIGN ‘I NEVER’ SIGN CARD”
- The rest of the group will either say yes or no. If they answer yes, have them explain when they did it, where they did it, with whom, etc
- “GROUP ANSWER YES NO. ANSWER YES EXPLAIN WHERE, WITH WHO CONTINUE”
- Once everyone has answered and explained if they’ve done it, then the next person will draw a card and repeat the steps above
- “CONTINUE NEW PERSON NEW CARD”
- If time allows, have the two groups switch cards and continue playing
Wrap-up
- How did you feel about the lab?
- “LAB FINISH FEEL HOW?”
- Was it easy or hard?
- “LAB EASY HARD WHICH?”
- How do you feel about signing personal information?
- “SELF INFORMATION SIGN FEEL HOW?”
Deaf Culture Notes
Communicating about difficult topics can be uncomfortable for new signers but Deaf people are generally a lot more open about private topics even though signs can look obvious or explicit. This is also why it is considered very rude to eavesdrop even though sometimes it is hard not to.
End of Lab:
- Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence with cards
- (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 discuss things I have and have not done before
- I can communicate basic information about myself
- I can communicate using memorized gestures and signs
