🪰ASL Level 1, Lab 13-Flyswatter Review (Face-to-Face)
Description:
Students will begin by reflecting on their semester in a group conversation. In the main activity, they will demonstrate their knowledge to recognize signs in a competitive flyswatter game. The students will be split into two teams and get points for every card they get right. Whichever team has the most points by the end of the game wins.
Products: Colors, shapes, family, countries, questions
Practices: Identifying a litany of vocabulary words presented through pictures
Perspectives: Recalling a variety of useful information regarding Deaf culture
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.
- Standard 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of American Deaf culture
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.
- CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
- CLTR 1.3: Function appropriately in diverse contexts within the target culture.
Can-Do Statements
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can introduce family members and others
- I can answer a variety of WH questions
- I can ask a variety of WH questions
- I can communicate basic information about my everyday life
Materials Needed
- Google Slides
- Flyswatter Game Cards
- Fly Swatters or paddles
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Warm-up
Materials Needed for Warm-Up
Have students answer the following questions:
- How many tests do you have coming up for finals week?
- “YOU TESTS FINAL HAVE HOW-MANY?”
- How has the semester been going?
- “YOUR SEMESTER GOOD BAD HOW?”
- Have you enjoyed labs? Better than you originally thought?
- “YOU LABS THINK WHAT? ENJOY YES NO?”
- Anything you would like to see changed?
- “YOU LABS CHANGE WANT WHAT?”
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
- Fly Swatter Cards
- Fly Swatters or paddles
Flyswatter Review.
- Begin by separating the class/lab into two teams.
- “NOW GAME PLAY NAME fs-FLYSWATTER”
- Give each team 1 flyswatter or paddle to use during the activity.
- Lay out all of the activity cards (or whichever ones you would like to use).
- Explain that you will sign a word that is related to the cards on the table. The first team to hit the card on the table will receive the point.
- “ME WORD SIGN CONNECT TO CARD. FINISH YOU HIT CARD. FIRST TEAM HIT CORRECT/RIGHT CARD ONE POINT”
- Try signing faster or slower.
- For an expanded version sign the word in a sentence and emphasize the words for students to identify.
- Continue to review the words in varying orders (add or take away cards as you progress and they become familiar – if you haven’t already laid out all of the cards).
- The team with the most points wins!
- “FINISH TEAM POINTS MOST WIN”
Wrap-up
- How comfortable are you with the material?
- “NOW DAY GAME PLAY SIGNS COMFORTABLE HOW?”
- How much have we accomplished over the semester?
- “PAST SEMESTER YOU LEARN A LOT FEEL?”
Deaf Culture Notes
Games are a great way for both Deaf and hearing kids to learn and grow. The main difference is games geared toward Deaf kids are much more visual and tactile.
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 ask some simple questions
- I can communicate some basic information about my everyday life
