⍰ASL Level 1, Activity 2-WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHY, WHICH, WHEN, HOW Questions (Online)
Description:
Students will watch a video and discuss a few concepts from it after. This lab will cover greetings, introductions, and answering simple questions.
Products: Questions, sentence structure, cardinal numbers and introductions
Practices: Answering and creating simple WH questions and yes and no questions. Reviewing cardinal numbers 1-10.
Perspectives: How sign names are given, who can give and receive sign names, and communication through WH, yes, and no questions.
Standards
AATSP Standards for Learning American Sign Language:
- “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”
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 introduce myself, including greetings and my name.
- I can identify social practices having to do with name signs.
- I can use cardinal numbers correctly.
- I can respond to and create yes/no questions.
- I can respond to who, what, and where questions.
Materials needed
Warm-Up
Materials Needed for Warm-up
- Ask students to type ID # for attendance
- Topics to be discussed following video: Name Signs (who can give them, who can receive them—the cultural aspect)
- Explain that a hearing person must first be accepted by the Deaf community and then they can be assigned a sign name. You also don’t have to be Deaf to have a sign name.
- “SIGN NAME RULES rhq-WHAT? YOU Cl-LIST 3, FIRST YOU DEAF COMMUNITY ACCEPT, DEAF PERSON ASSIGN YOU NAME SIGN, YOU DEAF NEED NOT HEARING WELCOME”
- Explain that sign names are usually a combination of the first letter of your name and a passion or characteristic of yours.
- “YOUR SIGN NAME YOUR NAME FIRST LETTER WITH YOU fs-PASSION CHARACTERISTIC WHATEVER”
- Lastly, explain that only Deaf people can give out sign names and it is culturally inappropriate to assign one to yourself or for a hearing person to assign one.
- “DEAF PERSON SIGN NAME GIVE ONLY rhq-WHY? CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE NOT SIGN NAME HEARING PERSON SELF WHATEVER”
- Handshape (in the video Tyler signs “often” wrong at first but is then corrected—can discuss the importance of handshape and touch on parameters in language, but don’t go too in-depth)
- “HAND SHAPE IMPORTANT. CHANGE SMALL DIFFERENCE BIG”
- Stop the video periodically so the students can copy the signs Nyle is teaching (Ex. What is your name?)
Main Activity
Exercises
Questions:
- Remember to review the signs for questions. Also, consider reviewing numbers and how to sign teacher, book, etc, since a lot of students either don’t remember or haven’t learned
- Project a list of questions for students to ask each other
- Have students begin asking each other questions based on the question cards. One at a time students will sign another student’s name and ask them a question.
- “NOW SIGN PERSON NAME TAKE TURNS QUESTIONS ASK”
- EX: WHICH – “YOUR FAVORITE BOOK WHICH”
- WHAT – “YOUR FAVORITE COLOR WHAT”
- WHO – “YOUR TEACHER WHO”
- Have students mentally cross off which questions they asked
- Remember to tell students to not ask each other the same questions. If one student asks who the other’s teacher is, then another student can’t ask the same question.
Wrap-Up questions:
- What are your concerns for your class?
- “YOU CLASS WORRY WHAT?”
- What are your concerns for the labs?
- “YOU fs-LAB WORRY WHAT?”
Deaf Culture Notes
Sign names are very important in Deaf culture. They are much more personal than fingerspelling and they give individuals a sense of identity. It is also significant that a hearing person must be given a sign name by a Deaf person out of respect for Deaf people and their culture.
Lab Assistant Notes: Remember to record attendance before ending the lab.
End of Lab:
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence.
- (Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
- 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 introduce myself, including greetings and my name.
- I can identify social practices having to do with name signs.
- I can use cardinal numbers correctly.
- I can respond to and create yes/no questions.
- I can respond to who, what, and where questions.
