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Warm-up

1. Ask students to type ID # for attendance
2. Have students grab a piece of paper and a pen.
   • “ALL GRAB PAPER PEN” 
3. One student will begin by fingerspelling a word.
   • “START ONE PERSON FINGERSPELL WORD”
4. All students will write down what they fingerspelled, then fingerspell a different word to add to their story.
   • “ALL WRITE WORD. NEXT ADD FINGERSPELL WORD STORY”
5. Students continue fingerspelling words and creating a story for about 5-7 minutes.
   • “TIME 5, 7 MINUTES CONTINUE”
6. Remind students that they’re trying to create a story from what they fingerspell.
   • “FINGERSPELL STORY MAKE REMEMBER”

Main Activity

1. Send out the instruction cards and sign the rules to students.
   • “NOW DAY GAME PLAY NAME SECRET SPY AGENT” 
2. Then, send out the identity cards and the photo ID lanyards.
   • “READ SECRET SPY AGENT IDENTITY” 
3. Then, have the students take turns sharing their identities.
   • “TAKE TURNS IDENTITY SHARE LEARN OTHER IDENTITY. WRITE NOT REMEMBER TRY”
4. Afterward, there will be a mission debriefing. Ask what the class learned about each individual. *Remember students cannot write any information down*
   • “SHARE FINISH LEARN WHAT?”
5. Write down the students’ responses under each of the spies’ names.
6. If there is time left over, have students pick new identities and start again.

Wrap-up

1. What went well in this lab?
   • “LAB GOOD WHAT?”
2. Was remembering information hard?
   • “INFORMATION REMEMBER HARD?”
3. Do you think signing makes things harder to remember than spoken language?
   • “SIGN SPEAK INFORMATION REMEMBER HARD MORE WHICH?”
4. Is there anything you’d like to see changed in this lab?
   • “FUTURE NOW LAB CHANGE THINK WHAT?”

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!