💥ASL Level 2, Activity 7-Debate (Online)
Description:
Students will practice creating and describing dates to warm up. For the main activity, students will grab a card and practice signing the question. They will then start a discussion with the other students about their answers.
Products: Classifiers, fingerspelling, 5 parameters of sign, debate
Practices: Identifying and using the 5 parameters of sign, and explaining the reasoning for agreements and disagreements
Perspectives: How does changing 1 of the 5 parameters of a sign impact the message of a sign?
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 3.2 Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through American Sign Language and 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.
- COMP 2.2: Compare and contrast appropriate gestures and oral expressions in the target culture with the learner’s culture
Can-Do Statements
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can debate in a group setting
- I can share my opinions with others
- I can justify my own thoughts
- I can contribute to a group discussion
Materials Needed
- Google Slides
- Agree/Disagree Cards – Includes one agree/disagree card that can be printed for as many students as necessary.
- Debate Cards– Includes 30 cards.
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Warm-up
Materials Needed for Warm-up
- Ask students to type ID # for attendance
- Planning a Date
- Each student will draw one card from each pile (place, time, transportation, activity)
- “EVERYONE ONE CARD DRAW PLEASE”
- They will then use those cards to create a date
- “CARD READ DATE MAKE”
- Have students specify what time, how they will get there, what/where they’ll eat, and what they’ll do afterward.
- “TIME? GO-TO HOW? EAT WHAT? DINNER FINISH DO-DO?”
- At the end, have each student go around and describe their date to the rest of the group
- “SHARE DATE WITH GROUP”
- Each student will draw one card from each pile (place, time, transportation, activity)
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
- Google Slides
- Agree/Disagree Cards – Includes one agree/disagree card that can be printed for as many students as necessary.
- Debate Cards – Includes 30 cards.
Debates
- Go over any new signs (debate, cochlear implant, etc)
- Write them on the board and sign them
- You will send one student a debate card from the deck at a time
- “ME ONE PERSON CARD SEND”
- They will sign the card to the rest of the lab group, then everyone will hold up their sign that either says “agree” or “disagree”
- “SIGN CARD FINISH EVERYONE ANSWER AGREE DISAGREE WHICH”
- Have each student explain their reasoning so that the activity is more engaging
- “AGREE DISAGREE WHY?”
- Continue with each student.
Wrap-up
- Which topics did we struggle with?
- “TOPIC HARD WHICH?”
- Which topics did we like?
- “TOPIC LIKE WHICH?”
Deaf Culture Notes
Understanding the 5 parameters of sign is fundamental to sign language and communicating among the Deaf community. This is because each parameter is equally important and leaving one out or executing one incorrectly can completely change the meaning of a sign or even a sentence.
End of Lab:
- Read 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 debate in a group setting
- I can share my opinions with others
- I can justify my own thoughts
- I can contribute to a group discussion
