🇺🇸ASL Level 3, Activity 3-Fun with States (Online)
Description:
Students will work in pairs/small groups to discuss how to translate English sentences to ASL using classifiers. Students will then review the state signs, and discuss unusual laws that each state has.
Products: Translating skills, correct use of classifiers, and recalling signs for different states
Practices: English is translated to ASL and classifiers are utilized to explain different situations
Perspectives: English grammar is completely different than ASL grammar so being able to translate while signing is important for understanding
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 1.3 – 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 take part in a discussion using classifiers through translation
- I can review state signs
- I can ask for and provide information about specific events.
Materials Needed
Warm-up
Materials Needed for Warm-Up
- Ask students to type ID # for attendance
- Start with 5-minute conversations in breakout rooms
- “START BREAKOUT ROOMS TIME 5 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
- Write these sentences on a whiteboard and ask the students to explain and translate each situation, focusing specifically on classifiers:
- “TAKE TURNS TRANSLATE EVENT/HAPPEN fs-CL FOCUS”
- Make sure students correctly and clearly explain each situation utilizing classifiers. Show students a variety of options of how to sign the same things using classifiers if possible.
- A man riding a bike gets hit by a car
- Pancakes stacked on top of each other
- A car accident where one car flips over
- Using a pitcher to fill a water glass
- A metal can with a screw-on lid
- Two people walking one dog
Main Activity:
Materials Needed for Main Activity
Fun with States!
- Review state signs: Video (This is 9 minutes, so it is not needed but can be referred to if needed)
- Review specifically the signs for the states in the answer key
“VIDEO FINISH STATE SIGN PRACTICE”
- Sign a random law. Have students try and guess which state the law is referring to.
- Reveal which one goes with which!
“ME SIGN LAW YOU GUESS STATE”
Answer Key:
Arizona – Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.
Texas – It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
California – You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.
Oregon – Ice cream may not be eaten on Sundays.
Colorado – It is illegal to permit one’s llama to graze on city property.
Hawaii – Coins are not allowed to be placed in one’s ears.
New York – A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
Washington – All lollipops are banned.
Idaho – Riding a merry-go-round on Sundays is considered a crime.
Chicago, Illinois – Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
Wrap-Up
- Are you feeling more comfortable using classifiers?
- “YOU CL SIGN COMFORTABLE FEEL?”
- What do you think will help you make classifiers more clear?
- “CL CLEAR/OBVIOUS BECOME MORE HOW?”
Cultural Notes
Classifiers are very important in Deaf culture to accurately describe a situation/story. Not every English word has a corresponding sign and ASL is very visual so CLs are not just useful, they are crucial to the language.
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 take part in a discussion using classifiers through translation
- I can review state signs
- I can ask for and provide information about specific events.
