🆚ASL Level 3, Activity 6-Would You Rather? (Online)
Description:
Students will be able to translate scenarios from English to American Sign Language using classifiers and correct sentence structure. Students will also play a game in which they are focusing on differentiating between choices.
Products: Translating, use of classifiers, and expressing opinions
Practices: Translating English scenarios to ASL while using CLs and expression and explanation of different opinions
Perspectives: It is important to utilize CLs when correctly describing scenarios in ASL as well as the ability to express, explain, and defend personal opinions
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
- Standard 4.1 – Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of American Sign Language and their own languages.
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 translate scenarios in American Sign Language
- I can use non-manual signs to express thoughts
- I can communicate with my peers on pre-determined topics
Materials Needed
Warm-Up
Materials Needed for Warm-Up
- Ask students to type ID # for attendance
- “LIST 2-NAME, ID NUMBER TYPE”
- Start with 5-minute conversations in breakout rooms
- “START BREAKOUT ROOMS TIME 5 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
- Translate Scenarios
- Each student will be privately sent one scenario card
- After reading it to themselves, students will practice with a partner in breakout rooms for a few minutes to translate the scenario
- Be sure to use correct sentence structure and classifiers! (This can be sent in the chat before opening breakout rooms)
- “PARTNERS ALL GRAB HAPPEN CARD. PRACTICE TRANSLATE TOGETHER. PRACTICE LIST-2, SENTENCE ORDER, CL”
- The lab instructor will then close the room and everyone will take turns and share their translated scenario
- (Order of who will share can be sent in the chat)
- “TRANSLATE FINISH TAKE TURNS SHARE HAPPEN CARD ASL SENTENCE STRUCTURE”
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
Would You Rather!
- Students will play the game, “Would You Rather” to focus on role shifting.
- “GAME PLAY NAME fs-WOULD YOU fs-RATHER”
- Emphasize role shifting and non-manuals when asking questions.
- “PRACTICE ROLE SHIFT NMM rhq-WHEN? ASKING QUESTIONS”
- Make sure students are concentrating on grammar and correct sentence structure
- Have the pile of Would You Rather cards on the table
- A student will be sent a card one at a time and sign it to the rest of the lab
- “ME SEND ONE PERSON CARD THEY SIGN QUESTION TO GROUP”
- Each student will then answer accordingly based on the card
- “ALL ANSWER DISCUSS”
- Allow for a natural discussion on why students are picking the choice that they did
- Repeat
Wrap-Up
- Do you have any questions regarding the content reviewed today?
- “NOW DAY QUESTIONS HAVE?”
- What concepts are you struggling with in American Sign Language?
- “YOU ASL HARD THINK WHAT?”
- Is there anything you feel you need to review?
- “PRACTICE MORE NEED WHAT?”
Culture Notes
Translating from English to ASL grammar is a part of the daily life of Deaf individuals living in a primarily hearing world. Especially because most Deaf people rely heavily on lip reading because most hearing people don’t know sign language.
End of Lab:
- Sign or show 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 translate scenarios in American Sign Language
- I can use non-manual signs to express thoughts
- I can communicate with my peers on pre-determined topics
