🤪ASL Level 3, Activity 7-Emotions (Online)
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Description:
Students will review the signs for emotions to better understand how to use emotions in conversation. Students will have the opportunity to communicate with peers to defend and explain their choices.
Products: Vocabulary and display of emotion through facial expressions
Practices: Utilize correct signs for emotions in combination with facial expression
Perspectives: Facial expression is a huge aspect of communication in ASL because it is a completely visual language
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 give reasons for my choices.
- I can defend and support my beliefs about pre-determined scenarios.
- I can review and remember new signs.
Materials
Warm-Up
Materials Needed for Warm-Up
1. Start with 5-minute conversations in breakout rooms
“START BREAKOUT ROOMS TIME 5 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
2. Review different emotions in ASL. This can be done through conversation, fingerspelling practice, and/or students showing you the sign/you show them the sign.
“NOW EMOTION SIGN PRACTICE. ME NUMBER SIGN IF YOU KNOW YOU EMOTION SIGN. IF NO-ONE KNOW ME HELP”
- Mad
- Happy
- Sad
- Excited
- Embarrassed
- Sick
- Scared
- Surprised
- Stressed
- Nervous
- Tired
- Depressed
- Satisfied
- Worried
- Annoyed/Irritated
- Curious
- Jealous
- Disappointed
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
- Using the situation cards, translate to the students the different scenarios one at a time without showing the slides.
“ME HAPPEN/SITUATION CARD TRANSLATE”
- Students will then pick an emotion they think best describes the situation
- This is determined by the emotion (sad scenario=sad emoji)
“YOU EMOTION PICK WITH HAPPEN/SITUATION”
- Facilitate a discussion in ASL for students to defend their reasoning
“PICK EMOTION WHY?”
- Share other possible answers for the situation and try to start a discussion.
“OTHER EMOTION (fill in alternative emotion)MAYBE”
Wrap-Up
- What is the hardest aspect of using facial expressions?
- “FACIAL EXPRESSION HARD WHY?”
- Does it not come naturally, does it make you feel goofy, etc?
- “FACIAL EXPRESSION NORMAL WEIRD WHICH? WHY?
- Why are emotions so important in ASL?
- “EMOTION IMPORTANT ASL WHY?”
Cultural Notes
ASL is a purely visual language which means facial expressions are an imperative part of grammar. The slightest change in Non-Manual markers may completely alter the meaning of what is being communicated. So remember, eyebrows speak louder than words!
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 Statement
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can give reasons for my choices.
- I can defend and support my beliefs about pre-determined scenarios.
- I can review and remember new signs.
