🧩ASL Level 4, Activity 14-Scattergories (Face-to-Face)

Description:

Students will briefly discuss the difference between speech acquisition between speaking (hearing) and signing (Deaf/CODA/or Other). Using Scattergories students will think of words and practice their signs. Students will discuss summer plans as well as plans for their future in ASL.

Semantic Topics: Language, Speaking, Signing, Babbling (speaking & signing), Scattergories, Topics, Future, Plans
Grammatical Structures: Baby Sign, Vocabulary

Products: Ability to identify the difference between speech acquisition between speaking (hearing) and signing (deaf/CODA/or Other)

Practices: Discussion and gameplay

Perspectives: Students should be able to recall a variety of signs that aren’t always used quickly at this level. Competitive gameplay promotes this.

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 4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of culture through comparisons of American Deaf culture and their own.

Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:

  • COMM 1.1 Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
  • CONN 2.2 Compare and contrast cultural similarities and differences in authentic materials

Can-Do Statements

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can exchange information on a variety of familiar and unfamiliar topics that I have researched
  • I can participate in conversations to compare and contrast communities
  • I can elaborate on future plans, including details.

Warm-Up

  1. Start with 5-minute conversations about whatever they want
    • “NOW DAY START TIME 5 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS TOPIC WHATEVER” 
  2. Language Development!
  3. Have students watch part of this video on the progression of a child learning ASL.
    • “VIDEO WATCH CHILDREN GROW UP LEARN ASL”
    1. Do you know what your first words were?
      • “PAST YOUR FIRST WORDS KNOW? WHAT?”
    2. Do you think signing babble or verbal babble develops first?
      • “fs-BABBLE SIGN SPEAK FIRST WHICH?”
    3. Do you think speaking or singing develops first?
      • “YOU SPEAK SIGN DEVELOP FIRST THINK WHICH?”
    4. In what ways are signing babble and verbal (speaking) babble the same? In what ways are they different?
      • fs-BABBLE SIGN SPEAK SAME DIFFERENT HOW?”

Main Activity

Materials Needed for Main Activity

Scattergories

  1. The lab instructor will display a category and the group will have about a minute to think of as many things that fit the parameter
    1. Ex: Category – Animals
      1. Dog, Cat, Horse, Pig, etc
        • “TIME 1 MINUTE ME SHOW CATEGORY ALL WRITE LIST WORDS IN CATEGORY”
  2. The catch is that if you and your opponent think of the same words, they don’t count, so think outside of the box!
    1. Ex: Armadillo, Hedgehog, Porcupine, etc
      • “YOU OTHER PERSON WRITE WORD SAME-AS POINTS NONE. THINK DIFFERENT”
  3. Additionally have students sign the words they provide, either all of their words or only the words that are different from the other students.
    • “TIME FINISH TAKE TURNS SHARE SIGN LIST. SIGN DONT KNOW FINGERSPELL”

Wrap-Up

  1. Are you going to be taking 301 next semester?
    • “FUTURE SEMESTER YOU ASL CONTINUE 301?”
  2. What are your summer break plans?
    • “SUMMER HOLIDAY PLANS WHAT?”
  3. Are you going home for break or do you live here in Boise?
    • “SUMMER HOLIDAY YOU HOME GO-TO BOISE LIVE WHICH?” 
  4. What are you most or least excited about for summer?
    • “SUMMER YOU EXCITED WHAT? EXCITED NOT WHAT?”
  5. Are you taking any summer classes?
    • “SUMMER YOU CLASSES TAKE WILL?”
  6. Are you graduating soon?
    • “SOON YOU GRADUATE WILL?”

Deaf Culture

Not all games are equally Deaf-friendly. Forget spelling bees, Trivial Pursuit, or other auditory-dependent games that have (unintentionally) shunned many a Deaf holiday celebrant. Even games that you would think are Deaf-friendly, like Pictionary, pose challenges. Some Deaf friendly board games include Monopoly, Dix It, Chess/Checkers, and Scrabble!

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 exchange information on a variety of familiar and unfamiliar topics that I have researched
  • I can participate in conversations to compare and contrast communities
  • I can elaborate on future plans, including details.

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Let's Chat! American Sign Language (ASL) Copyright © 2023 by Armilene Cabreros; Audra Dooley; Claire Oberg; Collin Dauenhauer; Delaney Obaldia; Emily Harrison; Emma Wilkinson; Gabi Jones; Izabelle Finner; Jacob Steele; Kate Maryon; Madison Mackey; Megan McAllister; Monica Potts; Rebecca Mulgrew; Robyn Holland; Samantha Showers; Sarra Foerster; Serena Krause; Sophia Orm; Tiana Gratiot; and Tori Fisher is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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