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Warm-Up

1. Ask students to type their name and ID # for attendance
   • “YOU LIST 2- NAME, ID NUMBER TYPE”
2. Start with 5-minute conversations in breakout rooms
   • “START BREAKOUT ROOMS TIME 5 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
3. Review signs and explain different contexts
   • 1. • “NOW SIGN PRACTICE”
     1. 1. 1. HOLIDAY
              • Two-handed “5” hands with palms facing each other are apart with the thumb tips on the sides of upper chest while the fingers wiggle.
           2. VACATION
              •  Two-handed “5” handshapes (palm orientations facing each other), tapping twice on the upper chest (each hand near its shoulder).
           3. ACTIVITY
              • Two-handed “C” handshapes (palm orientations facing downward), sliding from left to right two times.
           4. RESTAURANT
              • Dominant “R” hand in front of the non-dominant side of mouth, palm in, brushes down and then brushes down again on the other side of mouth.
           5. DOG-BREED
              • DOG:  Dominant hand with the small “d” handshape where the tips of thumb and middle finger are in contact while the index finger is upright and the palm is up. The middle finger and the thumb snaps a few times.
              • KIND: Dominant “K” hand circles around (forward/backward) and lands on non-dominant “K” hand.
           6. BOARD-GAME
              • BOARD: Two-handed “d” handshapes (palms oriented downward) and outlining a rectangle or square shape.
              • GAME: Two-handed “A” handshapes (palms oriented inward towards the body), tapping knuckles twice.
           7. SEASON (FALL, WINTER, SUMMER, SPRING)
              • Non-dom hand shaped “4” (palm oriented inwards toward the body). Dominant hand shaped “1” with palm oriented downward). Touching dominant hand finger tip to the top of the non-dom hand fingertip, circulate (forward/backward) around the non-dom hand.
           8. PET-PEEVE
              • Dominant hand shaped “open 8”. Bring middle finger to the temple on the head and twist inward.
           9. RELAX
              • Two-handed “5” handshapes (palms oriented inward towards the body). Cross dom arm over non-dom and pat chest twice.
           10. HOMETOWN
               • HOME: Dominant “flat O” handshape touching on the cheek near the mouth and then touching on the cheek again a bit away from the mouth.
               • TOWN: Two-handed “flat” handshapes (palms oriented towards each other), tapping the ips of fingers twice.
           11. MUSIC-GENRE
               • MUSIC: Two-handed “relaxed-flat”. Non-dom hand positioned to the side of and perpendicular to the body. Dom hand hovers above the forearm of non-dom arm. Sway dom hand forwards and backward.
               • KIND: Dominant “K” hand circles around (forward/backward) and lands on non-dominant “K” hand.
           12. TV-SHOW
               • Fingerspell “TV Show”.
           13. SPORTS
               • Two-handed “10” (or thumb-up) handshape with palms facing each other, one moves forward while the other one moves backward, alternating a few times.
           14. SCHOOL-SUBJECT
               • SCHOOL: Dominant flat hand (handshape), palm down (orientation) above non-dominant palm-up flat hand (location), taps twice on the non-dominant palm (movement).
               • TOPIC: Two-handed “X” handshapes (palms oriented somewhat outward, somewhat towards each other). Positioned in front of the body, above the shoulders. Slightly twist wrists twice”.

Main Activity

1. The lab instructor will sign each question from the card to the whole group
2. The instructor will choose one student to answer the question.
3. A group discussion can happen if people seem interested but for the most part, questions will be answered individually after the question has been signed.

• • The goal of this is to understand questions being signed and discuss
  • “ME QUESTION SIGN ONE PERSON ANSWER. NEW QUESTION NEW PERSON CONTINUE”

WRAP-UP

1. Do you feel more comfortable with your group mates
   • “YOU GROUP BECOME COMFORTABLE MORE?”
2. How are you feeling about your signing ability?
   • “YOU SIGN FEEL HOW?”

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!