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Warm-Up

1. Start with 5-minute conversations about whatever they want
   • “NOW DAY START TIME 5 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS TOPIC WHATEVER” 
2. Review Vocabulary
   1. Dangerous  
      • Dominant hand “10” shaped with side of thumb facing non-dominant palm-down flat hand strikes twice the edge of passive hand in arc motion.
   2. Exciting
      • Both hands “Open 8” shape with palms oriented toward the torso.  Both tips of the middle fingers on the sides of the torso or chest, alternate in forward circular motion.
   3. Opposite
      • Both hands “1” shape with both horizontal index fingers touching at the tips, held in neutral space, then moving sideways in the opposite direction in an arc motion.
   4. Parents 
      • Dominant hand “5” shaped with thumb making contact at the chin, then moving upwards to make contact with the forehead.
   5. Exercise
      • Both hands “S” shaped with palms oriented away from the torso. With both hands slightly above holders, extend arms slightly up and out, then back to the original position. Repeat this movement twice.
3. Go around in the group and sign a sign having to do with a corresponding letter.
   1. EXAMPLE:  The first person will sign “APPLY” the second person will sign “BACON” the third person might sign “CANDY” and so on. 
      • “TAKE TURN SIGN WORD WITH LETTER ABC. PERSON 1 SIGN WORD A APPLY. PERSON 2 SIGN WORD B BACON PERSON 3 SIGN WORD C-CANDY. CONTINUE TAKE TURN”
4. Establish an order of who will be first, second, third, etc.
5. Go around until you get to the letter Z!
   • “FINISH rhq-WHEN? PERSON SIGN WORD Z”

• Note: It might be easiest to type into the chat the order of the students, just so students know who goes next (since it’s hard online and everyone’s screen is set up differently).

Main Activity

1. The lab instructor will begin by introducing the game of Taboo
   • “NOW GAME NAME fs-TABOO PLAY”
2. One person will pick a card and read their word and the words they cannot use.
   • ” 1 PERSON PICK CARD READ THEIR WORD. LIST WORD USE NOT”
3. The word that is marked as the main word is the word that students are trying to guess.
4. The words marked as forbidden words are signs that students are not allowed to sign as they are describing the word.
5. The student with the main word and forbidden words will try to describe their words using CL and other signs that are not words on the forbidden word list.
   • “DESCRIBE WORD USE CL OTHER SIGN LIST NOT”
6. The group will begin guessing as soon as the student with the word begins to describe their word.
   • “GROUP WATCH GUESS WORD” 
7. Use a timer to time 30 seconds-1 minute per word. (You can use a phone or computer)
   1. Vary the time based on students’ needs/levels.
8. Have students type their guess into the chat while the person is signing or have them sign the word. The first person who guesses correctly “wins”. Make sure to go over the sign at the end to make sure everyone understands.
   • “GROUP GUESS TYPE SIGN WHATEVER. GUESS RIGHT WIN”
9. Go around to each person until the allotted time runs out.
   • “GAME CONTINUE TAKE TURNS” 

WRAP-UP

1. What did you think of the 1st game? Was it hard or easy?
   • “FIRST GAME THINK WHAT? EASY HARD WHICH?”
2. What did you think of the 2nd game? Was it hard or easy?
   • “SECOND GAME THINK WHAT? EASY HARD WHICH?”
3. Which game do you think helped you improve on vocabulary more?
   • “GAME 1 GAME 2 HELP MORE WHICH?”

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!