🍔ASL Level 5, Activity 02-Fast Food Pt.1 (Online)

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Description:

Students will begin by discussing different foods and comparing their health levels. They will then discuss fast food and their personal habits with eating out and how the Deaf population faces obstacles with fast food.

Semantic Topics: Fast Food, Eating out, Habits, Food, Health, Deaf Culture
Grammatical Structures: Vocabulary, Asking/Answering Questions

Products:  Fast food and Deaf culture.

Practices: Making comparisons and discussing healthy habits.
Perspectives: What challenges do Deaf people face with fast food?

Standards

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:

  • “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 3.1 “Standard 4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of culture through comparisons of American Deaf culture and their own.”
  • CONN 2.2 Analyze the content and cultural perspectives of authentic materials prepared in the target language

Can-Do Statements

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can explain and support my opinion using logical reasoning.
  • In my own and other cultures, I can explain the attitudes toward meals, health, and fitness.
  • I can understand the logistical adversities of a culture other than my own.

Warm-up

Materials Needed for Warm-up

  1. Ask students to type ID # for attendance
    • “YOU LIST 2- NAME, ID NUMBER TYPE”
  2. Start with 5-7 Minute conversations
    • “NOW DAY START TIME 5-7 MINUTE CONVERSATIONS DISCUSS WHATEVER”
  3. Review vocabulary:
    1. HAMBURGER
      1. Loosely bent, palm-down dominant hand is in interlock with the non-dominant palm-up hand. Then, switch the palm orientation.
    2. TACOS
      1. Fingerspelled T-A-C-O-S
    3. SANDWICH
      1.  Non-dominant whole hand bent without fingers and thumb touching in front of the mouth, palm down, fingers and thumb facing right. Dominant “15” handshape or bent whole hand with fingers facing the face in front of the non-dominant hand, palm down, moves sideways twice toward the non-dominant hand between fingers and thumb of the non-dominant hand.
    4. FRENCH FRIES
      1. Dominant hand shaped F with palm facing downwards. Bunce hand from the current position to the right one time.
    5. ICE CREAM
      1. Dominant “S” handshape or fist with the top of forefinger facing the mouth moves downward twice.
  4. Have students take turns and pick one discussion question to answer:
    1. What is your favorite food and why?
      • “YOUR FOOD FAVORITE WHAT? WHY?”
    2. If you could eat one for the rest of your life what would you pick and why?
      • “IF ONE FOOD YOU EAT ALL YOUR LIFE, YOU PICK WHAT? WHY?”
    3. Do you have allergies?
      • “ALLERGIES YOU HAVE?”
  5. Play Eat This, Not That!
    1. There will be screenshots of the game put on a Google Presentation.
    2. Students will look at the two choices and guess which one is healthier or not.
      • “FOOD 2 DIFFERENT YOU PICK GOOD FOR YOU MORE WHICH”
    3. They will then explain why they think one is healthier than the other.
      • “FOOD GOOD FOR YOU MORE WHY?” 
    4. EX: That one has more syrup on it
    5. EX: Greek yogurt seems more healthy to me

Main Activity

Fast Food!

This week, we’ll be talking about fast food and restaurants.

  1. Open discussion about fast food and restaurants:
    1. Are there any fast food/restaurants you absolutely love that are in your hometown that isn’t here?
      • “YOU FAST FOOD HOME TOWN FAVORITE WHICH?”
    2. How often do you go out to eat?
      • “YOU EAT OUT OFTEN HOW?”
    3. On average, how much do you spend on fast food?
      • “YOU FAST FOOD MONEY SPEND HOW MUCH?”
    4. Has anyone ever accidentally given you free food? What did you do in that situation?
      • “PAST SOME ONE MISTAKE FOOD FREE GIVE YOU? YOU DO-DO?”
    5. Do you have any traditions with fast food?
      • “YOU FAST FOOD TRADITIONS HAVE?”
  2. Have an open discussion about how hearing people go to fast food drive-throughs and restaurants and how that might compare to how the Deaf interact with those.
      • “HEARING PEOPLE DEAF PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH COMPARE”
      • “DIFFERENT HOW?”
    1. Brainstorm ideas of how Deaf people would go through a drive-through.
      • “DEAF PEOPLE GO-TO DRIVE THROUGH HOW?”
    2. What fast food restaurants would Deaf people be able to go to?
      • “DEAF PEOPLE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT GO-TO CAN WHICH”
  3. If there’s extra time, show videos about Deaf culture and the food industry:
    1. New Pizza Shop Video
    2. Whopper Sign-Burger King
    3. Starbucks Sign Language Cafe
      • Starbucks opening up the first ASL Starbucks near Gallaudet
  • Any thoughts on these things?

Wrap-up

  1. Does anyone have anything else to add about experiences with fast food or restaurants?
    • “YOU FAST FOOD THOUGHTS ADD?”
  2. How can the food industry improve to be more inclusive of Deaf people?
    • “RESTAURANT INCLUDE DEAF PEOPLE MORE HOW?”

Deaf Culture

Deaf people are generally expected to adhere to the hearing community by writing things down or having someone interpret for them however some fast-food restaurants are beginning to incorporate a screen so the customer and employee can see each other during the drive-through. This is a great start to including the Deaf community, but an even better way to include them is for employees to learn a little sign!

End of Lab:

  • Sign or show Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence
    • (Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
  • 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 explain and support my opinion using logical reasoning.
  • In my own and other cultures, I can explain the attitudes toward meals, health, and fitness.
  • I can understand the logistical adversities of a culture other than my own.

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