🎤ASL Level 5, Activity 11-Hobbies(Online)

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Description:

Students will begin by participating in a fingerspelling quiz. They will then share one of their talents/hobbies with the group and discuss questions related to their talents

Semantic Topics: Art, Talent, Writing, Painting, Dancing, Hobbies
Grammatical Structures: Fingerspelling, Storytelling

Products: Fingerspelling, arts, storytelling

Practices: Interpreting fingerspelled names, artistically sharing self-expression
Perspectives: Do hearing and Deaf individuals share hobbies? Who are some skilled Deaf individuals?

Standards

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:

  • 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:

  • Objective: COMM 3.1: Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media in the target language.
  • Objective: CONN 2.3: Compare and contrast cultural similarities and differences in authentic materials.

Can-Do Statements

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can express what I am passionate about to a group using the target language
  • I can discuss cultural topics outside of my typical everyday conversation

Materials Needed

Warm-up

Materials Needed for 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 vocabulary
    1. HOBBY
      1. Finger spelled H-O-B-B-Y.
    2. SPORTS
      1. 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.
    3. SEWING
      1. Left and right hand shapes F positioned in front of body. Dominant hand moves in clockwise motion.
    4. READING 
      1. Dominant palm-down “V” hand, in front of non-dominant flat hand’s palm, slides down the palm twice (without touching the palm).
    5. HIKE
      1. non-dominant and dominant hand shape 3 palm orientation facing the ground location at the hips movement same as walk
  4. Have students take turns and pick one discussion question to answer
    1. “HOBBY YOUR FAVORITE WHAT? WHY?
    2. “HOBBY YOU START HOW?”
  5. Fingerspelling Quiz
    • “NOW FINGERSPELL PRACTICE TEST HAVE 10 WORDS”

The lab assistant will fingerspell the following ten words to increase the students’ exposure to fingerspelling:

  1. CAUTION
  2. WAITING
  3. KINESIOLOGY
  4. SKEPTICAL
  5. PEDAGOGY
  6. INTELLIGENT
  7. EDUCATED
  8. TOAST
  9. SCRUMPTIOUS
  10. ENLIGHTENED

Main Activity

Materials Needed for Main Activity

Talent Show

  1. Students will artistically show their self-expression that they will be sharing in the lab this week.
  2. This could include sewing, dancing, poetry, writing, painting, signing a song, unique outfits, etc.
  3. Keeping inclusion in mind. For example, students who have had a significant impact from singing can discuss their experience and how they were impacted.
  4. Students will share their expressions openly with the group. This should follow a “show and tell” format, allowing students to actively engage the presenter in a dialogue.
    • “NOW DAY TAKE TURNS SHARE EXPLAIN YOUR SELF EXPRESSION”
  5. Once everyone has shared the following questions can be used to guide the conversation, as needed:
    1. How did you start this hobby?
      • “YOU DO START HOW?”
    2. Did anyone close to you introduce you to this? Did you introduce this to any of your friends or family members?
      • “PAST SHOW-YOU WHO? YOU SHOW TEACH HOBBY FAMILY FRIENDS WHO?”
    3. How has this impacted your life?
      • “YOU DO LIFE CHANGE HOW?”
    4. Is it something you needed at the time or do you continue to do this activity now?
      • “PAST DO? NOW DO CONTINUE?”
    5. How long have you been doing this?
      • “PAST YOU DO HOW LONG?”
    6. Do you think this is a better representation of who you are than other hobbies you’ve tried in the past? Why?
      • “YOU DO SHOW SELF PAST DO COMPARE HOW?”
    7. Do you see yourself continuing this passion in the future? Why or why not?
      • “YOU DO CONTINUE? YES NO WHY?”

Wrap-up

  1. How do hobbies look the same/different for Deaf people?
    • “DEAF PEOPLE DO SAME DIFFERENT?”
  2. What do you think are common hobbies among Deaf people?
    • “DEAF PEOPLE DO A LOT THINK WHAT?”

Deaf Culture

Hobbies among the Deaf community aren’t so different from the hearing community. They can range from dynamic, like parkour, to feeling music using the sound shirt, to calmer pastimes like reading, gardening, or swimming. As more Deaf and hard-of-hearing people explore hobbies and engage with the community based on their interests, they bring diversity to every group.

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 express what I am passionate about to a group using the target language
  • I can discuss cultural topics outside of my typical everyday conversation

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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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