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Warm-up

1. Start with 5-7 minute conversations
   • “START  TIME 5-7 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
   1. Review vocabulary
      2. VALENTINE’S DAY
         • Fingertip of Left and right hand middle finger in “open-8” handshape. On left side of chest, draw imaginary heart shape.
         • Dominant upright “1” handshape (index finger) is held up in neutral space while the dominant elbow rests on the non-dominant palm-down hand. The dominant hand moves toward the non-dominant arm while the dominant elbow stays on the non-dominant hand.
      3. MANDATORY
         • Dominant hand shaped “claw”. Nondominant hand shaped flat. Position nondominant hand in front of body with palm facing to the side. Touch fingertips of dominant hand on nondominant hand and move both hands closer to the torso.
      4. UNIFORMS
         • Both “5” or open hands in front of shoulders or upper torso, palms facing signer, hands alternating brush down the sides of torso.
         • Left ad right hand shapes Y. Parallel to the ground, draw an imaginary circle in front of torso.
      5. MANAGE 
         • Left and right hand shapes X. Alternate moving one X close to the torso and the other away from the torso.
      6. BANNED
         • Dominant hand shape L. Nondominant hand shape flat.  With nondominant hand in front and on one side of torso and dominant hand on opposite side, move dominant hand to palm of nondominant hand.
   1. Have students take turns and pick one discussion question to answer
      • • “WAFFLES, PANCAKES YOU PREFER WHICH?”
        • “BANNED BOOKS, YOUR OPINION WHAT?”
2. Would You Rather?
   1.  Introduce the game and put students into breakout rooms (pairs or groups of three if there is an odd number).
      • “NOW GAME PLAY BREAKOUT ROOMS NAME rhq-WHAT? WOULD YOU RATHER”
   2. Send each group a few cards.
      • “ME QUESTION CARDS SEND”
   3. Students will take turns asking each other the ‘Would You Rather’ question, and then discuss their answers.
      • “TAKE TURNS QUESTIONS ASK ANSWERS DISCUSS” 
   4. After a few minutes, switch up the groups.
      • “TIME 2-3 MINUTES ME GROUPS SWITCH PARTNERS NEW” 

Main Activity

Question Cards

1. This activity will be done as a whole group.
2. Start by privately giving one student a question card.
   • “ME CARD GIVE ONE LEARN PERSON ” 
3. The student will sign the question to the group.
   • “LEARN PERSON QUESTION SIGN GROUP” 
4. Each student will answer the question and share their opinion.
   • “LEARN PERSON ANSWER EXPLAIN FINISH ALL TAKE TURNS ANSWER SAME-SAME”
5. Once everyone has gone, sgive the next question card to the next student, and continue.
   • “ALL FINISH NEW LEARN STUDENT QUESTION GIVE CONTINUE” 

Wrap-up

1. Was it easy or difficult to share your opinions in ASL?
   • “YOU OPINIONS SHARE ASL EASY HARD WHICH?”
2. Were there times when you wanted to resort to English in order to truly relay your thoughts?
   • “YOU EXPLAIN BETTER ENGLISH WANT?”

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)
    • “SHOW CAN-DO STATEMENTS AGAIN, STUDENTS EVALUATE THEMSELVES THEY WILL.”
• Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation
  • “ENCOURAGE HONEST EVALUATIONS” 
• Pay attention and try to use feedback for future labs!
  • “FOCUS AND TRY TO GIVE FEEDBACK FOR FUTURE”