🔊ASL Level 5, Activity 12-Sharing Opinions (Online)

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Description:

Students will begin by playing a game of ‘Would You Rather’ with a partner/group. They will then take turns asking and answering questions as a whole group.

Semantic Topics: Games, Would You Rather, Questions, Answers, Partners
Grammatical Structures: Storytelling, Fingerspelling

Products: Asking and responding to questions, fingerspelling, storytelling, games

Practices: Explaining answers to ‘Would You Rather’ questions
Perspectives: Why is it important to provide reasoning when answering a personal question? What other games are useful for building relationships?

Standards

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:

  • Standard 1.2: Students comprehend and interpret live and recorded American Sign Language on a variety of topics
  • Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas in American Sign Language to an audience of viewers on a variety of topics

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 share my opinion in the target language.
  • I can respect others’ opinions and engage in healthy discussions.

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 5-7 minute conversations in breakout rooms
    • “START BREAKOUT ROOMS TIME 5-7 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
  3. Review vocabulary
      • OPINION
      • MANDATORY
      • LOAN
      • MANAGE 
      • BANNED
  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’ questions, and then discussing their answers.
      • “TAKE TURNS QUESTIONS ASK QUESTION ANSWERS DISCUSS” 
    4. After a few minutes, switch up the breakout rooms.
      • “TIME 2-3 MINUTES ME BREAKOUT ROOMS SWITCH PARTNERS NEW” 

Main Activity

Materials Needed for Main Activity

Question Cards

  1. This activity will be done as a whole group.
  2. Start by privately sending one student a question card.
    • “ME CARD SEND 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, send the next question card to the next student, and continue.
    • “ALL FINISH NEW LEARN STUDENT QUESTION SEND 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?”

Deaf Culture

The Deaf community’s opinions on different subject matters may often be disregarded if they are heard at all. As more people learn sign language and its corresponding Deaf culture, the more advocacy the community has for their opinions, especially in regard to inclusion.

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 share my opinion in the target language.
  • I can respect others’ opinions and engage in healthy discussions.

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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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