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Warm-up

Welcome!

1. Ask students to type ID # for attendance
   • • “YOU LIST 2- NAME, ID NUMBER TYPE”
2. 5-7 Minutes of conversation in breakout rooms
   • • “START BREAKOUT ROOMS TIME 5-7 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS WHATEVER”
3. If there are new people ask them to introduce themselves
   1. Name&Namesign
      • • “NAME [SHIFT] NAME-SIGN WHAT?” 
   2. Where they’re from?
      • • “YOU FROM WHERE?” 
   3. Year?
      • • “YEAR WHAT?”
   4. Major/Minor? Why?
      • • “YOUR MAJOR [SHIFT] MINOR WHAT? WHY?”
   5. Why ASL & What’s your ASL story?
      • • “YOU PICK ASL WHY? YOUR ASL STORY WHAT?” 
4. Vocabulary Review
   1. 1. MUSIC
         • Non dom hand shape 5 arm bent at a 45 degree angle located in front of chest dom hand shape 5 located behind non dom hand but above non dom arm palm orientation facing chest moving back and forth from chest to non dom hand
      2. GENRE/KIND
         • Both hand shapes K, dom hand moving in a circular motion lading on top of stationary non dominant hand to the left of the chest
      3. SPECIFIC
         • Both hand shapes 1, non dom stationary palm orientation facing out, dom hand moving towards and pointing at non dom hand
      4. INTERESTING 
         • Both hand shapes F located in front of chest palm orientation facing up moving in a circular motion connecting pointer and thumb circles on both hands
      5. THEATER 
         • fs-THEATER or same sign as play/show-both hands shape 10 thumbs on chest moving in a circular motion towards the chest
5. Opening Question:
   1. If you were an interpreter would you want to interpret for music? All types of music. Jazz, RAP, RB&B, Classical, Country… ETC.
      • “IF YOU INTERPRETER, INTERPRET MUSIC KIND WHICH? ALL TYPES OF MUSIC OR SPECIFIC TYPE?”

Main Activity

Questions are interchangeable between versions

Version One:

• Watch Video:
  • How sign language innovators are bringing music to the deaf – VOX (7:13)

• Follow-up questions: (Copy & Paste Questions in chat before breakout rooms)

1. Have you heard of Amber Galloway Gallego before? If so when? How?
   • “YOU AMBER GALLOWAY GALLEGO KNOW? YES? [SHIFT] NO? WHEN? HOW?” 
2. What did you think was interesting about the video?
   • “YOU THINK VIDEO INTERESTING WHAT?”
3. How many hours/days in advance do you think you would have to prepare?
   • “YOU INTERPRET CONCERT YOU PRACTICE DAYS THINK [SHIFTS] HOURS HOW MUCH?” 
4. Did you know that there were interpreters for concerts? If not have you ever thought about it?
   • “PAST YOU KNOW CONCERTS INTERPRETERS HAVE? IF NOT YOU THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE?” 
5. What do you think would be the hardest part about interpreting?
   • “YOU THINK MOST HARD ABOUT INTERPRETING WHAT?” 
6. If you were interpreting a song what song would you interpret?
   • “IF YOU INTERPRET SONG YOU PICK SONG WHICH?” 
7. Why do you think it’s hard to get interpreters?
   • “INTERPRETERS FIND HARD YOU THINK WHY?”

Version Two:

• Watch Video(s):
  • Sign Language Interpreter goes viral over rap concert – ABC13 Houston (1:58)
  • Twista Sign Language interpreter going crazy! (0:48)

• Follow-up questions: (Copy & Paste Questions in chat before breakout rooms)

1. Do you think that you can interpret a song that wasn’t planned?
   • “YOU THINK YOU INTERPRET SONG PLAN NOT CAN?”
2. Have you seen an interpreter at a concert before?
   • “PAST YOU SEE INTERPRETER CONCERT YOU?”
3. Do you think that because there’s an interpreter Deaf people have priority seating at the front? Do you think they should have to pay more?
   • Answer: YES!
     • “YOU THINK IF INTERPRETER PRESENT DEAF PEOPLE PRIORITY SEATING HAVE?”
4. Do you think that people have lied about being Deaf so that they could sit up front?
   • “PAST YOU THINK PEOPLE SAY THEY DEAF NOT rhq-WHY? SIT FRONT CAN?”
5. How do you feel about a hearing person impersonating a Deaf person?
   • “HEARING PERSON SAY THEY DEAF PERSON YOU FEEL HOW?” 

• (If there’s time left over): FS PRACTICE:
  • Human
  • Voyage
  • Friendship
  • Battery
  • Candle

Wrap-up

1. Have you ever interpreted a song before?
   • “PAST YOU SONG INTERPRET HAVE?”
2. What was it for?
   • “PAST INTERPRET SONG FOR-FOR?”
3. How was it?
   • “PAST INTERPRET SONG YOU DO HOW? 
4. How hard was it?
   • “PAST INTERPRET SONG HARD EASY 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!