🔖ASL Level 6, Activity 12-Stories (Face-to-Face)
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Description:
Students will begin with a fingerspelling quiz that will lead to vocabulary. The main activity introduces students to the movie “Sound of Metal” and has students take turns answering questions that spark stories and interesting conversations that will allow them to get to know one another better.
Semantic Topics: Stories, Storytelling, Questions, Answers, Memories, Movies
Grammatical Structures: Vocabulary, Fingerspelling, Time, Sentence Structure, Signers Perspective, Facial Expression
Products: Storytelling, Questions, Grammatical Structure
Practices: Sharing personal experiences, questioning what changes one would experience in becoming Deaf
Perspectives: What are some common ways hearing people may become deaf?
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 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through American Sign Language.
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: CLTR 2.1 Analyze the significance of a product (art, music, literature, etc…) in a target culture.
- Objective: COMP 1.1 Observe formal and informal forms of language.
- Objective: COMT 1.2 Discuss personal preferences in activities and events both within and beyond the classroom.
Can-Do Statements
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can interpret and infer meaning from complex, academic, and professional texts on a range of unfamiliar, abstract, and specialized issues that are spoken, written, or signed.
- I can deliver extended presentations on abstract or hypothetical issues and ideas ranging from broad general interests to my areas of specialized expertise, with a precision of expression and to a wide variety of audiences, using spoken, written, or signed language.
Materials Needed
Warm-up
Materials Needed for Warm-up
- Attendance
- Start with 5-7 Minute conversations
- “NOW DAY START TIME 5-7 MINUTE CONVERSATIONS DISCUSS WHATEVER”
- FS Practice
- Instructions: Fingerspell the 5 words and then teach them the signs!
- Goal: To improve receptive skills and learn new signs!
FS Words ASL Signs 1. TALENTED Non-dom: Closed 5 Dom: cup pull out 2. CREATIVE Dom&Non-Dom: 4’s out from the forehead 3. MAGIC Dom&Non-Dom: O’s – 5’s 4. DRAGON Dom: S – 5 wiggle 5. WITCH Dom: X on nose tap - Review Vocab
- MUSIC
- Left and right hand shapes “flat”. Bend non-dom arm and bring dom hand above the bent forearm. Dom hand does a sweeping back-and-forth motion three times.
- BECOME
- Left and right hand shapes “flat” with fingertips touching. One hand’s palm orientation is inward, the other is outward. Twist wrists so the palm orientation of both hands switches.
- LOUD
- Left and right hand shapes “5” with thumbs touching ears, then moving outward, away from the head and torso.
- SUPPORT
- Dom hand shaped “S” hand just below non-dom “S” hand moves toward dom fist. Both palms face signer.
- COMMUNITY
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- Left and right hand shapes “flat” with fingertips tapping once. One hand’s palm orientation is inward, the other is outward. Twist wrists so the palm orientation of both hands switches and tap fingertips one more time.
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- MUSIC
- Have students take turns asking and answering the discussion question
- Have you signed with Deaf people outside of class?
- “OUTSIDE CLASS, DEAF PEOPLE YOU SIGN WITH?”
- Have you ever experienced tinnitus?
- “PAST, TINNITUS YOU EXPERIENCE?”
- Have you signed with Deaf people outside of class?
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
Sound of Metal Video
Questions for Sound of Metal:
- Do you think if you became Deaf would it be hard for you to accept it?
- “IF YOU BECOME DEAF, YOU ACCEPT HARD EASY WHY?”
- What would be the hardest part of going into Deafness?
- “DEAF BECOME HARD WHAT?”
- What would be the easiest part of going into Deafness?
- “DEAF BECOME EASY WHAT?”
- How do you think it would impact your life?
- “DEAF BECOME YOUR LIFE IMPACT HOW?”
- What would you miss the most about hearing?
- “YOU DEAF BECOME HEARING MISS MOST WHAT?”
- Now that you know ASL, do you think that would be one less hurdle to overcome?
- “NOW YOU KNOW ASL, YOU BECOME DEAF EASY MORE?”
Stories
- Print out a few copies of the “Story Questions” document and pass them out
- “ME STORY QUESTIONS GIVE ALL”
- Have students take turns answering questions. This can either be done as a group or in pairs depending on the size of the lab.
- “NOW TAKE TURNS QUESTIONS ASK ANSWER ALL”
Wrap-up
- Are you planning to watch the “Sound of Metal” movie?
- “FUTURE YOU WATCH MOVIE “SOUND OF METAL” YOU?”
- Do you feel you know the majority of signs you see on TV, in movies, and in plays?
- “YOU KNOW MOST SIGNS YOU SEE IN TV, MOVIES AND PLAYS YOU?”
- Did you learn more about your lab mates from the story questions?
- “YOU YOUR LAB-MATES LEARN MORE ABOUT FROM STORY QUESTIONS YOU?”
Deaf Culture
Establishing signer’s space and perspective is very important in Deaf culture when telling a story or having a conversation. This is because stories can get very complex and establishing these structures allow individuals to get their point across. This is also why facial expression is so important, it adds emphasis and clarifies meaning especially when contextual signs are used.
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 interpret and infer meaning from complex, academic, and professional texts on a range of unfamiliar, abstract, and specialized issues that are spoken, written, or signed.
- I can deliver extended presentations on abstract or hypothetical issues and ideas ranging from broad general interests to my areas of specialized expertise, with a precision of expression and to a wide variety of audiences, using spoken, written, or signed language.
