Emoji Bingo, Intermediate Mid, ASL 201, Lab 07

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Emoji Bingo

Description:

Students will review the signs for emotions and play a game to better understand how to use the emotions in conversation. Students will have the opportunity to communicate with peers to defend and explain their choices. 

Proficiency Level:

Intermediate Mid

Keywords:

Emotions, Game, Explanations, Bingo

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:

  • Standard 1.1 - Students engage in conversations and correspondence in American Sign Language to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
  • 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:

COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions

COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.

CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can give reasons for my choices
  • I can defend and support my beliefs about predetermined scenarios
  • I can review and remember new signs 

Materials Needed:

Situation Cards

Emoji Bingo Cards

Google Slideshow

Warm-up

1. Begin by opening the Google Slideshow and introducing the Can-Do Statements for today's activity. 

2. Review different emotions in ASL. This can be done through conversation, fingerspelling practice, and/or students show you the sign/you show them the sign.

  • Mad
  • Happy
  • Sad
  • Excited
  • Embarrassed
  • Sick
  • Scared
  • Surprised
  • Stressed
  • Nervous
  • Tired
  • Depressed
  • Satisfied
  • Worried
  • Annoyed/Irritated
  • Curious
  • Jealous
  • Disappointed

Main Activity

1. Pass out emoji Bingo cards

2. Using the situation cards, translate to the students the different scenarios. 

3. Students will then pick an emoji they think best describes the situation. 

- This is determined by the emotion (sad scenario=sad emoji)

4. Ask students to defend their reasoning behind why they chose each emoji. If they provide a sound explanation, they can keep the square. 

5. Whoever gets a Bingo first wins!

Wrap Up

End of lab:

  • What is the hardest aspect of using facial expressions? 
  • Does it not come naturally, does it make you feel goofy, etc? 
  • Why are emotions so important in ASL?

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

End of lab: Can-Do statement check-in... “Where are we?”

  • Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence with cards
  • Encourage students to be honest in their self evaluation
  • Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
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