This activity is great for practicing ASL sentence structure Time-Topic-Comment. This activity provides students with new signs for idioms, and encourages them to be creative when coming up with their stories. Students will learn to create stories and practice presenting stories using idioms.
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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.
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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to practice using money and math skills to bid on items in an "auction". Students will also experience what actions are like for Deaf individuals.
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Focuses on role shifting with a game of Would You Rather! Emphasize role shifting, listing, and non-manuals when asking questions. We're also making sure students are concentrating on grammar and ASL sentence structure.
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Students will work in a small group to discuss a variety of topics through the lens of comparing different countries. These discussions will be facilitated through a board game, and ASL vocabulary will be embedded.
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Students will review ASL idioms and use them in context. Students will take pieces of information (setting, time, activity, item) and create a story to share in American Sign Language.
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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.
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Students will play a game regarding a wide variety of topics to further their conversation skills. Students will describe objects using descriptors to work on fingerspelling
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Students will discuss Deaf Culture through the experiences of a Deaf individual. Students will work to translate scenarios in ASL, while understanding the importance of facial expressions and non-manual signs in conversation.
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Students will be able to practice translating written English to ASL with a focus on directional verbs and classifiers in storytelling.
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Students will have the opportunity to practice discussing the concept of time in American Sign Language and working through time conflicts in conversation.
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Students will review holiday signs. Students will have a discussion on Deaf culture and how their thoughts on ASL/Deaf Culture have changed through the learning and experiences.
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Students will hold a conversation reflecting on their Thanksgiving Break in the target language. Students will focus on both active and receptive fingerspelling.
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In this activity, students will practice introducing themselves. They will also have a brief review on a variety of topics.
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In this activity students will begin by reviewing different signs they learned last semester. Then they will practice asking and answering questions about themselves. The goal is for students to get to know each other better!
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In this activity, students will practice talking about Deaf culture. They will discuss how Deaf individuals order food. Students will also discuss foods that they perceive to be healthy or not healthy.
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Students will discuss and answer questions relating to different professions, as well as what they might do during an interview.
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