The Auction, Intermediate-Low, ASL Foundations
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"The Auction"
Proficiency Level:
This activity will expose students to using money and auction related signs. Students will practice numbers in ASL and will also use adjectives to describe items that they can sell and buy.
Keywords:
Auction, money, bidding, paddles, win, buy, sell.
Relevant NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can ask and understand how much something costs.
- I can talk about and describe a variety of objects.
- I can purchase and sell an object.
Relevant ACTFL World-Readiness Standards
Communication
Standard 1.1
Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Materials Needed:
Funny Money
Auction Paddles
Auction Cards
Instructions
Warm-up
- We are going to have an auction! Every student is going to have money to buy and sell interesting things.
- Give the instruction cards and have them read over for two minutes.
3. After they've read the instruction cards you can get started!
4. If your students don't know the signs for "auction", "sold", or any related signs... make sure to go over those with them before starting.
Main Activity
- Give each student the same amount of money (they will be in plastic bags, counted already). Tell them to count their money; everyone should have the same.
"Everyone count your money to make sure you have the correct amount" - They will also get an equal amount of items to auction off (try and make sure there is an equal distribution of expensive and cheaper items).
- Students will go in a circle one at a time to try and sell their item. They will begin with a description of their item that will try and get the other students to want to buy it.
- The other students will sign prices they are willing to pay for an item until the amount gets too high and there is only one person left willing to bid that high.
- The person who wins the bid will hand their money to the person selling and the person selling will give them the item.
- Then the next student will get the chance to sell an item. This will keep going until all items have been sold or time runs out.
- Make sure you have enough time at the end to give the students a chance to put the things in the original bags with the same quantities.
Wrap-up
Wrap-up questions
- Would you want to buy any of these items in real life?
- In your opinion, was there anything that was too expensive?
- Would you, or have you been to a real auction?
End of lab:
• Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
• Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
• Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
Relevant NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can ask and understand how much something costs.
- I can talk about and describe a variety of objects.
- I can purchase and sell an object.