In this activity, students get the chance to explore the possibility of deaf people needing service animals. The activity encourages conversation about important topics surrounding deaf individuals. Students will have the opportunity to converse unfamiliar topics and discuss potentially controversial topics.
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Students will talk about news and how they access it. In the main activity, students will make an ad supporting or opposing a certain product, they will have to make their case to the rest of the group.Students will learn how to discuss items and express opinions on items to a group.
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This lab allows students to review what they've learned so far. Students will play a variety of games to better their sign skills. The games involve vocabulary, fingerspelling and physical descriptions.
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This game helps students use descriptions to describe a word. Students will learn how to use other vocabulary words to have their peers guess a particular word. Students will also get to play Hangman to help with their fingerspelling skills.
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Students will get the chance to watch a CODA Comedian in the warm up and get a glimpse into what it is like to have deaf parents. In the main activity, students will be able to work together to understand just how important facial expressions in sign language are.
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Students will talk about their favorite board games. They will learn how to discuss preferences in board games. For the main activity, students are playing battle ship with some review of vocabulary signs from the semester.
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This lab will practice different skills learned throughout the semester through the use of a board game. The game is focused on Deaf culture, describing physical appearance, and the five parameters of signs. The students will play the game together and work on their communication skills throughout by answering and engaging with the game cards.
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This lab will introduce ASL students to name signs and how to use WHQ questions. Students will learn from a video and from conversing with others. Students will also learn how to ask a variety of different questions.
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This lab creates a summary of the several weeks of labs. Students will also play a game to help review their vocabulary.
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This activity aims to help students with sign related to days of the week. It will also help students in answering questions dealing with their weekly routines. In the warm up, students get to practice receptive fingerspelling skills.
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Students will be comparing and contrasting their childhood background compared to Deaf individual's background. They will then be considering the pros and cons of a Deaf child being taught orally compared to through sign. Students will learn to discuss controversial and difficult topics using ASL.
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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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In this activity, students will practice answering questions on a variety of topics. Students will also practice asking questions. They will review name signs, hand shape, and cardinal numbers.
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Students will practice conversing with each other and answering basic questions about themselves.
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In this activity, students will practice talking about things they have and have not done before. This will help students practice conversation and introduce them to speaking about themselves.
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In this activity, students will practice talking about their families and each other's families. Students will begin by describing famous families and how each member is related to each other. Then they will practice fingerspelling names. Their main activity will be to describe their family tree with a partner and then describe their partner's family tree.
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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 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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In this activity, students will practice introducing themselves. They will also have a brief review on a variety of topics.
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