With this activity students get the chance to have casual conversation in the warm up, about their favorite sports teams, players and influential commercials. The main activity is centered around numerical signs, getting familiar with different types of measurement (time, amount, etc.)
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Students will have a chance to get acquainted with the other students in their lab group. Additionally, they will review vocabulary they learned in previous semesters. Students will discuss their likes and dislikes, explaining their preferences. This is a great lab to start the year off.
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This lab will allow students to fingerspell with each other and work on their receptive skills. There is also a fun spy game for the students so they can also work on their conversational skills.
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This activity will be a review for ASL students. There are categories like physical descriptions, numbers and shapes, and Deaf culture. There is also a short fingerspelling quiz for the students to practice their receptive skills.
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This lab will allow ASL students to interact with each other and learn more about one another through a fun game.
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For this lab, students will get the chance to ask in depth questions and get detailed answers about someone's likes and interests. Students will practice asking and answering in depth questions and explain preferences. They will also have the opportunity to talk about past experiences with gift giving.
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Students are exposed to a wide variety of things to do with this activity, each individual activity focuses on either expressive or receptive signs. All four activities work on improving fingerspelling skills, as well as reading fingerspelling. Students also get a chance to experience tactile signing in one of the activities!
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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 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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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to get to know each other and their lab assistant by sharing summer experiences in a casual setting. Students will share their preferences and express reasons for their preferences as well. Students will also practice describing vacations.
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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 creates a summary of the several weeks of labs. Students will also play a game to help review their vocabulary.
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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 challenge themselves by testing their knowledge of handshapes. They will test how many signs they know that use the same handshape. The main activity includes agreeing or disagreeing to questions and explaining why you answered that way.
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In this activity, students will practice describing appearances to each other. Students will play a virtual fashion show for their warm-up before moving on to a game of "Guess Who" with a partner.
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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 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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In this activity, students will practice introducing themselves. They will also have a brief review on a variety of topics.
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Students will practice introducing each other. Students will also gain experience with describing clothes and colors.
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