Lesson Plan--Final



Forming a WH Question in American Sign Language



Teacher: McMurtrey
Time: 10 minutes
Proficency Level: Beginnning Adult

Teaching Objectives:

  • Students will be able to sign the five WH question words with the appropriate facial expressions to form WH questions.


Materials Needed:

  • WH word cards
  • Warmup
  • WH Questions word signs


Learning/Teaching Activities:

Warm-up/Introduction:

Draw a question mark on the board and demonstrate the sign for Question Demonstrate:

  • Where
  • Who
  • Why
  • What
  • How

Move with classifier positions.

Show each sign twice as they see the card then have a student sign the same sign.

Presentation of New Material:
Importance of Facial Expressions:

The facial expression must match with the emotion being expressed. The question requires the same type of facial cue.

Demonstrate:

  • Happy
  • Tired
  • Sick
  • Angry

Wh Question Formation

Use WH Signs with facial expressions:

Demonstrate: Asking for information

  • Confusion
  • Doubt


Evaluation

Using the flashcards, ask students to give the sign and appropriate facial expression. Ask various students to respond.


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