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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1997 © Dr. Lynn E. Henrichsen
Department of Linguistics
Brigham Young University
Last Updated: Saturday, June 7, 1997