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Suitable for Level
4 (Grades 5 & 6) Clap and Click Students sit in a circle. They pick their favourite signs. Go through each student’s signs. Make a motion rhythm that repeats over and over – clap on lap, clap hands, and click hands. Once students are comfortable with the rhythm, sign one of the student’s signs on the click rhythm, eg. TURTLE. The person with the TURTLE sign has to sign another person’s sign on the next click while keeping up with the rhythm as with the rest of the class.
Charades (Who Am I?) A person sits in front of class, with their back to the whiteboard. Write a familiar famous person’s name on the board above the student. The rest of the class mimes the famous person until the student correctly guesses the famous person.
Relay Races Four teams, line up, a distance from the board. Give a HMLOE, eg. HANDSHAPE #1. A student from each team race up to the board and write down a word, eg. BOY (signs that use HANDSHAPE #1) and race back up and gives the marker to the other person in their team, until all have a go, or the first to 10 words are written.
Class Mime and Sign Drama Whole class practice on a mime and sign drama for the younger children to watch.
Cause and Effect Groups of four students stand in a circle and tell a story using tokens and surrogates, e.g. starting with a jogging action using surrogates (real-life motion). The next student in the circle has to use tokens (using fingers) to show the person running, and then use a surrogate action to show what happens next, e.g. falling down, and the next student shows it in tokens, and so on. Students can work in groups of four to show to class.
Directions Hide your object. Use Auslan directions to direct the partner to the hidden object (don’t point and give away the game!). Students can work in pairs, one hiding and describing and the other finding the object.
Fluency of ABC’s and Names Students practice on the fluency of their ABCs. They can practice fingerspelling their names in a smooth, fluent way. Show how vowels work by lifting up the fingers of the insubordinate hand and pointing to these fingers. Write down a list of words on the board for pairs to work with to improve the quality of their fingerspelling.
Handshapes Stories Groups of four use three specific handshapes to create a sign or mime story. Afterwards, they can share their story with others.
susan @ auslanresources.com.au |
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