Sunday, July 27, 2014

10 ACTIVITY Recipes for the “Handshape Spinner” by Federico Quintana

10 ACTIVITY Recipes  for the “Handshape Spinner”  

Written & published by Federico A. Quintana 

**YOU CAN MODIFY THE “HANDSHAPE SPINNER” INSTRUCTIONAL & GAME ACTIVITIES BEST SUIT FOR YOUR LEARNING & TEACHING NEEDS**



1.    “Sign that handshape !”- Spin it to get a handshape and create or recall any sign vocabulary or classifier sign based on lessons or level of skills. 

2.    “All of you sign that handshape !”- Teacher/host spin it to get a handshape and ask the whole class to come up with different sign vocabulary or classifier or phrase for that handshape until the last player. (Ex:  Sign for the HS: C, player #1: DRINK, player #2: SEARCH,  player #3 CL:CC- Big pipe,  player #4: CHRISTMAS, etc..)

3.    EASY/ ASL 1 Beginner- Spin it one time to get a handshape and create a sign phrase.

4.    MILD/ASL 2- Spin it two times and get two handshapes to create a sign phrase. *Suggestion: Set time limit*

5.    DIFFCULT/ASL 3- Spin it three times and get three handshapes to create a sign phrase.

6.    “Fastest dual signer Game” (2 players)- Have two signers stand in front of the stage/class and the host will spin it and get a handshape and the two signers will have a limited time to come up with a sign or phrase for the handshape. The fastest & accurate one may score or win the game.

7.    “Fingerspell the word”- Spin it to get a handshape and ask the class/audience to fingerspell a word for that handshape. (Great for fingerspelling practice)

8.    “Sign the surrounding objects”- Spin it, get a handshape and identify the objects and sign surrounding you.

9.    “Class ASL story builder”- Group activity (5 players & more) - The whole players in a circle to create a story together.  Each player will take a spin to get a handshape then create a short story, and the next player does the same thing but the story must be in relevant sequences. 

10.    “Read my mind and sign it”- The player spin it  to get a handshape, show the handshape to the class or audience, then the player have up 10 seconds to come up with a sign vocabulary or classifer in his/her mind (do not reveal), ask the class/audience to guess what is the sign for that handshape in his/her mind ,  he/she must not reveal the sign until one of the audience get it correct or time limit passed.

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