Deaf ESL Students - Gallaudet University

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more difficult than others. The class
divided into two teams and played cultural
baseball. The vocabulary key to
the rules of the game was as follows:
• At bat—Ready to try to answer a
question. The batter may ask for
help from team members.
• Strike—An incorrect answer.
• Single—Answering an easy question.
• Double—Answering a harder
question.
• Home run—Answering the most difficult
of questions.
• Three strikes—The whole team is out;
the next team is at bat.
• The winner—The team that gets the
most runs.
One variation from the outdoor variety:
Students at bat could control their
pitch and request that the question be
easy, difficult, or extremely difficult.
Film and Print Comparison
Masks as a Theme
As a follow-up activity, the students
explored masks in a different context
by reading the Classic Illustrated version
of The Man in the Iron Mask by
Alexandre Dumas and watching a film
version of the same story. The students
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discussed the story and compared the
film and print renditions. At the end
of our project, students had a good
idea about what masks have meant in
other cultures and contexts. They had
further developed their own creativity
and research skills and had applied
higher order thinking skills to what
they learned in the creation of a project.
Students had also learned to budget
their time. ●
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