ASL Storytelling: Jesus Walks on Water

Course Summary

Come learn the manual alphabet, ASL storytelling basics, how to sign the ABC story, "Jesus Walks on Water," and read through the eleventh chapter of Hebrews to learn about what it means to have faith.

Course Description

In this class students will learn the basics of ASL storytelling. Students will learn to sign an ABC story, "Jesus Walks on Water," created by Deaf Missions. The theme of this class will be faith and over the course of our time together, we will talk about what it means to have faith. We will define faith as believing in the unseen as is described in Hebrews 11:1. During the first class, we will read the story of when Jesus walked on water and invited Peter to do the same and learn how much faith affects our ability to walk with Jesus. Over the rest of the classes, we will read through the entire chapter of Hebrews 11. We will read and have small conversations about several other Bible characters that were called to have faith such as Abraham, Enoch, Abel, Noah, and more. Other verses that will be referenced throughout the class include Mark 9:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, Matthew 17:20, Galatians 3:7-8, and 2nd Corinthians 5:7. At the end of each class session, we will play a Kahoot game to help us remember what we learned about during that day. By the end of this course, students will be able to do the following: - Fingerspell the entire manual alphabet - Sign the ABC story, "Jesus Walks on Water" - Talk about what it means to have faith - Name various Biblical characters who were faithful during their time on earth If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.

Content Considerations

None

Syllabus

Class 1 - Students will briefly learn about the uses and varying types of ASL storytelling. We will read Hebrews 11:1 and discuss what it means to have faith. Students will learn the letters "A - Z" with fun corresponding signs. We will read about how Jesus walked on water in Matthew 14:22-33, before watching a Deaf Missions ABC story depicting this marvelous event in preparation for learning to sign the entire ABC story ourselves. Class 2 - Students will play a Kahoot game to help them practice recognizing the alphabet. We will read the first seven verses in Hebrews 11 and talk about the Old Testament characters who are mentioned to have had faith during their lives on earth. Students will learn the signs from "A" to "G" in our ASL ABC story. Class 3 - Students will play a Kahoot game to review the alphabet. We will read through verses 9-16 of Hebrews chapter 11 and talk about the various Old Testament characters who are mentioned to have had faith in various circumstances. We will learn the next set of signs (H-N) for our ABC story. Class 4 - Students will play a Kahoot game to review the alphabet. We will read through verses 17-22 of Hebrews Chapter 11 and talk about the newly mentioned Old Testament characters who exhibited faith in their varying circumstances. Students will learn the signs for letters "O" to "U" in our ABC story. Class 5 - Students will play a Kahoot game to review the alphabet. We will read verses 23-31 in Hebrews chapter 11 and talk about the characters who are mentioned to have shown faith in their varying circumstances We will learn the last set of corresponding signs for the letters "V" to "Z," concluding our ASL ABC story. Class 6 - We will start out our last session with a Kahoot reviewing the signs from our ABC story and their corresponding letter. We will then read the remaining verses from Hebrews chapter 11 and discuss how the characters mentioned showed faith during their various trials. We will play one last Kahoot which will couple together a review of the various faith-exhibiting characters that read about in Hebrews with one last final ASL letter review.

Supplies

- Bible - Hands to sign and an eagerness to learn! - Appropriate lighting so that we can learners' signs and facial expressions. - Camera set up to capture learner's head down to four inches above the waist. - The ability to access and toggle between Kahoot and the Dyte meeting tab without losing or closing Dyte Meeting. Some students find it useful to use a small portable device such as a tablet or a mobile phone to access Kahoot while remaining on the meeting on a desktop. Using split screen is also a good option.