Shoulder Shifting and Spatial Organization

• American Sign Language
• 9th Grade

Today 10/25-10/26

• We will start the class together learning and reviewing shoulder shifting. 
• Identify what shoulder shifting is 
• Practice shoulder shifting with the vocabulary you have learned previously
• Discuss and practice spatial organization
• Identify the difference between: shoulder shifting and spatial organization   

Shoulder Shifting

What do you think shoulder shifting is?

ASL III Help Activity

• Find an ASL III student 
• On the sticky note write what you discussed.
• What is shoulder shifting? When do you use it?

Find your seats

Watch Again

Poster Time

• Add additional stickies to the poster  
• What is shoulder shifting, when do you use it?

Practice

• Stand up
• Find an ASL III person 
• Practice signing the following (give each other feedback) 

Find your seats

ASL II

Practice (with your team)

1. aunt and uncle

2. grandma and mom

3. grandpa and dad

4. sister and step-brother

ASL III

Practice (with your team)

1. breakfast and lunch

2. brush teeth and put on makeup

3. morning and night

4. every Monday and every Friday

Spatial Organization

After watching this video, how did Sean use spatial organization?

Why do you think spatial organization is important?

Poster Time

• Add additional stickies to the poster  
• What is shoulder shifting, when do you use it?

1. Write this dialogue in your ASL notebook

2. We will practice this together

3. You will sign this to a partner and give them feedback. Write the feedback in your notebook

ASL III practice the following two slides

Practice

ASL II

Let's  see how this would apply to our unit. 

Practice: 

My sister Sally has 1 son 2 daughters

My brother Mark has 3 daughters 2 Sons

My step sister has 1 son 

Create three more examples using family signs in your notebook with a partner

Poster Time

• Add additional stickies to the poster  
• What is shoulder shifting, when do you use it?