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Memory Games and Mnemonics

Memory Games and Mnemonics. You have 1 minute to memorise as many of these words as you can…. Dog House Ball Student Hair Pizza Film Water. Umbrella Ring Gun Box Lion Book Chair Bottle. Spade Grave Sun Paperclip Ski Car Tuxedo Woman.

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Memory Games and Mnemonics

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  1. Memory GamesandMnemonics

  2. You have 1 minute to memorise as many of these words as you can… Dog House Ball Student Hair Pizza Film Water Umbrella Ring Gun Box Lion Book Chair Bottle Spade Grave Sun Paperclip Ski Car Tuxedo Woman

  3. James Bond dressed in a tuxedo, sped down the slope on one ski chasing the car. The sun shone and turned the snow into water dampening his hair. He took a paperclip out of his pocket and clicked it onto his special agent ring and made a gun out of it, firing at the villain sitting in his moving chair, who was stroking his pet dog. He fired and accidentally hit a lion (holding an umbrella) who fell into a grave a student had just dug with a shiny spadewhilst eating pizza. Bond took a swig of whisky from the bottle and ran his hand through his hair as he fired the last bullet to kill the baddy. Job done, he went to his house to read a book and play with his ball and make love to his woman (whilst watching a film and eating a box of chocolates). What a man.

  4. How do you remember …? • The order of the colours of the spectrum/rainbow? • The compass points? • The order of the planets? • The Categories of taxonomy? • Kings and Queens of England? • Spelling hard words?

  5. Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain • Or… • Red for the Rainbow, Orange Too • Yellow says ‘How do you do?’ • Green is the next one, green for go. • Then comes blue and indigo • Number seven, we must not forget, is pretty violet

  6. Points of the Compass…

  7. Planets… • Men Very Easily Make Jugs Serve Useful Needs • Mr Voyle Earns Money Just Shutting Up Noisy Pupils • My Very Excellent Method: Just Say You Know Planets

  8. Taxonomy… • King Philip came over for good soup • Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species

  9. Kings and Queens… Willie, Willie, Harry, SteveHarry, Dick, John, Harry Three.Edward One, Two, Three, Dick TwoHenry Four, Five, Six then who?Edward Four Five, Dick the BadHarrys twain and Ned, the lad.Mary, Lizzie, James the VainCharlie, Charlie, James again.William and Mary, Anne o'Gloria,Four Georges, William and VictoriaEdward Seven, Georgie Five,Edward, George and Liz (alive).

  10. Good old Roald Dahl Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI, Mrs C Mrs U Mrs LTY Spells Difficulty! And the old favourite: “i before e except after c”

  11. So why do these methods work? And what other techniques are there?

  12. Mnemonic Strategies • Rhyming • Stories • Acronyms (HOMES – great Lakes) • Acrostics (Never Eat Shredded Wheat) • Word/Image Association • Songs • Making Impressions • Learning in weird places • A bit of naughty rhyme…

  13. Activity • List the things that you find hard to memorize… • Choose one for today’s activity • Try to write a poem or a story that will help you remember it…

  14. Here’s one of mine for literary analysis… – The – Theme – Very – Voice – Fortunate – Form – Master – Messages – Teaches – Tone – Incompetent – Imagery – Deficient – Diction – Rich – Rhyme/Rhythm – Children – Conclusion

  15. So, where do I go from here? • Work out the topics that you find hard to remember. List them. • Try different strategies for memorising them • Images? • Rhymes? • Stories? etc • Put them on revision cards • Tape them onto your bedroom ceiling or bathroom mirror • http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A765975

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