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Acrostics as a MotivatorAuthor(s): Sandy StollerSource: Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring, 1983), p. 239Published by: Sage Publications, Inc.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1510812 .

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SLDQ APPLICATION .

Write a daily program of time and place for:

Classes Meals (if away from home) Extracurricular activities

Get a calendar or date book for recording daily assignments, dates of upcoming tests, deadlines for papers, special pro- jects, etc. Record the amount of time you need to complete an assignment. This will help you budget time for future assignments.

Set priorities each day/week. Write a list.

Find a place or create an environment where you can best study. Go to the library. Use earplugs.

Tape record lectures. Get professor's permission before tape recording Sit in front of room Jot down key words and phrases Replay tape as soon as possible after lecture filling in gaps in notes

Textbooks can be recorded for you. Ask the librarian where you can find this ser- vice.

Read any textbook material at least twice. Read objective, summary, chapter questions first Underline topics that coincide with objectives, summary, etc. Use different colored highlighters; one for names, another for terms, a third for main ideas When possible, use recordings with textbook material and follow the text while listening to the tape

Use a dictionary and thesaurus. Underline unknown words. When you have time, look up meanings Write definitions in margins. This will help you when you reread material or review

Develop a shorthand system of abbrevia- tions for notetaking.

Stay in touch and Good Luck!

--Lois M. Smith Jericho Public Schools

ACROSTICS AS A MOTIVATOR

In an attempt to teach students to use the descriptive language that adds so much color and interest to writing, let them have fun making an acrostic using the letters of their own names. For example: LAURIE: Loves ice cream Always does her homework Usually is on time Really likes roller skating Interested in sports Excellent in spelling or

Lovely Adorable Uncomplaining Rambunctuous Illustrious Elegant The descriptive words and phrases can be taken from any topic or be limited to a particular topic, such as school, family, hobbies, etc. Motivated by the acrostic key, expressive words and phrases can be suggested and incorporated into vocabularies and resultant writings.

- Sandy Stoller Jericho Public Schools

Volume 6. Spring 1983 239

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