brain friendly ideas for memorising language (webinar preview)
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To fully appreciate the presentation you can watch the webinar recording of 8 mini-presentation for the #RSCON mini-con of April 6th. All links included in the powerpoint: http://www.futureofeducation.com/page/rscon-2014TRANSCRIPT
Why didn’t I think of
that before?
Brain-friendlyIdeas!!
REFORM SYMPOSIUM E- CONFERENCE
#RSCON
Imagination
Association
Movie clips and mind maps
Students create a giant collaborative mind map from a movie transcript before they watch the movie clip. They add words and images along branches according to how they imagine the story to be.
Then they watch the movie clip and add more branches words and images to the mind map.
Display the mind map on the classroom wall.
Using this visual aid get students to tell the story of the movie. Online you can use collaborative mind mapping tools and display on class blog.
The Wimpy kid movie-clip
Students create a giant collaborative mind map from a movie transcript before they watch the movie clip. They add words and images along branches according to how they imagine the story to be.
Then they watch the movie clip and add more branches words and images to the mind map.
Display the mind map on the classroom wall.
Using this visual aid get students to tell the story of the movie. Online you can use collaborative mind mapping tools and display on class blog.
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10 more ideas for movies clips and mind maps
Picture poems
2Picture poems for word families.Choose a topic for vocabulary revision and get students to make their own picture poems Picture poetry website
Full presentation will have…
2Ten more ideas for teaching , learning and revising with poetry
• Using Dr. Seuss rhymes• Comic rhymes• Different types of poetry writing
Mnemonics
3Make up very funny Mnemonics to help students remember language lists, spellings and test items.
1) Think: what do you want to remember?
2) Make a list3) Write 1st letter of each
word in column.4) Make up a silly sentence
using words that start with letter on your list – visualise the silly sentence.
5) The phrase helps you to remember the list.
Mnemonics
2Make up very funny Mnemonics to help students remember language lists, spellings and test items.
1) Think: what do you want to remember?
2) Make a list3) Write 1st letter of each
word in column.4) Make up a silly sentence
using words that start with letter on your list – visualise the silly sentence.
5) The phrase helps you to remember the list.
I represent the order of adjectives;)
Mnemonics
2Make up very funny Mnemonics to help students remember language lists, spellings and test items.
1) Think: what do you want to remember?
2) Make a list3) Write 1st letter of each
word in column.4) Make up a silly sentence
using words that start with letter on your list – visualise the silly sentence.
5) The phrase helps you to remember the list.
Order of adjectives:
OpinionSize
ShapeAge
ColourNationality
Material
The cute, small, chubby, ancient, red-haired,
Irish leprachaun.
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3Ten more ideas for Memorising with mnemonics.
• Comics for grammar and categories.• Mnemonics and drawing/doodling• Comics for parts of speech
Full presentation will have…
Using technologyTo increase creativity.
Psychology
Practical examples
Stories
REFORM SYMPOSIUM E- CONFERENCE
By Sylvia GuinanOnline teacher, blogger, writer,
materials designer.
Sylvia’s English online.org@ESLbrainFacebook
This presentation is a preview of my full presentation for the RSCON 5 official online conference which will feature feature 60+presentations, 2 plenaries, 10 keynotes, student presenters, a tech/app/lesson smackdown, and the EdInspire Awards Ceremony. Join the Future of Education community to keep updated with these events and connect with over 10,000 educators worldwide.