Ninja Mind Control: Memory Techniques

1. Ninja Mind Control: Memory Techniques Monday: May 5

2. How Do Ninjas MEMORIZE? By Being Proactive

3. Ninjas Make Mnemonic Devices • Mnemonic • Never • Eat • Soggy • Waffles Example: Compass Directions North East South West

4. 1) Verbal Mnemonics: ACRONYMS Order of colors in the rainbow or visual spectrum:(Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet) Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain. Order of taxonomy in biology:(Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach. Order of geological time periods:(Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Recent) Cows Often Sit Down Carefully. Perhaps Their Joints Creak?Persistent Early Oiling Might Prevent Painful Rheumatism.

5. 2) Visual Mnemonics Key Objects • Sun • Shoe • Tree • Door • Hive • Sticks • Heaven • Gate • Sign • Pen 11. Elephant 12. Twig 13. Throne 14. Fort 15. Fire 16. Silver coin 17. Sea 18. Apron 19. Knife 20. Baby

6. Ninjas Make Flash Cards The act of making and reviewing flash cards helps students to memorize. Tips: • Make flash cards several days before the test. • Reshuffle the cards to increase your memorization Ecouter = to listen Aller =to go Aimer = to love

7. Ninjas Spread Out Their Studying • Treat homework as studying. • Begin studying using memory techniques from 3-5 days before the test or quiz. • Study in chunks: • In 10/15/20/30 min. intervals with short breaks • In the morning, afternoon, and night Aller =to go Ecouter = to listen Aimer = to love

8. Ninjas Record & Replay Themselves The parts of the cell are the nucleus, plasma, ribosomes, mitochondria, chloroplast, and cytoplasm. Saying and listening to yourself say the information helps you to remember it.

9. Ninjas learn & memorizing by putting in the work!