MEMORISATION TECHNIQUES

CHUNKING
BREAK THE PARAGRAPH INTO CHUNKS
E.G. ONE CHUNK IS HALF A SENTENCE.

DRAW A SET OF BOXES ONE FOR EACH

HALF SENTENCE.

PRACTISE WRITING OUT WHAT IS IN

THE FIRST BOX UNTIL YOU CAN WRITE
IT OUT FROM MEMORY THEN REPEAT

ASSEMBLY
WRITE YOUR PARAGRAPH OUT ONTO
A PIECE OF PAPER (LEAVE SPACE
BETWEEN EACH WORD). CUT IT UP
SO THAT EACH WORD IS ON A
SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER.
JUMBLE THE WORDS UP THEN TRY
PIECING IT BACK TOGETHER UNTIL
YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT PEEPING
AT YOUR DRAFT!

LOOK, SAY, COVER,

WRITE, CHECK
COVER UP YOUR PARAGRAPH WITH A
PIECE OF PAPER.

WRITE OUT THE WORDS/LINES YOU

CAN REMEMBER, GRADUALLY
UNCOVERING MORE AND MORE AS
YOU LEARN IT.

BLOB METHOD
WRITE OUT YOUR PARAGRAPH ON A SEPARATE
PIECE OF PAPER.

CHOOSE ONE OR TWO WORDS THAT YOU ARE

FINDING EASIER TO REMEMBER TO BLOT OUT AND
SEE IF YOU CAN FILL THEM IN.
GRADUALLY BLOT OUT MORE AND MORE WORDS.

THIS IS A GREAT WAY OF CHOOSING YOUR 40

WORDS!

ICH FAHRE MIT MEINEN ELTERN

NACH GRIECHENLAND. ICH FLIEGE.
ES IST TOLL.
ICH ESSE IM FLUGZEUG EINE PIZZA
UND ICH TRINKE TEE.
ES DAUERT VIER STUNDEN.
ICH KAUFE EINE ZEITUNG. ES IST
SEHR HEISS IN GRIECHENLAND

ELIMINATION
AS SOON AS YOU KNOW A SECTION, CROSS
IT OUT.

KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL YOUR CAN RECITE

THE MAJORITY.

ANY WORDS LEFT AT THE END SHOULD BE

ON YOUR 40 WORDS SHEET (EXCEPT THE
CONJUGATED VERBS!) REMEMBER, ITS
THERE TO HELP YOU!

ICH FAHRE MIT MEINEN ELTERN

NACH GRIECHENLAND. ICH FLIEGE.
ES IST TOLL.
ICH ESSE IM FLUGZEUG EINE PIZZA
UND ICH TRINKE TEE.
ES DAUERT VIER STUNDEN.
ICH KAUFE EINE ZEITUNG. ES IST
SEHR HEISS IN GRIECHENLAND

ROMAN ROOM
THINK ABOUT A ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE WHERE YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME (E.G.
YOUR BEDROOM)

ASSIGN A SMALL PART OF YOUR PARAGRAPH TO A PLACE/OBJECT IN THE ROOM

IMAGERY. (YOU CAN PUT POST-ITS IN THESE PLACES WHEN YOU GET HOME.)

PRACTISE THEN SEE HOW MUCH OF YOUR PARAGRAPH YOU CAN WRITE OUT.