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Module 2, Session 2
Activity

 

Directions: Look at the words on this list for 30 seconds. Turn your paper over and write the words from memory.

lion
orange
fish
cherry
Chevrolet
horse
Ford
GMC
banana
zebra
apple
Volkswagen
lemon
Dodge
frog

Debriefing: Note the strategies you used to efficiently and effectively remember the list of words. Note that different strategies work better for some tasks than others. Teachers must be able to identify which strategies are most effective for particular tasks and help their students select the strategy that works best given their own learning style preferences.

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