Your Memory At Work

Chapter 14

Pre-Reading!We are going to do 2 memory

tests.

You will see a picture for 30 seconds. Try to remember as many objects from the picture as you can.

Write the objects you remember.

• CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

You will see a group of letters for 5 seconds. After the letters disappear, write the letters you remember on

your worksheet.

• U M• T Z L D• K X C E J O• A V C Y I S E H• L B F Q R P M A U X• Z Q E C T B U M O N R V

• Check your answers!

• U M• T Z L D• K X C E J O• A V C Y I S E H• L B F Q R P M A U X• Z Q E C T B U M O N R V

FAST READING

You have 3 minutes to read the story. Remember, you do not need to worry about words you don’t know. Just try to understand the topic and main ideas.

What is the topic of the reading?

A. We store very little information in our long-term memory.

B. What type of information gets stored in our long-term memory.

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C. How to improve your memory.

D. How our short- and long- term memories work.

Work with a partner to match the main ideas to the paragraphs.

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A. How the brain deals with new information

B. Types of memoryC. Weak connections among

brain cellsD. Building strong connections

among brain cellsE. What short-term memory

doesF. “tip of the tongue”

experiencesG. Getting information from

short-term to long-term memory

4 TEAMS

• Choose 1 writer.• You will see a number.• With your team, write 1 sentence about that

paragraph topic. You should use the information from the reading, but your own words.

• The fastest team with a correct sentence gets a point.

• Winners get chocolate!

Write a sentence about paragraph topic…

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New Vocabulary

Term• noun• a period or amount of time• Collocations: short-, long-,

often used to talk about school

• I am not planning to work here for a long time. This is only a short-term job.

• This is my last term of prep-school!

Emotions

• noun• feelings like sad, happy,

angry, etc.• I know you are sad, but

don’t let your emotions affect your studies.

That is…

• transitional phrase• use to give an

explanation (same meaning as in other words)

• Collocations: …to say• Dance is a very

aesthetically pleasing activity. That is, it looks nice.

Upset

• adjective• emotional, usually sad

or angry• He was very upset when

his girlfriend dumped him.

• The students were upset that the midterm was difficult.

Concern

• verb• relate to, have to do

with, deal with, interest• Collocations: concerned

with, followed by a noun or noun phrase

• If your question doesn’t concern class, you shouldn’t ask it.

Connections

• noun• links or relationships• Collocations: …to, …

with, …among• I made connections

with many new friends at university.

Region

• noun• area or part• Collocations: …of• Antepians are from a

region of Turkey famous for pistachios and baklava.

Closet

• noun• a very small room used

to keep things you are not using

• My closet is completely full of clothes and shoes!

Anymore

• adverb• no longer, used to talk

about something that has stopped happening

• Collocations: comes at the end of a sentence

• I don’t eat pizza anymore. I’m on a diet.

Weak

• adjective• the opposite of strong• My coffee is too weak;

it has no flavor!• She became weak when

she stopped going to the gym.

Review

• verb• to look at again, to

study• I should review my

lessons before I teach them.

• You should review your notes after class.

Notes

• noun• things you write down

so that you can remember them later

• The student lost his notes, so he did not do well on his exam.

Lecture

• noun• when a teacher talks for

the entire class• That teacher’s lectures

are boring!

Unfortunately

• adverb• use to talk about

something that is bad or unlucky

• Unfortunately, I spilled my coffee this morning.

• Unfortunately, I am going to keep you 10 minutes late today.

Applies

• verb• relates to, concerns, to

be about• Collocations: …to• English is a skill that

applies to many careers.• My suggestion that you

take notes in class applies to all of your lessons, not only this one.

CLOSE READINGNow, find specific information and try to understand the reading better!

Complete the Summary

The two basic types of memory are _________ and __________. Information stays in the short-term memory for __________. Then, if it is not important, the information _________. When information is important to remember, it has to enter __________. That is where new ___________ are formed among brain cells. You make them stronger each time you ___________ the information.

Fast Reading Tic-Tac-Toe

• Draw a tic-tac-toe board on the board• 2 teams…1 X and 1 O• Team X will choose a space on the board. • The teacher will read the question for the chosen

space.• BOTH TEAMS will race to give the correct answer.• The faster team gets their mark on that space.• Team O will choose a space on the board.• Repeat!