Today we will be discussing memorization, and here is something I got from Rich Allen over at Greenlight education.net.

1. sun
2. eyes
3. triangle
4. stove
5. fingers
6. sticks
7. up
8. octopus
9. line
10. hen
11. fence
12. egg
13. black cat
14. heart
15. fame
16. driving
17. magazine
18. vote
19. remote
20. vision

1. sun……………..the sun is round
2. eyes…………….I have two eyes
3. triangle…………a triangle has three sides
4. stove……………there are four burners on a stove top
5. fingers………….I have five fingers
6. sticks……………pick up sticks
7. up……………….the drink is 7UP.
8. octopus………….an octopus has 8 tentacles
9. line……………...nine rhymes with line
10. hen……………...ten rhymes with hen
11. fence…………….11 looks like a picket fence
12. egg………………eggs come in a box of a dozen
13. black cat………….13 is unlucky like a black cat
14. heart………………February 14th is Valentines Day, and I give my heart
15. fame………………everyone has 15 minutes of fame
16. driving……………At 16 you get your driving license
17. magazine………….A popular magazine is 17 Magazine
18. vote……………….when you turn 18 you can vote
19. remote…………….a 19 inch TV has a remote
20. vision……………..I have 20-20 vision

The trick is to use the expressions with the motions to have both kinesthetic and auditory learning happening; this puts the words deeper into your memory. If you just say the word without any way for your mind to hook onto it, it will just fade into unimportance.

Let’s take a second group of words and add them on top of the first group.
1. noun
2. pronoun
3. adjective
4. verb
5. adverb
6. interjection
7. conjunction
8. preposition
9. essay
10. subject
11. direct object
12. indirect object
13. object of a preposition
14. predicate noun
15. appositive
16.predicate adjective
17. participle
18. gerund
19. infinitive
20. grammar
We look at a stack of heavy words like this and we think of it as overwhelming, but they are only words. No big deal! Right?

1. noun……………Nouns NAME things and our star is the sun.
2. pronoun…………I can see with my eyes that pro-nouns take the place of nouns
3. adjective………..a triangle has three sides as described by AN adjective
4. verb……………..a stove can burn you and verbs show action
5. adverb……………my VERY fast fingers add to the verb
6. interjection……….I picked up a stick and stubbed my toe, OUCH! Interjection!
7. conjunction……….Drinking 7UP with a bottle AND my lips, conjunction
8. preposition………..An octopus had a preposition (IN each) (OF his tentacles.)
9. essay………………Essays cross the line by having an OPINION
10. subject……………Ten loud HENS were the subject (of the sentence) she wrote
11. direct object………I directly painted my FENCE, Direct object! DO!
12. indirect object…….The chicken gave ME an egg, indirect object. IO!
13. object of a preposition…..I hear the meow (of a big black CAT,) OP!
14. predicate noun…………She is MY GIRL, and I heart her. Predicate noun; PN.
15. appositive…………...My best friend, TIGER, is famous…I’m a’positive of that!
16.predicate adjective…..My driving is CRAZY, so my driving is what? PA
17. participle……………PRINTED magazines are part hype with a sip of truth
18. gerund………………Voting are der Germans und der breaking down zer vall.
19. infinitive……In the remote future I want TO HAVE an infinitive amount of money
20. grammar……I have a vision of grammar as a pile of DO-DO.

This is a great way to memorize anything in the world.
runningturtle87