Writing Prompts

Directions: Type your responses to the items below.

1		Select two of the memory techniques described in the selection that you think might work for you. Tell which two you selected and explain how you would use them. For example, in which courses would you use them? For which type of material?
2		Explain how you could use the keyword technique to learn any two of these French words: klé (meaning key, and pronounced clay) billet (meaning ticket, and pronounced bee-yay) carte (meaning menu, and pronounced cart) couteau (meaning knife, and pronounced coo-toe) chaud (meaning hot, and pronounced show)

http://webster.commnet.edu/faculty/~simonds/memory.htm

This website is for the Learning Center at Capital Community College. The article is entitled, "The Art of Improving Memory."

3		Pick two of the memory tips that are different from the ones described in Reading Selection 3. Tell how you could each two techniques to help you in your school work.

http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/266.htm

This website for Cuesta College's Academic Support Center describes four causes of forgetting in the article, "Why Do I Forget?"

4		What is "pseudo forgetting"?
5		List two new things (other than "pseudo forgetting") you learned about forgetting.

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTIM_00.htm

6		Pick out at least three of the techniques from this selection entitled, ""Using Your Whole Mind to Remember" and explain how you could use each to help you remember information.