1. LA: Friday, October 19, 2018
Handouts: * None—prepare to use notebook paper.
Homework: Study for a 50 pt. Lit Quiz over Folk Lore on Monday:
* Can you name each of our four sub-genres of Folk Lore? * Can you state the purpose of each of the sub-genres? (That is, what makes it different from the other sub-genres?) This info can be found on your Folk Lore Writing Contest rubric
* Can you list the 10 characteristics of fairy tales?
* Can you cite the 5 characteristics of mythological heroes? * Can you pay close attention to what we will cover today?
Assignments due: * None

2. Lesson Goal: Review key features of folk lore and devise strategies for memorizing those elements.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
Devise a strategy for memorizing important material in lessons.
Define “mnemonic” and apply that technique in preparing for a quiz.

3. Starter #1 Everything I say today is strategic (that is, with a plan or purpose in mind). So listen carefully and think about what I am saying and why I am saying it 
How many of you could tell me the name of Mrs. D’s dog?
Champ is his nickname: Can you guess his full name?
Champion (because he prances like a little champion)
His mom was a show dog—she won AKC Championship for best of breed, Australian Shepherd, in US and Canada
How many of you like to take Cornell Notes?
How many of you would welcome studying for a test or a quiz without having any notes in advance?
Instead of having Cornell Notes today, you will create your own, but you will not do it in the Cornell Notes fashion.
Take out a sheet of paper. Keep a pen handy. Watch and listen.

4. Starter #2 Recently Mrs. D had an “aha” about her dog, Champ
Starter #2 Recently Mrs. D had an “aha” about her dog, Champ. She realized that they have something in common (that is, a common characteristic). They both love a challenge! 
Here is how Mrs. D explains it. Imagine her voice as I read this:
“As a student, loving a challenge came in handy for me. When a teacher gave difficult or demanding material to learn, I viewed that as a game of sorts—a personal challenge. So I would create memory tricks to help me learn new material.
“If I had a long list of items to memorize, I would narrow things down to the most import words/phrases. Then I would re-arrange the order to fit my memory trick.
“For example, if I were studying for a quiz over the Folk Lore Unit, I might do something like this
[Turn to your Cornell Notes on the Folk Lore Unit. Start with notes on Fairy Tales to understand this memory trick. ] 

5. Starter #3 To memorize the 10 elements of fairy tales, I would narrow down the phrases and re-arrange the order, like this:
Magical charms/spells
Youngest/only child is hero
Character types: princes, princesses, witches, etc.
Happy ending
A disguise
Makes things happen in “three’s”
Poses riddles
Impossible task
Overcomes evil with goodness
Not able to open a door
Can you see the pattern, the memory trick?

6. Starter #4 There’s a name used for memory tricks like this
Starter #4 There’s a name used for memory tricks like this. They are called “mnemonics” (pronounced “neh mon iks”). Here is how this mnemonic plays out:
M agical charms/spells
Y oungest/only child is hero
C haracter types: princes, princesses, witches, etc.
H appy ending
A disguise
M akes things happen in “three’s”
P oses riddles
I mpossible task
O vercomes evil with goodness
N ot able to open a door

7. Starter #5 How could we use a mnemonic to remember the 5 characteristics of mythological heroes? Maybe we would use something like this:
M _______________
H ________________
E ________________
R ________________
O ________________
Magical powers/abilities
Helped by the gods
Eventually save their whole society
R (are) sometimes demi-gods (offspring of a god)
Overwhelming difficulties

8. Starter #6 How could we use a mnemonic to remember . . .
the four sub-genres in our Folk Lore Unit?
Folk Tales (includes Fairy Tales), Myths, Fables, Legends (includes Tall Tales)
the purpose of each of those sub-genres (what makes them distinct/different)?
So how could we use a mnemonic to remember these items?
That’s for you to decide as you study this weekend.  Place your notebook paper on top of your Folk Lore Cornell Notes.
You will have a quiz on Monday. Over the weekend, study the notes you took. Be able to re-create, from memory, the key points, using the order provided by the memory tricks. (PP lesson is online.) Go back to today’s slide one to see what will be on the quiz.