When I was tutoring in an AVID classroom (while still working on my thesis) I had the opportunity to sit in while a Navy recruiter (I think it was Navy...) was talking to the kids and the told this story, it was amazing and I just found it again. Even though I teach biology I may still use this story this year as an example of different ways to learn things. Please disregard any grammatical errors, I are a scientist :)
Visualize:
You are standing across the street from a deli it has a
large window (as big as this white board) with Deli written on it in large
letters. Can you picture it? Then a 52-ft yellow #2 pencil comes out of
the deli, it has #2 written on the side and a huge pink eraser. Then you notice that standing on the pencil
is a jersey cow which is purple and green.
On the right horn (your left) there is a juicy ripe peach, and on the
left horn there is a can that is cut, not a cut can, say it with me, can that
is cut. Now, tied to the cows tail is a
50 ft steel mast (the large pole on a ship that the sails are tied to), at the
top of the mast is a doctor, in a white coat, not just any doctor but a medical
doctor, you know he is a medical doctor because it says “MD” after his name right
on his white lab coat. In his right arm,
he is holding up a beautiful sunbather who is singing Christmas carols. Under his left arm he is holding a huge juicy
ham, with a price tag hanging off of it and a huge ham bone. The juice from the ham is running out and
turning into gin, very dry gin. The gin
is raining down onto the Empire State Building.
In front of the Empire State building stands a man in a trench coat who
is shivering in the rain and singing Christmas carols, and in his right hand he
is holding a road map.
Now someone else come up and tell us the story to make sure
we all have the same picture
Now tell the order that the original 13 colonies ratified
the US constitution.
You are standing across the street from a deli it has a large window (as big as
this white board) with Deli written on it in large letters. Can you picture it? Then a 52-ft yellow #2 pencil comes out of the deli, it has #2 written on the side and a
huge pink eraser. Then you notice that
standing on the pencil is a jersey
cow which is purple and green. On the
right horn (your left) there is a juicy ripe peach, and on the left horn there is a can that is cut, not a cut can, say it with me, can that is
cut. Now, tied to the cows tail is a 50
ft steel mast (the large pole on a
ship that the sails are tied to), at the top of the mast is a doctor, in a
white coat, not just any doctor but a medical doctor, you know he is a medical
doctor because it says “MD” after
his name right on his white lab coat. In
his right arm, he is holding up a beautiful
sunbather who is singing Christmas carols.
Under his left arm he is holding a huge juicy ham, with a price tag
hanging off of it and a huge ham bone. The
juice from the ham is running out and turning into gin, very dry gin. The gin
is raining down onto the Empire State
Building. In front of the Empire
State building stands a man in a trench
coat who is shivering in the rain and singing Christmas carols, and in his
right hand he is holding a road map.
1.
Delaware
2.
Pennsylvania
3.
New jersey
4.
Georgia
5.
Connecticut
6.
Massachusetts
7.
Maryland
8.
South Carolina
9.
New Hampshire
10.
Virginia
11.
New York
12.
South Carolina
13.
Rhode Island
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