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Module 1 Unit 2 Supplementary Reading
For Better Grades –
Use Your Brain
Teacher: Quan Xuelian
Class: Class 3, Grade 8
Junior Middle School of No. 2 High School
8 a.m.
I start school. …… I usually achieve A
grades in all my subjects. I never fail an
exam.
five senses
If you want to be “Wendy”, you
need to have …
- Use Your Brain
If you’re like most students, you probably
started this new academic year with a
resolution to study harder. Now, science can
help you keep your resolution. Recent
discoveries in brain research point to better
ways to learn.
Reading Skill: Understanding
Cause and Effect
You put a new phone number in your short-term memory.
You can’t remember the phone number five minutes later.
Lines 7-8
Could you remember that number five minutes later?
Probably not!
That’s because it’s in your shortterm memory.
Match the causes and effects:
Causes
1. You put a phone number into your
long-term memory.
Effects
a. Don’t try to remember every
detail.
2. You learn something new.
b.
You remember it next week.
3. There are more connections to the
new information.
c.
It’s easier to find it.
d.
You transfer it into your longterm memory.
e.
The structure of the brain
actually changes. You put a
phone number into your longterm memory.
4. Your brain can process only a
limited amount of information at
one time.
5. You recite new information out
loud.
Related sentences in the article:
Causes
1. You put a phone number into your
long-term memory.
Effects
b. You remember it next week.
Lines 12-14
But
if you can put the phone number into long-term memory,
you’ll remember that same phone number next week.
Match the causes and effects:
Causes
1. You put a phone number into your
long-term memory.
Effects
a. Don’t try to remember every
detail.
2. You learn something new.
b.
You remember it next week.
3. There are more connections to the
new information.
c.
It’s easier to find it.
d.
You transfer it into your longterm memory.
e.
The structure of the brain
actually changes. You put a
phone number into your longterm memory.
4. Your brain can process only a
limited amount of information at
one time.
5. You recite new information out
loud.
Related sentences in the article:
Causes
2. You learn something new.
Effects
e. The structure of the brain actually
changes. You put a phone
number into your long-term
memory.
Lines 16 -17
Every time we learn something new, the structure of the
brain actually changes,…
Match the causes and effects:
Causes
1. You put a phone number into your
long-term memory.
Effects
a. Don’t try to remember every
detail.
2. You learn something new.
b.
You remember it next week.
3. There are more connections to the
new information.
c.
It’s easier to find it.
d.
You transfer it into your longterm memory.
e.
The structure of the brain
actually changes. You put a
phone number into your longterm memory.
4. Your brain can process only a
limited amount of information at
one time.
5. You recite new information out
loud.
Related sentences in the article:
Causes
3. There are more connections to the
new information.
Effects
c. It’s easier to find it.
Lines 18 -19
When there are more
connections to the new information,
it’s easier to find it again.
Match the causes and effects:
Causes
1. You put a phone number into your
long-term memory.
Effects
a. Don’t try to remember every
detail.
2. You learn something new.
b.
You remember it next week.
3. There are more connections to the
new information.
c.
It’s easier to find it.
d.
You transfer it into your longterm memory.
e.
The structure of the brain
actually changes. You put a
phone number into your longterm memory.
4. Your brain can process only a
limited amount of information at
one time.
5. You recite new information out
loud.
Related sentences in the article:
Causes
4. Your brain can process only a limited
amount of information at one time.
Effects
a. Don’t try to remember every
detail.
Lines 24 - 26
Your brain can process only a
limited amount of information at
so
one time,
don’t try to remember
every detail.
Match the causes and effects:
Causes
1. You put a phone number into your
long-term memory.
Effects
a. Don’t try to remember every
detail.
2. You learn something new.
b.
You remember it next week.
3. There are more connections to the
new information.
c.
It’s easier to find it.
d.
You transfer it into your longterm memory.
e.
The structure of the brain
actually changes. You put a
phone number into your longterm memory.
4. Your brain can process only a
limited amount of information at
one time.
5. You recite new information out
loud.
Related sentences in the article:
Causes
5. You recite new information out
loud.
Effects
d. You transfer it into your long-term
memory.
Lines 28-29
One technique is to recite the ideas out loud
This
in your own words.
is the most
powerful way to transfer information from
short-term to long-term memory.
Three components of our memory: (Lines 1-19)
•
sensory memory
•
short-term memory
•
long-term memory
Four key points for effective study: (Lines 20-38)
•
Make an effort.
•
Find the most important information and organize it.
•
Make the new brain connections stronger.
• Give the new material time to soak in – your brain
has to build new physical connections.
Answer true (T) or false (F). (Lines 20 -38)
T
1. When the information will be needed in the future, the brain
remembers better.
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2. If we have known little about the subject, the brain remembers better.
3. Our brain can store only a limited amount of information at one time.
F
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4. It is possible for us to remember every detail at one time.
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5. Drawing a picture of the information is useless for effective study.
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6. The most powerful way of remembering is to recite the ideas loud in
our own words.
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7. We should stay up studying on the night before final examinations.
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8. Studying for 8 hours continuously is better than that for several two
hours separately.
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Retell the key points for effective study:
Discuss, write and present:
More effective ways to get better grades in English:
Our effective ways to achieve better grades in listening / speaking /
grammar / reading / writing / translating are as follows:
____________________________
____________________________
That’s because… / …if…
Every time… / When… / so…
Please remember:
By understanding how the brain works, and
following these four tips, you can make this
your most successful academic year ever.
1. Read the text fluently.
2. Retell the four key points for effective study.
3. Search for more effective ways to study and
share them in the next class.