Vocabulary Lincs

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Vocabulary Lincs

• A new way to understand and remember vocabulary
  words

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The LINCS Table

• Term LINCing Story LINCing Picture Definition
• Reminding Term

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• Term LINCing Story LINCing Picture Definition
• Reminding Term

• Term LINCing Story LINCing Picture Definition
• Reminding Term

List the parts of the storyIdentify an reminding
wordNote a LINCing StoryCreate a LINCing
pictureSelf-test
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Section 1 of the LINCS Table

• The Term
• An important word that all students are expected
  to understand and remember

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Section 2 of the LINCS Table

• The Definition
• A brief statement of the terms definition

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Section 3 of the LINCS Table

• The Reminding Word
• A word that sounds similar to the new term.

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Reminding Words

• Must be a REAL word
• Has a meaning that you already understand
• Sounds like part or all of the new vocabulary
  word
• can sound like the beginning, middle, or end of
  the new word
• can rhyme with the new word
• can be two or more words that sound like the new
  word when put together

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An Effective Reminding Word
Examples

• New Word Example
• Shivaree shiver
• Paramecium parachute
• Crinoline crinkle
• Flourite floor
• Marsupium Mars
• Fief chief
• Serf servant
• Parrafin pair of fins

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An Effective Reminding Word
Nonexamples

• New Word Example
• Shivaree celebration
• Paramecium parapuse
• Crinoline crinium

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Section 4 of the LINCS Table

• The LINCing Story
• A phrase or sentence that connectsor linksthe
  definition of the new term to the Reminding Word.

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LINCing story

• Includes the reminding word
• Includes words from the definition
• Does NOT include the new vocabulary word
• Is short and simple (easy to remember)

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An Effective Reminding Word

• Examples
• Flourite A purple mineral used to make steel
  hard
• Reminding Word Floor
• Good LINCing Story "My knee turned purple when
  it hit the hard, steel floor."
• Bad LINCing Story "The floor was messy."

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An Effective Reminding Word (cont.)

• Examples
• Decree To make a decision and force it on others
  
• Reminding Word Decide
• Good LINCing Story "The dictator decided to
  force everyone to pay higher taxes.
• Bad LINCing Story "He decided to go to town."

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An Effective Reminding Word (cont.)

• Examples
• Shivaree A noisy song sung to a newly married
  couple
• Reminding Word Shiver
• Good LINCing Story "The married couple shivered
  when the guests sang the shivaree outside their
  window
• Bad LINCing Story I shiver when Im cold."

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Section 5 of the LINCS Table

• The LINCing Picture
• A memory device that provides a
• visual link for the new term.

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An Effective LINCing Picture

• Depicts the LINCing story
• Is an actual sketch
• Helps you remember the new terms definition.
• (You may print off pictures from the computer for
  your story)

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Chain Analogy
Different pieces of knowledge are linked
together like a chain.
Many times, if you can remember the information
in one of the links in a chain, you will remember
information in many of the other links.
When you apply the LINCS devices to a word you
need to remember, you create a strong chain
between the word and its meaning.
The stronger the links
between pieces of
information, the easier you can remember
them. The weaker the links, the more
difficulty you'll have remembering them.
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The LINCS Memory Chain
Definition
LINCing Story
Image
Reminding Word

• Word

Using the LINCS devices transforms a potentially
weak link between a word and its definition into
a chain of very strong links.
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The LINCS Steps

• List the parts (the term definition)
• Identify a Reminding Word
• Note a LINCing Story
• Create a LINCing Picture
• Self-Test

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Student Practice

• Self-test forward
• Say the new word.
• Say the Reminding Word.
• Think of the LINCing Story.
• Think of the image.
• Say the meaning of the new word.
• Check to see whether you're correct.

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Student Practice (cont.)

• Self-test backward
• Say the meaning of the new word.
• Think of the image.
• Think of the LINCing Story.
• Think of the Reminding Word.
• Say the new word.
• Check to see whether you're correct.