Journal

Lead-in

  • Can you describe the home you grew up in? 
  • When you think about your childhood house, what smell comes to mind? 
  • What about sound? 
  • How do these memories make you feel? 
  • What are some of the benefits of having a good memory?

Memory Expressions

If a person has a mind like a sieve or a brain like a sieve, they have a bad memory and often forget things.

The idiom “it rings a bell” means something that sounds familiar, like a reminder of something you can’t exactly recall. It means to recall something that has been experienced in the past but also means to try to reawaken a faint or incomplete memory.

To be really close to being remembered, as if one is nearly about to say the thing trying to be recalled.

When you say that something “slipped your mind”, it means that you forgot about it.

Used for saying that you think you have remembered something correctly.

It means to remind someone of something that they used to know. Their memory is “refreshed” by giving them more information or reviewing things that they should already know.

Presentation 1

Pre

  • “Those who forget the past will repeat it.” What do you think about this quote? Give examples.

Top Down

  • What did Anne talk about in her diary? Watch the video and find out.
  • Her life in the secret annex
  • Arguments she had
  • How to survive
  • Her emotions
  • Childhood games
  • Her fears
  • Her life in the secret annex
  • Arguments she had
  • How to survive
  • Her emotions
  • Childhood games
  • Her fears

Bottom Up

  • True or False

Example: Anne’s diary was her most precious possession. > True

  1. The diary was a gift that Anne herself chose.
  2. Anne used to pretend like she was writing letters for imaginary friends and, in the end, she had a favorite one.
  3. Anne decided to publish her diary as a book, but after the war she regretted the decision so she rewrote a lot of it.
  4. Anne and her family were arrested.
  5. Her father survived and read her diaries eventually. He wasn’t surprised at all.
  1. The diary was a gift that Anne herself chose. True
  2. Anne used to pretend like she was writing letters for imaginary friends and, in the end, she had a favorite one. True
  3. Anne decided to publish her diary as a book, but after the war she regretted the decision so she rewrote a lot of it. False
  4. Anne and her family were arrested. True
  5. Her father survived and read her diaries eventually. He wasn’t surprised at all. False

Post

  • What do you think about Anne’s book?
  • What is the relation between taking notes and remembering things?
  • Do you get to remember everything without writing a “To do” list or something similar?

Presentation 2

Pre

  • Have you kept your childhood diary? What did you use to write about?

Top Down

  • What does Sunny Morton say about memories before the age of 10? Watch the video and find out.
  • These memories are the strongest ones.
  • Memories don’t make sense.
  • Memories are fragmentary.
  • We should “borrow” memories from others.
  • These are the memories that never fade away.
  • Some memories get confused with others.
  • These memories are the strongest ones.
  • Memories don’t make sense.
  • Memories are fragmentary.
  • We should “borrow” memories from others.
  • These are the memories that never fade away.
  • Some memories get confused with others.

Bottom Up

  • Fill in the gaps as you watch the video again.

Example: ____ of “My Life and Times.” > Author of “My Life and Times.”

  1. Here are five things to keep in mind: First, be ____ and ____.
  2. We can try to ____ them out, but we won’t have perfect ____.
  3. Record these in as much detail as you can: the ____ feel of Grandma’s lace curtains when you ____ yourself up in them.
  4. You don’t recall your ____ at all and as we said, other ____ memories may be weak.
  5. “My life and Times” is available wherever books are sold or from your favorite online ____.
  1. Here are five things to keep in mind: First, be patient and realistic.
  2. We can try to sort them out, but we won’t have perfect recall.
  3. Record these in as much detail as you can: the feathery feel of Grandma’s lace curtains when you wrapped yourself up in them.
  4. You don’t recall your infancy at all and as we said, other early memories may be weak.
  5. “My life and Times” is available wherever books are sold or from your favorite online retailer.

Post

  • What do you think about the 5 ideas presented in the video? 
  • What memories do you have before the age of 10?
  • Have you ever “borrowed” a memory?