Introduction to Mental Mapping “Mapping” your story is a tool…. to let go of your English provide a spatial reference use prosody to highlight key points and transition between segments of your story.
Mental Mapping: Your Story Use your map to help you: spatially lay out the story - “chunk” the story - show relationships between “chunks” or “topics”
Mental Mapping: Going Visual/Spatial “Mapping” the story leave lots of space! 1. Identify your main theme 2. Identify the main categories 3. Identify the details for each category
evening Steve Home Afternoon Morning Work My Daily Grind Workout. Dinner. TV/Movies. Bedtime @ 11 pm Live on house boat at Lake Union with partner evening Home Steve My Daily Grind Afternoon Morning 11 am – 1 pm classes. Afternoon – appointments, meetings, grading papers. Alarm 5:30 am. Eat breakfast Shower & put clothes on. Drove to SCCC by 7 am Work Teach ASL 8 am class Teach ASL 9 am class
Mental Mapping: Your Story Activity: “Mapping” Your Story….. Fill in your “mind map” using drawings, pictures, or one- or two-word phrases. 3-minutes maximum – “Your Daily Grind (Routines)”. Similar story to Steve’s.
Mental Mapping: Your Story Show your work…. Sign your story to study partner Ask for help and ideas!! Be A Teammate – be involved, suggest, confirm, ask for clarification, correct signs, etc.