1. 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.

2. Mental Mapping: Your Story
Use your map to help you:
spatially lay out the story
- “chunk” the story
- show relationships between “chunks” or “topics”

3. 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

4. evening Steve Home Afternoon Morning Work My Daily Grind
Workout. Dinner. TV/Movies. T/TH teach ASL class 11 pm
Live in 1 br apt.
evening
Home
Steve
My Daily Grind
Afternoon
Morning
Afternoon – appointments, meetings, grading papers.
Alarm 5:30 am. Eat breakfast Shower & put clothes on. Drove to DBSC by 7:30 am
Work
Work at DBSC all day

5. 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.

6. 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.