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Sunday, August 28, 2011
WRITING AND GRAMMAR: Sentence coordinators
Trying to remember what all of your sentence coordinators are? Just remember this word:
FANBOYS
Each letter stands for one of the coordinators:
F
or
A
nd
N
or
B
ut
O
r
Y
et
S
o
Sunday, April 24, 2011
SPACE & ASTRONOMY: Atmospheric Layers
Trying to remember the order of Earth's atmospheric layers? Memorize the following sentence:
T
o
S
pace
M
ankind
T
akes
E
xplorers
The atmospheric layers are:
T
roposphere
S
tratosphere
M
esosphere
T
hermosphere
E
xosphere
Monday, January 17, 2011
MUSIC: Treble Clef Notes
Trying to remember the order of treble clef notes? Memorize the following sentence:
E
very
G
ood
B
oy
D
eserves
F
udge
These letters represent the order of the treble clef's notes:
E - G - B - D - F
In addition, you can memorize the notes between E, G, B, D and F by noting what they spell:
F - A - C - E
Monday, January 10, 2011
GEOGRAPHY: Points on the Compass
Remembering the order of the points on a compass is a cinch with this sentence:
N
ever
E
at
S
hredded
W
heat
The first letter of each word stands for a point on the compass, in a clockwise manner:
N
orth
E
ast
S
outh
W
est
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