Hey guys! I hope all is well with your quizzing so far this season! As the first sprint for our Learn Luke Challenge, as mentioned in a previous post, I'm gonna walk you though the steps I used (just a week or so ago) to draw out my memorizing plan for the Olathe Invitational. Now, I know and am friends with a good number of people who really couldn't care less about planning ahead, but let me tell you that especially in quizzing, but in other areas as well, that a goal without a plan is just a wish - you have a much, much better chance of meeting (and maybe even exceeding your goals) if you write them down, organize them, and know what you need to do every single day. Here are a few things you can expect from this sprint;
With these things in mind, are yall ready to jump in? Lets do it! First thing's first; how many verses do you need to learn before Olathe? The tournament, to my knowledge, is going to be over chapters 1-11 (if you want you can go ahead and check out their website; olathe.nazquizzing.org). Hopefully, you've already got a good amount of the material memorized - whether it's just in essence, or if you've got them down backwards and forwards and ready for according tos. But however much you have, subtract that number from the total number of verses in the first 11 chapters, and count the number of days and weeks we have until the tournament on November 5th. Given, this is a slightly longer sprint than you might have been expecting when I first announced the kind of events we would be having, but think of it this way; the longer the sprint, the farther you'll go. If the sprint was only a week long, then you might be able to get like 100-150 verses memorized, tops. And in Luke, that's like two chapters, so in order for a sprint to really have a good impact on how you do at the tournament named, the sprint has to be a good sized one. Anyway, back to preparing; take away from the total number of days and weeks the number of days that you think you'll need to spend intensely reviewing the material. For example, in my schedule, I left out Sundays, and then the last week or so for JUST review. After you do this, divide the number of verses among the remaining weeks, and further divide into the number of days a week you want to, and think you'll be able to, memorize and review recently memorized material. I.e. I'm doing Monday-Saturday, and at the time of my personal preparation and planning, I had a little over seven weeks before the tournament. Next, decide if you want to have the same number of verses every day, or have heavier days and lighter days during the week (you can also take it a step further and have heavier and lighter weeks; I.e. heavier memorization the first few, and increasingly less to memorize every week to make room for the increasing number of verses to review every week). I decided to do more than double memorization Tuesdays-Thursdays, because I have other activities during the other days that take time away from school, so I don't have as much time. This also gives you a little wiggle room if you come a few verses short, so that it's not too big of a deal to add those on to light memorization days. Once you know how many verses, and for how many days, and what days you're taking off for review, write it down - make a calendar and put it somewhere you'll see it everyday. This might seem a little overwhelming, or it might be super motivating and exciting for you, but here's a couple things on how you can stick to your plan;
Well guys, are you pumped to really charge into this challenge, and to be your own boss, and to be more prepared for Olathe than you were last time? I know I am! I will try to write more about this sprint as we go through, but until then, continue to be the awesome, and capable you! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory
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Ian Limburg
11/20/2016 01:15:12 pm
Hello, Mallory.
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Ian Limburg
11/20/2016 01:15:28 pm
Hello, Mallory.
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Ian Limburg
11/21/2016 09:26:31 am
Hey, I hope all is well for you Mallory. I will do almost anything to make the A team next week what is the best way to do it when I still need to do school I hope you have some suggestions. I love this blog it is really helping me. Thank you so much it has great study ideas.
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Ian Limburg
11/27/2016 07:39:32 am
Hello, Mallory, I have been helped so much by this I don't know how to thank you. Anyways thank you.
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Ian Limburg
11/27/2016 07:39:45 am
Hello, Mallory, I have been helped so much by this I don't know how to thank you. Anyways thank you.
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Ian Limburg
11/27/2016 07:39:54 am
Hello, Mallory, I have been helped so much by this I don't know how to thank you. Anyways thank you.
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