Get It Together!

Master time management and beat procrastination with our 'Get It Together!' study skills worksheet!

PART 1: (READING). READ THE TEXT AND THEN COMPLETE THE ACTIVITIES THAT FOLLOW. GET IT TOGETHER!!Do you often feel like you don’t have enough time to finish all your tasks?Do you spend a lot of time studying but you still get low grades?Do you have trouble concentrating in classes?Do you delay your homework and put off your projects until the last day?Was your answer ‘Yes’ to all or some of these? Maybe you need to learn some strategies that will help you become more successful.There are many things that lead to student success. For example, having good study skills and habits, getting help from teachers and counselors and staying healthy and doing sports. Another very important thing is time management. Many teenagers are very bad at this- they just can’t organize their time well! For example, do you do other activities while studying, like texting your friends or watching TV? You probably think you are saving time like this. However, this has a negativeeffect on your ability to think and learn. Many research studies show that our brains are not able to focus on more than one difficult task at once. Studies also show that students who do this get lower grades than students who focus on one thing at a time. These students need more time to complete their work and receive lower exam grades.The next big problem is procrastination. Do you struggle with starting your homework and projects on time? Do you avoid school and class work and do other things instead? Or do you just quit when you don’t know how to do something? This means you are a procrastinator and you always say "I'll do it later".Here are some strategies that can help you:Set your goals and organize your tasks - Use calendars, alarms, notebooks and lists.Do things one at a time.Avoid distractions while you study (like TV, phone, busy spaces.)Stop procrastinating and start doing things on time! 1.1.- After reading the article, what do you think the title ‘Get it together’ means? Explain with your words. 1.1.- After reading the article, what do you think the title ‘Get it together’ means? To take action to become well-organized, prepared, or in a better state of life. To gather people or things. To learn strategies about time management. 1.2.- Match each word or phrase with its definition. Don't use a dictionary! Find the vocabulary in the text and try to understand what they mean. Don’t you have a strategy for this activity?! Put off To do something later Procrastination To delay doing something because you don't want to do it Ability Being able to do something Avoid To choose not to do something or to stay away from something or someone Distractions Things that take your attention and make it difficult to concentrate on other things Part 2: Watch the following video on stopping procrastination. Answer the following questions after the video. (You do not need to print off the worksheet) 2.1- What were the three steps that the video suggested to stop procrastination? 1 2 3 Eat an Elephant Pick Off the Goblins Ignore the Siren's Song 2.2-What does the "Eat an Elephant" mean from the video? 2.3-What are some of your "Siren Songs" that prevent you from doing your work? PART 3: (OPINION). Almost everybody procrastinates but we all do it in a different way. Have a look at some different kinds of procrastinators in the picture above.Which one are you?Explain with some examples from your life. You can choose more than one if you want. MODEL ANSWER: I am "The sidetracker". For example, sometimes I have a great lesson that I am planning for you for the following week and I am really excited about it. So, I work on that when really I should be doing something more boring but which is needed sooner! I am also "The list maker " and "the PANICKER" from time to time