Study Skills Period 5-1 Assignments

Please fill out the i-statements and reflect on how i-statements are more effective in communicating ideas when you are emotional. One paragraph for the reflection.

Instructions:

1. Pick a topic of your choice with teacher approval
2. You will create a presentation following the guidelines outlined in this assignment
3. It will be 10 slides
4. You need a title slide
5. You need an introduction
6. You must have well explained content
7. You must have images
8. You must involve the audience somehow
9. You must have a conclusion
10. It must be well organized
11. It will be presented to the class
12. it is worth 100 points

1. Consider which words are powerful and write 3 words down that are powerful in your opinion.
2. Review
3. Explain why you think your words are powerful.
4. Example of the power of words
5. Using powerful words of affirmation for yourself or a friend. Write a paragraph where you build yourself or someone else up.
6. Explain why that paragraph is powerful

1. Review Good Listening
2. Review Bad Listening
3. Good Listening Model - write down 4 positive signs of listening
4. Bad listening - write down 4 negative signs of bad listening
5. Listening drill -
a. write down a story of one paragraph or more
b. share it with your partner
c. your partner must write down as much detail as possible after listening one time - both people must share their stories

1. Answer the following question: What does it take to be a good listener? Type the answer in a doc.
2. Listening game
3. After the game, discuss in a group what happened and how could the results be changed.
4. Answer the following questions: a) How do you show the person talking that you are listening? b) What can you do to make sure you hear the message intended? c) What are the important details of being an active listener? d) When you do active listening, what would you do to make sure that you remember what is being said?

1. (Warm up) Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn8BQcBSoXU
Answer these questions: 1. What makes it funny? 2. How does the silence come across to you? 3. What non-verbal actions stand out to you?
2. After the charades, answer the questions on the doc.
3. Pair up with a partner and try to conduct a job interview without speaking. When you finish, write out your notes on the document. You should have questions, answers, and a summary as to whether or not the interview was successful or not and why.

Writing effective descriptions of ourselves.

Please define all the words/phrases and use them in a sentence. Be prepared to use them in a resume soon.

Please complete the assignment. Answer the questions and write the summary. Please complete it all.

Please read the article and answer the quiz questions and write the paragraph. Also, answer the annotated questions in a google doc and turn it in here.

Please go through the entire process of writing. If any part is left out, points will be deducted.

1) Please take notes in google docs and turn them in - use either outline form, or bullet point form
2) Answer the questions on the quiz questions after you take the notes
3) write your paragraph in Newsela
*Anyone scoring less than 3/4 on the quiz will have 3 points taken off of the assignment. You need to use your notes and take careful notes so you do not make wrong answers.

Please write a pone page essay on the importance of education. Use the 5 paragraph essay format.

Please write notes on a google doc to assist with your quiz. This is part of your assignment.

Please complete all the tasks assigned to the article. Use Newsela to do the work.

Write the notes out and turn them.

Follow the instructions:
1. Piece together the phrases and sentences into the right order.
2. Identify key words that indicate meaning of the article.
3. Define the words in a list so the key words can help give meaning.
4. Write an estimate or hypothesis of what this article is about.

Be sure to work as a team and assign group roles. There are many jobs here that can be divided. Group work is an important part of learning how to do well in school. This is an exercise in that. This assignment is worth 50 points and the group will be assigned the points as a whole. The grade goes with the whole group. Teamwork is required.

Please answer the quiz questions AND do the writing assignment.

Complete the assignment for the binder article

Please do the following assignment. Go to the link and do the work, then write a reflection here by creating a Google doc.

1.Read the article on the art therapist career.
2.Use 3 study skills to read the article.
3.Create one graphic organizer to process the information.
4.Answer the questions.
5.Write a 1/2 page reflection.
Can be on paper or on google docs

1. read article
2. answer questions
3. write a reflection in docs

1. Go back through your classes today. For each thing you did in class, write down 3 skills you used to complete the task.
2. Write down all the study skills you did for each class, along with the class and the assignment you did.
3. Write down the skill for each class that was the most challenging in trying to complete the work.
4. Research the 4 most difficult skills you used today and explain how you plan on bettering yourself with these skills.
5. The assignment you are writing out should be a 1/2 page or longer.

Please read the following article and pick 3 of the study skills that most interest you and write about what makes them good for you and how they can improve your skills in high school. Please write a 1/2 page.

https://www.campusexplorer.com/college-advice-tips/C6CA1844/Top-10-Study-Skills-for-High-School-Students/

Read the article and write a response about which 3 habits will be most useful in improving your grades. https://blog.collegevine.com/5-habits-of-the-successful-high-school-student/. The response is one page.

Warm up - Please list the three apps that you chose to use in your phone to help you be organized and more successful.

Assignment - analyze the pros and cons of each app in one page of writing. Explain the following
1. How it worked.
2. How it was successful and not successful.
3. Will you continue to use it and how will you continue to use it. Explain why.
4. What other uses of technology can you think of that will help you be successful?
Pts will be 30 points for this assignment.

Exit ticket - How does technology have the potential to make you successful?

Warm up - Look at your week, how many routines do you have that are predictable and how many activities vary? Routines help with mastery. To be successful you need to master many things. Based on your schedule, what are you in the process of mastering right now?

Assignment - fill out the Time Management Chart and make a plan for daily routines. Save a copy for yourself before you turn it in.

What do you predict will be the outcome of your new routines you are trying to establish?

Warm up - how can you use technology to help you with time management?
Please follow the link: https://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/top-15-time-management-apps-and-tools.html

Assignment: 1. Use the link to read about the apps and technology that can help you manage your time
2. Choose three to introduce to your phone and begin using
3. Write a short description of your expectation for each app on your assignment. (meaning a paragraph)
4. Use them for a week. Next week we will write a review.

Exit ticket - What are some of the best ways your can use technology to organize your life?

Warm up - Please explain what your concept of time management is.
Assignment - https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_00.htm
1. Read the article
2. Based on what you read in article, write 1/2 page on:
a. what you do already for time management
b. What your weaknesses are in time management
c. Which ideas you could use from the article and how you would use them
d. Why these new ideas would be successful for you

Exit ticket - How is time management important for school?

Take notes on the link provided. Use one of the note-taking styles to turn in your work.