Organization
What is the one thing that is given to you to help you organize your assignments?
What is a planner?
Get a goodnight sleep. Eat a good breakfast. Review notes.
What should you do before a test?
Thinking outside the box, looking from different perspectives... mapping.
What is critical thinking?
The date that the teacher wants assignments due by and if I don't do it, I may be penalized.
What is a due date?
Gathering lots of ideas...good or bad, just whatever you can think of. The first step in getting ready to write on an essay.
What is brainstorming?
A word that is formed from the first initials of the items that need to be memorized.
What is an acronym?
What should you include in your notes?
What is key concepts and ideas?
These are 3x5 piece of paper used to write the definition on one side and its meaning on the other side.
What are flashcards?
A spot where I can keep track of my assignments.
What is a calendar, notebook or planner?
The second step in writing a good essay is gathering information. It is important to use reliable sources.
What is gathering research?
Reviewing notes, reading the chapter, organizing your assignments.
What is studying?
When you are done with the test, what should you do?
What is go over the answers, and make sure that haven't missed any?
A great website to use to help you learn vocabulary words and definitions.
What is quizlet?
Every evening after school, having same things planned around the same time. Setting time aside to make sure that I make time for them.
What is a schedule?
A good third step is organizing topics that go together with main ideas and supporting details. You use this to do the actual writing.
What is making outlines?
What should you do when you have free time after school or between classes?
What is going through your folders and throwing papers away that are not needed and organize it?
If you are struggling with a question, what should you do?
What is skip it and go back to it?
A strategy for reading long passages which is to break the passages into smaller sections
What is chunking?
When I know I have a lot of time to do my assignments and wait until the last minute.
What is procrastination?
The first time information is written down using good paragraph and sentence structure. Don't worry about grammar mistakes here.
What is a rough draft?
How long should you study?
What is at least one hour?
What is a strategy you can do to help you study for a test?
What is a study buddy?
A strategy for remembering; examples include acronyms words and rhyming.
What is mnemonics?
When a teacher talks fast and moves quickly I can do this to help me when copying notes from the board.
What is short-hand or abbreviations?
Correct grammar, correct spelling, correct punctuation. It has been reviewed and revised multiple times. Has good flow with introduction, body and a conclusion paragraph.
What are necessary steps in a final draft?