procrastination

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Ted Talk 

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

Can you give a solution for the procastinators? How do they escape the dark playground?

What are some characteristics of the instant gratification monkey?

What did Mr. Urban discover about
the brain differences between
procrastinators and non-procrastinators?

Give a recent example of your visit to the dark playground. When does this tend to happen?

When you have a big deadline looming,
how do you prepare for it?
Do you do a little work each day, or wait until the last minute?

What's an all-nighter?

Do you make plans like this for your larger assignments?

1. Yes, always
2. Sometimes, when it's a really big thing
3. Never, it won't work

Why is this funny?

Instant gratification = onmiddelijke bevrediging, dus niet kunnen wachten

Did he fool you?

1. Yep
2. a bit
3. Nah, that was pretty obvious
4. huh, what?

What are the things in your dark playground?

procrastination [proh-kras-tuh-ney-shuhn]

noun

the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention.

"She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment."

procrastinate [proh-kras-tuh-neyt]

verb 

to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

"I have a big test tomorrow, should I start
studying or should I turn on Netflix and just
procrastinate?"

Procrastinator [proh-kras-tuh-neytor]

noun

A person who delays or puts things off

Think, pair, share: Which type of procrastinator are you?

Make notes

You are going to watch a video about procrastination. 

Make notes while watching

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Write an essay using this thesis:

Procrastination among high school students is not just a bad habit but it is perceived as extremely harmful for it can cause a high level of stress.

Incorporate information / evidence from the video

Essay Layout

• Introduction: Your introduction should let the reader know what to expect.  What topic will you be addressing?                                                                  Present your thesis at or very near the end of your introduction. 
• Body paragraphs: Begin with a strong topic sentence. A good topic sentence  alerts readers to what issue will be discussed in the following paragraph 

• Conclusion: use the conclusion to quickly summarize the specifics of your essay

Use this lay-out

Introduction

First paragraph

Second paragraph

Conclusion

Amount of words: 250 max 

Anything that has helped you so far in life to combat procrastination?