Putting Off Procrastination- read the article. DO NOT PUT THIS DQ OFF - MUST HAVE INITIAL POST DONE BY WEDNESDAY!!! On the seven skills listed rated yourself between 1-5 with 5 being the best and 1 worst. Then state how you intend to improve those skills. Step 2 search the web for an article regarding procrastination or time management for high school students. Summarize your article in 3-5 sentences and provide the link to the article (list the web address) Finally - you will be given two students names in class on Monday, tell them how they can improve on one of their procrastination skills listed in the article. Remember constructive criticism is not intended to hurt, but instead to help. If you are rude in your post it will be deleted and zero given for this weeks DQ. There is no need for you to tell another student about word counts or formatting please only comment on the subject at hand. **** Some of you need to watch your spelling and punctuation in your blogs - double check you have capitalized I and names before you post and remember only put your FIRST NAME no last names ****
This week you will be writing two inital comments and only replying to one student. So be sure that you complete DQ#8a and DQ#8b.
Read the article "Making the Grade in Group Presentations" When making a group presentation (something you'll experience in this class) you need OCC, but these aren't easy to accomplish. How can you make sure that you have OCC with your group? Of the three what do you think is the most important and why? How are you going to work to make sure that your group presentation in this class or another class will be successful? This week you will be writing two inital comments and only replying to one student. So be sure that you complete DQ#8a and DQ#8b.
Read the article "For Students: How to Make the Most of Group Work." a) Has your experience with group work been positive or negative? Why? b) Goals 1-7 can help you have a positive experience, but which one do you think would be hard to do and why? c) Finally, which of the 7 goals do you think would be the most important when working with students in this class? What about students that you don't know as well or haven't worked with in the past? Why? Answer the following questions in 300+ word essay. NO response to other students this week. DO NOT number the response - please put in essay format.
1. What do you think the purpose of Veterans Day is? 2. What makes a person a veteran? 3.Do you believe that a strong military more important, less important, or of the same importance today as it was 50 years ago? Explain your answer. 4. What, if any, duties do governments have to their war veterans? Do you believe that your country treats its veterans as they deserve to be treated? Why or why not? 5. Should women be allowed to serve in the armed forces? Why or why not? 6. Veterans of the past and of the present literally risk--and sometimes sacrifice--their lives to protect our lives and freedoms. What can we as private individuals do to honor these men and women? |
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