13-06-2023

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

- Results from last week's test

- 'New' words (listening)

- Procrastination (video)

- Complete the quote game

'New' words

During the next two slides, your assignment is to write down the words that are on the slide and listen to the recordings.

Use your own words to jot down the meaning of the given words! Extra assignment: write down a sentence using the word in question.

Fast Food: Bad for the Brain?

• ultra-
• cap
• escape the cycle

Shuffle Function on Spotify

• default
• bows to
• obliged

What does 'procrastination' mean?

1. ignoring texts from your parents
2. becoming better at doing something
3. putting things off
4. visualise what you have to do

"I procrastinate some tasks."

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What kind of tasks do you procrastinate?

- why do you procrastinate in this case?

Why you procrastinate even when it feels bad

Watch the video on the next slide and answer the questions!

What is procrastination according to the video?

1. Prioritising certain tasks over others
2. Refusing to complete tasks due to ethical reasons
3. Making a poorly-organised schedule for completing tasks
4. Avoiding certain tasks for no good reason

Procrastination is the result of our bodies trying to ____ us.

1. sabotage
2. protect
3. harm
4. complete

Which part of the brain is responsible for the fear response associated with procrastination?

1. prefrontal cortex
2. hippocampus
3. amygdala

Which of these groups of people are most likely to be procrastinators?

1. People who struggle with self-control and impulsivity
2. People who struggle with low self-esteem and emotional regulation
3. People who struggle with low energy and general apathy
4. People who struggle with insomnia and dietary balance

Why have many researchers come to believe that strict discipline is not an effective way to combat procrastination?

1. Being too hard on yourself can make the task at hand feel more threatening.
2. Rigid schedules are too often subject to change.
3. It's impossible to discipline oneself.
4. Procrastination is a genetically inherited trait.

Exploration

• 80%-95% of students procrastinate, 70% consider themselves to procrastinate
• Laziness --> perfectionistic, high fear of failure
• time-management --> emotional regulation (fight-flight             response)

Look at the following question:

• In what circumstances do you find yourself most likely to procrastinate? 

How do you feel when you are anticipating that task, and how (if at all) does that feeling differ from the one(s) you have when you are actually completing it?

What do people online think?

Ask yourself the following question:

• In what circumstances do you find yourself most likely to procrastinate? 

How do you feel when you are anticipating that task, and how (if at all) does that feeling differ from the one(s) you have when you are actually completing it?

Open questions

Answer the questions and discuss with your neighbour:

• What helps you to stop procrastinating?
• How often do you procrastinate?
• How long could your procrastination last?

Complete the quote

Be the fastest to complete the quotes!

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Time left?

Think of an inspiring quote yourself.

If you can't come up with one, look up quotes online and adjust it to your personal taste.

Quote Wall

Next lesson

• I will have my final assessment, so there will be no lesson FROM ME
• Next week: Tuesday's lesson is cancelled
• So, the next lesson will be on Thursday next week (keep in mind: 27 June is the deadline for the project)

Exit ticket:
What have you learnt today?