chaPter 5: PlannIng tIme wIth shade/mark/check
LESSON 19: SHADE/MARK/CHECK OVERVIEW Background In this lesson and the next several lessons (Lessons 19–22), you will learn how to use a method called Shade/Mark/Check to help you successfully plan and manage your time. When planning academic and other tasks, it is important to break down larger tasks into smaller time goals so that you can complete them on schedule and effectively manage your attention while you work. Setting time goals for the steps of a task simply means creating time markers to help you start, track, and complete your work within the volume of time you have available. Creating time markers gives you an opportunity to visualize the steps you will take at each point in time. When you set time markers and visualize the steps before you start a task or assignment, this mental rehearsal will guide you through the task. In this image, a student who wakes up at 7:10 a.m. mentally sees and feels the time markers of where she will need to be when to get out the door by 7:50 a.m.
If this student starts to get distracted by social media when she is getting dressed at 7:25, her men- tal time markers will help her realize that she might be late if she keeps scrolling. She will then adjust and realize that she can catch up with social media while she’s eating breakfast. Her time markers will help her avoid feeling rushed or being tardy.
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