Life Planning

Unit 1: Photograph and Video

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Unit 2: Reading Comprehension

An Idiom About Life

Effective Planning

To effectively manage your day, experts believe that you have to develop good planning skills and work habits. Some people use e-mails, cellphones and PDA's (personal digital assistants) to help them plan their work. Take for example, the US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice. Condoleeza Rice is a great multi-tasker. She keeps her agenda in her head, uses her cellphone heavily and relies on her staff to push her work forward.

However, some people do not have any personal strategies or staff to help them manage their time. Instead they try their best to focus on what is most important, and to do what they can with the time that they have. David Baltimore, a famous biomedical researcher and Nobel Prize winner copes like the rest of us. Mr. Baltimore says: "My desks, my chairs, my floors are cluttered", and "you have a hierarchy of what's important, like your family, your dog, your friends and your students . as for the lesser matters, let it sit in the pile and see if they will go away".

Vocabulary Practice

Habit: A repetitive behavior or routine.
Multitask: To perform several different tasks at the same time.
Agenda: Organized lists of tasks to be performed.
Strategy (Strategies): A systematic plan for carrying something out.
Hierarchy: An order or grouping of people and things within a system.

Questions

1. What three items are mentioned to help people effectively manage their day?
2. How does David Baltimore, a famous biomedical researcher organise his life?

Checkpoint Charlie's Interactive Quizzes

Welcome to Checkpoint Charlie's Interactive Quizzes! The following quizzes are all related to the video, photograph and reading article on this page. To keep you on your toes, a countdown timer will automatically start when you attempt to take a quiz. Points are given for each correct answer, and a deduction is made for each incorrect answer. You will be given a percentage score at the end of each section. Make sure that you review all the material before taking the quiz. Good luck!

1. Multiple Choice Quiz (Time Limit: 1 Minute Per Question)
Check your comprehension of the reading article, photo and video by completing these multiple choice questions. Take the Multiple Choice Quiz now!

2. Crossword Exercise (Time Limit: 5 Minutes)
Complete this crossword exercise to reinforce the vocabulary you learnt from the reading article. Solve the Crossword now!

3. Fill-in-the-Blanks (Time Limit: 5 Minutes)
Great job on the crosswords! Now use the same vocabulary to fill-in-the blanks. Complete the Fill-in-the-blanks quiz now!

4. Unjumble the Idiomatic Expression (Time Limit: 1 Minute)
This exercise requires you to unjumble a sentence that contains the idiom you learnt on this page.
Click here to complete the jumbled up interactive efl/esl quiz.

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