Lesson: How to Get Things Done!

Conversation

Answer the following questions. You might be asked to write them down or answer them out-loud.

1. Are you a forgetful person? How forgetful are you?
2. What do you do to remember all your daily/weekly tasks?
3. Dou you trust your brain?
4. How do you feel when people forget things?
5. Have you ever forgot an important meeting or event because you didn´t write it down? What was it?
6. Are ´to do´ lists necessary? Why? Why not?
7. What type of gadget/program/list do you recommend for a person to write down all his/her ´to do´ list?
8. Are you a determined person? Are you a stubborn person?
9. How committed are you with your personal tasks? Do you try to solve them soon?
10. How committed are you with your professional tasks? Do you try to solve them as soon as they come or you wait until the problem appears?
11. What do you do when you forget things?

Vocabulary

Look at the vocabulary below. Take time to explore the links for their definitions in English and their translations to Portuguese. When you are done, make a sentence with each word. Ask your teacher if you should write them down or say them out loud.

• d | t - brain
• d | t - store
• d | t - project
• d | t - practice
• d | t - task
• d | t - random
• d | t - tip
• d | t - dump
• d | t - piece
• d | t - overall
• d | t - whenever

Video

Watch the following video but DON'T read the transcript yet.

After watching the video do this listening exercise.

Reading practice

Read the following transcript then do the associated reading comprehension exercise.

Transcript:

--->>> Transcript

Writing practice

Write a couple of paragraphs ---->>>> instructions <<<<-----. Make sure to use words you learned from the text and try to make it as long as you can.