Last week was not a successfully week for studying. i started the week well. but when Wednesday came i stopped studying. i did a good amount of work on my history essay on Thursday afternoon. i became hungry so went home to eat and promises to myself that i would resume after i had eaten were not fulfilled. i worked on Friday after college then, stupidly, went out and then went out on the Saturday again. i was too tired on the Sunday to do anything. bad week for studying. this week i am going to the library today (Wednesday) because i usually fall of the rails on a Wednesday and the trend continues throughout the week. i find on days i am usually distracted i should go to the library because once actually there i work well.
Wednesday
Finish History essay.
Learn about past tense & Learn the vocab on the sheets.
Revise Russian Work from yesterday.
Thursday
Do Next history essay in college Library.
Revise vocab learned in last week including past tense.
learn 20 new Russian words
Friday
Go to library up town and finish essay for literature.
read and take notes on extended introduction for 1984 (George Orwell)
write plan for essay on this book.
Saturday
Read and take vocab from 2 Spanish News articles.
revise the weeks vocab
revise Russian vocab
Sunday
watch news in Spanish
practise Russian Listening & Reading - Read anything just to speed up pronunciation of words.
Monday
revise past tense grammar & any other Grammar learnt previous to refresh memory.
revise Russian and do Russian homework.
do any Spanish homework from class and review vocab from class
Tuesday
revise vocab learned in class
read any work needed for history
go to Russian lesson
We were given a task on reading last night. i unfortunately due to going to the gym and having a Russian lesson did not have time to do it for a Spanish piece. i did however do it for an article i read in national geographic on the mummies of Sicily. i did not have any previous knowledge of the subject so my main purpose was to learn anything new. i didn't survey skim as there was nothing specific i was looking for. my question i set myself before reading was what will i learn here. due to time restrictions i did not finish the article. but reviewing the piece afterwards i felt helped because it made me commit to memory things i had read. i learned that Palermo airport (Falcone-Borselli) was named after two judges who were killed after trying to convict members of the mafia. in Palermo the people do not talk to strangers about the mafia because it embarrasses their families. i also learned that mummies in Palermo and across Sicily are not mummified by any substance they are mummified by the atmospheres they are kept in. (cool, dark - limestone walls etc). i think reflecting after reading was a good tip to take from this. i think if i take notes after reading (or possibly during although i find that very difficult) it will help commit things to memory better.
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