Class

1. A. A tittle
B. A ponte
C. A fleck
D. A diacritical
E. A fragment

2.  Summarize
concisely
 Understand
Drive chapter 2
 Revise Essay #1
A. I could teach this
objective to the
class!
B. I have a pretty good
grasp of this one.
C. I’m not completely
comfortable with
this one.
D. I don’t really
understand this one.
E. I don’t understand
this one at all.

4. Do this in your composition book! (You will begin to lose points if the
beginning activities are not completed in your composition book!)
Prompt:
 Pink asserts that carrots and sticks have
seven deadly flaws. Which of the seven
stick out to you and what in your
experience leads you to feel that way?
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Carrots and Sticks: The Seven Deadly Flaws
1. Extinguish motivation 5. Encourage cheating, shortcuts, and
unethical behavior
2. Diminish performance 6. Become addictive
3. Crush creativity 7. Foster short-term thinking
4. Crowd out good behavior

5.  Describe a good summary to the
person sitting next to you
 Share with the class
 What makes a bad summary? Why?
 Share with the class
 Write a good summary of the chapter
(“Her Point Is”) with your partner
 No more than half a page!

6.  What is Pink’s argument in this
chapter?
 Why don’t rewards (usually) work to
motivate people?
 What do you think about “The Seven
Deadly Flaws” of carrots and sticks
that Pink lists on page 57?

8. Read the instructions on the side board

10.  You are managing a group of fifteen employees
 I will give you a task (because I am the head
honcho!)
 Your job is to get the employees to do it using
the techniques Pink describes in chapters 2 and
2a (use the chart on page 67 to help)
 Describe (specifically) what you would do as
the manager to ensure the completion

13. Complete the Ted Talk form/Notes for
how you are going to manage
employees

16.  Summarize
concisely
 Understand
Drive chapter 2
 Revise Essay
#1
A. Yes, completely
B. Mostly
C. Sort of
D. Not really
E. Not at all (I’m
lost!)

17. Due Wednesday/Thursday, February 10/11, in class:
 Read Drive chapter 3 “Type I and Type X” and complete the reading log
 Typed write up of what you as manager are going to do to motivate your
employees (half a page)
 Turn in your TED talk handout
 Turn in your office visit form (attached to the syllabus)
Due Wednesday/Thursday, February 10/11, at 11:55 p.m.:
 Write a concise summary of Drive chapter 2 (no more than half a page) and
submit it to Turnitin
Due Thursday, February 11, at 11:55 p.m.:
 Post to the weekly discussion (Moodle)
Due Sunday, February 14, at 11:55 p.m.:
 Final draft of Essay #1 to Turnitin
 Weekly response assignment to Turnitin
 Respond to at least two students in the weekly discussion (Moodle)
Working on:
 Rough draft of Essay #1
 Create a new draft and take it to the Writing Mentors, a PASS leader, or
an instructor in the Learning Center

18.  Highlight question #1
 Highlight in your essay where you address
question #1 in the same color
 If you brought in “Brainology” to address question
#1, complete that section
 If you did not bring in “Brainology,” do so now
 Then go on to question #2 in the same way
 When you have completed the handout, circle
your name with green (confident in your draft of
Essay #1), yellow (hesitant about your draft), or
red (extremely worried about your draft)
 Check it off with me or a PASS leader and you are
free to go