This document provides tips for 9th grade students on study skills, organization, and time management. It recommends taking handwritten notes in class, highlighting important information, using a to-do list and calendar such as iCal to stay organized, and managing flex time to either work or relax. The document stresses the importance of time management to avoid procrastination and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

1. 9 TH GRADE FLEX SESSIONS
(MY GREATEST SECRETS!)
Slideshow credit to Donna Ni 

2. STUDY SKILLS
 In class:
 The more you learn in class, the less you have to do at home
 Class= teachers telling you the answers
 Do you take notes on your computer? Take notes by hand in one
notebook
 Use colors
 Have you ever fallen asleep in class? Do you do outside work in
class? Don’t rely on it.
 Do not chat or sleep in class
 Teacher impression
 Don’t get lost in the cloud
 Record assignments & tests & scores

3. HIGHLIGHTING

4.  In school:
 Do you waste flexes? Manage flexes
 Work flex vs. Chill flex
 Learn to ignore
 Save breaks & lunch
 Exception: group study session
 At home:
 Hide laptop
 Work area = clean & only work materials
 Write to do list
 When do you sleep? Sleep! Before 11

5. STUDY SPACE

6. STUDY SPACE

7. ORGANIZATION
 Step 1: Can you list what is in your backpack right now?
 Step 2: How do you store your papers?
 Binders? (Punching holes can be annoying.)
 Recommend: Day A/ Day B
 Later on, by subject
 Step 3: Write things down!
 Agenda
 To-do
 Tip: Use iCal, iProcrastinate, Wunderlist, Time Out, Quizlet
to organize assignments

8. ICAL

10. IPROCRASTINATE

11. WUNDERLIST

12. TIME OUT

13. TIME OUT

14. QUIZLET

15. QUIZLET

16. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE YOUR
SCHEDULE?

17. TIME MANAGEMENT
 Prerequisite: be good at the other two!
 What is the first thing you do when
you get home?
 Vicious cycle:
- Procrastinate -> sleep late -> tired -> stressed ->
procrastinate
 Work hard + play hard!
 Be proactive! Try new things, make
yourself uncomfortable
 If you find an extracurricular dull- stop
doing it

18. SUMMARY
 Study skills
 Take handwritten notes
 Highlight
 Organization
 To-do list  iCal
 Big picture
 Time management
 Chill flex vs. work flex
 A day/B day
 Don’t eat in front of your laptop

19. THIS IS YOUR LIFE!
Are you
the person
you want
to be?

20. THANK YOU!