Tyler starts at the beginning of the song every single time. When he hits a mistake at the end, he gets frustrated and goes back to the very first note. He spends thirty minutes practicing but keep making the same mistake at the end.

Erica wrote an essay for English. To start, she made a list of all the quotes she wanted to use and then created an outline. Once Erica was done with the outline, she began writing.

Dana is learning how to solve complex algebraic equations and often confuses her positive and negative signs. To help her, she uses a different color highlighter to highlight the signs.

Lucas just pushes everything into his desk in a giant heap. When he needs a pencil, he has to pull out everything and shake his folders. He spends ten minutes looking for his eraser and misses the first part of the lesson.

Marcus creates his own note-taking system by changing the section headings into questions. "What are the parts of the solar system?"

When Marcus has a test, he will be prepared because he can use his notes as a study guide. The information is already organized in his study guide in a structured, easily accessible way that makes sense to him.

David thinks he knows enough about the topic to just talk without a plan. When he stands up in front of the class, he forgets what he wanted to say first. He says "um" a lot and feels embarrassed because he didn't have a plan to help him.

Jake waits until the night before the report is due to start. He tries to write the whole thing in one giant paragraph. He gets frustrated, stays up too late, and makes a lot of mistakes because he is rushing.

Jimmy is reading To Kill a Mockingbird. At the end of each chapter, he places a sticky note where he writes two sentences summarizing the chapter.

Marcus aced his astronomy test!

Step 1: Marcus reads a new section in a chapter. Step 2: He creates a question by looking at the section heading and writes it in his notebook in blue ink. Step 3: He answers the questions in his notebook in green ink.

Noah waits until he is eating breakfast to look for his homework. He has to run around the house looking for his shoes and forgets his lunch on the counter. He is stressed out and almost misses the bus every day.