It's 9:00pm on a Sunday night. When you look at the class page, you suddenly remember that writing assignment is due at 11:59pm. This is your first writing project for your literature major class and if you miss the deadline, you will fail the class. What should you do?
[[Start typing]]
[[Give up]]
[[Outline your essay]]
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(set: $outlineyouressay to 0)You start to do the homework, but do not know how to start. What should you do?
[[Read the instructions carefully]]
[[Research the topic]]
[[Give up]]1 week later?....
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[[Start]]You made a list and wrote how long you think each paragraph will take.
[[Develop the thesis statement]]You are tired and you want to play on your phone. Do you want to set a timer for 10 mins to take a break?
[[Yes]]
[[No]]You can finish your homework quickly if you ask others to do your homeowrk but it is not your work and is considered cheating. You will fail if someone finds it. Do you still want to use the services and turn it in or continue to do your homework by yourself.
[[Turn it in]]
[[Continue to do the research about the topic of the essay]] It's 10:30pm and your essay is halfway done. However, you get stuck writing the essay and you are tired. Also, you are hard to focus on writing essay because you are having your phone nearby.
[[Take a break]]
[[Set the timer and continue writing]]
[[Turn off your phone]]You rethink that asking others to complete all your homeowrk is not good and do not want to fail the class.
[[Continue to do the research about the topic of the essay]] It's 11:30pm and still have about 25 minutes. What do you want to do?
[[Edit your essay]]
[[Want to relax, turn it in without checking]]1 week later...
You received your grade and you got A on the writing assignment
But you realized that last-minute deadline rush was stressful and you decided to stop procrastinating homework. You started to set a reminder for the next time and avoid forgetting the tasks.
(t8n-depart:"pulse")+(t8n-arrive:"shudder")+(t8n-time:2s)[[Restart the game?->Start]]You started to do the research about the topic and you found a website.
[[Click the website]] or
[[Continue to do the research about the topic of the essay]]You read the instructions carefully and knew what to do.
(if: $viewtherubric is 0)[[View the rubric]]
[[Research the topic]]You checked the rubric and knew the requirements for the essay.
[[Read the instructions carefully]]
(set: $viewtherubric to 1)You wrote the outline and knew exactly what each paragraph is going be about.
[[Make a list]] to estimate the time needed for each paragraph on your list.It is the website which provides you online help services and get your homework done by them.
[[Get your homework done by them]]
[[Rethink]]You continue to search online for the information about your topic.
[[Found all sources for writing essay]]
[[1 week later..?]] You continue to write the essay using the sources that you found online.
[[1 hour later]]You only have about an hour to submit the essay and feel more stressful about the homework if you take a break. You want to finish your essay and relax. You think of how much time you need to finish your essay and set your timer.
[[Set the timer]]You turned off all notifications and put your phone on silent mode. You left your phone in the living room.
(t8n-depart:"dissolve")+(t8n-arrive:"slide-left")+(t8n-time:2s)[[What do you do next?->1 hour later]](t8n-depart:"flicker")+(t8n-arrive:"zoom")+(t8n-time:3s)[[10 mins later...->10 mins later...]](t8n-depart:"flicker")+(t8n-arrive:"zoom")+(t8n-time:3s)[[continue writing...->Continue writing..]](t8n-depart:"flicker")+(t8n-arrive:"zoom")+(t8n-time:3s)[[1 hour later...->1 hour later...]]The timer went off and you came back at it with a fresh mind. It helped you increase focus on writing.
(t8n-depart:"flicker")+(t8n-arrive:"zoom")+(t8n-time:3s)[[continue writing...->Continue writing..]]Since you did not set the timer, you spent so much time on your phone. It's already 11:30pm. You need to finish your essay before 11:59pm.
[[Finish your essay quickly]]You finished your essay at 11:55pm. You do not have a time to edit your essay.
[[Submit your essay]](t8n-time:2s)[[1 week later...->1 week later..]]You started to edit and noticed that you forgot to cite the source.
[[Cite the source]](t8n-depart:"fade-left")+(t8n-arrive:"slide-down")+(t8n-time:2s)[[Submit->Submit your essay]]1 week later...
You received your grade, but you got C on the writing assignment
You forgot to cite the sources, had many spelling/grammatical errors.
You realized that last-minute deadline rush was stressful and you decided to stop procrastinating homework. You started to set a reminder for the next time and avoid forgetting the tasks.
(t8n-depart:"pulse")+(t8n-arrive:"shudder")+(t8n-time:2s)[[Restart the game?->Start]]You finished editing and wrote MLA format. It's 11:55pm. Ready to turn it in?
[[Submit]](t8n-time:2s)[[1 week later...->1 week later]]TA noticed that you asked others to complete your homework. You got F on the assignment and you failed the class.
(t8n-depart:"pulse")+(t8n-arrive:"shudder")+(t8n-time:2s)[[Restart the game?->Start]]You got F because you did not complete the homework and you failed the class.
You stated the thesis statement in your introductory paragraph to tell the audience what they will be reading about.
[[Move on to the first paragraph]]You wrote the first paragraph and reread your essay to check for the consistency and the structure. You edited if there were any grammatical or spelling mistakes.
[[Continue writing]]You repeated the same step that you did when you wrote the first paragraph. You first wrote the paragraph without considering about the grammar/spelling mistakes. After you wrote the paragraph, you reread and edited your essay.
Your essay is half-way done.
[[Continue?]]
[[Take a 20-minute nap]]You are tired, but you finally finished the essay.
[[Ready to Submit?]] You took the 20-minutes nap and woke up feeling refreshed. You quickly wrote all the essay and you finished at 11:20pm.
[[Ready to Submit?]]
[[Read the instructions carefully?]](t8n-time:2s)[[1 week later...->1 week later...]]You noticed that the font of your essay was wrong. You quickly changed it to the double spacing and font size to 12. You also forgot to research and use the quote in your essay.
[[Start to Research about the topic]]
[[Ready to Submit?]] You received your grade and you got B on the writing assignment.
You did not read the instructions carefully. You forgot to change the font size to 12 and your essay was not double spacing. You also had to research and include at least one quote to explain your point.
You realized that last-minute deadline rush was stressful and you decided to stop procrastinating homework. You started to set a reminder for the next time and avoid forgetting the tasks.
(t8n-depart:"pulse")+(t8n-arrive:"shudder")+(t8n-time:2s)[[Restart the game?->Start]]You continue to write the essay using the sources that you found online.
(live: 2s)[[[11:50pm]]]You finally finished to write the essay. You reread and checked for any mistakes.
[[Submit]][(display: "11:50pm")]