How to Put Off Doing a Job by

“How to Put Off Doing a Job” by Andy Rooney Guided Reading Spring 2005 Designed by Daphne Lin

American Holidays § Jan. 1: New Year § Jan. 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday § 3 rd Monday in Feb. : President’s Day (made a holiday since 1971) § March 4: Inauguration Day (once per 4 year) § Last Monday in May: Memorial Day (since 1971) § June 14: Flag Day § July 4: Independence Day § 1 st Mon. in Sept. : Labor Day § 2 nd Monday in Oct. : Columbus Day § Tuesday on or after Nov. 2: Election Day § Nov. 11: Veterans Day § 4 th Thursday in Nov. : Thanksgiving § Dec. 25: Christmas

An expression to pick up § in the interim: in the time between two periods or events

Questions for Discussion § What month do you think is the longest in a year? Why? How do you feel about your longest month? How do you deal with the longest month? § Introspect into yourself carefully. What putter-offers in Rooney’s notebook are also yours? Give examples by describing some of your own experiences. § How do you usually feel when you use the “putteroffers” to put off doing a job? Do you feel relieved, pleased, anxious, stressed or else? Explain. § What do you think is Rooney’s purpose of writing? What do you think is the tone of the essay? (When discussing tone, you try to detect the general mood of a written piece. )

Questioning § Raise your own questions for discussion.

Homework § Design survey questions that you will ask of 50 college students about their study and work attitude. (In order to be able to present your survey result in time, you have to finish conducting and analyzing the survey by May 20. ) § Submit the song lyric that you have composed for your MTV. § Read annotate “Workaholic. ”