So, you've got your goals all set and your plans are in place. You've set up your schedule and thought about motivation.  You're ready for action.  Then the teacher throws you a curve.  The assignment doesn't match up with your learning style or your plan at all!  What can you do?  

Don't even consider throwing in the towel!  There are lots of things you can do to bring the situation back under control.  Check out these suggestions:

1. Don't panic!  Remember that the plan that you made was never intended to accommodate your assignments.  It's a STUDY plan.  It's what you do IN ADDITION to the assignments.  Keep your plan in place, stick to your goals, and do the assignments too.  If you need to compromise a bit on the time you've scheduled for studying, that's ok.  Count part of your homework time as studying and it's all good.
2. Remember that your learning style is just that: it's a preference.  It's not a mandate.  Just because you seem to learn best with visual techniques, it does not mean that you are completely unable to respond to activities that are primarily auditory.  You just need to supplement them with visual strategies.  Just because the assignment is designed for kinesthetic learners and you are an auditory learner, it does not excuse you from doing the assignment.  In fact, chances are very good that your teacher would have strong objections to that.  Some teachers, in a slightly misguided attempt to allow for various learning styles, require assignments in all modes during the course of the class.  In an ideal world, there might be choices of assignments across the modalities and styles, but reality is that most teachers unconsciously favor their own learning style when designing activities.  If they are trying to be inclusive, they might also force everyone to respond in visual or auditory or kinesthetic ways to get you to "try it out."  The technique works well to broaden some students' horizons, but backfires badly when a student is forced into an uncomfortable type of response.  But you CAN do it!  Favoring a particular learning style does not mean you are unable to respond in other ways.  Just buckle down and make up your mind to succeed!
3. Sometimes you can find ways to twist the assignment just a smidge to make it more pleasant for yourself.  As long as you come up with the desired finished product, you often can get there by any route that seems best to you.  A visual learner who is required to put on a skit might start by writing out a script or by making a poster to advertise the piece.  An auditory learner who needs to create a video might think of it as a narrated presentation to begin with and then add visual elements.  A kinesthetic learner who needs to design a graphic organizer might use cut out pieces to choose an arrangement of shapes to draw on the paper.  See how it works?  Each person works within his or her strong area and takes steps to get to the end of the assignment.
4. Be cognizant of learning styles when you choose partners or groups for projects.  It is almost never a good idea to choose a partner or partners with the same learning style as yourself.  Instead, think in terms of complimenting your strengths.  Pick people to work with who are different than you.  If you have no choice about group assignments, encourage your peers to work in their areas of strength as much as possible.  Together you can make the best project ever!