“what we see depends daily speaking activity- day 1 mainly...

“What we see depends

mainly on what we look

for.”

1. What does this quotation say to you?

Relate.

2. What can you do to prove this quotation true in your life?

Reflect.

Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 1

“Those who are the hardest to love need it the most.”

- Socrates

TURN & TALK

1. Discuss quotation with

neighbor.

Relate.

2. What does this quotation mean to you?

Reflect.


“You are responsible for your own happiness.”

Pair & Share1. What thought/emotion does this quotation trigger? Relate.

2. What can you do to prove this quotation true in your life?Reflect.


If it is important to you, you will find a way.

If not, you’ll find an excuse.

1. What word is repeated most in this quotation? Reflect.

2. What do you find most relatable about this quotation? Connect.


“If you are not willing to look

stupid, nothing great is ever

going to happen to you.”

- Dr. Gregory House

TURN & TALK1. Discuss whether you believe this quotation to be true with your neighbor.Relate.

2. Consider the “big picture.” what is this quotation attempting to explain?Connect


“The grass is greener where you water it”

1. Put this quotation in your own words.

Pair & Share2. Tell your neighbor about a time in your life where this quotation proved true or false.



“Kindness, like a

boomerang, always

returns.”


Relate.

2. What can you do to prove this quotation true in

your life?

Reflect.


“The only people

whom you should

try to get even are

those who have

helped you.”

-John E. Southard

TURN & TALK1. Discuss whether

you believe this quotation to be true with your

neighbor. Relate.2. Consider the “big picture.” what is this quotation attempting to explain?

Connect


“No person has the right

to rain on your

dreams.”-Martin Luther King, Jr.

TURN & TALK

1. Discuss quotation with

neighbor. Relate.


Reflect.

“It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are

going to do to get the things you want.”

- Franklin D. Roosevelt


Pair & Share2. Tell you neighbor about a time in your life where this quotation proved true or false.


“THE ONLY MAN WHO MAKES NO

MISTAKES IS THE MAN WHO NEVER

DOES ANYTHING.” -

Theodore Roosevelt

1. Put this quotation in your own words. Pair & Share2. Tell you neighbor about a time in your life

where this quotation proved true or false.


“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he

stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.


Relate.2. What can you do to prove this

quotation true in your life?

Reflect.



“Love and compassion are necessities, not

luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”

-Dalai Lama

TURN & TALK1. Discuss quotation with neighbor.

Relate.


Reflect.

“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” -Thomas Paine

Pair & share1. What thought/emotion does this quotation trigger? Relate.

2. Has there ever been a time that the world has come together? Reflect


“The human mind is like an

umbrella. It functions best when open.”

- Max Gropius

TURN & TALK1. Discuss whether you believe this quotation to be true with your neighbor. Relate.

2. Consider the “big picture.” what is this quotation attempting to explain? Connect


“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”- Albert Einstein

TURN & TALK1. Discuss whether you believe this quotation to be true with your neighbor.

2. Consider the author of this quotation. How does that affect the meaning of the quotation?


“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one w ill do.” -Thomas Jefferson

Pair & Share1. Explain Jefferson’s meaning to your neighbor. [listen]2. What does this quotation reveal about Jefferson as a person?3. What does this quotation mean to you?


“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”- Joan Didion

Pair & Share1. Define self-respect. [listen]2. What is Didion implying about self-respect? 3. How should the reader interpret this quotation?


“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”

-Benjamin Franklin

Turn & Talk1. What does Franklin find shameful about being unwilling to

learn?

2. How does Franlkin use the word

“ignorant” in this quotation? Does he

give it a negative connotation?

3. Which do you find more shameful?


“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work so most people don’t recognize them.” -Ann Landers

Pair & Share1. What about hard

work makes people shy away

from it?

2. What is Landers saying about

society at large?

What opportunities have you passed by because they

were hard? Relate.


“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an

act, but a habit.” - Aristotle

Turn & Talk1. Define excellence. [listen]


3. What habit do you want to create?


“Whether

you think you

can

or you can’t,

you’re

right.”

-Henry Ford

Turn & Talk1. What is Ford trying

to say about determination?

[listen]

2. Consider the author. What does this quotation reveal about Ford’s character?

3. What can you do to prove this quotation true?


“Education is the most powerful

weapon which you can use to

change the world.” -Nelson Mandela

Turn & Talk1. Discuss with your neighbor what you know about Mandela.

2. Explain how education can be used as a weapon.


“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

1. Put this quotation in your own words.2. Explain what Emerson is trying to convey in this quotation.3. Do you find this quotation inspirational? Why do you think many seniors choose this quotation as their senior quote?


“A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.” - Lou Holtz

Turn & Talk1. Put this quotation in your own words. Relate.

2. Do you agree with Holtz’s assertion? Connect.


“Attitude is a little thing

that makes a big

difference.”- Winston Churchill

Turn & Talk1. What kind of attitude do you think you have?

2. Do you think Churchill’s quotation is true?

3. Where do you think a change of attitude would make a big difference in your life?


“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

-Abraham Lincoln

Turn & Talk

1. Discuss the connection between this quotation and its author.

2. Do you agree with Lincoln? Explain.

3. What can you do to make the life in your years count more?


“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell

Turn & Talk1. Do you think we live in a time of universal deceit?

2. Define revolutionary.

3. Why would Orwell be concerned with “revolutionary acts”?

[think Animal Farm]

4. Do you agree?


“Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.” -Ghandi

Pair & Share1. Which do you find more important – to live like you would die tomorrow or learn like you would live forever? Explain.2. What is one thing you would do today if you were to die tomorrow?3. If you knew you would live forever, what would you want to learn?


“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not

even our troubles.”

- Charles Chaplin

Turn & Talk1. How does this quotation support optimism?

2. Do you agree with it?

3. What can you do to prove it true? Explain.

4. What do you know about Charles Chaplin?


“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

-William Shakespeare

1. Which of the three elements do you think is more important?

Turn & Talk2. What does it say about Shakespeare that he chooses to love all but only trust a few?

3. Do you agree?


“We all die.The goal isn’t to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.” - Chuck Palahniuk

Turn & Talk1. Do you believe something can live forever?

2. If you could live one imprint on this world, what would it be? Would you leave something for people to remember you by? Or would you leave something for people to learn from?


“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.” - Mario Puzo

1. Do you think that loyalty is the most important part of a family?

Pair & Share2. Do you believe that family has to be related?

3. Do you agree?


“Well done is better than well said.”

-Ben FranklinTurn & Talk

1. Discuss this quotation as it relates to modern day attitudes. 2. Is this belief lost in our society? 3. How important is action to you? Explain.


“The door to success is

labelled push.”

- Oscar Wilde

Pair & Share1. Explain the importance of this quotation. Relate.2. Has there been a time in your life where you simply had to “push” the door open?

3. Do you agree?


“If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.”-Mark Twain

Turn & Talk1. Decide with your neighbor which is more important to you – talking or listening.

2. Why do you think Twain stresses listening over talking?

3. What else should we do more of than talk?


“You cannot shake hands with a closed fist.” -Indira

Ghandi

Turn & Talk1. Discuss the meaning of this quotation with your neighbor. [listen]2. Explain the symbolism of each: shake hands and closed fist.3. What is Ghandi saying about in relation to our enemies?


“The important thing is not to

stop questioning” -Albert Einstein

Pair & Share1. What is so important about questioning?

2. What is Einstein “really saying about questioning? Is he actually talking about questioning?

3. Do you agree?


“There is nothing in a

caterpillar that tells you it is going to be a

butterfly. - William H. Danforth

Turn & Talk1. Discuss the significance of this quotation with your neighbor. [listen]

2. What do you find most encouraging about this quotation?

3. Can you relate?


“You catch more flies with honey than you

do with vinegar.”

-English Proverb

Turn & Talk1. Discuss what this quotation

teaches.

2. Do you agree?

3. What can you do to prove this quotation true?

4. Do you have any experience

with this sentiment?


Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 41“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but who does not ask remains a fool forever.” -Chinese Proverb

Reflect on the quotation. ● Do you agree or disagree?● Interpret this Chinese proverb into your own

words.● Connect with it by giving us an example of when

this quotation proved either true or false.● Provide the class with your personal thoughts on

the quotation.

Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 42Mother Theresa said, “Yesterday has gone. Tomorrow has not come. We only have today. Let us begin.”Reflect on the quotation. ● Do you agree or disagree?● Interpret Mother Theresa’s quotation into

your own words.● Identify with it by giving us an example of

when this quotation proved either true or false.

● Provide the class with your personal thoughts on the quotation

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