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“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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 2
“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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 3
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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 4
“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
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 5
“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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 6
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 7
“Kindness, like a
boomerang, always
returns.”
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 8
“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
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 9
“No person has the right
to rain on your
dreams.”-Martin Luther King, Jr.
TURN & TALK
1. Discuss quotation with
neighbor. Relate.
2. What does this quotation mean to you?
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
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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 10
“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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 11
“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.
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 12
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 13
“Love and compassion are necessities, not
luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”
-Dalai Lama
TURN & TALK1. Discuss quotation with neighbor.
Relate.
2. What does this quotation mean to you?
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
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 14
“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
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 15
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 16
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 17
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 18
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 19
“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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 20
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an
act, but a habit.” - Aristotle
Turn & Talk1. Define excellence. [listen]
2. Put this quotation in your own words.
3. What habit do you want to create?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 21
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 22
“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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 23
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 24
“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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 25
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 26
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 27
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 28
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 29
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 30
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 31
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 32
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 33
“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.
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 34
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 35
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 36
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 37
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 38
“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?
Daily Speaking Activity- DAY 39
“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 40
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