B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    No person is born great. Great people become great when others are sleeping. --African Proverb
    Be a mountain or lean on one.
    What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander.

  2. Speaker 2


    A smile dispels many worries. --Chinese Proverb
    Repay good with good. --Chinese Proverb
    Starlight shines far. --Chinese Proverb

  3. Speaker 3


    The longest way around is the shortest way home.
    It's better to walk thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. --Chinese Proverb
    Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

  4. Speaker 4


    If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
    The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love. --African Proverb
    Politeness costs little but yields much.

  5. Speaker 5


    The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet tall.
    When in Rome, do as the Romans do
    He who cheats the earth will be cheated by the earth. --Chinese Proverb

  6. Speaker 6


    A picture is worth a thousand words
    Slow and steady wins the race.
    Early bird catches the worm

  7. Speaker 7


    Action speaks louder than words.
    Ripe fruit falls by itself - but it doesn't fall in your mouth. --Chinese Proverb
    He that beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad man himself. --African proverb

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    Worry
    wish
    Communication

  2. Speaker 2


    Need
    Goodness
    Infancy

  3. Speaker 3


    Poverty
    information
    Ability

  4. Speaker 4


    Pleasure
    Marriage
    Love

  5. Speaker 5


    Peculiarity
    Luck
    Courage

  6. Speaker 6


    government
    Disquiet
    Dexterity

  7. Speaker 7


    Faith
    Charity
    memory

Elim 1

  1. Speaker 1


    If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress --Barack Obama
    A lie has speed, but truth has endurance. --Edgar J. Mohn
    That's how we're gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love.

  2. Speaker 2


    Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're 'equally infinite.' --Fred Rogers
    Keep calm and carry on.
    I’m a big deal in the resistance. --Finn, The Force Awakens

  3. Speaker 3


    Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. --Anton Chekhov
    The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
    I can take any truth just don't lie to me. --Barbra Streisand

  4. Speaker 4


    "Waste no time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” --— Marcus Aurelius
    The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
    A true Friend is the best Possession. --Benjamin Franklin

  5. Speaker 5


    Content makes poor men rich discontent makes rich men poor. --Benjamin Franklin
    What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be? --Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give)
    "Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children." --— Malcolm X

  6. Speaker 6


    Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. --Albert Einstein
    It is never too late to be what you might have been. --George Eliot
    All it takes is faith and trust

  7. Speaker 7


    Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. --Aldous Huxley
    Strike me down in anger and I’ll always be with you. Just like your father. --Luke Skywalker, Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
    We accept the love we think we deserve.

Elim 2

  1. Speaker 1


    It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. --Albert Einstein
    Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass. --Louise Erdrich (The Round House)
    “In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.” --— James Reston

  2. Speaker 2


    If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. --Benjamin Franklin
    A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
    Those who are not interested in politics will be forever ruled by those who are. --G. Edward Griffin

  3. Speaker 3


    A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. --Benjamin Franklin
    Just Do It
    The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. --Benjamin Franklin

  4. Speaker 4


    Disappointments are to the soul what thunderstorms are to the air
    I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
    We make war that we may live in peace. --Aristotle

  5. Speaker 5


    Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. --Anne Frank
    You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. --Aldous Huxley
    Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts --Aladdin

  6. Speaker 6


    We are the change that we seek. --Barack Obama
    "Not failure, but low aim, is a crime.” --— James Russell Lowell
    “Once is a mistake, twice is jazz.” --— Attributed to Miles Davis

  7. Speaker 7


    Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world. --Dolores Huerta
    To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. --Fred Rogers
    You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. --George Clooney

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    Strawberry
    Singer
    Gauva

  2. Speaker 2


    Deer
    Sandwich
    Stadium

  3. Speaker 3


    Plant
    Fox
    Nose

  4. Speaker 4


    Town
    Bookstore
    Tomato

  5. Speaker 5


    Smoke
    Hat
    Bulb

  6. Speaker 6


    Photographer
    Flag
    Frog

  7. Speaker 7


    Back
    Boots
    Ankle