B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 - 1:30 PM

Speaker 1

Tail

Wrist

Shorts

Speaker 2

Daughter

Garage

Potato

Speaker 3

Hostel

Waist

Frock

Speaker 4

Cheese

Shampoo

Train station

Speaker 5

Stomach

Toothbrush

Sister

Speaker 6

Wolf

Table

Ribs

Speaker 7

Purse

Rubber

Umbrella

Round 2 - 3:00 PM

Speaker 1

Movement

Anxiety

misery

Speaker 2

Dream

enthusiasm

Sensitivity

Speaker 3

Uncertainty

Luck

Disregard

Speaker 4

Care

Pain

Strength

Speaker 5

Ability

Opportunity

Power

Speaker 6

integrity

wish

parenthood

Speaker 7

Idea

Service

Confusion

Round 3 - 4:15 PM

Speaker 1

It is easy to find a thousand soldiers, but hard to find a good general. --Chinese Proverb

Water flows in only to flow out. --Chinese Proverb

He who digs a grave for his enemy might as well be digging one for himself. --African Proverb

Speaker 2

To try and to fail is not laziness. --African Proverb

For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Speaker 3

The young bird does not crow until it hears the old ones. --Tswana proverb

A clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. --Chinese Proverb

Desperate times call for desperate measures. 

Speaker 4

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground. --Igbo proverb

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.

Speaker 5

Every horse thinks its own pack is heaviest.

Better little than too little. --Cameroonian proverb

With truth on your side, you can go anywhere; without truth, you can't take a tiny step. --Chinese Proverb

Speaker 6

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it. --African Proverb

Time and tide wait for no man.

Speaker 7

Appearances can be deceptive.

Happiness is the best cosmetic. --Chinese Proverb

When you show the moon to a child, it sees only your finger. --Zambian proverb