B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

Speaker 1

Library
Zoo
Toothpaste

Speaker 2

Tomato
Leg
Sunglasses

Speaker 3

Cap
Judge
Guitar

Speaker 4

Bread
Flower
Parrot

Speaker 5

Bed
Hand
Film

Speaker 6

Vest
Designer
Whisker

Speaker 7

Baby
Head
Lion

Round 2

Speaker 1

Service
forgiveness
Adventure

Speaker 2

Coldness
Warmth
Trust

Speaker 3

romance
Silliness
Happiness

Speaker 4

Surprise
Awareness
Amazement

Speaker 5

Tolerance
Confusion
Despair

Speaker 6

Right
Strength
Liberty

Speaker 7

Delay
Irritation
Joy

Round 3

Speaker 1

Faults are thick where love is thin.
A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground. --Igbo proverb
A day's planning is done at dawn. --Chinese Proverb

Speaker 2

While some are happy, some are anxious. --Chinese Proverb
You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was. --Irish proverb
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Speaker 3

Family shames must not be spread abroad. --Chinese Proverb
The more acquaintances you have, the less you know them. --Chinese Proverb
When the cat’s away, the mice will play.

Speaker 4

Every dog has its day
The first step is always the hardest.
Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times. --Chinese Proverb

Speaker 5

More die of food than famine.
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?

Speaker 6

Time is money.
Easy come, easy go.
You cant have an omelete unless you break the egg.

Speaker 7

Blessings come in disguise. --Chinese Proverb
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser. --Chinese Proverb
A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s claw.

Elim 1

Speaker 1

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." --— Robert Frost
I don’t see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Speaker 2

Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone. --George Washington
I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. --Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Speaker 3

It is better to be alone than in bad company. --George Washington
I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. --Albert Camus

Speaker 4

You know nothing, Jon Snow. --Game of Thrones
We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it. --Boris Yeltsin
Great lives never go out; they go on. --Benjamin Harrison

Speaker 5

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. --Earl Nightingale
Champions keep playing until they get it right. --Billie Jean King

Speaker 6

"You can't put paradise in a tour book. You have to discover it." --— Elna Baker
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. --Albert Einstein
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. --Aldous Huxley

Speaker 7

The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
If you think you have it tough, read history books. --Bill Maher