pick someone you love and describe this person’s personality
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Pick someone you love and describe this person’s
personality.
If you won a million dollars today, how would you spend it? Would you
donate to any charities? Which ones?
To celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, each day many people are writing about one
thing they are thankful for and posting it when they update their status on facebook. Make a
list of all the things that make you thankful.
Last week, you spent a million dollars on items, trips, and charities. What are your views of being ultra-wealthy? What are
some of the emotional changes that might occur after you become an instant
millionaire? How might friends, acquaintances, or family members view
you differently?
Describe some advantages and disadvantages to having school
uniforms.
What famous person would you most like to have dinner with? Write 5
questions you would ask him/her.
Write a paragraph explaining this quotation in your own
words:
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
-Mohandas K. Gandhi
Write a paragraph explaining this quotation in your own
words:
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”
-Francis De Sales
Write a paragraph explaining this quotation in your own
words:
“The great thing in this world is not so much where we
are, but in what direction we are moving.”
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
Write a paragraph explaining this quotation in your own
words:
“The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what
you receive; it’s what you share.”
-Unknown
Write a paragraph explaining this quotation in your own
words:
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
-Unknown
Write a paragraph explaining this quotation in your own
words:
“We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how
we respond to them.”
-Epictetus
Write a paragraph explaining this quotation in your own
words:“Self-discipline begins with
the mastery of your thoughts, if you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what
you do.”
-Napoleon Hill
Write a paragraph explaining this quotation in your own
words:
“Go over, go under, go around, or go through. But
never give up.”
-Unknown
Write a paragraph explaining this quotation in your own
words:
“Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”
-John W. Gardner
Go to www.dosomething.org and read about a cause
• 1. Health and Fitness• 2. Disaster Response And
Relief• 3. Education• 4. Poverty• 5. Violence and Bullying• 6. International Human Rights• 7. Animal Welfare• 8. Environment• 9. War, Peace and Politics• 10. HIV and Sexuality• 11. Discrimination
What can we learn from disasters? List three disasters and 1 lesson for
each.
What do you think is the most dangerous occupation? Why?
Would you rather be an only child or have many brothers and
sisters? Why?
What is your biggest fear?
If you could be the school principal for a week, what things would you change?
Which musical group would you most want to perform at your
school? Why?
Name one of your talents and what you can do with your
ability.
How long do you think it takes to develop a true friendship? Are old
friends better than new ones?
What were some of your favorite toys or games from your
childhood?
11-2-09/ Question:
Which piece of technology has had the greatest impact on your life? Explain why.
11-3-09/ Question:
Which topic from the list seems the most interesting to research? What makes it appealing?