Quotations and Prompts AVID Quickwrites Quotations and Prompts

QUICK WRITE GUIDELINES   Do not stop writing until the specified time is up. Allow your pen pencil to capture all of your ideas Explain your ideas as much as possible. If a reader could ask why, be sure to provide an answer. If you don’t know why and are only sharing a hunch, say that. Write in the format you are instructed to write in. If I don’t give you another prompt, discuss the quotation in terms of your own experience and observations. Muse on the quotation, drawing examples from what you have lived or seen, in order to explain why the quote communicates truth, or why it may be missing the boat. Or, if a quote inspires you to write a creative text, you may do that as well.

What do you want to become? What do you need to do to make it happen? What do you need to change or stop doing? “We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” --Max DePree, businessman/writer 8/19/2014

“We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.” ― Abigail Adams, 1744-1818 Wife of John Adams, Mother of John Quincy Adams 8/25/2014

“The easiest thing to be in the world is you “The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position.” --Leo Buscaglia Be yourself! 9/2/2014

“Motivation is a fire from within “Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.” - Stephen R. Covey Stephen Covey is the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and countless other books. 9/10/2014

To love our enemy is impossible To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy.  Thich Nhat Hanh Possible ways of responding: ~Discuss examples ~Discuss why/how this is difficult, but why it’s a difficulty worth facing 9/22/2014

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” Isaac Asimov “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” 9/29/2014

“Don’t fight the problem, decide it.” George C. Marshall