Name ____________________
QUOTES – ORAL RECITATION
You must memorize and recite a quote. There will be a sign-up sheet in the classroom, and
the last day to recite is Friday, October 10.
The quote must be at least 15 words long. You may choose from the quotes I share with you
in class, or you may choose to find your own.
A Bronze, Silver, Gold opportunity is also available. It is due on Friday, October 10. You do
not have to turn it in on the same day as you do your recitation.
Bronze – Create a colorful poster that includes your quote.
Silver – Write a paragraph (5-7 sentences) explaining the meaning of the quote and why it is
important for people to think about what it means.
Gold – Write two paragraphs (5-7 sentences each) explaining the meaning of the quote, why it
is important for people to think about what it means, and what the quote means to you.
You must turn this paper into Mrs. Anglley on the day you recite your quote. The rubric is on
the back.
The quote I am going to recite is
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Recitation Rubric
Teacher Name: Mrs. Anglley
Student Name:
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4
3
Speaks clearly and
distinctly all (10095%) the time, and
mispronounces no
words.
Speaks clearly and
distinctly all (10095%) the time, but
mispronounces
one word.
Volume is loud
enough to be
heard by all
audience members
throughout the
recitation.
Stands up straight,
looks relaxed and
confident.
Establishes eye
contact with
everyone in the
room during the
recitation.
Volume is loud
enough to be
heard by all
audience members
at least 90% of the
time.
Date __________
2
Speaks clearly and
distinctly most (9485%) of the time.
Mispronounces no
more than one
word.
Volume is loud
enough to be
heard by all
audience members
at least 80% of the
time.
1
Often mumbles or
cannot be
understood OR
mispronounces
more than one
word.
Stands up straight
and establishes eye
contact with
everyone in the
room during the
recitation.
Sometimes stands
up straight and
establishes eye
contact.
Slouches and/or
does not look at
people during the
recitation.
Preparedness
Student is
completely
prepared and has
obviously
rehearsed.
Student seems
pretty prepared
but might have
needed a couple
more rehearsals.
The student is
somewhat
prepared, but it is
clear that rehearsal
was lacking.
Student does not
seem at all
prepared to
present.
Listens to Other
Recitations
Listens intently.
Does not make
distracting noises
or movements.
Listens intently but
has one distracting
noise or
movement.
Sometimes does
not appear to be
listening but is not
distracting.
Sometimes does
not appear to be
listening and has
distracting noises
or movements.
Length
Requirements
Meets the length
requirements of
the assignment.
Length is 75% of
the requirement.
Length is less 50%75% of the
requirement.
Length is less than
50% of the
requirement.
Total _____/ 24
22-24 - A
20-21 - B
17-19 - C
15-16 - D
CATEGORY
Speaks Clearly
Volume
Posture and Eye
Contact
Volume often too
soft to be heard by
all audience
members.
1. Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice,
to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.
—Virgil Garnett Thomson
2. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist
adjusts the sails.
—William Arthur Ward
3. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and
those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch
4. “Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just
walk beside me and be my friend.”
― Albert Camus
5. “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors,
not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
6. “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou
7. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do
than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
8. “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain
9. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any
direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are
the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!
10. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand
up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
11. “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps
learning stays young.” – Henry Ford
12. “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is
wise by his questions.” – Naguib Mahfouz
13. “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it
‘The Present’.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
14. “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will
not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” – Edward Everett Hale
15. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst
thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt
16. “Do a little more than you’re paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little
harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of
thanks to God for health, family, and friends.” – Art Linkletter
17. “So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s A
Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent
guaranteed) Kid, you’ll move mountains.” ― Dr. Seuss
18. “To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful
thing: that is enough for one man’s life.” – T.S. Eliot
19. “The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I”. They don’t
think “I.” They think “we”; they think “team.” - Peter Drucker
20. Leaders aren’t born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through
hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. Vince Lombardi
21. “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the
one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” – Ronald Reagan
22. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched….but are
felt in the heart.” - Helen Keller
23. ʺIt’s a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be
beloved of many friends.ʺ – Oliver Wendell Holmes
24. You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. –
Ralph Waldo Emerson
25. That best portion of a man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness
and love. – William Wordsworth
26. “If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of
folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of
view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” – Atticus Finch in To Kill
a Mockingbird (1962)
27. “If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s
point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own.” - Henry Ford
28. “Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We
must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.” – U. Thant
29. “It’s not so much the journey that’s important; as is the way that we treat those we
encounter and those around us, along the way.” – Jeremy Aldana
30. “He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly
respected by them.” – Mencius
31. “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president
of the university.” – Albert Einstein
32. “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as
a human being.” – Jackie Robinson
33. “The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any
good–and how he treats people who can’t fight back.” – Abigail Van Buren
34. “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do
nothing for him.” – Malcolm Forbes
35. “Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large
ones either.” -Albert Einstein
36. Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
—Lao-Tze
37. Preamble to the Constitution: We the people of the United States, in order to form a
more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United
States of America.