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Stand up and ask to find someone who:
 wanted to be a scientist as a child
 wanted to be a professional athlete as a child
 wants to be wealthy
 wants to own their own business
 wants to travel around the world
 is doing the job they dreamed of as a child
 would rather be in the mountains now
 would rather be on a tropical island now
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 Hopes
 Things that you want that you believe may come true
 Wishes
 Things that you want that are unlikely or impossible
 Which of the find "someone who's" were wishes and
which were hopes?
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 What job did you hope to have?
 How wealthy did you hope to be?
 Where did you hope to live?
 What kind of home did you hope to have?
 What kind of car did you hope to drive?
 What kind of romantic partner did you hope you
would have?
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 Where do you wish you were living now?
 What one thing do you wish you could change about:
 your romantic partner?
 your home?
 your job?
 your car?
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 Brainstorm some conflicts between parents and
teenage (16-19 year old) children
 What do parents wish their children would do?
 What do children wish their parents would
understand and allow?
 Try to think of 5-8 conflicts
 With a partner, try to pick 2-3 of the most interesting
conflicts
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Parents
Children
 You want your child to
 You want your parent to
change his/her behavior
 Think of the specific
changes you want
 Use these:
 I wish you would come
home earlier
 Please respect my wishes
 I wish you could see how
dangerous it is
allow a few more things
 Think of specific things
you want
 Use these:
 I wish you could
rememeber how it felt to
be young
 I wish you would just try
to understand
 I wish I could just have
more freedom
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 A familiar face (rules of wishing)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G9T-ZI5eLk
(watch 1:15-1:43, those with youtube access only)
 You have three wishes:
One each to change in the past, present and future
 I wish...would have...
 I wish...were...
 I wish...would/could...
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Student A
Student B
 Give your three wishes
 Put your paper in your
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to the teacher
Go to the teacher's right
Answer questions
Don't look at the papers
Discuss your wishes
when the student with
your wishes finds you
pocket
 Get a paper wih three
wishes from the teacher
 Try to find the person who
wrote it by asking oral
questions-- don't show the
paper to other students!
 Find out more about the
wishes- details and
reasons (What? Why?)
Switch!
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Discuss these quotes and sayings with your group. What do they
mean? Do you agree or disagree?
 “You must be the change you wish to see in the
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world” – Mahatma Ghandi
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would
happen, others make it happen” – Michael Jordan
“If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults
[problems] than your virtues [good things]” – E.G.
Bulwer-Lytton
“Be as you wish to seem [appear, look]” – Socrates
“Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t
speak well of yourself” – Blaise Pascal
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