Welcome! Below you will find a presentation of 125 character quotations (maxims)
based on Character Counts Foundations for Life materials. The quotations are an
effective catalyst for reflection via journal writing and/or discussion.
Journal Writing Procedure
Lesson Time: 
  • 10 Minutes (or longer if desired)                                 
Lesson Preparation:        
  • Click on a quotation appropriate to your lesson, copy and paste into personal slide or use quotation directly from Website.
Lesson Design:  
  • Have students read quotation silently and then you read quotation aloud.
  • Clarify quotation via pair-share or open-class discussion addressing any potentially troublesome vocabulary and/or figurative or implied meanings. 
  • Reflect on the ways in which the ideas presented in the quotation are meaningful to the students' lives (write/discuss).
  • Click HERE for quick-write and pair-share protocols.


                                                                                                                                                        
    Quotations