Last Minute
Lead-in
- How would you describe your own personality?
- What about your best friend’s personality?
- Which personality traits do you usually find annoying? Why?
- What are some personality traits that you think are particularly important for someone who wants to be a good leader?
- What personality traits are most important for building strong relationships with others?
- Do you think that a person’s personality traits are mostly determined by genetics or by their environment?
- Can people change their personality traits over time? If so, what factors contribute to this change?
Vocabulary
- What do you think about each one of these personality types?
“We can choose to change our personality. Our personality traits aren’t set in stone, destined from birth, but rather can be malleable.”
- How do you feel when you have to wait for a latecomer?
- How do you handle situations when someone else is consistently late?
- What do these sayings mean?
- “Time flies.”
- “Time and tide wait for no man.”
- “Time hangs heavy.”
- What are some consequences of being consistently late? What about being too early?
- When was the last time you were behindhand with something? What was it?
- How do you feel when you get late for something?
- And what about when you get in time?
TIMEBENDER
- Have you ever heard of the term “timebender”? What about “timekeeper”? Watch the video and know more about them.
- Do you see yourself as more of a timebender or timekeeper? Why?
- What can timebenders do in order to change their tardiness?
- How might the habit of arriving late affect timebenders’ relationships?
- How tidy are you?
- How about organized?
- Do you consider yourself punctual? If not, would you like to change it?
- How do you feel about getting late for social events?
- How about really important appointments?