POD FYC Presentation

Correct the grammatical errors in the sentence given.

Original sentence

“be who you are and say what you feel becuase those who mind don’t madder and those who matter dont mind.” -Dr. Seuss

Corrected sentence

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” -Dr. Seuss

Vincent Van Gogh – Café Terrace at Night

Write a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:

What is going on in this painting? What is the focus in the painting? What are your favorite things about it? What things about the painting do you dislike? What do you think is the message behind the painting? Why do you think the artist painted it?


Original sentence

“be the change that you wish too see in the wurld” -Mahatma gandhi

Corrected sentence

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” –Mahatma Gandhi

Edvard Munch – The Scream




Original sentence

“If you tell the trooth, you dont have to remember any thing” - mark Twain

Corrected sentence

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything” – Mark Twain

Vermeer – The Astronomer




Original sentence

“Always fourgive your enemies: nothing anoys them so much.” - Oscar Wilde

Corrected sentence

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” - Oscar Wilde

Leonardo Da Vinci – The Mona Lisa




Original sentence

“We must be willing to let go of the life we has planned so as to have the life that is waighting for us.” -e.m. Forster

Corrected sentence

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” -E.M. Forster

Gustav Klimt – The Kiss




Original sentence

“In the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in you're years.” - Abe Lincoln

Corrected sentence

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” - Abe Lincoln

Van Gogh – Poppies




Original sentence

“Education is a admirable thing, but it is good to remmember from time to time that nothing that is worth noing can be taught.” - Oscar Wilde

Corrected sentence

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is good to remmember from time to time that nothing that is worth noing can be taught.” - Oscar Wilde

V-J Day Kiss in Time Square

Write a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:

What is going on in this picture? What is the focus in the picture? Why do you think it is considered iconic? What do you think is the message behind the photo? Why do you think the photographer took it?


Original sentence

“If every one demanded peace instead of another television sit, than there'd be peace.” -john Lennon

Corrected sentence

“If everyonedemanded peace instead of another television set, thenthere'd be peace.” -John Lennon

Earthrise, 1968


What is going on in this picture? What is the focus in the picture? What year was it taken? Why do you think it is considered iconic? What do you think is the message behind the photo? Why do you think the photographer took it?


Original sentence

“Sometimes well things fall apart so that better thing can fall together.” - Marilyn monroe

Corrected sentence

“Sometimes goodthings fall apart so that better thingscan fall together.” -Marilyn monroe

First Flight, 1903


What is going on in this picture? What is the focus in the picture? What year was it taken? Why do you think it is considered iconic? What do you think is the message behind the photo? Why do you think the photographer took it?


Original sentence

“If you want to know what a mans like, take a good look at how he treetshis inferiers, not his equals.” - J.K. Rowling

Corrected sentence

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treatshis inferiors, not his equals.” - J.K. Rowling

Vermeer – Girl with a Pearl Earring




Original sentence

“You don’t has to burn book to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop read them.”

- Ray Bradbury

Corrected sentence

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”

- Ray Bradbury

Escher – Sphere




Original sentence

“In 3 words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about live: it go on.”

- Robert Frost

Corrected sentence

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”

- Robert Frost

Picasso – Guernica




Original sentence

“Life is what happen to you while your busy makeing other plans.”

- John Lennon

Corrected sentence

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy makingother plans.”

- John Lennon

Degas – Dance Class at the Opera




Original sentence

“My hope is too leave the world a bit better then when I got hear.”

- Jim Henson

Corrected sentence

“My hope is to leave the world a bit better then when I got hear.”

- Jim Henson

Dali – The Persistence of Memory




Original sentence

“No one can make you feel inferier with out your concent.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Corrected sentence

““No one can make you feel inferiorwithout your consent.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Monet – Water Lilies (detail)




Original sentence

“Music are the stronguestform of magic.”

- marylinManson

Corrected sentence

“Music is the strongest form of magic.”

- MarylinManson

Grand Canyon, USWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“I has no special talents. I is only passionitelycureous.”

- Albert Einstein

Corrected sentence

“I have no special talents. I amonly passionately curious.”

- Albert Einstein

Mount Everest, NepalWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:

What is going on in this picture? What is the focus in the picture? Where was it taken? Why do you think it is an important picture? What do you think is the message behind the photo? Why do you think the photographer took it?


Original sentence

“Anamals are my freinds, and I dont eat my friends.”

- George Bernard Shaw

Corrected sentence

““Animals are my friends, and I don’t eat my friends.”

- George Bernard Shaw

Mount Huang, ChinaWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“There are only too ways to live your live. One is as thow nothing is a miracle. The other is as though every thing is a miracle.”

- Albert Einstein

Corrected sentence

“There are only twoways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

- Albert Einstein

Paradise Bay, AntarcticaWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence“If you could kick the

person in the pants responsable for most off you’re trouble, you wouldnt sit for a month.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

Corrected sentence

“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” -

Theodore Roosevelt

Mount AsgardWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“A ships is safe in harber, but thats not what ships are for.”

- William G. Shedd

Corrected sentence

“A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.”

- William G. Shedd

Amphitheatre, Drakensberg - South AfricaWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence“Men occassionally

stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselfsup and hurry off as if nothing ever happend.”

- Winston S. Churchill

Corrected sentence

“Men occasionallystumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.”

- Winston S. Churchill

Bay of Kotor, MontenegroWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“Im not afraid of death: I just don’t want to be their when it happen.”

- Woody Allen

Corrected sentence

“I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

- Woody Allen

Auyantepui, Venezuela Write a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“You just can’t beat the person who never give up.”

- Babe Ruth

Corrected sentence


- Albert Einstein

Carlsbad Caverns, NM - USWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“There are no secrets to sucess. It is the result of preperation, hard work, learning from failier.”

- Gen. Colin Powell

Corrected sentence

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, (and) learning from failure.”

- Gen. Colin Powell

Chauvet CaveWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence


- Babe Ruth

Corrected sentence


- Albert Einstein

Lycian Tombs, TurkeyWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence


- Babe Ruth

Corrected sentence


- Albert Einstein

Cueva de las Manos, ArgentinaWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence


- Babe Ruth

Corrected sentence


- Albert Einstein

Kukenan, VenezuelaWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence


- Babe Ruth

Corrected sentence


- Albert Einstein

Mountains of Banff, CanadaWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence“Dare to be a sucky

skateboarder or a lousy video editor or a completely crappy golfer. If we do only the stuff we’re good at, we never learn anything new.”

- Justin Bieber

Corrected sentence

“Dare to be a suckyskateboarder or a lousy video editor or a completely crappy golfer. If we do only the stuff we’re good at, we never learn anything new.”

- Justin Bieber

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa - KanagawaWrite a response to the photograph shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence


- Babe Ruth

Corrected sentence


- Albert Einstein

Puerta Princesa Underground River, The Philipines




Original sentence"Earth and sky, woods

and fields, lake and rivers, the mountianand the sea, are excelentschoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever lern from books."

- John Lubbock

Corrected sentence

"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountainand the sea, are excellentschoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books."

- John Lubbock

Pompeo Batoni - Madonna and ChildWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“Men proffess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evadence in there opinions and lives that they have herd it."

- Henry David Thoreau

Corrected sentence

“Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in theiropinions and lives that they have heard it."

- Henry David Thoreau

Cezanne – Still Life with Apples and OrangesWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“It takes much braviry to stand up to our eneimesbut we need as much bravery to stand up to are friends."

- J.K. Rowling

Corrected sentence

“It takes much bravery to stand up to our enemiesbut we need as much bravery to stand up to ourfriends."

- J.K. Rowling

Waterhouse – The Lady of ShalottWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

"Their is nothing to writeing. All you do is set down at a typewriter and blead.“

- Ernest Hemingway

Corrected sentence

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.“

- Ernest Hemingway

The Beatles – YesterdayWrite a response to the song played. Consider these questions:

What is going on in the song? What is the focus of the lyrics? What are your favorite things about it? What things about the song do you dislike? What do you think is the message behind the song? Why do you think the artist wrote it?

Yesterday, All my troubles seemed so far away, Now it looks as though they're here to stay, Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be, There's a shadow hanging over me, Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say. I said, Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, Love was such an easy game to play, Now I need a place to hide away, Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Why she Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say. I said, Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, Love was such an easy game to play, Now I need a place to hide away, Oh, I believe in yesterday.


Original sentence

“Never doubt that a small group of thougtful, commited citizinscan change the world. Indeed, it was the only thing that ever has.“

- Margaret Mead

Corrected sentence

“Never doubt that a small group of thougtful, commited citizinscan change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.“

- Margaret Mead

Dali – Swans Reflecting ElephantsWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“The truth is every one is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffring for.“

- Bob Marley

Corrected sentence

“The truth is everyone is going to hurt you. You just have to find the ones worth suffering for.“

- Bob Marley

Botticelli – The Birth of Venus (detail)Write a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

"Tomarrow is the most importent thing in life. Comes into us at midnigt very clean. Its perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes wevelearned some thing from yesterday."

- John Wayne

Corrected sentence

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."

- John Wayne

Alex Pardee – GateWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“Inperfection is beuaty,

madness is geniousand it's better to be absolutly ridiculusthan absolutely boring." - Marilyn Monroe

Corrected sentence

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutelyridiculous than absolutely boring." - Marilyn Monroe

Alex Pardee – GateWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“The fisherman know that the sea is dangerus and the storm terrible, but they had never found these dangers suficient reason for remaning ashore." - Vincent van Gogh

Corrected sentence

“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore." - Vincent van Gogh

Pablo Picasso – The Old GuitaristWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“How wonderful it is that nobody needs wait a single moment before start to inprove the world.”

– Anne Frank

Corrected sentence

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

– Anne Frank

Pablo Picasso – The Old GuitaristWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence

“I know doubt deserved my enemies, but I dont beleive I diserved my freinds.”

– Walt Whitman

Corrected sentence

“I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends.”

– Walt Whitman

Frida Kahlo – Wounded DeerWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence“We are who we are

for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to chose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from their.”

– Stephen Chbosky

Corrected sentence

“We are who we are for a lot of reasons. Maybe we'll never know most of them. Even if we don't have the power to choosewhere we come from, though, we can still choose where we go from there.”

– Stephen Chbosky

L. Diane Johnson – Joyous ExplosionWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:



Original sentence“Keep away from

people who try to belittel your ambetions. Small poeple always do that, but the realygreat make you feel that you, to, can become great.”

– Stephen Chbosky

Corrected sentence

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the reallygreat make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

– Stephen Chbosky

Jennifer Morrison – Equine AbstractWrite a response to the painting shown. Consider these questions:
