ACTIVITY 296 – ENDER’S GAME

ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING PERSONALITY

I. WORK WITH A PARTNER:

1. WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES A GOOD LEADER MUST AND MUST NOT
HAVE?

2. CAN SOMEONE LEARN HOW TO BE A LEADER, OR ARE THEY BORN

ONE?

3. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A GOOD LEADER? EXPLAIN IT.

II. READ THE QUOTES BELOW ABOUT LEADERSHIP. DISCUSS WITH EACH OTHER THEIR
MEANINGS AND WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THEM:

"THE QUALITY OF A LEADER IS REFLECTED IN THE STANDARDS THEY SET FOR THEMSELVES."
- RAY KROC

"AN EFFECTIVE LEADER IS DEFINED BY RESULTS NOT WHETHER THEY MAKE GREAT SPEECHES OR
IS LIKED."
- PETER DRUCKER

"THE PROCESS OF INFLUENCING OTHERS TO PERFORM A TASK BY PROVIDING PURPOSE,

DIRECTION AND MOTIVATION."
- THE ARMY

"LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.

- JOHN MAXWELL

"LEADERSHIP IS SOMEONE WHO GIVES HOPE."

- TOM PETERS

"A TRUE LEADER IS SOMEONE WHO INSPIRES OTHERS TO BECOME MORE OF WHO THEY TRULY
ARE. THEY BRING OUT THE TALENT IN PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM PUT IT TO USE OVER AND OVER.
THEY INSPIRE OTHERS TO BE MORE THAN THEY EVER DREAMED OF."
- ANTHONY ROBBINS

"A LEADER IS SOMEONE THAT PEOPLE FOLLOW."

- WARREN BUFFETT

"GOOD LEADERS MAKE PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY'RE AT THE VERY HEART OF THINGS, NOT THE
PERIPHERY."
- WARREN BENNIS
III. MATCH THE ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE LEADERSHIP AND THEIR MEANINGS:

1. RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE WHO LIKE GIVING ORDERS TO OTHER PEOPLE

2. SELF-CONFIDENT PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS WANT TO WIN

3. COMPETITIVE PEOPLE WHO TRUST THEIR ABILITIES OR SKILLS

4. BOSSY 1 WORTHY OF TRUST

5. INDEPENDENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMON SENSE AND ARE

PRACTICAL
6. AMBITIOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE OR SHOW GREAT EXCITEMENT AND
INTEREST
7. SENSIBLE
PEOPLE WHO SHOW POISE AND CONFIDENCE IN YOUR
8. IMAGINATIVE OWN WORTH
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HIGH MORAL PRINCIPLES
9. ENTHUSIASTIC
PEOPLE YOU CAN TRUST OR DEPEND ON
10. PRINCIPLED
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE
11. SELF-ASSURED
PEOPLE WHO FACE FACTS AND DIFFICULTIES WITH
STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION; REALISTIC AND
12. TOUGH-MINDED
RESOLUTE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE CREATIVE AND GOOD AT THINKING
NEW IDEAS

IV. WATCH THE MOVIE SEGMENT AND DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS.

1. WHAT IS A MIND GAME, IN THIS CASE?

2. WHAT PERSONALITY TRAITS DOES ENDER HAVE?

3. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP TRAINING?

4. WHAT DID ENDER DO THAT STOOD OUT THE OTHERS?

5. WHICH ADJECTIVES IN EXERCISE III WOULD YOU USE TO DESCRIBE ENDER?

6. WHICH ADJECTIVES WOULD YOU USE TO DESCRIBE THE OTHER LEADERS

SHOWN IN THE SEGMENT?

7. ARE THEY ALL EFFECTIVE LEADERS? EXPLAIN IT.

MOVIE SEGMENTS TO ASSESS GRAMMAR GOALS

ACTIVITY 296
ENDER’S GAME
ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING LEADERS
ANSWER KEY:

COMPETITIVE - PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS WANT TO WIN

RELIABLE -PEOPLE YOU CAN TRUST OR DEPEND ON

RESPONSIBLE - WORTHY OF TRUST

INSECURE - PEOPLE WHO DO NOT TRUST THEIR ABILITIES/SKILLS

SELF-CONFIDENT - PEOPLE WHO TRUST THEIR ABILITIES OR SKILLS

INDEPENDENT - PEOPLE WHO LIKE DOING THINGS ON THEIR OWN, WITHOUT HELP

BOSSY - PEOPLE WHO LIKE GIVING ORDERS TO OTHER PEOPLE

SENSIBLE - PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMON SENSE AND ARE PRACTICAL

IMAGINATIVE - PEOPLE WHO ARE CREATIVE AND GOOD AT THINKING NEW IDEAS

AMBITIOUS - PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE

ENTHUSIASTIC - HAS OR SHOWS GREAT EXCITEMENT AND INTEREST

PRINCIPLED - HAS HIGH MORAL PRINCIPLES

TOUGH-MINDED - FACES FACTS AND DIFFICULTIES WITH STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION;

REALISTIC AND RESOLUTE

SELF-ASSURED - SHOWS POISE AND CONFIDENCE IN YOUR OWN WORTH