A Walk

Type of activity: This is a speaking activity in which students answer and interpret questions about a walk. Level: Intermediate and above Teacher's notes:

1. Put the students into pairs to discuss how valid they think quizzes are which test for 2. 3. 4. 5.
personality traits; as a class discuss the answers. Tell the students that you are going to read out a six questions which will be interpreted later in the lesson. Read out the questions and allow the students time to write down their answers. Review the answers and then, before reading out the interpretations, ask the students to work in pairs to discuss what they think each question indicates/means in terms of personality or characteristic etc. Go over their answers as a class and then read out the true interpretations.

Question 1 You are taking a walk in the woods and someone is with you. Who is the person with you? Question 2 As you walk through the woods, you see an animal in the distance. What kind of animal is it? Question 3 You walk closer to the animal and observe its actions. What is the animal doing? Question 4 After the animal runs off, you keep walking and shortly you see your dream house. You walk closer towards the home. Does it have a gate or fence around it? Question 5 You slowly work your way to the house and walk inside. You see a table as soon as you enter. What is on the table? Question 6 You walk through your dream house and go out the back door. You look down and notice a cup by your feet. What is the cup made of?

Interpretations:

Question 1 The person that you were in the woods with represents the most important person in your life. Question 2 The animal represents how many problems you have. If you saw a small animal like a bunny or a squirrel, you don't have many problems. If you saw a large animal like a bear, you have a lot of problems Question 3 What the animal does is how you react to your problems. If your animal runs away, that means you run away from problems. If the animal hurts you, you use violence to handle your problems. Question 4 If your dream house has a gate or fence around it, that means you are not very open or social. You like to arrange meetings with friends rather than just let people drop by. If your house doesn't have a fence that means you are very social and welcoming. Question 5 What you see on the table represents your mood. If you saw food, flowers, chocolate, cutlery etc. you are happy and optimistic. If you saw a statue or ornament, you are more reflective and mellow. If you didnt see anything, you are pessimistic. If you saw something scary like a dapper or a gun then you are a very nervous person. Question 6 The cups property represents how durable you see relationships e.g. if your cup is made of ceramic, you see relationships as very firm and long-lasting. If you cup is made of glass, you see relationships as being beautiful but fragile. If you saw a patterned cup, you see relationships as being entertaining and full. If the cup is plain, you possibly dont value relationships very much.