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A walkthroughtheforest

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A psychological test and free-speaking activity

55 use their imagination to describe a walk through a forest and then interpret each other's descriptions, revising vocabulary of personality. Copy one sheet per student and cut into two separate pieces: The story and The interpretation. LANGUAGE

Present tense (narrative): It's a very dark forest. It makesmefeel afraid. I start to walk more quickly. The.. .the + comparatives: The darker the forest is, the maTenegativeyou feel about

your life. Vocabulary: personality

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Tell 55 that they are goingto use their imagination to

describe a walk in a forest. They will describe the situation to each other, and then ask their partner to imagine the details. . Put 55 in pairs, ideally'facingeach other, and giveaut a sheet to each (just The story paTi,nat The interpretation), and givethem time to read it. You may need to pre-teach / elicit forest = a large area of trees, scary= frightening, fence = wooden wall around a house, a bear= large, heavywild animal with thick fur often found in forests,gate = small door in a wall or fence,wild (garden) = nat cultivated or tidy, e.g.with very long grass. . Tellthe As to put their sheet face down. They have to anSwer B's questions about the walk in as much detail as they can. B begins by reading the introduction to A (It's a beautiful , summer's day. . .) and then asks A the questions and takes

notes of A's answers.

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. When B has finished they change roles: B turns the sheet over and A asks all the questions and takes notes of his / her answers. . When both students .havedescribed their walk to each other, tell 55 that this was a psychologicalpersonality test and that now they are going to interpret each other's answers. Give aut the other half of the photocopied sheet: The interpretation. . Give 55 time to read the interpretation and thentell them to take turns to use the information to interpret their partner's description. Encourage them to do this in as imaginative a way as possible! . Get some quick feedback from pairs to find aut if 55 agreed with the interpretation of their personality.