The Path (Being Descriptive)

​Class Objectives

We are going to make a story in this lesson. I will give you the outline of the story, and you will fill in the details. You are going to work on being descriptiveby using plenty of adjectivesand descriptive terms.Don’t cheat! I want you to describe your path as if I can picture what you’re thinking about. 


By the end of the class, you will have:

• learned and used new vocabulary to
  be descriptive
• exercised creativity
• improved your use of adjectives
• told a story of your path

 
Difficulty:Blue Belt and above

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PRE-TEACH: Learn This Vocabulary

Learn these words before we create the story because I will present them in your outline. If you need adjectives when you tell your story, look them up in the dictionary or in Word Reference. Write your new words or expressions in the space below. 

Path – a walking road (typically in the woods or a field)
Stick – a long or short piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree
Fallen tree – a tree that has fallen down                   
Fork in the road – when you can go either right or left
Wall – the sides of a building or a barrier
up ahead – a short distance in front of you
come across – (phrasal verb) to encounter or to find something by chance
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THE STORY

I’m going to give you the outline to your story, and I want you to fill in the details. Be as descriptive as possible. Remember, this is to build your use of adjectives.
 
You’re walking down a path. Describe the path. (What does it look like? What do you see? What do you hear? How do you feel?)
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You come across a stick in the path. Describe the stick, and what do you do with it?
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You come to a fallen tree in the path. Describe the tree, and what do you do when you get to it?
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Up ahead, you see a fork in the path. Describe what you see in both directions. Which way do you go? Why?
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Up ahead, you see a bear. Describe the bear. What is the bear doing? How do you feel? What do you do?
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Up ahead, you come to a wall. Describe the wall. (Its color, its height, what it’s made of, etc.)
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There is a sound behind the wall. Describe the sound.
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THE MEANING

Each mark in the story represents something different in the way you see your life. Let me share with you what each of the steps in your story means.
 
 
The path represents your life and how you see your life. Did you see many colors, life, or did you see a dark and scary path?
The stick represents small problems in your life. How do you handle those?
The fallen tree represents big problems in your life. How do you handle those?
The fork in the road represents your political or social bend. How did each side look? Which way did you go?
The bear represents the opposite sex. What did it do? What did you do?
The wall represents how you see death. What did the wall look like?
The sound behind the wall represents how you view the afterlife. What did you hear?
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YOUR TASK: Your Reflection

How did you feel about this psychological test? In this section, I’d like you to write your reflection of this test. Include what you agreed with and disagreed with based on your results and what you generally think of with these tests.
 
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