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Prepare cards with a personality trait written on it (talkative, cheerful, arrogant, stubborn,
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Reading your signature.

What does your signature say about you? According to handwriting analysts, signatures re-
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1. Ask students to write the sentence Write soon on a piece of paper and then sign un- Buscar
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2. Ask them to work in pairs and look at their partner’s signature and explain what it
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3. Ask them to discuss whether they agree with their partner’s interpretation and why
or why not.

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their choice of careers. On the board write the jobs below. Ask students in pairs to choose
five and discuss what personality types the jobs would attract and why. Then discuss their
choices with another pair:
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Acting out

Prepare cards with personality adjectives. Divide the class into 2 teams. For each team’s
turn, set a time (1 minute).

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for the other team, and turns continue until all the slips are gone. Count the slips and give
those points to their teams.

Quotes.
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On the walls of the class stick the following quotes. Students in threes stand up and dis- Making Vocabulary Stick
cuss what the quote means and whether they agree or disagree with them.

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If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am
Beauty attracts the eye but personality captures the heart.
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