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  Color and Personality
Introduction

Expressing yourself in colors
Students describe themselves in colors, then they make an Inner-self abstract portrait where students draw an abstract form then later fill this with the colors they have defined themselves with.
Meaning of colors: Depth about colors and what they mean to us and our daily lives.

 
Activities
    Opening:(60 mins)
  • Introduction to the lesson
  • Warming up - Give them a color
  • Homework discussion

    Work: (120 mins)
  • Trainer: how to express oneself in colors
  • Trainer: meaning of colors
  • Student exercise: draw an inner self abstract
  • Student exercise: express yourself in colors

    Closing (60 mins)
  • Student: Presentation and discussion
  • Trainer: closing talk, homework and evaluation
 
Warming up Give them a color  

Give them a color
the trainer asks the students to give anyone a color that he/she thinks represents that person, e.g the trainer asks the students to give their president one color that represents him as a national figure and they write the color down on a piece of paper then all of them tell us why he or she chose the color for that specific person 		 
Homeweork discussion
30 mins		 Discussion of the previous homework The students shall present their 3 favorite colors to the class giving reasons as to why the colour represents that element.  
Brainstorming session Talk about functions and meaning of colors in our society and our communications
This document is the content material that will be taught by the trainer handling the lesson.		 
2 Exercises

Draw an inner self abstract portrait.
This is the frist part of the exercise, whereby each student takes a big piece of paper and draws shapes and outlines in a composition which can represent his or her innerself. This can be done with pencil. It should mainly consist of outlines.

Directly a few students are asked to explain what they have made and discuss.

Expression of yourself with colors
This is the second part of the exericse where the students use and mix watercolours to fill in the different shapes and lines which represents their innerself. The colours should all be chosen for a reason to respresent some quality of their personality.

  
TIP Please do not forget to have their work scanned and saved for MYSELF project 
Presentations and discussion

Presenting their final expression of colors.

  
Closing Talk

Ask the students what they have learnt that they didn't know before and revisit with them the main highlights.

 
Handouts There is one handout for this lesson
1. Colours and their meanings		  
Homework No homework 
Learning goals

Knowledge*students knows
- that each colour has different meanings
- Distinguish different colours as they relate to personality
Skills*students can
- Choose appropriate colours to represent personality
- Mix colors appropriately
- using different colors to communicate· express ones self in colors
- have own taste of mixing colors and still communicate
Attitude*students feel
- Appreciate the use of colours to communicate personality

 
Materials - One computer per student connected to the internet
- Hand out
- Evaluation forms
- Water colors and paint brushes.		 
       
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