Additional activity 1.Remembering Your Dreams STEP ONE In a short paragraph,write down the details of a dream that you once had.If you can't remember a dream,invent one. STEPTWO Tell your dream to your partner.When you have finished,check whether other classmates can remember all the details.Your partner uses a question tag and you use short answers. Example: Partner:In your dream you were eating a giant ice-cream,weren't you? You:Yes,I was. Partner:Suddenly it began to melt,didn't it? You:Yes,it did. 2.Four Kinds of Dreams STEP ONE Provide the features of the four categories that dreams usually fall into. 1 Daily Processing:Most dreams fall in the realm of"daily processing",clearing the garbage from our minds-dumping input from the day that's no longer needed.We don't remember most of these dreams,and those we do remember can usually be easily related to our lives. 2 Problem-solving:"Problem-solving"dreams are just what you might think-your subconscious knows all-it knows your problems and it knows how to solve them.If the subconscious thinks its solution is important enough,up pops a problem-solving dream.We don't always remember these dreams,but our conscious mind does and acts on them directly and,like our daily processing dreams,we can normally interpret them for ourselves. 3 Psychological:For most of us,these dreams are about our relationships,past sufferings,our fears and anxieties,guilt and resentment.In these "psychological dreams",we're not solving a problem or making a decision,we're simply facing something about ourselves or our current situation that's probably been holding us back.Some of these dreams,especially those that are repetitive,require interpretation.Some repetitive dreams may first be defined as psychological in nature,but are actually indicative of physical problems that require medical attention. 4 Precognitive:"Precognitive"dreams deliver psychic information.You dream about a friend and then see them the next day,or you dream your sister is pregnant and she is!For most of us, precognitive dreams aren't so obvious because our ego shadows our psychic information with symbols.Precognitive dreams can often be identified by their quality:The light is strange,or you clearly feel that you're in another dimension.Objects are oddly shaped or made of unusual materials.These dreams are almost always worth recording and tracking for they will be rich with information,much of which presented in symbols. STEPTWO Students work in groups to describe their dreams in turn.After each description,the other members in the group work together to determine which of the categories the dream belongs to. STEP THREE Choose the most interesting dream from the group and present it to the class8 Additional activity 1. Remembering Your Dreams STEP ONE In a short paragraph, write down the details of a dream that you once had. If you can’t remember a dream, invent one. STEP TWO Tell your dream to your partner. When you have finished, check whether other classmates can remember all the details. Your partner uses a question tag and you use short answers. Example: Partner: In your dream you were eating a giant ice-cream, weren’t you? You: Yes, I was. Partner: Suddenly it began to melt, didn’t it? You: Yes, it did. 2. Four Kinds of Dreams STEP ONE Provide the features of the four categories that dreams usually fall into. 1 Daily Processing: Most dreams fall in the realm of “daily processing”, clearing the garbage from our minds—dumping input from the day that’s no longer needed. We don’t remember most of these dreams, and those we do remember can usually be easily related to our lives. 2 Problem-solving: “Problem-solving” dreams are just what you might think—your subconscious knows all—it knows your problems and it knows how to solve them. If the subconscious thinks its solution is important enough, up pops a problem-solving dream. We don’t always remember these dreams, but our conscious mind does and acts on them directly and, like our daily processing dreams, we can normally interpret them for ourselves. 3 Psychological: For most of us, these dreams are about our relationships, past sufferings, our fears and anxieties, guilt and resentment. In these “psychological dreams”, we’re not solving a problem or making a decision, we’re simply facing something about ourselves or our current situation that’s probably been holding us back. Some of these dreams, especially those that are repetitive, require interpretation. Some repetitive dreams may first be defined as psychological in nature, but are actually indicative of physical problems that require medical attention. 4 Precognitive: “Precognitive” dreams deliver psychic information. You dream about a friend and then see them the next day, or you dream your sister is pregnant and she is! For most of us, precognitive dreams aren’t so obvious because our ego shadows our psychic information with symbols. Precognitive dreams can often be identified by their quality: The light is strange, or you clearly feel that you’re in another dimension. Objects are oddly shaped or made of unusual materials. These dreams are almost always worth recording and tracking for they will be rich with information, much of which presented in symbols. STEP TWO Students work in groups to describe their dreams in turn. After each description, the other members in the group work together to determine which of the categories the dream belongs to. STEP THREE Choose the most interesting dream from the group and present it to the class