Grade 8 Health PDCP

1. True
ColoursPersonality types

2. WHY DO I NEED TO
KNOW MY
PERSONALITY TYPE?
• Helps to understand yourself
• Helps with career choice
• Know what you like and don’t
like
• To understand how to work with
other personality types
• Website activity

3. • The colours are used to represent the four
different parts of your personality.
• We have all four colours or parts in our
personality, but we all have a preferred part
of our personality that we like to use.

4. Colours
• Green
• Orange
• Gold
• Blue

5. Activity
• Each group is assigned a colour.
• Read the characteristics, strengths and
needs for your colour.
• Use a creative way to describe the colour
or personality type to the rest of the class.
(song, skit, poem, comic strip, etc.)

6. Gold Personality:
Things that frustrate golds:
• Irresponsibility
• Lack of planning
• Illegal behaviour
• Laziness
• High risk taking
• Lack of discipline
Things golds do to frustrate others:
• Control freak
• Working long hours
• Being bossy and controlling
• Being obsessive
• Being judgmental
• Planning for everything

7. Blue Personality:
Things that frustrate blues:
• Lying
• Violence
• Personal rejection
• Lack of communication
• Lack of close friends
• Sarcasm
Things blues do to frustrate others:
• Lack of planning
• Avoiding conflict
• Being passive
• Suppressing problems
• Being too generous
• Being overly sentimental

8. Orange Personality:
Things that frustrate oranges:
• Rules and laws
• Same routine
• Deadlines
• Paperwork
• Lack of adventure
• Too much structure
Things oranges do to frustrate others:
• Ignoring rules
• Being undisciplined
• Lack of planning
• Being quick-tempered
• Thinking out loud
• Impulse buying

9. Green Personality:
Things that frustrate greens:
• Routine
• Small-talk
• Plagiarism
• Illogical arguments
• Social functions
• Incompetence
Things greens do to frustrate others:
• Not being sociable
• Being wordy
• Living in the future
• Blowing up when criticized
• Not going with the flow
• Being too independent

10. Determining Your
Colour
• Which colour is most like you?
• If you have difficulty deciding between two
colours, ask a friend, a teacher or a parent
for their opinion.
• On a sheet of paper, write your colour as a
heading or title, and list the characteristics,
strengths, and needs for that colour. Keep
this in your health duo-tang.

11. Discovering your colour mates
• In the class, each corner represents a colour.
• Go to the corner that represents your colour.
• Who is in your group?
• Are you surprised by who is with you?
• With your group, discuss your colour’s
personality traits and give examples of how you
have those traits.
• What are your values?
• What careers do you think suit your colour's
characteristics?