Reality Ride

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Reality Ride

• Why Try?

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What is reality?

• Listen to the song Reality Check
• Then identify your favorite line in this song and
  describe what you think this song is all about.

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Reflection 1

1. Have you ever gotten into trouble for the same
   thing over and over? How have you gotten out of
   the loop?
2. List your top 5 strengths
3. How can these strengths help you get out of the
   loop?

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Art Project

• Draw a picture of your own Reality Ride. Label
  the things that cause you to crash. Place a star
  or a stick figure marking where you are on the
  ride. (Right Now)

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Reflection 2

1. What does Opportunity mean to you?
2. What does Freedom mean to you?
3. What does Self-Respect mean to you?

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Art Project

• Draw a picture or make a collage (using
  photographs or picture from a magazine, etc.)
  creating an image that represents an opportunity
  you would like to have in life.

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Reality Ride

• Listen to the song Reality Ride
• Then answer the questions on the next slide in
  your journal.

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1. What does the line So take the harder track and
   stay out of the loop mean to you?
2. What do you think the author meant when he wrote
   when Im gonna crash I look in side?
3. Why will the harder track give you more
   opportunity, freedom and self-respect?

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Music Project

• Find a song that you hear on the radio, the
  internet, or a music CD that has positive lyrics
  that help remind you of the answer to the
  question Why try?
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• Create a music video of you performing an
  original song that has positive lyrics that help
  remind you of the answer to the question Why
  try?