High School - Feelings/Emotions

[btpham13]

This is a lesson I did last semester.  I went over a few emotions with the class using PPT.  Then I had a brainstorming discussion and asked the students what made them angry/happy/sad/anxious/etc.  Then they worked in their groups and talked about what makes them angry/happy/sad/etc.  At the end of class, I showed a bunch of videos and asked them how did the videos make them feel.  This was a pretty successful lesson.

[Whyt]

same story, powerpoint files still corrupt ;(

[jeane86]

After I introduced emotions to the students I played a game with them the following week to show them how the different emotions can be applied to different situations. I have very low level classes, but it still worked well. For higher level students it can be made a little more advanced and be lots of fun.

After reviewing the emotions with an individual worksheet they do group work. 4 students in a group, each group gets a paper with one situation and one emotion on it. They have 10 minutes to write down as many emotions they can think of that fits the situation. For the emotion they have to write down as many situations as they can think of appropriate to the emotion. Each group gets a chance to tell the class their answers. For each correct answer the group gets a point. Other groups are allowed to challenge an answer if they have a good argument (would work better with more advanced students). The group with the most points wins. I give candy as a prize. They love it.

Hope this will help someone else too.

[swansonadventure]

I have to make a lesson plan tomorrow about feelings for a group of 11 year olds. It will be my first lesson plan and it's made me nervous. Can you think of any good games or activities to fill the time? I can't download lesson plans from the site until I subscribe so can someone just give me an idea in a post? Does that work?

[jaxlklug]

Here is a ppt I used for lower level studnets

[essoebo]

I always found flashcards useful with this one. Do drilling for the emotions. Eg. sad, happy, angry.
Nothing is faster and more effective than pictures

[flowerpot115]

Thanks for sharing this.  I made some changes to the ppt. and used it with my grade 1s (highschool) last week.  They really enjoyed it!
I added a few clips to show emotions and had them complete sentences about them.  I'll post it here, along with the worksheet for their sentences.  The last 2 won't work as they were from my iphone...
We ended with a game of 'Snap': in pairs they got an envelope with 20 emotions written on small slips of paper inside.  They spread them out in front of them, and when I showed an emotion (using emoticons) on the ppt they had to try to snap their hand down on that emotion first.  To show they were ready for the next word they all had to have their hands on their heads.  They really got into it.  Some of the emoticons are ambiguous, so I would yell out the right emotion after a few seconds.
Again, thanks a lot!  I had fun with this lesson