Description
This unit is designed to help students not only recognize and name their feelings but also to understand the triggers behind these emotions, enhancing their emotional literacy and conversational skills. Ready to get in touch with your feelings and express them in English? Let’s start this emotional journey! 🌈🎨
Basic Emotions:
😊 Happy: Feelings of joy and contentment.
😢 Sad: Experiences that bring sorrow.
😠Annoyed: Minor irritations and frustrations.
😨 Frightened: Feelings of fear from real or imagined dangers.
😳 Embarrassed: Awkwardness in social situations.
🥱 Bored: Lack of interest in the current activity.
🤗 Excited: Anticipation of something pleasant.
😤 Disgusted: Strong disapproval or revulsion.
😓 Exhausted: Extreme tiredness from physical or mental activity.
🥳 Surprised: Sudden or unexpected events causing astonishment.
😖 Confused: Difficulty in understanding; perplexity.
🥰 Happy: Feelings of pleasure, especially in social or leisure activities.
Engaging ESL Conversations:
Role Plays: Practice expressing feelings in various scenarios, like reacting to a surprise party or discussing a disappointing event.
Discussion Questions: What makes you feel excited? Can you describe a time when you were really frightened?
Vocabulary Games: “Emotion Charades” where students act out emotions for others to guess, or “Feeling Bingo” with emotional triggers and responses.
Fun Activities:
Emotion Diaries: Keep a diary for a week, recording different emotions experienced each day.
Mood Boards: Create visual mood boards that represent different feelings using images and words.
Emotion Match-Up: Match scenarios with appropriate emotional reactions.
