Feel your feelings

Olia | Jan 17, 2025Jan 17, 2025

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• discuss emotions and feelings in various contexts;
• learn and practise emotion adjectives;
• watch a film trailer about emotions.

With this lesson, students talk about emotions. They discuss the animation film Inside Out, watch the trailer for Inside Out 2 and talk about core emotions (e.g. fear, sadness, anxiety, etc.). Students read and discuss tweets, create emotion adjectives from nouns (e.g. envy – envious) and talk about reasons behind feelings. They also discuss emotions triggered by different experiences.

WARM-UP AND VIDEO

This lesson starts with a warm-up. Students read a summary of Inside Out and discuss the film’s core feelings (fear, sadness, joy, disgust, anger). Then, they discuss whether they have watched the film and how the five core emotions influence their life. Students watch the trailer for Inside Out 2, in which Riley, now a teen, feels a wider range of emotions. First, they consider what new emotions will appear. Next, students watch the video and check their ideas. Following that, they create emotion adjectives from nouns (boredom – bored). They complete the gaps in questions about feelings. Students answer the questions. After that, they read tweets about Inside Out 2 and discuss whether they agree or if the tweets make them want to watch the film. Afterwards, students match emotion adjectives from the tweets (e.g. grateful, relieved, awkward, etc.) with their definitions. 

DISCUSSION

At this point in the lesson, students complete statements about the reasons behind emotions and feelings with their ideas (e.g. It’s important to feel grateful for…). Next, they match questions with their answers. The questions are about feelings triggered by different experiences and the answers contain emotion adjectives (e.g. terrified, miserable, sickened, etc.). After that, students answer the questions. They then fill in missing letters to complete emotions (e.g. anxious, thrilled, envious, etc.) in statements about mixed or conflicting feelings. Students think of situations where people might feel that way and share examples with a partner. Finally, they imagine Inside Out 3 is coming out, and Riley is now 21. Students discuss the challenges she might face and the emotions that could appear in this new chapter of her life. They use emotion adjectives.

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson plan also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students write emotions that someone might feel in different situations. They also explain why they might feel them. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

WORKSHEETS

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