Teachers’ Instructions (1/2)
Feeling & Mood Cards
1. Student ability: High Beginner ~ Intermediate
2. Approximate length of lesson: Varies
3. Number of students necessary: 2+
4. Preferred age/maturity: JHS, HS, College, Adult
5. Type of lesson: Pair / Group Activity
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Language Target: Enlivening a class with
adjectives and adverbs of emotion.
Setting Up: On the board, write the
following: I’m (feeling) ___________
because __________ . Beginning with
the first adjective of feeling angry, have
a few of the students create a sentence
such as: I’m (feeling) angry because
someone stole my bicycle, or I’m
(feeling) angry because I had to study
all weekend. Go through all of the words
to check for understanding.
Cut the Feelings and Moods Cards
into appropriate stacks according to the
ability level of the students.
Note: The first half of the cards are
easier, the second half are more difficult.
Activity #1 – What’s my Mood?
Working with the whole class, one
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student draws a Feelings and Moods
Card and says, for example: I’m feeling
(blank) because my son just graduated
from Harvard. The reader must also act
out that mood. The other students try to
guess which feeling / mood is written on
the card by asking: Are you feeling
happy? or Do you feel excited?
Variation 1: In response, the students with
the card could simply respond with a
Yes, or No, or, answers could be more
elaborate such as: Well I do feel happy,
but I also feel something else. Students
continue guessing until the chosen
feeling / mood is identified.
Activity #2 – Speaking with Feeling:
No matter what text is being used, when
the class seems to be in a slump, pull out
the Feelings and Moods Cards. One
student draws a card and pretends to be
in that mood for a while - whether
discussion something from the text or
simply reading. Adding the element of
mood is guaranteed to enliven any class.
Variation 1: If a student traditionally comes
late to class, hand out a few (select)
Feelings and Moods Cards to the
present students. When the late student
arrives, the others carry on a normal
conversation – but acting according to
the mood printed on the card. Sooner or
later, the late student will realize that
something funny is going on – see if the
late student can identify which groups
hold which cards.
Variation 2: Group students and give each
group one of the Feelings and Moods
Cards. For a set number of minutes,
everything they do in class must be
according to the emotion printed on the
card. It’s really fun to watch the groups
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carry a seemingly normal conversation,
but everyone is acting rude, or bitter or
jealous.
Activity #3 – Mood Charade:
Pick out an appropriate Feelings and
Moods Card and give it to a student who
acts out the mood through gestures,
posture, hand movements, etc. The
student shouldn’t speak and the others try
to guess the mood.
Variation 1: Pair students, each one picks a
Feelings and Moods Card and they
create a pantomime which is performed
in front of the class. The other students
try to guess the mood.
Variation 2: A student picks a card and
draws a face and / or scene on the board
which represents the feeling on the card. The
other students try to guess what the emotion
is.
Similar Lessons:
Movie Auditions
(Lesson Collection Set #5 - Lesson 4a)
Mini Movie Clips
(Lesson Collection Set #5 - Lesson 20)
Mini Mood Cards
(Lesson Collection Set #5 - Lesson 18b)

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