Emotions

Pre-task: We’ll talk about emotions

 Are you happy?

 Do you think a person can be happy all the time?
 Do you think happiness is a permanent state or it comes in moments?
 What things make you happy?
 Do you think the weather affects our mood? How?
 What other external factors can affect our mood? (the news, food we eat, social media, temperature, lack of
sleep, etc)
 Do you express how you feel or do you keep it for yourself?
 What is one of your happiest moments?

 How do you react when you’re angry? Do you swear? Cry? Shout?
Task: We’re going to watch a video about feelings and
emotions.

1. Watch the video carefully.

2. Write down some of the feelings and emotions that they mention.
3. Write a “list” of things we can do to identify our feelings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeYpQ32JP8
After task: So, here’s a list of different emotions they mention
in the video. How often do you feel them?

- Annoyed / annoyance - Angry /anger

- Anxious / anxiety
- Nervous /nervousness
- To feel worn out (extremely tired)
- Stressed /stress
- Proud of yourself
- Excited /excitement
- Disappointed / disappointment
- To feel overwhelm (abrumado)
- Frustrated / Frustration
- Free / Freedom
- Euphoria
What can we do to understand our emotions?

Step 1: Take a deep breath and observe what’s happening in your body.
Step 2: Try to label all the feelings you’re having.
Step 3: Grade the level of intensity of these emotions on a scale of 1 to 10.
Step 4: Communicate what’s going on/how you are feeling to people around
you.
Vocabulary

• To handle: to deal with

• Idioms with BOOK:
• To feel every emotion in the book: all of the emotions
• To be an open book: a person who doesn’t hide anything from others.
• The be a closed book: to be a mystery.
• To (not) judge a book by its cover: don’t judge a person or a
situation just by what you see.
• To use every trick in the book: to try every possible way to do
something.