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A. Draw your Feelings:
Pick one of the feelings shown below and draw a picture of you in a situation where you had this feeling. See if you can use expression, colors, words, and actions in the picture to show the feeling. Use the following website for inspiration: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling
Anger Confidence Embarrassed
Excited Hurt Lonely
Proud Sad Scared
B. A Story About Feelings:
Talk to someone in the classroom about a time when he or she had a strong feeling and felt good about how they expressed or acted on that feeling. Write down your classmate's answers to these questions.
1) What was the feeling you had?
2) What made you have that feeling?
3) Now write or draw your classmates story of what they did about the feeling.
C. Feeling Collage:
Write the name of a feeling in a circle in the center of the page. Cut out pictures from magazines that have to do with that feeling. The pictures could show things that make you feel that way, or they could show people expressing that feeling. Paste the pictures around the outside of the circle.
D. Song Writing:
Below are some verses to a song about feelings. Pretend you are a songwriter and complete the blanks in the song. Then try making up a verse of your own. Do not worry if you can not make it rhyme, just write down your ideas. You can make up a rhythm or a tune too, if you want.
You gotta stop, stop, and name your feeling.
Gotta stop, stop, so you know how you feel.
Gotta think, think, whatcha gonna do now
Whatcha gonna do about the way you feel?
I was playing a game
When a kid came by
Took my game
He said, said, it is mine
I felt so ___________________________
Did not know what to do
So I ________________________________________________________________.
You gotta stop, stop, and name your feelings.
Gotta stop, stop, so you know how you feel.
Gotta think, think, whatcha gonna do now,
Whatcha gonna do about the way you feel?
I was waiting for the bus
One Monday morning,
When I got on
Every kid was staring,
I felt so_____________________
That I thought I would _______________________
Cause it just so happened that____________________________________________.
E. Brainstorming:
Think about the feelings listed below. Then use line 1 to brainstorm 3 things you could do to express your feelings. Use line 2 to create a list of synonyms, 2 for each word. Use the website: http://www.m-w.com for help.
SAD
1)__________________________________________________________________
2)__________________________________________________________________
ANGER
1)__________________________________________________________________
2)__________________________________________________________________
HAPPY
1)__________________________________________________________________
2)__________________________________________________________________
SCARED
1)__________________________________________________________________
2)__________________________________________________________________
F. Feelings in Literature:
1) The title of the book is.....
2) Choose one of the characters to write about. The name of this character is...
3) Name a feeling this character has.
4) What do you think caused the character to have this feeling?
5) How does the character show or express the feeling?
YOU ARE NOW A TRUE FEELINGS MASTER!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
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