Feelings- Miming & Drawing Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Students use pictures and gestures in an emotions vocabulary guessing game, then analyse the vocabulary for gradable adjectives and ungradable adjectives.
Lesson Plan Content:
Feelings miming and drawing game
Instructions for teachers
One student chooses a card and mimes and/ or draws (without speaking) until their partner(s) guess at least one word on that card. Then others do the same.
happy/ cheerful// delighted/ overjoyed |
sad/ upset
|
cold// freezing/ frozen
|
hot// baking/ boiling
|
hungry// starving |
tired/ sleepy// exhausted/ shattered |
angry/ cross// furious
|
afraid/ frightened/ scared// terrified |
surprised// stunned/ astonished |
bored
|
full// stuffed
|
excited
|
nervous/ stressed/ worried |
ill/ sick |
embarrassed/ shy
|
disgusted
|
disappointed// devastated |
confused// mystified
|
tipsy/ drunk// plastered/ wasted/ wrecked/ blotto |
thirsty// parched
|
energetic/ restless// hyper/ hyperactive |
proud
|
amused |
impatient
|
unfit
|
irritated/ annoyed
|
brave/ courageous/ unafraid |
dizzy
|
itchy
|
distracted
|
calm/ relaxed//blissed out |
impressed
|
moved
|
grateful
|
apologetic
|
lonely
|
comfortable
|
uncomfortable
|
in love
|
relieved
|
focused
|
interested// fascinated |
Gradable and extreme feelings words presentation
Without looking above, put another slash (to make “//”) between the gradable and extreme adjectives below. Some lines have only one kind of word and so don’t need another slash.
happy/ cheerful/ delighted/ overjoyed
sad/ upset
cold/ freezing/ frozen
hot/ baking/ boiling
hungry/ starving
tired/ sleepy/ exhausted/ shattered
angry/ cross/ furious
afraid/ frightened/ scared/ terrified
surprised/ stunned/ astonished
full/ stuffed
nervous/ stressed/ worried
ill/ sick
embarrassed/ shy
disappointed/ devastated
confused/ mystified
tipsy/ drunk/ plastered/ wasted/ wrecked/ blotto
thirsty/ parched
energetic/ restless/ hyper/ hyperactive
irritated/ annoyed
brave/ courageous/ unafraid
calm/ relaxed/ blissed out
interested/ fascinated
Check with the double slashes (//) on the cards.
Gradable and extreme feelings practice
Firstly without any help, try to think of one or more extreme versions of the feelings below.
- happy/ cheerful
- cold
- hot
- hungry
- tired/ sleepy
- angry/ cross
- afraid/ frightened/ scared
- surprised
- full
- disappointed
- confused
- tipsy/ drunk
- thirsty
- energetic/ restless
- calm/ relaxed
- interested
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Use the mixed answers below to help with the task above. Some words above match more than one word below.
- astonished
- baking
- blissed out
- blotto
- boiling
- delighted
- devastated
- exhausted
- fascinated
- freezing
- frozen
- furious
- hyper
- hyperactive
- mystified
- overjoyed
- parched
- plastered
- shattered
- starving
- stuffed
- stunned
- terrified
- wasted
- wrecked
Use these mixed answers arranged line by line to starting checking and/ or help finish the task above.
- baking/ boiling
- blissed out
- delighted/ overjoyed
- devastated
- exhausted/ shattered
- fascinated
- freezing/ frozen
- furious
- hyper/ hyperactive
- mystified
- parched
- plastered/ wasted/ wrecked/ blotto
- starving
- stuffed
- stunned/ astonished
- terrified
Check above.
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