EDR 318

Feelings
Teacher-Candidate Name: Melissa Hansen Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Grade Level/Content Area: ELA/Grades 6-8
# of Students: 9 Length of Lesson: 45 Minutes

1.1 Integration of Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to identify feelings based off images of Emojis.

Students will be able to identify feelings based on physical and situational cues.
Students will be able to explain a time when they felt each emotion.

1.2 Standards

Standard - CC.1.4.8.L Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English

grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Standard - CC.1.5.8.A Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions, on grade-level topics, texts,
and issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly
Standard - CC.1.2.6.J Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific
words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to
comprehension or expression.

1.3 Formative and Summative Assessment

Formative: Throughout the lesson the teacher will observe the students as they participate in the activities.
The teacher will have discussions with the students and call on each student at least once to explain their
reasoning of moving to a specific Emoji after the scenario is read.
Summative: The students will complete a worksheet explaining when they feel each emotion. The student
will share one of their sentences at the end of class and the worksheet will be collected for the teacher to
grade.

1.4 Materials

SmartBoard
Powerpoint
Emoji pictures
Worksheet

1.5 Anticipatory Set

Good Morning everyone! Take your seats and put your books on the floor.
We all have emotions and feelings, and we all express our feelings in different ways.
Today, I felt frustrated because I was stuck in traffic. What kind of emotions have you felt today? Call on 2-3
students to have them share how they have felt this week.
Please look up at the front board; do these pictures look familiar to anyone? Have you seen these images
before? The teacher will have the PowerPoint presentation up on the front board Slide 2.
Can anyone tell me what these are called? There are pictures of Emojis on the Smartboard. The teacher will
call on a student to answer.
Yes, these are Emojis, where have you seen them before? Students will share where they have seen Emojis
before, they will describe how they use them on their cell phones when texting.
 When youre texting your friends, when do you use Emojis? Call on a student to answer, discuss how we use
Emojis to express our feelings. Sometimes over text it is difficult to sense how someone is feeling, so we can
use Emojis to help us understand what they are feeling as well as to show the person we are texting how we
are feeling.
Lets look at a conversation I had with a friend the other day (Slide 3): Present the conversation on the front
board. Read the conversation aloud.
What do you think I meant with my response? How do you think I felt when she said that? Call on student(s)
to respond about what I meant when using that Emoji.
Yes, I felt sad.
Does anyone know another word for describing sad? If the students are struggling respond: There are many
ways to describe feeling sad I could have been upset or disappointed.

1.6 Procedures

Pre-reading:

Lets look at more Emojis and what feelings they could represent, or how they could be used.
Just looking at these Emojis, what feeling do you think it could represent? The class will talk about each
Emoji picture and we will discuss how each feeling could be seen.
o Sad, Happy, Tired, Embarrassed, Excited, Bored, Angry, Sick, Surprised, Frustrated
The Emoji expressing the feeling sad will be presented on the board. When you see this Emoji what do you
think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their background knowledge by
explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a student to answer. Then proceed
with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: sad. The teacher will then describe ways that tell us
when someone is feeling sad.
o Sad: you are crying, looking down and not talking
The Emoji expressing the feeling happy will be presented on the board. The teacher will ask the class: When
you see this Emoji what do you think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their
background knowledge by explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a
student to answer. Then proceed with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: Happy. The teacher
will then describe ways that tell us when someone is feeling happy.
o Happy: you are smiling and laughing. Your body is not moving too fast or too slow
The Emoji expressing the feeling tired will be presented on the board. When you see this Emoji what do you
think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their background knowledge by
explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a student to answer. Then proceed
with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: Tired. The teacher will then describe ways that tell us
when someone is feeling tired.
o Tired: You are yawning and having a hard time keeping your eyes open, your head is resting on your
hand
The Emoji expressing the feeling embarrassed will be presented on the board. When you see this Emoji what
do you think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their background knowledge by
explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a student to answer. Then proceed
with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: embarrassed. The teacher will then describe ways that
tell us when someone is embarrassed.
o Embarrassed: Your face is bright red, and you are not talking
The Emoji expressing the feeling excited will be presented on the board. When you see this Emoji what do
you think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their background knowledge by
explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a student to answer. Then proceed
with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: Excited. The teacher will then describe ways that tell us
when someone is feeling excited.
 o Excited: high energy, restless, talking loudly and quickly
The Emoji expressing the feeling of being bored will be presented on the board. When you see this Emoji
what do you think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their background
knowledge by explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a student to answer.
Then proceed with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: Bored. The teacher will then describe
ways that tell us when someone is bored.
o Bored: you are leaning on your arm and looking down. You are fidgeting with something on your
desk.
The Emoji expressing the feeling of being angry will be presented on the board. When you see this Emoji
what do you think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their background
knowledge by explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a student to answer.
Then proceed with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: Angry. The teacher will then describe
ways that tell us when someone is angry.
o Angry: you are screaming and stomping your feet. Your fists are clenched and your face is red.
The Emoji expressing the feeling of being sick will be presented on the board. When you see this Emoji
what do you think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their background
knowledge by explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a student to answer.
Then proceed with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: Sick. The teacher will then describe ways
that tell us when someone is sick.
o Sick: you are moving slowly, have a cough, maybe your stomach hurts so youre hunched over
The Emoji expressing the feeling of being surprised will be presented on the board. When you see this
Emoji what do you think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their background
knowledge by explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a student to answer.
Then proceed with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: Surprised. The teacher will then describe
ways that tell us when someone is surprised.
o Surprised: you are screaming and your mouth is open in a smile
The Emoji expressing the feeling frustrated will be presented on the board. When you see this Emoji what
do you think it is showing? How do you know this? The students will show their background knowledge by
explaining what feeling the Emoji is expressing. The teacher will call on a student to answer. Then proceed
with the PowerPoint. Good. Please repeat after me: Frustrated. The teacher will then describe ways that tell
us when someone is frustrated.
o Frustrated: annoyed, fists clenched

Reading:

Look around the room and see the pictures of the Emojis. Teacher will point to the pictures around the room.
I will read a scenario aloud, and you will walk to the Emoji representing the feeling you would have based
on that scenario.
Lets practice, I will say a scenario and Mrs. Werley will walk to an Emoji of the emotion that she is feeling.
You tripped and fell in front of your entire class. Embarrassed.
You stayed up really late playing video games. Tired.
Your mom bought you a special gift that you were not expecting. Surprised.
You just found out your best friend is moving. Sad.
Your brother took your favorite game without asking and broke it. Angry.
You have a really bad cold, your throat hurts, and you had a headache. Sick.
You are playing your favorite game with your best friend. Happy
When its Spring Break and youre at home with nothing to do. Bored
When you cant solve a math problem after trying many times. Frustrated.
When you have one school day left before spring break. Excited.
 After each round of scenarios, the teacher will ask 1-2 students: Why did you choose to stand at that Emoji?
How do you feel? The students will explain their reasoning, and also explain how they felt about the
scenario being read.

Post-Reading:
Great job everyone! We are now going to complete a worksheet where I want all of you to write about times
when you have these feelings. The teacher will hand out the worksheet to each student.
Number one says, I feel happy when write about something that makes you happy, are you playing a
game, etc. The teacher will then read each beginning sentence for the students.
Please complete the entire worksheet and let me know if you have any questions.
o If there is not enough time for the students to complete the worksheet then the teacher will
instruct the students to choose 5 emotions on the worksheet.

1.7 Differentiation

This lesson was differentiated specifically for ELL students. I incorporated the use of Emojis to connect the
content to the students background knowledge.
Have the students repeat the feeling word aloud after I say the word, this is so the students really know how
to pronounce the words as well as create a connection with saying the word and the meaning. Also, when
talking about the different feelings, the teacher will describe and act out the physical characteristics of the
feelings. This will help the ELL students to also picture the physical characteristics of the feelings while also
learning the English word.
During the activity, the students will walk to the Emoji to express the feeling based on the scenario read.
The students will then say what feeling the Emoji is represented explain why they chose to stand by that
feeling. This will help the students to make a connection with their background knowledge, Emojis, and
feelings.

1.8 Closure

To close the lesson the teacher will have each student go around the room and share one of the sentences
they wrote from the worksheet. The students will be instructed to share a sentence using a feeling that has
not been shared yet.
o If there is extra time after the students have completed the worksheet then have the students share
more of the sentences.
As you can see, everyone has feelings and there are a lot of situations that can make us feel different things.
As you go through the rest of your day, try and acknowledge how different events through your day make
you feel.

1.9 Technology
A PowerPoint is being used.

2.0 Reflection on Planning

To plan this lesson I first thought about using pictures and images to help represent feelings. I decided to
use Emojis because the students are Middle School students and I thought since it is relevant in their lives,
is was a good way to grab their attention, as well as for them to make connections. I chose to use images and
visuals as a strategy to help strengthen the students understanding for the ELLs.
I spoke with my mentor teacher as well as another ELL teacher that I know from my part-time job to get
her input. She had some great ideas about prompting the students to have them answer the questions
throughout the lesson. She also gave me the idea of putting the Emojis around the room, also not putting the
feeling word with them so that they will be able to name the feeling, and also include other names of the
way we can say one feeling.
Lastly, I chose to have the students complete a worksheet where they finish the sentences of a time they
felt each emotion discussed in class. I thought that this would help the students to make that connection to
themselves and to make them aware of the different events in their lives and how those events/situations
make them feel.