Feelings & Emotions + Adverbs of Time Combining these two because they are often used together eg “sometimes get annoyed” Show faces with feelings: Elicit from the students what we are going to talk about today When you have a feeling it doesn’t usually remain with you may often feel happy and occasionally feel sad but never feel jealous I rarely get angry though sometimes a bit annoyed Write on board often always usually rarely never sometimes • Ask students to give examples of the adverbs of time • Introduce the feelings words and images Use the emoticons pages • Ask students to give an example of a feeling word Speaking Exercise • Following this activity- ask the students to think of a time when they felt like one of the moods Writing Exercise I like Christmas time, it makes me happy When I turn on the radio and hear Christmas carols I occasionally smile I know not everyone likes this time of year, some people don’t have family around them and they often feel lonely It is a sad time too for some people when they think of friends and family who are no longer with them But still Christmas is usually a happy time and most people enjoy it, although, sometimes parents feel stressed when the children ask for lots of presents from Santa and then they have to go shopping and always spend lots of money I wish people could just feel the love and joy of the first Christmas, and forget about all the commercialism Read this short paragraph with the class Ask them to highlight the adverbs of time and then using some of the words on the list write their own short paragraph about what they feel at this time of the year They can talk about the original meaning of Christmas, the weather, holidays, shopping, giving or /and receiving gifts, food and cooking, or anything else their imagination allows Work alone no sharing just yet! On board write to assist students imagination Display the Emoticons to allow the class to refer Meaning of Christmas Weather Holidays/Travel Shopping Giving /Getting presents Food and cooking Often Always Usually Rarely Never Sometimes Embarr assed Foolish Confused Anxiou s Fluster ed Puzzle d Baffled At A Loss Disgrac ed Awkwar d Clumsy Ashame d Uncomf ortable Sa d Un pp y L o w L o n e l y M is e r a b l e p r e s s e d P r o u d Tearful l a d G Angry P Cheerfu l Gr ea t H a p p y D e J o y f u l l l e a s e d Annoyed Disgusted Furious Outraged Really Mad Fed Up Frustrate d Afraid Jittery Scared Shaken Frighten ed Worried Uneasy Nervous Jumpy Tired Worn Out Sleepy Exhausted Weary Drowsy Knackered