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Emotional Intelligence Essentials

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Emotional Intelligence Essentials

Identify and manage emotions

This lesson focuses on developing students' emotional intelligence by teaching them to identify and manage their emotions. Through engaging activities like emotion charades and reflective journaling, students will learn to recognize different emotions and understand their impact on behavior. This lesson is crucial for fostering self-awareness and emotional regulation, which are essential skills for personal and academic success.

Audience

6th-12th Grade with IEPs

Time

45 mins

Approach

Identify and manage emotions

Materials

Post-it notes, Pens, Emotion Charades Printable Cards, and Reflective Journaling Worksheet

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Begin with a brief discussion on what emotions are and why they are important.
  • Ask students to share examples of emotions they have felt recently.

Step 2

Emotion Charades

15 mins

  • Divide the class into small groups.
  • Provide each group with a set of Emotion Charades Printable Cards.
  • Instruct students to take turns acting out the emotion on their card while others guess.
  • Discuss how recognizing emotions in others can help in social interactions.

Step 3

Reflective Journaling

15 mins

  • Distribute the Reflective Journaling Worksheet to each student.
  • Ask students to reflect on a recent emotional experience and write about it.
  • Encourage them to describe the emotion, what triggered it, and how they managed it.

Step 4

Group Discussion

5 mins

  • Facilitate a discussion on the journaling activity.
  • Ask volunteers to share their reflections and discuss different strategies for managing emotions.

Step 5

Closure

5 mins

  • Summarize the key points of the lesson.
  • Emphasize the importance of emotional intelligence in everyday life.
  • Encourage students to practice identifying and managing their emotions outside of class.
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Worksheet

Emotion Charades Printable Cards

These cards are used for the Emotion Charades activity, where students act out emotions for their peers to guess.




Happy







Sad







Angry







Surprised







Confused







Excited







Nervous







Bored







Frustrated







Proud




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Worksheet

Reflective Journaling Worksheet

This worksheet guides students through reflecting on a recent emotional experience, helping them to identify and manage their emotions.

Describe a recent emotional experience you had. What emotion did you feel?








What triggered this emotion?








How did you manage or respond to this emotion?








What could you do differently next time to manage this emotion better?








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