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Expressing Emotions Through Role-Play

Elizabeth Turnblom

Tier 1
For Schools

Lesson Plan

Expressing Emotions Through Role-Play

Identify and express emotions

This lesson helps 1st-grade students identify and express their emotions constructively through role-playing activities and discussions. Understanding emotions is crucial for young students as it aids in developing empathy, communication skills, and emotional intelligence, which are essential for their social and academic growth.

Audience

1st Grade Students

Time

30 mins

Approach

Identify and express emotions

Materials

Emotion Role-Play Cards, Discussion Questions, Markers, and Paper

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Begin with a brief discussion about emotions. Ask students what emotions they know and how they feel when they experience them.
  • Explain that today they will learn how to express these emotions in a healthy way.

Step 2

Role-Playing Activity

15 mins

  • Divide students into small groups and give each group a set of Emotion Role-Play Cards.
  • Instruct each group to pick a card and act out the emotion on the card without using words.
  • Encourage the rest of the class to guess the emotion being portrayed.
  • Rotate the cards among groups to ensure each group gets a chance to act out different emotions.

Step 3

Discussion

5 mins

  • Use the Discussion Questions to guide a conversation about the role-playing activity.
  • Ask students how it felt to act out the emotions and how they can express these emotions in real life.

Step 4

Closure

5 mins

  • Summarize the key points of the lesson.
  • Ask students to share one new thing they learned about emotions today.
  • Encourage them to practice expressing their emotions constructively at home.
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Worksheet

Emotion Role-Play Cards

These cards are used for the role-playing activity to help students act out different emotions.




Happy







Sad







Angry







Surprised







Scared







Excited




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Discussion

Discussion Questions

Questions to guide the discussion after the role-playing activity.

How did it feel to act out the emotions?

Encourage students to share their experiences and feelings during the activity.







What are some ways we can express our emotions in real life?

Guide students to think about healthy ways to express emotions, such as talking to someone or drawing.







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