LESSON PLAN

TEACHER:
SCHOOL:
GRADE: X
BOOK: Upstream upper-intermediate
UNIT: Moods and feelings
LESSON: How do you feel?
REFERENCE AIM: realizing interactions in oral or written communication
AIMS: by the end of the lesson the students will
- make correct English questions and answers using given visual and linguistic
supports
- make correct English dialogues using given words and situations
- match the adjectives with the corresponding physical sensations and animals
- make short monologues to present moods and feelings in a certain situation in
their lives
METHODS AND MEANS: explanation, exercise, dialogue, demonstration; student’s
book, images, dictionaries
ORAGANISATION: in pairs, in groups, individual, frontal
SKILLS: speaking, writing

LESSON DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION:
The teacher introduces the students with the topic of today’s lesson by letting them know
that they’ll discuss about moods and feeling in different situations. The students will
make questions and answers, they will create dialogues and monologues and they will
match adjectives with corresponding sensations and animals.
TIMING: 3 minutes

ACTIVITY ONE
AIM: make correct English questions and answers using given visual and linguistic
supports
PROCEDURE: PART A: The students make questions and answers about the given
pictures in their books. They have adjectives that match the drawings but at the same time
the partner has to come up with possible synonyms.
Example 1:
A: How does the man in picture 1 feel?
B: I think he is afraid or frightened or scared. What do you think?
A: I think he is depressed or gloomy.
Example 2:
A: How does the man in picture 3 feel?
B: I think he feel happy or glad or pleased. What do you think?
A: I think he feels positive.

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The students continue doing the exercise until they finish all the situations. The teacher
encourages them to do their best.

PART B: The students use the pictures from the upper side of the page in order to make
questions and answers about the mood and feeling of the people presented there.
Example1:
A: How does the man in picture 1 feel?
B: The man in this picture looks rather sad and miserable.
A: Why do you think so?
B: Look at him! He is reading the newspaper in search for a job. You can see the circled
ads there. He is holding the phone near him but I don’t think he has been too successful
so far.

ORAGNISATION: in pairs
TIMING: 10 minutes

ACTIVITY TWO
AIM: make correct English dialogues using given words and situations
PROCEDURE: How do you feel about the following things? Act out changes as in the
example and then report to the class about your partner.

Cooking frustrating
Traveling to work relaxing
Writing letters dull
Shopping enjoyable
Going to the cinema boring
Exercising tiring
Driving stressful
Tidying up

Model:
A: I find cooking really enjoyable.
B: Really? I don’t. In fact, I find it quite stressing.

A: I find shopping tiring.

B: Really? I don’t. In fact, I find it quite relaxing.

Each students uses the information from this exercise so that to be able to present his
partner’s moods and feeling in the given situations. The teacher encourages the students
to make correct dialogues, corrects them when necessary and asks them to write the
information.

Model: My partner, B, find cooking to be stressful while going shopping is relaxing.

ORAGNISATION: in pairs, frontal,

TIMING: 10 minutes

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 ACTIVITY THREE
AIM: match the adjectives with the corresponding physical sensations and animals
PROCEDURE: PART ONE:
a) in groups, match the feeling to the physical sensations and then make sentences as
in the example:

Feelings Physical sensation

Angry Butterflies in the stomach
Frightened Heart pounding
Excited Sweaty palms
Hungry Rush of adrenaline
Stressed Stomach rumbling
Nervous Red face

I was so angry my face was red.

I was so frightened my heart was pounding.

The teacher encourages the students to come up with their own contexts for the
adjectives.

b) what feeling does someone in your country express when they:

- clench their fist
- frown
- drum their fingers
- lick their lips
- raise their eyebrows
- wrinkle their nose?
The students are encouraged to give their solutions:
In my country people clench their fist to show they are angry.
In my country people drum their fingers to show they are impatient or nervous.

PART TWO: What character qualities are these animals associated with? Look at the
pictures and complete the idioms then match them with their opposites

idiom animal opposite

As brave as a Flexible

As wise as an Noisy

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As stubborn as a Modest

As cunning as a Cowardly

As quiet as a Straightforward

As sick as a Healthy

As proud as a Quick

As slow as a Foolish

Solutions:
As brave as a lion # cowardly
As wise as a owl# foolish
As stubborn as a mule# flexible
As cunning as a fox# straightforward
As quiet as a mouse# noisy
As sick as a dog# healthy
As proud as a peacock# modest
As slow as a snail# quick
ORGANISATION: groups of 4 students
TIMING: 10 minutes

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 ACTIVITY 4
AIM: make short monologues to present moods and feelings in a certain situation in their
lives
PROCEDURE: each student has to think and talk about how he/she felt in a certain
situation in their lives using as much as possible from the vocabulary discussed in the
lesson and practices in the previous activities.

Example: I was waiting for the result in one of my exams and I was so nervous that I
could feel butterflies in my stomach. I was as proud as a peacock not to tell my friends
about how I felt but later I discovered that they were as concerned and anxious as me.

Each student is encouraged to come up with a situation he has been faced up with and
describe his mood and emotions.
ORGANISATION: individual
TIMING: 10 minutes

HOMEWORK:
Use the idioms in activity 3 and make contexts for each of them:
Model:
The captain was as brave as a lion on the battle field.
My grandfather is as wise as an owl while my brother is a stubborn as a mule.
She was as cunning as a fox in finding out their secret plans.
He stood behind the wardrobe and kept as quiet as a mouse.
My friend was as sick as a dog and I went to pay her a visit.
Don’t be as proud as a peacock! Ask for help!
Jack is as slow as a snail and that’s why we don’t want him in our team.
TIMING: 2 minutes
EVALUATION
The students are appreciated for their answers during the lesson; the teacher points out
the eventual mistakes that have been made during the four activities; the students are
encouraged for the future lessons.
TIMING: 5 minutes