HOW DO YOU FEEL? — Learning Emotions Through Music
How Do You Feel? *Learning Emotions Through Music* English Level: A1–A2
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How Do You Feel? *Learning Emotions Through Music* English Level: A1–A2
Use six colourful emotion faces. Add the five group members’ names before presenting.
Read the goals aloud slowly and point to key words.
One feeling word you already know in English
Use this as a quick warm-up after the lesson goals. Accept any emotion word students know; link their ideas to the six target words in the lesson.
How Do You Feel Today?
Look at the faces.
Choose one emotion.
Say: I feel…
happy • sad • angry
scared • excited • calm
Invite students to answer without requiring them to share personal feelings.
Listen and Sing!
Listen to our song.
Point to the emotions you hear.
Listen again and sing!
Play the uploaded song twice. Do not replace it or add new lyrics.
Six Emotions
😨 Scared — I feel scared.
🤩 Excited — I feel excited.
😌 Calm — I feel calm.
😀 Happy — I feel happy.
😢 Sad — I feel sad.
😠 Angry — I feel angry.
Cards 4–6
Cards 1–3
Present these as six visual cards with one matching face on each card.
Listen and Repeat
Happy • Sad • Angry
Scared • Excited • Calm
Listen. Repeat. Say it again.
Replay short sections containing the emotion words. Students repeat each word, then say “I feel…” with one emotion.
Which word matches a smiling face?
Calm
Happy
Sad
Scared
Checks the emotion vocabulary taught through the faces, song and cards. Distractors are other lesson emotions students may confuse at A1–A2 level.
Complete the feeling sentences
I feel happy when I smile. I feel sad when I cry. I feel calm when I am quiet.
Echoes the lesson phrasing from the vocabulary cards: 'I feel…'. Read aloud together after students complete it.
Choose the Emotion!
How does this person feel?
A. Sad
B. Happy
C. Angry
Configure this as a LessonUp interactive multiple-choice question. Correct answer: B. Happy.
Ask a Friend!
A: How do you feel?
B: I feel excited.
Choose a different emotion.
Change roles.
Students practise in pairs in the classroom.
What do you ask your friend?
How do you feel?
What is your name?
Where are you from?
What can you do?
Checks the speaking model from the pair-work slide. Only one option matches the taught classroom dialogue.
Complete the technology text
In this lesson, CALL uses digital audio. E-learning means answering questions online. Blended Learning means class and home practice together.
Uses the exact key terms from the technology slide. Remind students that each term has a different meaning in this lesson.
Configure an online open-ended question for students to submit their sentences. This follows the classroom speaking activity.
Use the final question to check learning.
Teacher section:
• Quiz answer: B. Happy.
• CALL in this lesson: digital audio supports English listening and speaking practice.
• E-learning in this lesson: students answer questions online in LessonUp.
• Blended Learning in this lesson: class speaking practice continues with home practice online.
• Reminder: upload the original song and add group members’ names.
• Reminder: save this prompt as evidence of AI use.
• Reminder: share an accessible LessonUp link.
Do not claim the presentation is already published.
