This learning activity, ‘A Smile a Day’, explores informal relations, where one of the variables is difficult to quantify. It features a graph of feelings over time and a graph template for students to complete. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This graphic organiser, ‘Are Advertisements for Me?’ helps students to analyse an advertisement to determine the impact on their emotions.
This graphic organiser, ‘Attribute Chart’ supports students to evaluate characters in a story.
This graphic organiser, ‘Attributes of Miss Rumphius’ supports students to evaluate characters in the story ‘Miss Rumphius’.
This ‘Emotions’ chart uses emoticons representing different moods to help students or teachers to communicate their feelings and emotions. It encourages students to be aware of their feelings and the feelings of those around them.
This graphic organiser, ‘In My Life Balloons’ helps students to understand the themes and ideas in a text by relating events in the text to their own experiences.
This graphic organiser, ‘In My Life Balloons for The Library Card’ asks students to read and reflect on The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli and connect the themes and ideas in the book to their personal lives.
This graphic organiser, ‘Is TV for Me?’ supports students to understanding that we are affected by the things we see and hear.
This writing prompt, ‘Seeing Red’ helps students to write about how different colours make them feel. It encourages students to think about how different colours affect their mood and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
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