Emotion Vocabulary Activity 3

Use Emotion Mapping to visually compare & contrast advanced emotion words that your class explored in The Statue Game.

Student uses emotion mapping tool to get ideas for how to draw expressive puppet faces.

Time

2 minutes, to review core emotions
2-3 minute, for each advanced word
Space

Make sure the students can all see Th
Materials

Write a card for each advanced vocabu
Make an Emotion Mapping Tool!

What is it?

Kids use a visual mapping tool to clarify advanced emotion words. Teachers support exploration of how emotion words feel & nuanced conversation about what they mean. The class revises the map to reflect their growing knowledge.

Time

2 minutes, to review core emotions
3 minutes, for each advanced word
Space

Emotion Mapping Tool visible to all
Materials

Advanced vocabulary word cards
An Emotion Mapping Tool

https://www.youtube.com/embed/AmaPT_wOL5E
Let’s use the Emotion Mapping Tool tool and protocol to…
- build on what kids learned by playing The Emotion Statue Game
- visually clarify advanced emotion vocabulary,
- encourage nuanced conversation about how emotions words feel, and what they mean to different people,
- collaboratively create a resource that kids can use as a reference for play, art making, writing & conversation

Why this tool?

There are a lot of visual organizers for Social Emotional Learning! Here are some things that set The Emotion Mapping Tool and Protocol apart from other visual organizers for emotion vocabulary.

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Builds on what kids know as individuals

Everyone experiences emotions differently. Emotion Mapping connects how emotions feel in your body with language to describe your experience.

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Facilitates peer to peer learning

An Emotion Map is a resource that students build collectively to reflect the diverse perspectives & experiences of the classroom community.

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Uses description not judgment

Emotion Mapping 1) describes emotions without labeling them as positive or negative 2) encourages conversation rather than demanding control.

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Allows for nuanced and emerging understanding

There is not one right way to map emotion words. This tool is meant to 1) reflect different ideas and 2) be added to and revised as understanding grows and deepens.

Classroom Examples

This activity was tested in a variety of classrooms and adapted by many different classroom teachers and teaching artists!

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First Grade ICT classroom example

Teaching Artist Sarah Provost
(PS 63Q, 1st grade ICT class)

(Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) class with a mix of students with and without disabilities)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wv6OP7fslM0

First grade gifted & talented class example

Teaching Artist Erin Orr
(PS 229Q, 1st grade gifted & talented class)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qLg2hDhV6wQ

First Grade multilingual learner class example

Classroom teacher Kristin Sousa (PS 153Q, 1st Grade)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/E3mkETWG2gw

Self-contained classroom example

Teaching Artist, Rima Fand
(PS 62Q kinder/ 1st grade class
12 students with disabilities, 1 teacher & 1 para-professional)

Steps & Scripts

Open each step for video, sample scripts & a downloadable steps PDF

Step 1: Introduce the Mapping Tool

https://www.youtube.com/embed/1i8P6LtB-2g

Sample Script (1-2 minutes)
- Look at the emojis in this middle row. We know all of these feelings!
- Let’s make a _________face (point to the emoji)
- I see ______ (briefly describe kids’ facial expressions)
- Wipe it away!
- Repeat with remaining words (Sad, Happy, Mad, Disgusted, Scared, Surprised, Confused)
- Optional variation- review the core emotions in pairs
Steps- Mapping Advanced Emotion Vocabulary

Step 2: Map an Advanced Emotion Word

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xy7CWD677LY

Sample Script (3 minutes)
- Say Let’s read this word together. Shocked!
- Context– Shocked is one of the statues we made! We were Shocked to see an ice cream truck in the winter. When have YOU felt shocked?
- Range– What kind of feeling is shocked? Is it a happy feeling? Sad? Mad? Scared? Surprised? Confused? Disgusted? Does ‘shocked’ feel good in your body or not so good?
- Scale– Is shocked just a little bit surprised? (move the emotion word card down to the subtle surprised emoji) Or is it a super-duper surprised? (move the emotion word up to the extreme surprised emoji)
- (attach the word to the map in the spot that the class has decided on. Remember that it is an option to place the word in more than core emotion category or in between.)
Steps- Mapping Advanced Emotion Vocabulary

Step 3: Compare and Contrast a Synonym

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Repeat Step 2 with a contrasting synonym (3 min)

Ask- Is pleased more happy (move card up) or less happy (move card down) than ecstatic?

Embody- Let’s show “ecstatic” with our bodies. Now, let’s show pleased.

Notice- Which has more energy; ecstatic or pleased?

If it takes more energy it belongs higher on the map. If it takes less energy it belongs lower.

Steps- Mapping Advanced Emotion Vocabulary

Step 4: Repeat

Repeat steps 2 and 3 with the remaining pairs of contrasting Synonyms!

Steps- Mapping Advanced Emotion Vocabulary

Start Planning!

Before you play, explore these planning resources.

Helpful Tips

https://www.youtube.com/embed/lXT3ah8aJ6w

Watch this video for tips about…
- using supports to clarify meaning
- encouraging nuanced conversation
- preparing to allow kids to drive the lesson
- timing
Download the Facilitation Tips Emotion Mapping

Prepare the Emotion Map

To make an Emotion Map...
- Download and print How to Make an Emotion Map
- Cut out the emojis and glue them on a large visual grid. Scroll through images of finished maps if you need ideas for how to set it up.
To make an Emotion Map...
- When you make the emotion map, feel free to adapt it (layout, colors, etc.) in whatever ways are most useful (and fun!) for your students.
To make an Emotion Map...
- When you make the emotion map, feel free to adapt it (layout, colors, etc.) in whatever ways are most useful (and fun!) for your students.
- This image shows a map with advanced words already added. Remember that you only need to add the core emotion words beforehand. You will be adding the advanced words with your students during the activity.
To make an Emotion Map...
- This teacher used the same idea to create a character trait map!
To make an Emotion Map...
- This image shows a map with advanced words already added. Remember that you only need to add the core emotion words beforehand. You will be adding the advanced words with your students during the activity.
- The advanced words on cards were ones that the teacher had planned and the ones on post it notes were words that students suggested!
To make an Emotion Map...
- This image shows a map with advanced words already added. Remember that you only need to add the core emotion words beforehand. You will be adding the advanced words with your students during the activity.
- Notice how this class placed words like suspicious and meek in between categories!
To make an Emotion Map...
- This image shows a map with advanced words already added. Remember that you only need to add the core emotion words beforehand. You will be adding the advanced words with your students during the activity.
- This was the original Emotion Map, created by Kirsten Kammermeyer and her classroom teacher partners at PS 229Q!

Prepare the Vocabulary

To prepare the vocabulary cards
- Write the advanced emotion vocabulary on cards, sticky notes or paper and have them on hand along with tape or sticky tack during the activity. These should be the same emotion words that they embodied in the Emotion Statue Game (introducing advanced emotion vocabulary).
- Order the advanced words in pairs of subtle and extreme synonyms, so that your students can compare and contrast the new words based on the scale of intensity. For example: If the first word you mapped was ecstatic (very happy) you could map pleased (a little happy) next. Scroll for examples in each core emotion.
Examples of subtle & extreme synonyms for happy

Pleased & Thrilled

Contented & Overjoyed

Amused & Ecstatic

Satisfied & Delighted

Calm & Elated

Find more words using the Advanced Emotion Vocabulary Resource
Examples of subtle & extreme synonyms for sad

Upset & Devastated

Low & Crushed

Dismayed & Anguished

Glum & Miserable

Discouraged & Defeated

Find more words using the Advanced Emotion Vocabulary Resource
Examples of subtle & extreme synonyms for mad

Grumpy & Furious

Frustrated & Infuriated

Annoyed & Enraged

Find more words using the Advanced Emotion Vocabulary Resource
Examples of subtle & extreme synonyms for disgusted

Skeptical & Repulsed

Hesitant & Loathing

Sickened & Revolted

Unsettled & Disturbed

Find more words using the Advanced Emotion Vocabulary Resource
Examples of subtle & extreme synonyms for scared

Timid & Frightened

Worried & Terrified

Nervous & Panicked

Apprehensive & Horrified

Find more words using the Advanced Emotion Vocabulary Resource
Examples of subtle & extreme synonyms for surprised

Shocked & Flabbergasted

Amazed & Astonished

Startled & Stunned

Find more words using the Advanced Emotion Vocabulary Resource
Examples of subtle & extreme synonyms for confused

Uncertain & Baffled

Unsure & Bewildered

Puzzled & Flummoxed

Find more words using the Advanced Emotion Vocabulary Resource

Plan support for your students

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During this activity, assess!
Sometimes your students will be able to easily and confidently place the advanced emotion words on the map based on their experience embodying the vocabulary in the emotion statue game (and their own lives). Other times, they may still need additional support. Here are some tricks to keep in your back pocket and use as needed.
- Say and Show the advanced word again with your own voice and body. Be expressive!
- Have the kids embody the word with you as many times as needed and then ask them when they have felt this way.
- Invite the students to notice if it feels good to them or not so good. This can help them decide which of the core emotion words this new word is related to.
- Help students feel the difference between the more subtle and extreme feelings by asking which words take more energy. If it takes a lot of energy it may belong at the top of the chart. If it takes very little energy it might belong at the bottom.

Build Your Skills

Before you ask your students to map emotion words, try it yourself!

Try it yourself!

Before using the emotion mapping tool in class, do the activity with a group of adults. Often, adults don’t agree about how words feel and where to place them! When your students have ideas about word placement that differ from yours, hold space for the possibility that they’re articulating a valid experience of the word before rushing to correct students.<

Reflect

After your class uses the Emotion Mapping Tool, assess how it went and find support to go deeper!

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It’s hard to contrast words (extreme vs subtle)

Be sure to always introduce extreme and subtle synonyms together and take time to have fun shifting between them with your bodies and voices.

We could not agree on how to map some words

There are often multiple ways to experience & categorize emotions! Write words more than once or place them in between core emotion categories.

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My kids had different words they wanted to map

Be prepared to write & map words the kids offer. Take a moment to embody so kids who don’t know the word can get involved in the conversation.

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The kids mapped certain words incorrectly!

Be on the lookout for opportunities to clarify how the word is commonly used and understood and encourage your class to revise the placement of the word.

Connected Activities

If you liked Emotion Mapping, check out these activities!

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Use emotion statues and mapping to inspire expressive characters

In this video, 1st graders explore advanced emotion vocabulary through the statue game and emotion mapping. Then, they apply what they’ve learned to physically express character traits & emotions. Finally, they draw & describe expressive characters. This is a great pre-sequence for creative writing.

Emotion Character grab Bag Game

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JGSQNlN_g-c

Use the emotion map to connect to literature

In this video, 2nd graders explore character emotions in the Chinese Folk Tale “The Four Questions”. Check out the
Bridges Suggested booklist SEL

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Use The Emotion Map to connect to visual art

In this video, 2nd graders use the emotion map to describe & inspire puppet faces. To learn more about making expressive puppet faces Check out
5-Shapes Many Emotions

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Use the Emotion Map to explore vocal expression

In this video, 1st graders vocally express advanced emotion words that they’ve mapped. For more ideas, visit the
Vocal Expression Activity page.

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Use The Emotion Map to connect to puppet play

In this video, kinders use mapped emotion words to inspire puppetry. Check out Explore & Describe: Puppet Movement

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