Today I Feel . . .
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2360/
A lesson plan for grades K–2 English Language Arts and Theater Arts Education
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students read and discuss books that talk about feelings. They tell a story about a time when they had a strong feeling and then something happened to change their mood. Students experiment with adding facial expressions, gestures, and their voice to express an emotion.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
- Objective 3.01: Elaborate on how information and events connect to life experiences.
- Objective 3.04: Share personal experiences and responses to experiences with text:
- publishing non-print texts.
- discussing interpretations.
- recording personal responses.
Grade 2
- Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
- Objective 3.01: Use personal experiences and knowledge to interpret written and oral messages.
Kindergarten
- Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
- Objective 3.01: Connect information and events in text to experience.
- Objective 3.04: Use speaking and listening skills and media to connect experiences and text
- listening to and re-visiting stories
- discussing, illustrating, and dramatizing stories
- discovering relationships.
Theatre Arts Education (2001)
Grade 1
- Goal 1: The learner will write based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
- Objective 1.03: Recall stories about individual experiences.
- Goal 2: The learner will act by interacting in improvisations and assuming roles.
- Objective 2.02: Express various characters, ideas, and emotions through gestures, movement and voice.
Grade 2
- Goal 1: The learner will write based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
- Objective 1.05: Recall and enact stories about community experiences.
- Goal 2: The learner will act by interacting in improvisations and assuming roles.
- Objective 2.02: Demonstrate various characters, ideas and emotions through gestures, movement and voice.
Kindergarten
- Goal 2: The learner will act by interacting in improvisations and assuming roles.
- Objective 2.04: Express various ideas and emotions through gestures, movement and voice.
