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THEME 5 PSYCHOLOGY

FUNCTIONS
F1 Describing mood
F2 Making suggestions to change negative mood
12 GRADE F3 Following and giving instructions
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6 Let Me Help You

This activity aims to have students make suggestions to change negative mood.

Materials and Preparation
Mood adjectives sheet on page 120, mood emojis sheet on page 121, scissors and glue
As a preparation, the teacher copies and cuts out the mood adjectives sheet and mood emojis sheet for
each group.

Procedure
1 Put students into groups of six.
2 Hand out the emojis sheet to each group. Then, cut and hand out the mood adjectives sheet to each
member of the groups.
3 Have them place the emoji illustrations into the correct adjective circles.
4 When they are finished, ask students to reflect on their experiences and what they do to cope with
those negative moods. Tell them to write suggestions to change negative moods on the back of the
mood adjectives sheet using phrases, such as;
Why don’t you …?, How/What about …?, Let’s …, I suggest …, You could …, Shall we …? as in the
example:

E.g. You look nervous.
Why don’t you go for a walk?
Let’s play basketball.
I suggest you go for a walk.

5 Monitor and guide them while they are carrying out the task.
6 Finally, discuss the answers.

7 Change My Mood

The aim of this activity is to have students make suggestions to change negative mood.

Materials and Preparation
Worksheet (with problems and negative moods on) on pages 122 and 123
The teacher photocopies the worksheet for each group and then hands them out.

Procedure
1 Put students into groups of four or five, depending on the size of the class.
2 Give each group the worksheet to study on. Then, tell them to read four introductory readings on
the worksheet and fill in the problem(s) and negative mood(s).
3 Afterwards, have the groups write some suggestions in order to change the negative moods by
assuming the role of parent, school counselor or classmate. Remind them to write the suggestions
below each introductory reading.
4 Finally, let the groups share and discuss what they have written. Give a big round of applause for
each group.

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