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Bring
the Simple Past to life with this engaging set of Was/Were with Emotions and
Time Expression Flashcards! Designed for elementary ESL, EFL, and ELL
classrooms, these flashcards provide a hands-on approach to teaching the Simple
Past of the verb to be through meaningful communication and interactive games.
Teachers
will appreciate the flexibility of this resource. The flashcards can be used
for acting games, sorting activities, timelines, matching games,
sentence-building exercises, dice games, question-and-answer practice, memory
games, classroom surveys, and storytelling activities. They are also ideal for
review lessons and can easily be adapted for different proficiency levels.
Introducing
Emotions in the Simple Past with Was and Were
Students can begin to describe past experiences with sentences such as "I
was happy yesterday.
To support this concept, introduce emotion flashcards together with
common past time expressions.
One effective teaching feature of this resource is the use of
left-pointing arrows. Encourage students to notice that the arrows point to the
left because the past is often represented as being "behind us" or
"before now."
One student rolls the printable time expression die in this resource.
Another student chooses an emotion flashcard. Together, they make a sentence
using the Simple Past of the verb to be based on the die.
For example: She was hungry after school.
Students develop sentence-building skills while working cooperatively
with their classmates. The game can be used for whole-class instruction.
Who
Was...? Who Were...?
The teacher places several emotion flashcards on the board and writes a
student's name under each picture. Then, the teacher asks questions about the
flashcards.
Teacher:
Who was distracted in class?
Students: Pete!
Students: Pete was distracted.
Teacher:
Who was sick?
Students: Eli!
Students: Eli was sick.
Teacher:
Who were thirsty in class?
Students: Tim and Lili!
Students: They were thirsty.
This interactive activity helps elementary ESL, EFL, and ELL students
practice the correct use of was and were with emotions, feelings,
and states.
Craft
Stick Puppets for Was and Were
Bring
the Simple Past to life with these fun craft stick puppets! This resource
includes printable templates for the words was and were, allowing teachers to
create their own classroom puppets for interactive grammar practice.
During
lessons, the teacher can hold up the correct puppet while asking questions or
building sentences, giving students a visual cue that reinforces the grammar
pattern.
Act It Out and Guess the Emotion! Emotion Charades
The
teacher secretly shows one student an emotion flashcard. The student studies
the picture and then acts out the emotion without speaking while the rest of
the class watches carefully.
The
teacher encourages students to guess by asking questions in the Simple Past: Was she
angry?
Students
answer using complete sentences:
Emotion
Timeline
Divide the board into three columns labeled Morning, Afternoon, and
Night. The teacher places an emotion flashcard in each section and guides
students in describing the events using the Simple Past of the verb to be.
For example: He was embarrassed in the morning. He was confused in the afternoon. He was excited at night.
After modeling, ask comprehension questions: When was he embarrassed?
Students answer in complete sentences: He was embarrassed in the
morning.
Once students understand the pattern, simply change the flashcards to
create new timelines and encourage the class to make their own Simple Past
sentences.
Sorting
Emotions and Feelings
Introducing
emotions by categories helps young English language learners build vocabulary.
To begin this activity, the teacher presents the emotion flashcards and sort
the cards into three groups on the board:
😊 Positive Emotions, 😟 Negative Emotions, 🤒 Physical Feelings
This
hands-on sorting activity helps elementary ESL, EFL, and ELL students organize
new vocabulary into meaningful groups.
Building
Simple Past Sentences with Time Expression Flashcards
Time expression flashcards provide young English language learners with
a visual cue to build complete sentences in the Simple Past. The teacher places
a time expression flashcard on the board and reviews its meaning with the
class. Then, the teacher adds an emotion flashcard and models a sentence using
the verb to be.
For example: He was scared this morning.
After modeling, the teacher can ask questions to encourage
participation: Who was scared this morning?
The teacher can easily replace the emotion or time expression flashcards
to create many new combinations for speaking practice.
Correct the Wrong Sentence!
Practicing
negative sentences in the Simple Past. For this activity, the teacher shows an
emotion flashcard to the class and deliberately says a sentence that is not
true about the picture. Students must listen carefully, identify the mistake,
and correct it using a negative sentence followed by the correct affirmative
sentence.
For
example, the teacher shows the distracted flashcard and says: Teacher: She
was sad.
Students
respond: Students: She wasn't sad. She was distracted.
The
teacher can continue with other flashcards:
This
activity encourages students to pay close attention to the visual clues on the
flashcards while practicing both affirmative and negative forms of the Simple
Past of the verb to be.
Who? When? Where? – Asking Questions in the Simple Past
Encourage
them to ask and answer questions about emotions and past events. For this
activity, the teacher places an emotion flashcard, a time expression flashcard,
and, if desired, a name card on the board. Then, the teacher writes or points
to the question words: Who?,When?,Where?
Using
the flashcards as clues, the teacher asks questions such as: Who was sick? When was Tim sick? Where was Tim sick?
Students
answer in complete Simple Past sentences: Tim was sick. Tim was sick after
school. Tim was sick after school at school.
The
teacher can easily change the flashcards to create new combinations and
encourage students to ask the questions themselves.
If
you're looking for additional ways to teach emotions and feelings to young
learners, be sure to visit our Preschool Emotions and Feelings blog
post! You'll discover a collection of fun, hands-on activities designed to help
children recognize their emotions.
Explore engaging games, colorful flashcards, sorting activities, crafts, songs, movement activities, and classroom ideas that make learning about feelings exciting and meaningful. LINK: https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/09/emotions-theme-for-kindergarten.html
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