This ready-to-go lesson is designed for grade 1 learners, but if you have strong students it may be used in kindergarten. This lesson was designed with Chinese in it as the L1 of the learners, but after purchase and download the PowerPoint can be edited, so all Chinese can be removed or changed into any language.
😊 How do you feel? Part 1 ESL PowerPoint Lesson
Grade Level: 2–3 | Duration: 40–60 Minutes | Slide Total: 50
Teach young ESL learners how to talk about their feelings with this fun, visual, and highly interactive PowerPoint lesson! Students learn common feeling words before practicing the question “How do you feel?” and answering with the sentence structure “I feel ____.”
Designed especially for young English learners, the lesson uses colorful visuals, repetition, TPR, sentence-building activities, and interactive classroom games to keep students participating from beginning to end.
Perfect for:
- Grade 2 ESL
- Grade 3 ESL
- Beginner English learners
- Large ESL classes
- Public school ESL classrooms
- Young learner speaking activities
📚 Vocabulary Included
Students learn and practice 5 common feelings:
- tired
- hungry
- thirsty
- excited
- frustrated
Chinese support is included to help beginner students quickly understand the meaning of each new word.
🗣️ Target Language
Students learn to ask:
“How do you feel?”
And answer using:
“I feel ____.”
Examples:
“I feel hungry.”
“I feel tired.”
“I feel excited.”
Students repeatedly use the target language throughout the lesson so they become comfortable producing complete English sentences.
🎯 What’s Included?
✅ Feelings Vocabulary: Students learn five useful feeling words through clear pictures, Chinese support, and repetition.
✅ TPR Action Practice: Students connect each feeling with an action, helping young learners remember new vocabulary through movement.
✅ TPR Action Game: A fun whole-class activity gets students moving while reviewing all five feelings.
✅ Question & Answer Practice: Students learn and practice “How do you feel?” and “I feel ____.”
✅ Sentence Building: Color-coded sentence structures help beginner learners understand how the question and answer are formed.
✅ Guessing Game: Students look at visual clues and guess the correct feeling before answering in a complete sentence.
✅ Choose-a-Tile Game: Students select numbered tiles to reveal and practice different vocabulary words.
✅ Bull’s Eye Game: Students answer questions correctly to earn chances to score points for their team.
✅ Review Activities: Vocabulary and target sentences are reviewed throughout the lesson to reinforce learning and build confidence.
🌟 Why This Lesson?
😊 Teaches Useful Everyday English
🗣️ Builds Speaking Confidence
🏃 Uses TPR & Movement for Young Learners
🎮 Includes Multiple Interactive Games
🧠 Reinforces Vocabulary Through Repetition
🇨🇳 Includes English & Chinese Support
🏫 Works Well in Large ESL Classrooms
This lesson is designed specifically for Grades 2–3 beginner ESL students and combines vocabulary, movement, speaking, and games in an easy-to-follow format. The repeated practice gives young learners plenty of opportunities to confidently ask and answer “How do you feel?” while having fun in English class!
Watch the video to see the full lesson and how to teach it.
Slide total: 46 (You can see some example slides here)
