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Background:
Students have already learned previously about several emotions like angry, sad, happy,
embarrassed ect.
For the past few weeks, students have been expanding their feelings vocabulary.
Students have been learnings about the grammatical format of the verb to feel as
examples of I feel ______ or I am feeling ____ (present tense, past tense, continuous
present tense, ect.)
Course Objectives:
Students will be able to understand, define and explain emotions in English language.
Students will be able to talk about emotions to others including the correct grammatical
use of I feel ____. and other forms.
Lesson Objectives:
Students will be able to define and discuss the feeling of homesickness with their peers.
Students will be able to relate their own experiences of homesickness with the
experiences of the students around them.
Materials:
Video Link to E.T. when E.T. wants to phone home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xZif3WmG7I - whole clip
Video Comprehension Worksheet that goes along with the video
Homesickness Powerpoint
Students will need a piece of paper and writing utensil to write down their story
Homework: Homesickness Writing Prompt
Overview of Procedure:
Students will be watching the video clip from E.T. After, they will fill-out a listening
comprehension worksheet, and discuss with the class together. Towards the end, students
will then create their own story about homesickness with a partner and present to others
in the class.
Detailed Procedure:
Intro (5 minutes):
Ask the students a time where they were away from home and the feelings that they felt.
Write the following questions on the board. Give students 30 to 40 seconds to consider
the questions.
Questions would be What kind of feelings they felt? What did they miss? How did their
family react? How they felt about the change and culture?
After the students have considered the questions, allow the students to come up to the
board on their own to write their answers underneath the questions.
Have the students read out the answers after. Name some of the emotions that have
previously been discussed, such as happy, sad, nervous, excited etc.
After write the word homesickness on the board, and explain that these kind of
emotions make up an even more complex emotion called homesickness.
Move into video activity.
Assessment:
The teachers will be calling on students to answer the listening comprehension questions.
The teacher will be calling on the students to present their stories and have everyone in
the class tell their partners story. If there is not enough time, then teacher will have them
present in the next class.
The teacher will be walking around the room and making sure that the students are
understanding the materials when they are creating the stories.
Follow Up/Homework:
Homesickness Writing Prompt Worksheet (if time runs out and activity cannot be
completed in class
Video Comprehension: Feeling Homesickness on Another Planet!
The boy (Elliot), E.T the alien, the younger sister and the older brother
2. Where do you think the characters were (outside, inside, kitchen, bedroom, ect)?
3. Which character was the one who was experiencing a feeling of homesickness? Why do
you think they were experiencing homesickness?
E.T the alien was experiencing homesickness because he is an alien from outer space and
very far away from his home.
4. Did they do anything to make the character feel less homesick? If not, what could they
have done?
Answers will vary from students.
From the video that you watched, fill in some of the sentences that were said in the video.
8.) Boy (Elliot):Can you say that? Can you say ______? E.T
9.) Little sister (Gertie): Cant you understand English? He said _________. Phone
10.) Boy (Elliot): E.T phone home. E.T phone home!
Little Sister (Gertie): He wants to call _________. Somebody
Writing Prompt: When was the last time you felt homesick?
Write on the lines below a time when you felt homesick. This can be from when you
were a child or recently. Make sure to describe what you missed about your home, where you
were when you felt homesick, why you felt homesick, and what you did to make yourself feel
less homesick.
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