Grades 2–5
How Does the Character Feel?
Read each short scene. Write how the character feels and the clue that tells you.
Drama worksheet · Feelings and faces
Small, Medium and Big Feelings
Put each set of feeling words in order from smallest to biggest.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Feelings and faces
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Naming feelings, Showing feelings with the face and body, Sizing feelings from small to big, Finding clues to a character’s feelings
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Feelings come in sizes. Annoyed is a small angry feeling, and furious is a giant one. Actors pick the right size so the audience knows just how a character feels.
- Write each set of words in order, from the smallest feeling to the biggest.
- Act it out: pick one set. Say “I lost my hat” three ways: small, medium and big.
- The set I picked:
Words on this sheet
angryfuriousannoyedhappymediumpleaseduneasysadbiggestscared
Teacher tip
For the Act it out box, have kids say “I lost my hat” three ways for a partner, who guesses which feeling word from the set they picked.
How to use it
- Talk about a time a book character felt that way.
- Keep it safe: kids act out pretend feelings, not their own private ones.
- Read the box at the top of the sheet together, then try the first item out loud as a class.
Watch for
Guessing a feeling without a clue. Ask “What did you see?”
Talk about it
- What clues told you how the character felt?
- How did the audience know how your character felt?
Take it further
Build a class feelings chart with a photo of each face.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More feelings and faces worksheets
Grades K–3
Feelings Charades Cards
Cut out the cards. Act out the feeling with your face and body while the class guesses.
Grades 1–4
Say the Line with Feeling
Read the stage direction and the line. Circle the feeling that fits, then say the line that way.
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