Portraying Emotions

Worksheet Description

This worksheet is designed to help students explore and understand the role of interjections in expressing emotions. Through a two-part exercise, students will engage in descriptive writing, using interjections to convey both strong and mild emotions.

In the first part, students will analyze a picture of a man yelling and imagine what he might be saying. They are prompted to write three sentences about the picture, each beginning with an interjection that expresses strong emotion. This activity encourages students to think critically about how interjections can effectively convey intense feelings and capture the essence of the moment.

In the second part of the worksheet, students will examine a picture of a pensive boy and speculate about his thoughts. They are instructed to write three sentences about the picture, each starting with an interjection that expresses mild emotion. This part of the exercise encourages students to consider how interjections can convey subtler emotions and provide insight into a character’s inner world.