Wellness: Unit I

Unit II and Unit III

Proficiency: Intermediate Mid/High; Time: 4X75 min.

Objectives: Students will be able to:
  • express and describe feelings, mental states and moods
  • describe and explain the effects of positive vs. negative emotions on the mental health 
  • relate conditions and activities to positivity and mental wellness
  • provide solutions for emotional mental wellness.

Language Targets: Students use:

  • formation of adjectives from nouns (part 1 and part 2)
  • detailed vocabulary related to emotions and mental health
  • expressions with feelings (X को + noun)
  • relative correlative sentences (review) जब… तब…, जैसे… वैसे…, जहां… वहाँ…, जो… वह…   
  • passive and passive subjunctive.

Performance Task: 1. In the role of student advisors, learners create a brochure for positive living to be distributed on campus. 2. Students develop  video advisory piece for a wellness Youtube channel. 3. Students participate in debates -“Physical exercise and less screen time are more important for overall wellness than mental relaxation techniques.”

Step 1. Teacher share screen with the following flyer and asks students: इस विचार से आप राज़ी हैं या नहीं? क्यों?
 
Step 2. To check what students know: Competition: In two big teams students are given 10 min to list as many as possible words for emotions under each face: चहरे का भाव बताइये (ऊपर से शुरू करना, बाई से दाई तरफ़). The class comes together and while listing their suggestions — teacher reminds them to classify them as. Teacher takes notes on the white board — writes in  a table with 3 columns (१) नकारात्मक,  (२) सकारात्मक  (३) बीच के

 

Step 3. Students compare what they know with the diagram above.  Then, they individually, examine the list of adjectives below, mark the new words and put the neutral ones in the blank column: 

Positive Feelings and States
English  Hindi   
blissful आनंदमय  
brave बहादुर  
careful सावधान  
cautious सतर्क  
clever चालाक  
confident आश्वस्त  
curious उत्सुक  
ecstatic उन्मादपूर्ण  
excited उत्तेजित  
fair निष्पक्ष  
fantastic विलक्षण  
friendly मित्रवत  
glad प्रसन्न  
good अच्छा  
great महान  
happy खुश  
honest सत्यवादी  
innocent निर्दोष  
interesting दिलचस्प  
joyful हर्षित  
meditative ध्येय  
nice अच्छा  
optimistic आशावादी  
pleasant सुखद  
pleased सन्तुष्ट  
proud गर्वित  
quiet शांत  
satisfied संतुष्ट  
sensible समझदार  
serious गंभीर  
surprised हैरान  
wonderful अद्भुत  

Negative Feelings and States

English  Hindi   
angry नाराज  
annoyed नाराज  
aggressive आक्रामक  
agonized कष्टदायी  
arrogant अभिमानी  
awful डरावना  
bad बुरा  
bored ऊबा हुआ  
confused परेशान  
crazy सनकी  
disappointed निराश  
disbelieving अविश्वास  
disgusted निराश  
enraged क्रुद्ध  
exhausted थका  
frightened भयभीत  
frustrated निराश  
grieving दुःखी  
guilty दोषी  
helpless असहाय  
horrified भयातुर  
hurt आहत  
hysterical उन्मत्त  
indifferent उदासीन  
idiotic मूर्खतापूर्ण  
jealous ईर्ष्यालु  
lonely अकेला  
lovesick प्रेमातुर  
mad पागल  
mischievous शरारतपूर्ण  
miserable अभागा  
nasty बुरा  
nervous घबराया हुआ  
sad दुःखी  
shocked हैरान  
sheepish शर्मिंदा  
silly मूर्ख  
smug आत्मसंतुष्ट  
strange अनोखा  
suspicious संदिग्ध  
stupid मूर्ख  
terrible भयानक  
upset परेशान  
Step 4. Teacher explains how the nouns denoting emotions are used +को construction + आना / होना. Students practice the new structures in the context of the topic with जब… तब… sentences.
Step 5. In the role of student advisors, in pairs students create a brochure for positive living to be distributed on campus. It includes:
  • 3+ most positive emotions and explain when and
  • why a person can and should experience them as a path to wellness.
  • use the new language structures (5+ sentences) 
  • 5+ sentences जब… तब…
  • 10+ new words.

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