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Making Faces - Activity Instructions

Step 1.

Read the book, Where Happiness Hides. As you read each page, think about how the characters might be feeling.

Step 2.

Have a look at this picture.

“Dinner was lovely mum!” said Tim.

Do you think this person is telling the truth about his mum’s cooking? Write a short paragraph explaining your answer. Talk about what Tim’s eyes are doing, what shape his mouth is and what actions he is doing.

Step 3.

We can often tell how someone is feeling based on their facial expression, and the way their body looks.

How do you think this person is feeling? Label the arrows with the clues that helped you decide.

Step 4.

Make a really happy face. Now make a really sad face. Think about your expressions and how you hold your body when you’re happy, sad, angry, surprised, scared and disgusted. Practise your expressions and poses.

Step 5.

Imagine aliens have landed on the planet. They know nothing about human emotions, and take everything humans say to them very seriously. Your job is to teach these aliens about human emotions by creating a cheat sheet for them.

Take photos of yourself showing each of these emotions. You might need someone to help take the photos for you to be able to capture your whole body. On your iPad, create a collage of the six pictures, and label them like we have above. If you don’t have a digital device or camera, draw cartoons and label them like below.

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