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Indonesian Feelings

Fifth graders learn to share feelings in Indonesian — senang (happy), sedih (sad), lelah (tired), marah (angry), lapar (hungry) — and answer “apa kabar?” (how are you?).

Grade 5Feelings45 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn feeling words.
  • ✓Answer “apa kabar?”.
  • ✓Say how you feel.
  • ✓Ask a friend.
Essential Question

Apa kabar? How do you say how you feel in Indonesian?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Indonesian Feelings Check

Project each item and have students answer about Indonesian feelings.

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Answer each question about Indonesian feelings.
The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — How Are You?

5 min

How do you say how you feel in Indonesian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make a happy face.
  • Ask “apa kabar?”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Feelings

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Feelings Check.
  • Note senang & sedih.
  • Note lelah & marah.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Match face to feeling.
  • Say “senang.”
  • Say how you feel.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “saya senang” (I’m happy).
  • Ask a partner.
  • Trade feelings.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Ask.
  • Trade.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a feeling.
  • Say how you feel.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: ask & say feelings.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand feeling words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: express a feeling.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare feeling words.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Feeling cards with faces.
  • Frame: “saya ___.”
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with senang & sedih.
  • Use face cards.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add takut, kaget.
  • Draw feeling faces.
  • Ask 3 classmates.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 😊Feeling face cards
  • 💻Indonesian Feelings Check
  • 🖼️Emotion pictures
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

perasaanfeelingssenanghappysedihsadlelahtiredmarahangrylaparhungryapa kabarhow are youbaikgood / well
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does “senang” mean in Indonesian?
Happy.
QUESTION 2
How do you say “I’m tired” in Indonesian?
saya lelah.
QUESTION 3
What does “sedih” mean?
Sad.

Reflect: feelings.

Have students say how they feel in Indonesian (“saya ___”). A printable Indonesian feelings sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Indonesian FeelingsPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: apa kabar, baik, lapar, lelah, marah, perasaan, sedih, senang
  1. tired
  2. happy
  3. feelings
  4. good / well
  5. angry
  6. sad
  7. how are you
  8. hungry

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “senang” mean in Indonesian?
  2. How do you say “I’m tired” in Indonesian?
  3. What does “sedih” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) lelah · 2) senang · 3) perasaan · 4) baik · 5) marah · 6) sedih · 7) apa kabar · 8) lapar
Part B: 1) Happy. 2) saya lelah. 3) Sad.