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Korean Feelings

Fifth graders learn to share how they feel (기분, gibun) in Korean — 행복해요 (haengbokhaeyo, happy), 슬퍼요 (seulpeoyo, sad), 기분이 좋아요 (gibuni joayo, I feel good). Feeling words help them talk about their day.

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…

  • ✓Name feelings.
  • ✓Say how you feel.
  • ✓Use gibun.
  • ✓Talk about emotions.
Essential Question

How are you feeling today? Let’s learn to share feelings in Korean.

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Interactive Task
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Korean Feelings Check

Project each item and have students answer about Korean feeling words.

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

45 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — How Do You Feel?

5 min

How are you feeling today? Let’s learn feelings in Korean.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a happy face.
  • Ask the Korean word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Korean Feelings Check.
  • Note haengbokhaeyo, seulpeoyo.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say how you feel today.
  • Match a face to a word.
  • Say joayo.

🎒 Student Actions

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

10 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “Gibuni eottaeyo?” (how do you feel?)
  • Answer with a feeling.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Ask.
  • Answer.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

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

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say 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).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: share feelings.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand feeling words.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare feeling words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: express feelings.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Feeling face cards with romanization.
  • Sentence frame: “___ — I feel ___.”
  • Use emotion faces.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with haengbokhaeyo & seulpeoyo.
  • Use faces.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add jaemiisseoyo (fun) & museowoyo (scared).
  • Role-play a greeting.
  • Draw feeling faces.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 😊Feeling face cards
  • 💻Korean Feelings Check
  • 🪞A mirror (optional)
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

기분 (gibun)feeling / mood행복해요 (haengbokhaeyo)happy슬퍼요 (seulpeoyo)sad좋아요 (joayo)good / like재미있어요 (jaemiisseoyo)fun피곤해요 (pigonhaeyo)tired화나요 (hwanayo)angry무서워요 (museowoyo)scared
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
How do you say “happy” in Korean?
행복해요 (haengbokhaeyo).
QUESTION 2
What does 슬퍼요 (seulpeoyo) mean?
Sad.
QUESTION 3
What does 기분이 좋아요 (gibuni joayo) mean?
I feel good.

Reflect: feelings.

Have students say how they feel today in Korean (like “Haengbokhaeyo”). A printable Korean feelings sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

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Practice · Quiz

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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.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 기분 (gibun), 무서워요 (museowoyo), 슬퍼요 (seulpeoyo), 재미있어요 (jaemiisseoyo), 좋아요 (joayo), 피곤해요 (pigonhaeyo), 행복해요 (haengbokhaeyo), 화나요 (hwanayo)
  1. fun
  2. angry
  3. sad
  4. scared
  5. tired
  6. good / like
  7. feeling / mood
  8. happy

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “happy” in Korean?
  2. What does 슬퍼요 (seulpeoyo) mean?
  3. What does 기분이 좋아요 (gibuni joayo) mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 재미있어요 (jaemiisseoyo) · 2) 화나요 (hwanayo) · 3) 슬퍼요 (seulpeoyo) · 4) 무서워요 (museowoyo) · 5) 피곤해요 (pigonhaeyo) · 6) 좋아요 (joayo) · 7) 기분 (gibun) · 8) 행복해요 (haengbokhaeyo)
Part B: 1) 행복해요 (haengbokhaeyo). 2) Sad. 3) I feel good.