The Happiness Graph

How happy have you been over the last week? Has it been a good or a bad week? The Happiness Graph is a warmer that you can use with your class.

As a warmer, you draw the X and Y axes on the board as shown in the image above. As you draw the line graph, talk the learners through your week and your reasons why. For example: “Monday is the start of the working week and is never a good day for me, but work went well on Tuesday and Wednesday and I was feeling pretty good. When I woke up on Thursday morning I wasn’t feeling very well and this, as well as a lot of work to do on Friday, left me feeling a bit tired and stressed. But I recovered well on Saturday, and on Sunday my family and I all went to the beach and had a really nice time, before going back to work on Monday!”

The learners then draw their own version of the happiness graph. When they’re done, they share and compare their graphs with each other, explaining the peaks and troughs and hopefully asking follow up questions of each other.

I hope the information is useful for you:))