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Mild to Strong Feelings

Personal & Social Development · Emotional Literacy · ages 7-9

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In Sam's school play example, put these in order from mild to strong: anxious, nervous, panicked. Which one comes first?
- anxious
- nervous
- panicked
Which of these three feelings is the strongest?
- furious
- annoyed
- angry
Annoyed and furious are exactly the same size of feeling.
Circle one: True False
Why does it help to know if your anger feels like a 2 or a 5?
- Because a 2 might just need a deep breath, but a 5 might need an adult's help
- Because the number tells you the name of the feeling
- It doesn't help, all anger is exactly the same
Zara's friend is five minutes late to meet her. Zara says she feels only a little annoyed. On a scale from 1 to 5, how strong is Zara's annoyed feeling likely to be?
- Probably high, like 4 or 5
- It can't be rated at all
- Probably low, like 1 or 2
In Sam's school play example, nervous, anxious, and panicked are three totally different emotions, not different strengths of the same worry.
Circle one: True False
Which of these puts the feelings in the correct order from mild to strong?
- angry, annoyed, furious
- angry, furious, annoyed
- annoyed, angry, furious
Leo's plan for a 2-out-of-5 worry is to take a deep breath. His plan for a 5-out-of-5 panic is to leave the room and ask an adult for help. Before a small quiz, Leo felt a 2-out-of-5 worry, but he left the room instead of taking a deep breath. What did Leo do?
- He matched a mild reaction to a strong feeling
- He matched a strong reaction to a mild feeling
- Nothing went wrong, that's the right way to handle every feeling

Answer key

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nervous · In Sam's example, nervous is the mildest. Anxious is bigger, and panicked is the strongest of the three.
furious · Furious is anger turned all the way up. Annoyed is just a little bit of that same feeling.
False · They're both a kind of anger, but furious is much stronger than annoyed.
Because a 2 might just need a deep breath, but a 5 might need an adult's help · Knowing the size of a feeling helps you pick a response that actually fits it.
Probably low, like 1 or 2 · Zara says she feels only a little annoyed, so her feeling is mild, closer to a 1 or 2 than a 5.
False · In Sam's example, they are the same worry growing stronger, from mild nervous to very strong panicked.
annoyed, angry, furious · Annoyed is the smallest, angry is bigger, and furious is the biggest of the three.
He matched a strong reaction to a mild feeling · Leo used his strong-feeling plan, leaving the room, for a mild 2-out-of-5 worry. His mild-feeling plan was to take a deep breath.