Videos for Emotion Talks

Using video can be a powerful method for learning and teaching. They can be a great way to learn skills for comprehension, deduction and inference. Some of the clips we've looked at before in development sessions are below to save you searching for them.




Further sources for film clips:

• Film trailers are published on YouTube and Vimeo - a good way to watch scary clips, or ways to build atmosphere.
• The Kid Should See This - great to see awe inspiring videos for discussion/ further activities on body sensations or other aspects of the sequencer
• The Literacy Shed - worth searching for a huge range of emotive films
• Any posts on here with video clips are now tagged at the side (ETvideo)

Inspiring Videos

The Present from Jacob Frey on Vimeo.
This is a lovely little short animated film which would be great to use in class, and could be used in a variety of ways. You can also watch it here. There are ideas for writing at The Literacy Shed website. I think it would be great to use and refer to the Emotions Talk sequencer, as you see the range of emotions expressed by the main character, and you could discuss strategies for feeling better. It might be good to pause the video before the character opens the present and reflect on when we feel happy, then reflect on his reaction to the present. It also lends itself well for work on resilience and growth mindset.

You might have seen this on TV - It could be fantastic as a stimulus to discuss positive self talk. The Paralympics start on the 7th of September.