What you’ll need •Picturesofemojis,

1between2•Slipsofpaper•Paperorcard(A4orA5)•Pens

What you’ll get out of it •Explorewhenemojis

areused.•Createyourownemojis.•Understanddifferent

meaningsofemojis.

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Aim of activity Emojiscanbeagreatwaytoexpressathoughtwhenyoucan’tthinkofthewords.Butareemojisalwaysagoodwaytocommunicate?Timetofindout!

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Before you startYourleaderwillpreparepicturesofemojisonseparatebitsofpaper,thenalsowritethemeaningofeachemojionfurtherslipsofpaper,foldingtheminhalf.

What to doEmojisarepicturesthatweusetoexpressthoughts,feelingsand

emotions.Together,talkabouttheemojisyou’veseen.

Next,yourleaderwillgiveemojistohalfthegirlsandmeaningstothe

otherhalf.Secretlylookatyourown.

Noweveryonestartmovingaroundtheroomindifferentdirections.

Whenyourleadercalls‘match’,trytofindwho’sgotyourmatchingmeaningoremoji.Youcan’tshowanyoneyourpaper,soyou’llhavetodescribewhat’sonit.

Haveyoufoundyourmatch?Sitdowntogether.

Wheneveryone’ssatdown,yourleaderwillcheckyouremojiand

meaning.Didyougetitright?Don’tworryifyoudidn’t–someemojismeansimilarthings.And,sometimes,emojismeandifferentthingstodifferentpeople!

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Mixthemupandplayagain.Didyoufindyourmatchthistime?

Next,everyonegotothemiddleofthespace.Yourleaderwillsayaplace

andyouneedtodecideifemojisshouldbeusedthere.Ifyouthinktheyshould–movetotheleft.Ifyouthinktheyshouldn’t–movetotheright.Aftereachone,talktogetheraboutwhereyoumovedandwhy.

Places•Amessagefromafriendsayingthey’re

excitedtoseeyou•Onsocialmedia• Inafilmreviewinamagazine• Inabookreviewyoudoforhomework•Onyourschoolreport• InaTVadvertforanewdrink

Createyourownemojis!Onyourown,makeupanddrawfivenew

emojisonseparatepiecesofpaperorcard.Makesureeachonehasameaning,like‘I’mexcited’or‘it’scoldoutside’.

Finally,askotherswhattheythinkyouremojismean.Dideveryonesay

thesamething?

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