How Are You: Ups and Downs

In this lesson, your students will:

• Learn natural replies to both good and bad news
• Build emotional vocabulary: from “living the dream” to “spreading myself too thin”.
• Match and personalize idiomatic phrases.
• Role-play conversations about life’s ups and downs.
• Practice giving natural reactions and unsolicited advice.
• Fix common learner mistakes in phrasing and usage.
• Use interactive games, images, and prompts to help them personalize and internalize language.

This lesson includes 10+ interactive exercises to help students respond naturally to everyday check-in questions, build emotional vocabulary, gain confidence in giving updates and advice, and correct common mistakes with idiomatic language.

Vocabulary: things are looking up, living the dream, etc

Additional resources: LearningApps, Wordwall, Quizlet