Mood Rings Craft Activity: Mood Worksheets with 7 Practice Passages

Mood Worksheets and Activity: This is a hands-on, creative way for your students to practice identifying the mood of a piece of writing! Students are given two worksheets that contain seven short fiction passages. Students read the passage and look for text evidence that will help them determine the mood of the passage. Students then use their answers to create a mood ring craftivity. After completing this activity, students will likely remember what it means to identify the mood of a reading passage.

PRINTABLE CRAFTIVITY VERSION: Students begin by reading seven short passages. After reading each passage, they identify which word best represents the author's mood from the mood ring code sheet. Once students have identified the mood for each passage, they begin assembling their craftivity. Student-friendly directions are included so that you can place the directions under your document camera, and students can refer to them as they complete the project. (An answer key is also included.)

The finished products make a unique bulletin board or fun school hallway display! It can also be used as a novel entry in an interactive notebook!

TPT DIGITAL EASEL VERSION: This is a paperless version that can be completed on a device. It consists of eight slides. The first slide contains the directions, and the seven slides that follow each feature one passage. Students read the passage andidentify which word best represents the author's mood. Answer choices are provided on the mood ring images. Students select their answer by moving the matching ring into the answer box.

Here's what teachers like you had to say about using this activity with their students:

⭐️ Jamie M. said, "This has been the best way I have found to teach mood to students. They are really engaged with the mood rings and it seems to "stick" more."

⭐️ Kristy E. said, "I used this as a guide and added my information from the current book I was reading aloud. I put passages in the ring and the kids had to color the ring to match the mood. Then they wrote a paragraph why they chose that color and what the mood is with supporting with evidence (of course)."

⭐️ The 6am Teacher said, "I loved this activity and so did my students. It was engaging and students learned a lot! "

⭐️ Morgan M. said, "My kids totally loved this activity!! They thought it was so fun, they were very engaged."

If you are looking for additional tone and mood activities, check out my related resources:

Mood and Tone PowerPoint

Mood Task Cards

Tone Craftivity

Tone Task Cards (24 cards to practice identifying the author’s tone)

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