The Feelings Lab Escape

A 9-puzzle escape room for teen ESL/EFL learners practicing vocabulary and ideas about feelings and coping strategies at B1 level.

A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Expressing feelings and using coping strategies.

Your school counselor has locked her Feelings Lab after a mix-up with the files on coping strategies. She left behind nine puzzles about emotions and healthy ways to deal with them. Solve each one to collect a letter, and use all nine letters to unlock the door before the bell rings. Work carefully…

Solve all nine puzzles about feelings and coping strategies to collect letters and form the 9-letter master code that unlocks the door.

Puzzles

  1. 😊 Puzzle 1: Name That Feeling: Which word means you feel happy and calm?
  2. 🌬️ Puzzle 2: Slow It Down: I am something your body does all day, but when you feel stressed, taking slow, deep ones can help you calm down. What am I?
  3. 📓 Puzzle 3: Write It Out: Decode the coping strategy using A=1, B=2, C=3... Z=26.
  4. 🧩 Puzzle 4: Match the Feeling: Match each feeling word with its correct meaning.
  5. 🚶 Puzzle 5: Maya's Walk: When Maya feels stressed before a test, she likes to go for a walk and listen to music. This helps her ____ down and feel calmer.
  6. 🏃 Puzzle 6: Move Your Body: Unscramble this word: ICEEXRSE
  7. ❌ Puzzle 7: Not a Healthy Choice: Three of these are healthy coping strategies, but one is not. Which one does not belong?
  8. 🗣️ Puzzle 8: Put It in Order: upset. feels she when friends her to talks She
  9. 📖 Puzzle 9: Understanding Feelings: Read the passage and decide if each statement is true or false.

Printable worksheet

This Escape Room comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.

What's on the worksheet

  1. Escape on paper · Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.

Part 1: Escape on paper

Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.

  1. 😊 Puzzle 1: Name That Feeling Which word means you feel happy and calm?
  2. 🌬️ Puzzle 2: Slow It Down I am something your body does all day, but when you feel stressed, taking slow, deep ones can help you calm down. What am I?
  3. 📓 Puzzle 3: Write It Out Decode the coping strategy using A=1, B=2, C=3... Z=26. 10-15-21-18-14-1-12 A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J10 K11 L12 M13 N14 O15 P16 Q17 R18 S19 T20 U21 V22 W23 X24 Y25 Z26

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