Warm
up. Free
talk.
Look at the
word "weather". In pairs, name
words associated with it.
Ask each learners to tell you
at least 1 word related to weather they remember from last lesson.
Ask more able learners to make sentences with words The teacher
sets the lesson objectives, letting students know what to
anticipate from the lesson.
What should we do on the
lesson? (Teacher shows with gestures)
Today we’ll work in three
groups: A (ASTANA), B (BRIGHTON), C
(CALIFORNIA)
Choose the leader (speaker
of the group).
Evaluation
lists.
Task 1. Sticks and
tails. Write the names of weather:
adjectives or nouns according to the squares. Time limit: 3
min
Key:
1.rainy, 2. Foggy, 3. Wind, 4.
Sunny, 5. Rainbow, 6. Icy, 7. Stormy, 8.
warm
Assessment
criteria:
Very well! – 7-8 correct
words.
Good job! – 5-6 correct
words.
Try again! – less than 5
correct words.
Descriptors: A
Learner
Checking. Nice of you! You have good
knowledge of Weather vocabulary. It will help you to do next
tasks.
Task
2. Listen to the weather forecast
and do the exercises to practice and improve your listening
skills.
Preparation
Do this exercise before you
listen. Draw a line to match the pictures with the words
below.
1. Check your
understanding: matching
Do this exercise while you
listen. Match the two halves of the sentence and write a – d next
to the number 1 – 4.
1…….. The weather in the north
is mostly a. rainy.
2…….. The weather in the east
is mostly b. cloudy and sunny.
3…….. The weather in the west
is mostly c. dry and cloudy.
4…….. The weather in the south
is mostly d. windy.
2. Check your
understanding: gap fill
Do this exercise while you
listen. Write the word to fill the gap.
1. Welcome to the weather
forecast. Now, let’s see what the weather is _______________
today.
2.
In the north of the country
it’s very windy and cold. There is a _______________ of some
rain,
too.
3. The temperature is around
10 _______________ centigrade.
4.In the east it’s rainy all
day today, I’m afraid. There may be a thunderstorm in the
afternoon. The
_______________ is a bit
higher, at around 13 degrees.
5. In the west and middle of
the country the weather is dry _______________
cloudy.
6.The south of the country has
the _______________ weather today. It’s cloudy most of the time
but
sunny this
afternoon.
Keys:
1. Check your
understanding: matching
1. d
2. a
3. c
4. b
2. Check your
understanding: gap fill
1.
like
2.
chance
3.
degrees
4.
temperature
5.
but
6.
best
Task 3. Project
work.
Your task is to do project in
groups.
1st
group:
spring
2nd
group:
winter
3rd
group:
autumn
Assessment
criteria:
-
Prepare a poster about one of
the season, its weather and climate.
-
Use topical vocabulary; write
the sentences in Present Simple.
-
Speak loud, with clear
pronunciation.
-
Time limit of poster’s
presentation is 2-3 min.
-
Use pictures, markers,
coloured pencils, glue, etc. in order to make colourful
poster.
Physical
exercise.
Stand up! Hands
up!
Hands on
hips!
Turn to the
right,
Turn to the
left,
Bend right, bend
left,
1, 2, 3, hop! 1, 2, 3,
stop.
In order to do next activity
you should change your groups according to colours: First group –
red, second group – yellow, third – green. And I’ll give you tasks
according to your levels. Pay attention on given assessment
criteria and descriptors.
Differentiated
tasks
Level 1 Label the weather symbols with the
adjectives.

Key
-
Sunny, 2. Rainy, 3. Cloudy, 4.
Hot, 5. Cold, 6. Warm, 7. Windy, 8. Snowy, 9.
Stormy.
Descriptors: A
learner:
*defines the
pictures and the words;
* writes vocabulary
on the topic “Weather”
correctly.
Self-assessment
8-9 correct words -“Very
good!”
6-7 correct words - “Well
done!”
less than 6 - “Try
again!”
Level 2. Choose the correct
words.
-
Take some sunscreen. It’s
very sunny/sun today.
-
Don’t go out today. There’s a
big stormy/storm.
-
It isn’t raining, but it’s
quite cloudy/cloud.
-
I prefer
hot/heat weather.
-
The roads are very dangerous
today – there’s icy/ice and
foggy/fog.
-
What’s the weather like?
Horrible. It’s cold and |