The Weather

A1 · Beginner1 hr 4 minBasic BasicsLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: talk about the weather — say what it is like today and use it for easy small talk.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The easiest small talk

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What Is the Weather Like?

    Read a 124-word text about What Is the Weather Like?

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Weather Words

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Today's Weather

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Weather and Seasons

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Make Weather Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Weather Small Talk

    Role-play: You meet your neighbour outside your home. You talk about the weather. (8 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your Mission: Weather Small Talk

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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