Weather Small Talk

A2 · Elementary57 minBasic BasicsLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: start and keep a weather chat like a local — “Lovely day, isn't it?”, “at least…”, “it's supposed to…”.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Chat like a local

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Art of Weather Chat

    Read a 126-word text about The Art of Weather Chat

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Small Talk Phrases

    7 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Weather Chat Phrases

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Starting Weather Conversations

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Making Weather Small Talk

    Role-play: You are in different everyday situations and need to make small talk about the weather. (4 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: three quick chats

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

terriblegorgeoussoakedunbearableat leastsupposed toroll on

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