Weather and seasons

Topic: Weather and seasons.

Objectives: by the end of the lesson pupils will be able:

                   to  use the words from the topic “Weather”;

                   to  complete the sentences;

                   to  compare the weather in different parts of the world;

                   to  answer the questions about the weather;

                   to  work in pair to solve a problem.

 Type of the lesson: combined lesson

Materials: multimedia presentation,  computer, CD player, CD, cards, worksheets,

                   weather labels.

Procedure

I. Introduction

T.: Good morning pupils! I’m glad to see you here. I’m sure you are ready for active work today. 

1. Brainstorming

T.: Today we continue to learn more about Seasons and Weather. We`ll revise, develop our reading, listening, communicative and creative skills. We`ll do different exercises and crosswords. It`ll be a great opportunity to improve your English and learn something new. We are going to speak about the weather in different seasons.

2. Warming up

Reflection 

II. The main part of the lesson

1. Practice topic words

 T.: So, let’s start the lesson with the words task.

Look at the blackboard. You can see the pictures.

1)    What kind of weather is it?

        

      

T.: What is the weather like today?

2) Make up the adjectives
 sun - 
wind - 
snow - 
fog - 
rain - 

3) Answer the questions

4) Name the season

   

 

 

5) Guess the riddles

It`s rainy and wet. Trees and flowers start to grow.
It`s very cold and it snows. New Year is in this season.
It`s cold and foggy. Trees lose their leaves.
It`s hot and sunny. People go on holiday.                 

6) Fill in the words into the correct columns

Hot, winter, March, frosty, sunny, January, summer, autumn, September

                        Months                                  Seasons                                             Weather

7) Complete the sentences
My favourite season is...
(Winter, spring, summer, autumn) months are...
It is (rainy, snowy, foggy) in ...
It is (cold, hot, frosty, warm) in...

 8) Find and circle the weather words
dsunnydgwindytkrainyvfstormyd
cloudybnhotgwarmvcoldcfoggynnmsnowyj
weatherkwrslipperynhg

9) Write the words under the pictures

10) Unscramble the words
owsn, iran, rwam, idnw

2. Singing a song “Snow”

3. Listening

1) Pre-listening activity

Answer the questions.

2)  While-listening activity

T.: Listen to the world weather report. What is the weather like in different cities of the world?

3)    Post-listening activity

Checking the results.

4. Speaking

T.: Let`s do exercise 4, page 155. Look at the map of  Europe. Make the information forecast for European cities.. Ask and answer the questions.

5. Reading

1) Pre-reading activity

T.: Do you remember the meaning of the words the north, the south, the east, the west?

2) While-reading activity

T.: Read the forecast for tomorrow`s weather in the UK and Ireland and complete the map on your worksheets.

4)    Post-reading activity

T.: Change the worksheets with your partner. Check the results.

6. Search the weather words in the crossword

III. Closing

1.     Summarizing

T: Dear friends! Our lesson is coming to the end. It’s time to say good-bye. We have done much at the lesson. We read, listened to the text, did exercises. You sang song. You all get good and excellent marks.

2.     Home assignment

T.: Home task for the next lesson – Speak about your favourite season.