CONVERSATION WORKSHOP

Time (10 minutes): Ask your students if they know what the four seasons are. List the names of
the seasons on a big piece of paper. Ask your students the name of the current season. Ask your
students to describe the current season. Prompt them to elaborate on what the weather is like,
what people wear, what people do, what places look like, and what events happen in each season.

Describing seasons (15 minutes): Draw 4 columns on a big piece of paper and title them
summer, fall, winter, and spring. In a collaborative conversation with your students, taking turns
and speaking about the topic under discussion, in this case the characteristics of each season. Each
student write on the big piece of paper an adjective that describe each season.
Speaking practice (15 minutes) : ask your students informal questions about the
items worn in each season. For example:
 "Why do we wear a jacket in the winter?"
 "Why do we wear shorts in the summer?"
 "Why do we wear dresses in the spring?"
 "What do we do in the spring?”
 “What things do we do in the winter?"

Closing (15 minutes): Ask your students the question “What Should I Wear in the
spring? (In the summer, in the fall, in the winter) and how certain seasons effect
their clothing choices and the events they attend. Allow some students to say their
own point of view.