Clase .. Discus The Weather

Welcome!
Yes-No / Si-No
Raise Hand /
Alzar la Mano
Send Message /
Enviar Mensaje
Talk / Hablar
English for
Weather Conditions
Objectives
Students will participate:
1. in improving verbal expression.
2. In learning and using new
vocabulary words.
3. in improving pronunciation and
intonation.
Copyright (c) 2010 Open English (FoxyP2 Inc.) All rights reserved.
Ideas Out of the Box
Name some words that you associate with
weather conditions.
Vocabulary
Chilly
Cold
Showers
Snow
Ice
Frost
Umbrella
Tornado
Wind
Rain
Hot
Wet
Warm
Humid
Cool
Dry
Sunny
Vocabulary Practice
Use the words below to create your own sentences:
Ex: Many people like to use umbrellas to shield them

from the sun and the rain.
Umbrella
Tornado
Wind
Rain
Warm
Fog
Matching
Match the listed words to the images.
A.
Showers
B.
Tornado
Fog
C.
Frost
D.
General Discussion: Hurricane hearsay
• What’s your favorite kind of weather?
• Many people are scared of thunderstorms. Why do you think that is?
Let’s Talk!
Liz: I’m so glad that summer is finally here! I just love to feel the
sunshine on my face, don’t you?
Kay: Actually, I don’t care for summer. It’s always too hot for me. Every
time I go outside for a minute or two I end up soaked with sweat.
Liz: Wow! I don’t think that I’ve ever met anyone who doesn’t like
summer. If you don’t like sunny weather then what kind do you like?
Kay: I prefer the spring because it rains so much. I know that the rain
makes some people feel sad but I find it calming. I love the way it
sounds. It puts me right to sleep.
Liz: Yuck! I hate the rain. The clouds turn an ugly gray and everything is
all wet.
Kay: I guess that we are opposites when it comes to weather

preference.
Let’s Talk! Follow up
• What does Liz love about summertime?
• Why doesn’t Kay like about summer weather?
• What effect does rain have on Kay?
• How does Liz feel about rain?
Expressions & Phrases
Match the idiom to its meaning.
a) To go to sleep early; to go to bed at

1) A snow job sunset
2) Go to bed with the sun b) To be very unfriendly
c) Very fast
3) Make hay while the sun
d) Good (or bad) things do not just happen
shines a few at a time, but in large numbers all
at once
4) When it rains, it pours
e) If you have an opportunity to do
5) Like greased lightning something, do it before the opportunity
expires
6) Be as cold as ice f) An attempt to persuade or deceive
someone by praising them or not telling
the truth
Let’s Talk Pictures!
How do you think this cat is feeling?
Feedback & Related Lessons on Open English
Provide each student with specific feedback on the areas that need
improvement based on today’s live session topic.
• Weather and Geography- Vocabulary (#0045)

• Weather and Geography- Word search (#0046)
• Discussing the Weather (#0047)
• Weather and Geography- Quiz (#0048)
• Pronunciation: The long /a/ (#0259)
• Pronunciation: The /t/ (#0271)
Advanced Lesson Content
Ideas Out of the Box - Advanced
What are some ways that the weather affects us?
Vocabulary – Advanced
Chilly Freezing
Cold Stifling
Showers Muggy
Snow Haze
Ice Blizzard
Frost Flurries
Umbrella Drizzle
Tornado
Downpour
Wind
Puddle
Rain
Hot Slush
Wet Hailstones
Warm Thunderstorms
Humid Thunderclap
Cool Lightning bolt
Dry Hurricane
Sunny Blustery
Fog Whirlwind
Vocabulary Practice – Advanced
Use the words below to create your own sentences:
Ex: One must be on the look out for puddles while

walking in the rain.
Hurricane
Drizzle
Downpour
Puddle
Lightning bolt
Whirlwind
Matching – Advanced
Match the word to their corresponding image.
A.
Lightning bolt
B.
Hailstones
Blizzard C.
Puddle
D.
Synonyms & Antonyms – Advanced
Match the synonyms & antonyms to each listed word:
Synonyms Word Antonyms
Temperate Muggy Calm

Alternating Sweltering Hot
Windy Mild Harsh
Humid Freezing Steady
Blistering Blustering Frigid
Icy Fluctuating Dry
Advanced Discussion: Precipitation parley
• Which weather condition scares you most? Why?
• Describe your worst weather experience? What made it so awful?
Let’s Talk! - Advanced
Jack: It’s freezing out here and you’re not wearing any gloves! What
were you thinking?
Bill: I forgot them at home, and boy am I sorry. I feel like a human
popsicle. Be careful Jack! You almost stepped on a patch of ice.
You don’t want to slip and fall.
Jack: Thanks, Bill. I didn’t see it there. I just can’t get over how extreme
the weather is here. This is the worst winter that I’ve ever
experienced.
Bill: I know. It’s crazy out here. The snow must be two feet deep. My
teeth are chattering and I can’t feel my toes. This is miserable!
Jack: You’ve got to bundle up more, buddy. Here, I have an extra scarf
you can wear. It won’t be much longer now. The house we’re going
to is about a block away.
Bill: That’s a relief!

Let’s Talk! Follow up - Advanced
• Describe the most extreme weather that you’ve ever experienced?
• What type of weather conditions do you dislike most? Why?
Reading Comprehension – Advanced
On Dec. 26, a young man named Afrizal was adrift in the Indian Ocean. He was a tsunami survivor.
That morning, when the ground began to shake, Afrizal was part of a crew building a beach home
along Sumatra's western coast. “The waves just started coming," Afrizal said. They destroyed the
house.
Afrizal felt as if he were caught in a giant washing machine. Tossed 1,500 feet inland, he banged
against a tree and grabbed a branch. As the tsunami receded, it pulled him under and sucked him
out to sea. He swam and floated for an hour before his first stroke of luck: A wooden plank about 5
feet long drifted by and he clambered aboard."My throat was burning. The sun was hot," Afrizal said.
"I had cuts all over my body. The salt water was stinging."
Exhausted, he lay on the plank all day, weak and hungry. Coconuts were drifting by, caught in the
debris swept out to sea. Afrizal used his teeth and a piece of wood to split open a coconut, which
yielded tender white flesh and sweet milky water. That night, he barely slept, afraid he would fall off
the plank and drown.
After drifting for 7 days, he spotted a large, unmanned raft with a hut on it. Abandoning the plank, he
swam to the raft and found a gallon bottle of water to quench his thirst. Luckily, coconuts were still
plentiful in the sea, so that served as his only food. Around him, six shark fins pierced the gentle
water."The sea belongs to them," Afrizal said. "I was not afraid because I did not do them any harm."
On Sunday, the 15th day, Afrizal awoke to the sight of the bow of a container ship looming over him.
The captain spotted him and brought him aboard. Finally, Afrizal was safe.
Reading Discussion – Advanced
• The article is a true story about a young tsunami survivor who was stranded at sea
for 15 days before getting rescued. How do you feel about this young man’s story?
• Many people receive weather related evacuation notices yet choose not to leave,
therefore putting their lives at risk. Why do you think this is?
• Imagine that you’re relaxing in your beach front hotel when you begin hearing
screams. As you peer out your window you discover what looks like an enormous
wave racing toward the shore. You realize that this is a tsunami. What do you do?
• While drifting in the ocean, Afrizal encounters 6 sharks. He says that he wasn’t
afraid because he did nothing to harm them. How do you feel about Afrizal’s
statement? How do you think that you would react if you were in the same
situation? Copyright (c) 2010 Open English (FoxyP2 Inc.) All rights reserved.
Expressions & Phrases - Advanced
Match the idiom to its meaning.
1) Steal someone’s thunder

a) Don’t expect to be paid for this
2) Cold feet
b) To be stupid
3) Be too hot to handle
c) Everything that is happening now has
4) There is nothing new under the happened before
d) Fear of doing something; cowardice at

sun
the moment of action
5) Charge it to the dust and let the e) If something or someone is too hot to
handle, people cannot deal with them,
rain settle it because they are dangerous or difficult
6) Not know enough to come in out of f) To lessen someone’s force or authority
the rain
Feedback & Related Lessons on Open English
Provide each student with specific feedback on the areas that need
improvement based on today’s live session topic.
• Compare voiced /th/ and unvoiced /th/ (#0210)

• Pronunciation: Words ending in /t/ &. /th/ (#0317)
• Come Rain or Shine (#0347)
• A hurricane is coming! (#0407)
• Present Progressive Forms (#0107)
• Test on Present Progressive Tense (#0108)
Credits
Pictures: Tinyfarmblog.com
Foros.riverplate.com
Metatube.com
Makehayrainorshine.com
Files32.com
Anythingbeautifulblogspot.com
Officespam.chattablogs.com
weblogs.wgntv.com
cagayandeorocity.info
aeromental.com
guzer.com
myinkblog.com
ssilence.deviantart.com
taringa.net
vuelodeaguilashaciacristo.blogspot.com
Content:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/11/world/main666238.shtml
http://www.thefreedictionary.com
Disclaimer/ Descargo de responsabilidad:
This is the complete content for the lesson. It includes

both general and advanced slides. The experience
during each live session will vary depending on the
level of the class and not all slides will be covered.
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incluye diapositivas general y avanzada. La
experiencia durante cada sesión en vivo variará en
función del nivel de la clase y no todas las
diapositivas serán cubiertas.

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Welcome!

Ex: Many people like to use umbrellas to shield them

• What’s your favorite kind of weather?

Kay: I guess that we are opposites when it comes to weather

a) To go to sleep early; to go to bed at

2) Go to bed with the sun b) To be very unfriendly

How do you think this cat is feeling?

• Weather and Geography- Vocabulary (#0045)

Ex: One must be on the look out for puddles while

Synonyms Word Antonyms

Temperate Muggy Calm

• Describe your worst weather experience? What made it so awful?

Bill: That’s a relief!

1) Steal someone’s thunder

d) Fear of doing something; cowardice at

6) Not know enough to come in out of f) To lessen someone’s force or authority

• Compare voiced /th/ and unvoiced /th/ (#0210)

This is the complete content for the lesson. It includes

Este es el contenido completo de la lección. Se

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