Autumn

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Autumn
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Autumn is such a cool time of the year. Of course it is
cool because the temperatures drop after summer. But it
is also cool because it’s such a great time of the year. I
love the changing of the leaves. The different autumn
colours are one of nature’s most beautiful scenes.
Sometimes I can’t stop looking at the mountains near my
house. They are like an artist’s palette of golds, reds,
yellows, browns and other autumnal colours. In America
they call autumn ‘fall’ because that is when the leaves fall
from the trees. I like the coolness of autumn. Summer is
over but you can still wear a T-shirt – just about. You can
also spend hours outdoors without sweating. Autumn is
the best time of the year to go hiking and go for long
walks.
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LISTENING GAP FILL
Autumn is such _____a cool____time_____________ of the year. Of
course it is cool because the temperatures _______drop__pass
the_____________ summer. But it is also cool because it’s such
a great time of the year. I love the changing _______of the
leaves_______________ . The different autumn colours are one of
nature’s most ______beautiful scenes________________ . Sometimes I
can’t stop looking at the mountains near my house. They
are like an _____artist’s __palette______________ of golds, reds,
they call autumn ‘fall’ because that is when ________the
leaves__fall ____________ from the trees. I like _________the
coolness____________ of autumn. Summer is over ______but you
can________________ still wear a T-shirt – just about. You can
also spend hours outdoors _____without ___sweating______________ .
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Autumn is the best time of the year to go hiking _______and
go for_______________ long walks.
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CORRECT THE SPELLING
Autumn is such a olco time of the year. Of course it is
cool because the temperatures drop after mrsmeu. But it
is also cool because it’s such a tgare time of the year. I
love the changing of the sleeav. The different autumn
colours are one of nature’s most beautiful scsnee.
Sometimes I can’t stop looking at the asntnmiuo near my
house. They are like an artist’s palette of golds, reds,
yellows, browns and other uultanam colours. In America
they call autumn ‘fall’ because that is when the leaves fall
from the trees. I like the ncsoseol of autumn. Summer is
over but you can still wear a T-shirt – just about. You can
also dnsep hours outdoors without sweating. Autumn is
the best time of the year to go gnihik and go for long
walks.
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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
Autumn time cool a such is year the of. Of course it is
cool because the drop temperatures summer after. But it
is also cool because such it’s year the of time great a. I
love the changing of the leaves. The different autumn
colours are one scenes beautiful most nature’s of.
Sometimes I can’t stop looking at the mountains near my
house. They are an palette golds like artist’s of, reds,
they call autumn ‘fall’ that when leaves because is the fall
from the trees. I like the coolness of autumn. Summer is
over wear but a you T can - still shirt – just about. You
can also spend hours outdoors without sweating. Autumn
is the to year the of time best hiking go and go for long
walks.
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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STUDENT AUTUMN SURVEY
Write five GOOD questions about autumn in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student
must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3
_____________ _____________ _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.
 Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found
out. Change partners often.
 Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
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WRITING
Write about autumn for 10 minutes. Show your partner

your paper. Correct each other’s work.
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HOMEWORK
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words

from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or
another search engine) to build up more associations /
collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more

information about autumn. Talk about what you discover with
your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about

autumn. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next
lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. AUTUMN POSTER Make a poster about autumn. Show it to

your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on
your posters.
5. MY AUTUMN LESSON: Make your own English lesson on

autumn. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some
good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you
have finished.
6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page,

MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon
account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on
autumn. Share your findings with the class.
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LISTEN A MINUTE.

Focus on new words, grammar and pronunciation in this short text.

Listen many times – enough for you to you understand everything.

Follow me: http://twitter.com/SeanBanville

Autumn is such a cool time of the year. Of course it is

cool because the temperatures drop after summer. But it

is also cool because it’s such a great time of the year. I

love the changing of the leaves. The different autumn

colours are one of nature’s most beautiful scenes.

Sometimes I can’t stop looking at the mountains near my

house. They are like an artist’s palette of golds, reds,

yellows, browns and other autumnal colours. In America

from the trees. I like the coolness of autumn. Summer is

also spend hours outdoors without sweating. Autumn is

the best time of the year to go hiking and go for long

Autumn is such _____a cool____time_____________ of the year. Of

course it is cool because the temperatures _______drop__pass

the_____________ summer. But it is also cool because it’s such

a great time of the year. I love the changing _______of the

leaves_______________ . The different autumn colours are one of

nature’s most ______beautiful scenes________________ . Sometimes I

can’t stop looking at the mountains near my house. They

are like an _____artist’s __palette______________ of golds, reds,

yellows, browns and other autumnal colours. In America

they call autumn ‘fall’ because that is when ________the

leaves__fall ____________ from the trees. I like _________the

coolness____________ of autumn. Summer is over ______but you

can________________ still wear a T-shirt – just about. You can

also spend hours outdoors _____without ___sweating______________ .

go for_______________ long walks.

Autumn is such a olco time of the year. Of course it is

cool because the temperatures drop after mrsmeu. But it

is also cool because it’s such a tgare time of the year. I

love the changing of the sleeav. The different autumn

colours are one of nature’s most beautiful scsnee.

Sometimes I can’t stop looking at the asntnmiuo near my

house. They are like an artist’s palette of golds, reds,

yellows, browns and other uultanam colours. In America

from the trees. I like the ncsoseol of autumn. Summer is

also dnsep hours outdoors without sweating. Autumn is

the best time of the year to go gnihik and go for long

Autumn time cool a such is year the of. Of course it is

cool because the drop temperatures summer after. But it

is also cool because such it’s year the of time great a. I

love the changing of the leaves. The different autumn

colours are one scenes beautiful most nature’s of.

Sometimes I can’t stop looking at the mountains near my

house. They are an palette golds like artist’s of, reds,

yellows, browns and other autumnal colours. In America

from the trees. I like the coolness of autumn. Summer is

can also spend hours outdoors without sweating. Autumn

is the to year the of time best hiking go and go for long

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3

_____________ _____________ _____________

Write about autumn for 10 minutes. Show your partner

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about

4. AUTUMN POSTER Make a poster about autumn. Show it to

5. MY AUTUMN LESSON: Make your own English lesson on

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page,

Autumn is such _a cooltime_________ of the year. Of

course it is cool because the temperatures _____droppass

nature’s most beautiful scenes__________ . Sometimes I

are like an _artist’s palette____________ of golds, reds,

leavesfall __ from the trees. I like _the

coolness______ of autumn. Summer is over but you

also spend hours outdoors ___without _sweating______________ .

_______ _ _______