Stage

Lead-In

Aim/Rationale
To activate students
background knowledge on
weather.

Interaction
T Ss
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Teacher Activity
Show Pictures of 4 seasons
Task: Youve all been to
Canada for a while. What
season do you like the most
and least? And why? Discuss
with your partner.
ICQ - How many seasons do
you share with your partner?

Feedback (group) To acknowledge s/s

discussion; assess their
vocabulary level in the
context of weather

T Ss

Get s/s attention check initial

question. Ask few to share
their partners answers with
the class

Pre-assess
vocabulary

T Ss
S-S

Task: I have 4 pictures and 4

words here. Use 1 min., with
your partner, I want you to
match the words on the right
to the pictures on the left.

T Ss

Get s/s attention check word

match.
Fernanda, which word
matches the first picture?
Where has this type of
weather?

To assess the ss
understanding of the
vocabulary by having them
match the words to the
pictures

Feedback (group) To acknowledge s/s

discussion; assess their
vocabulary level

Reading for gist

To give s/s practice in

developing their reading for
gist in the context of extreme
weather

T Ss
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Ask the s/s to read weather

text and choose which
situation is the most serious
Task: I have 3 news report
here. I want you to read
through them and choose
which situation is the most

Student Activity
Discuss in pairs on
the question posted
by the teacher

Time
+/- 5

+/- 2

Discuss your
answers with your
partner.

+/- 1

+/- 2

S/s read
independently

+/- 5

Stage

Aim/Rationale

Interaction

Feedback (pair
and group)

To give students a chance to

justify their answers

SS
T Ss

Target Language

To provide s/s practice in

T Ss
inferring meaning of:
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wind/fog, rainy/rain,
humid/dry, wet/dry,
snow/cloudy, warm/windy,
ice/sun through reading about
weather news report

Teacher Activity
serious. You don need to
circle anything right now.
You just need to read through
them and choose the most
serious situation.
ICQ - Do you need to circle
/ write anything right now?
ICQ How many situation
do you have to choose? That
is the worst situation.
Give out the handout
T ensures time warning at 4
min. in.
Ask s/s to share and justify
their answer with a partner
Share with your partner what
do you think which report
described / tells the most
serious situation.
Time Warning: 30 second to
wrap up
Elham, what do you think is
the most serious situation?
Why?
Ask the s/s to read weather
text closely and circle the
appropriate words
Task: Now, I want you to
read again these 3 reports.
This time, I want you to circle
the words that you think
should go into the sentence.
For example,.
ICQ: ?

Student Activity

s/s to share and

justify their answer
with a partner

Time

+/- 2
+/- 1

+/- 5

Stage
Feedback (pair
and group)

Aim/Rationale
To give students a chance to
justify their answers

Interaction
SS
T Ss

Extension
(Maybe not
because the
following lesson)

Teacher Activity
Ask s/s to share and justify
their answer with a partner
Discuss your answer with
your partner.
Randomly nominate students
to answer.

Student Activity

Time
+/- 2
+/- 2

What season do you like the most and least? And why?

1. Drought

2. Blizzard

3. Hurricane

4. Storm
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