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The WeatherActivities and vocabulary centered around the theme of weather. Real or Hypothetical?Practice the difference in meaning and structure between sentences that describe real possibilities, and those that describe hypothetical ones. Hypothetical LanguageLearn the structure necessary in English for describing hypothetical situations. |
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The Best WeatherSeveral people describe what they consider to be their favourite kind of weather. The listening activity contains several words from the unit vocabulary. Weather LessonA listening activity based on the lecture about the weather. The activity reinforces student comprehension of unit vocabulary. Suit YourselfA listening activity based on a dialogue about weather predictions. The activity reinforces student comprehension of first and second conditional grammar. |
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Unit Introduction DiscussionUnit introduction conversation activity. Vocabulary DiscussionVocabulary discussion activity. Role-PlaysStudents improvise dialogues according to prompts. Speaking PairsStudents prompt each other in order to elicit sentences in the first conditional. Finish My SentenceStudents work together and create sentences that contain time clauses about the future. Table SpeakingGroup speaking activity for students to practice second conditional sentences. What Would You Do If...?Students ask and answer hypothetical questions. Opposite of the TruthStudents practice making sentences in the second conditional to describe the opposite of the truth. QuestionsStudents gain practise making questions in the first and second conditional. |
| Grammar |
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The First Conditional & Time ClausesStudents practice describing the future with two-clause sentences. The Second ConditionalStudents practice using the second conditional to describe hypothetical situations. First & Second ConditionalsStudents practice the difference between the two structures. |
| Reading |
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Incredible WeatherStudents read and answer comprehension questions based on descriptions of three places in the world with extreme weather. The activity also serves as a review of Grammar - The Second Conditional. |
| Use of English |
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What's the Weather Like?Students work with a partner and predict the missing words in four short dialogues about the weather. Weather around the WorldStudents research weather in various parts of the world and then ask and answers questions about their findings. |
| Writing |
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Run-On Sentences & Comma SplicesStudents learn how to identify and avoid run-on sentences and comma splices in their writing. ArticlesStudents learn two rules for the proper use of articles and then apply the rules in an exercise. ParagraphStudents write a paragraph about the weather and seasons in their part of the world. |
| Vocabulary |
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a bit average awful barbecue be supposed to bloom bury Celsius complain continent cool cool off / down cover crowded damp degree depressed desert drop drought dust entire Fahrenheit foot freezing humid humidity imaginary inch increase lightning likely mainland mild miserable native picnic pleasant possibility preparation record remove report rest rise soaked strike stroll stuck sunburn sunlight take place tan throughout tropical unknown warm up weather forecast |