WEATHER LESSON PLAN IDEAS Establish vocabulary/phrases students already know by brainstorming vocabulary around the weather- draw symbols on blackboard to elicit or distribute a matching exercise Add new expressions if appropriate Introduce “what’s the weather like”, temperature, etc Hand out a world weather chart of the day, blank out different cities, hand out the various charts with missing information Do a walk around activity Students asking each other “what’s the weather like in “ Tokyo” This will make it more interesting for them, adding a touch of real time factor The person who fills in his chart first is the winner This vocabulary could be reinforced by putting them in pairs trying to remember the temperature and weather conditions around the globe A listening exercise of a weather forecast could be introduced at this stage, preparing them first for more difficult vocabulary if necessary Get them to note key weather words Conclude with a fun mime activity Students mime in pairs, the class has to guess One student picks a weather card at random, the other an activity at random Examples of some weather conditions and activities below It’s windy and rainy It’s foggy There’s a thunderstorm It’s snowing It’s boiling hot It’ sunny and mild It’s hailing It’s sunny with a slight breeze It’s raining heavily It’s freezing cold but sunny You are taking photographs your are hanging up the washing You are sunbathing you are having a barbecue You are going to the hairdresser you are playing tennis You are swimming in the lake you are watching tv You are watching a football match you are ironing Of course, you could embellish the handout cards by using pictures instead Have fun!