Name
Wild Weather
Topic
Talking about wild weather
Learning time
2 hours and 35 minutes
Designed time
2 hours and 40 minutes
Size of class
15
Description
Students will learn new vocabulary and will be able to illustrate episodes of extreme weather events in a TV News programme they will create
Aims
Talking about the weather in general and wild weather in particular Developing writing and speaking skills Foster collaboration and students' creativity
Outcomes
Find out/discover, Identify causes of, Produce, Organise, Reflect
Editor
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The weather
55 minutes)
  • Produce
    5
    0
    Use popplet and produce a mind map in which you write as many words as possible which are related to the weather
  • Discuss
    10
    0
    Discuss with your mates about the words you have written and enrich your map with words you didn't know or you didn't think about
  • Practice
    20
    0
    Consider the following questions and get ready to practice weather related vocabulary: what's your favourite type of weather? do you think the weather is changing? do you know of any recent extreme weather conditions?
  • Collaborate
    20
    0
    In groups try to explain the difference between climate and weather and then think what might cause climate changes. Write your thought on a shared google doc
Notes:
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Wild weather
45 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
    15
    0
    Click on the following link http://www.bbc.com/weather/feeds/32615076 Watch the video, read the article and consider all the words ( verbs, nouns, adjectives) which are related to extreme weather
  • Produce
    10
    0
    Look for a picture which represents wild weather, save it and write a short paragraph which describes it
  • Discuss
    20
    0
    In groups of five, share your pictures and descriptions , analyse them and choose one, or more if they illustrate the same situation.
Notes:
Resources linked: 0
Breaking News
60 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    10
    0
    In the same groups of five, consider the picture you have chosen and imagine you are: a TV reporter and four people who survived the event. Decide on the roles
  • Investigate
    20
    0
    In groups prepare the TV report: look for more information about the kind of wild weather the picture illustrates, imagine the place where the event occured, the time, people's feelings and add any other details. Write everything on a shared google doc
  • Produce
    30
    0
    In groups use iMovie and record yourselves as voice overs while you tell the news of the extreme weather episode (TV reporter) and your experience (survivors). Be creative, use images and anything you may need to create a nice and effective video. Embed your videos on our class blog
Notes:
Resources linked: 0

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