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Cross-curricular link:Cross-curricular link:

To understand how the weather affects our lives. To understand how the weather affects our lives.

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http://www.google.es/http://www.google.es/

Cultural focus:Cultural focus:

Learning Learning outcome:outcome:

InterculturalityInterculturality

Web links:Web links:Geography, Mathematics, ArtGeography, Mathematics, Art

NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

PLANNING THE LESSONPLANNING THE LESSONLearning outcomes

Activities

Language for Learning

Resources

Thinking skills

Assessment

Know:•That weather affects our lives;•The importance of the weather forecast;•That weather is different around the world.

Be able to:• Recognize different weather types;• Compare the characteristics of different weather types;• Associate types of weather with their consequences;•Search for information about weather on the web •Interpret and represent information about weather in a graph.

Be aware:•of how to listen to others;•of how to take into account other’s work or investigation.

Activate prior knowledge:1.Differences and similarities between pictures. Weather wheel2. We can/We can’t with a certain type of weather3. The weather around the world. Making a graph showing temperatures

ContentVocabulary-weather (it’s sunny, it’s windy, it’s foggy)Adjectives(heavy rain, gently wind)

Structures•This picture is similar to/ different from…. Because it’s/it’s got…..•If....•We can/We can’t•What will the weather be like in…•It will be…..

Functions•Descriptions•Comparisons•Predictions•Explanations

Language support•Pictures•Weather wheel (word bank)•Sentence structure

Resources

•Pictures•Weather wheel•Worksheets•Computers•Internet•World map

Thinking skills

•Classifying•Comparing•Contrasting•Reasoning-Analyzing

Competences

•Communicative•Knowing the world•Social•Digital•Mathematical

Assessment

The students can:•Recognize the characteristics of different types of weather;•Compare different weather types;•Associate weather phenomena with consequences;•Interpret information about weather;•Record information about weather;

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ActivitiesActivities

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

Look for differences and similarities related to weather seen in famous paintings and record it in a weather wheel

Associate sentences with possible activities with different types of weather.(matching game).Complete a woksheet.We conclude how important the weather forecast is to plan our daily life.

Search on the web for the weather in five different cities around the world.Make a temperature graph.

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ActivityActivity 1:1:1.1. Learning outcome:Learning outcome:

To be able to recognize the different types of weatherTo be able to recognize the different types of weather To compare the characteristics of the different types of To compare the characteristics of the different types of

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2.2. Vocabulary:Vocabulary:

3.3. Structures:Structures:o This is different from this because it is/it has got…This is different from this because it is/it has got…o This is similar to this because it is / it has got…This is similar to this because it is / it has got…

4.4. Interaction: groups/whole group;Interaction: groups/whole group;

5.5. Cognitive skills: Types of weather.Cognitive skills: Types of weather.

6.6. Cross curricular links: Art.Cross curricular links: Art.

7.7. Materials:Materials: One set of the selected paintings for each group;One set of the selected paintings for each group; The weather wheel as shown in the slide.The weather wheel as shown in the slide.

8.8. Students will be given a set of paintings. They have to look for Students will be given a set of paintings. They have to look for differences and similarities between the paintings.differences and similarities between the paintings.

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Types of weather


6. 6. The weather wheel: students will analyze the differences and The weather wheel: students will analyze the differences and similarities they found, and the teacher will place each painting in similarities they found, and the teacher will place each painting in one section of the weather wheel, according with the weather type one section of the weather wheel, according with the weather type shown in the picture. Whole group activity.shown in the picture. Whole group activity.

7. Assessment: Students can...7. Assessment: Students can...


ActivityActivity 1:1:Types of weather

ActivityActivity 11.. MATERIALSMATERIALS



PAINTINGSPAINTINGS

SorollaSorolla

Tim Tim ParrishParrish

AlbertAlbert CuypCuyp

Carl Carl LarssonLarsson

KanawagaKanawagaHockneyHockney Ando HiroshigeAndo Hiroshige

Van GoghVan GoghHockneyHockneyMonetMonet

WEATHER WHEELWEATHER WHEEL


I t's sunny

I t's rainy

I t's foggy

I t's windy

I t's snowing

I t's stormy

I t's cloudy

What’s the weather like in...?

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Madrid Buenos

Aires

Quebec Sydney Cape

Town

First record dates, then make the graphMadrid: It’s 35ºC. It’s hotQuebec: Ca

pe Town

Madrid

Buenos Aires

Quebec

Sidney

Temperature

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ActivityActivity 2:2:

1. Learning outcome: • To know that weather affects our lives;• To associate weather types with consequences;• To know the importance of the weather forecast.

2. Vocabulary: activities, sports, adjectives, collocation.

3. Structures: we can / we can’t

If4. Materials: cards describing the weather, cards with the sentences worksheet

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How weather affects our lives and the importance of the weather forecast.


ActivityActivity 22.. MATERIALSMATERIALSIt’s

raining heavily

There is a strong wind

It’s cloudy It’s windy

It’s raining slightly

There’s a gentle wind

It’s sunny It’s stormy

It’ssnowing heavily

The sun is shining brightly

It’s rainy It’s hot

It’ssnowing slightly

It’s slightly sunny

It’s foggy It’s cold


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I can swim in the river

I can play football

I can’t observe stars

I can’t ride a bike

I can fly a kite I can sunbathe I can’t sunbathe

I can’t have a picnic

I can play badminton

I can surf I can’t skate outdoors

I can’t fly a kite

I can walk my dog

I can ski I can’t see a rainbow

I can’tPlay football



Think and complete the sentences.

If it’s…………….…I can play badminton.Why? Because……If it’s ………………… I can’t play football.Why? Because…………If it’s ……………………I can’t ski.Why? Because……..If it’s……………my mum can’t drive fast.Why? Because…………If it’s……………………….I can sunbath.Why? Because…………If it’s ……………I can‘t swim in the river.Why? Because…………If it’s ………………………I can skate.Why? Because…………If it’s…………………I can’t see the stars.Why? Because…………


1. Learning outcome: • To know how to look for the weather forecast in different parts

of the world• To interpret information about weather from symbols on a

map.• To interpret and to make a graphs with temperatures.2. Vocabulary: temperature, graph

3. Structures: What is the weather like in (city)?/ Which is the temperature in (city)? / In (city) it is (weather type) and they’ve got (degrees) of temperature.

4. Materials: Internet conection. Worksheet

5. Interaction: Pair work

ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the worldworld


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Students will be shown how to search Students will be shown how to search for the weather on the Internetfor the weather on the Internet

Each pair of students will be given a Each pair of students will be given a worksheet with the web pages where worksheet with the web pages where they have to search for the weather of they have to search for the weather of each city.each city.

They will fill the worksheetThey will fill the worksheet Share the resultsShare the results They will be shown a temperatures They will be shown a temperatures

graphgraph The will complete their own graph on The will complete their own graph on

the worksheetthe worksheet

ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the worldworld


ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the world.world.MaterialsMaterials

Sidney

Cape Town


Weather in Madrid: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1TSEA_esES333&q=weather+in+Madrid&aq=f&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the world.world.MaterialsMaterials

Weather in Buenos Aires: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1TSEA_esES333&q=weather+in+Buenos+Aires&aq=f&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai==

Web pages:




http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1TSEA_esES333&q=weather+in+Madrid&aq=f&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai












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