Weather

Related topics: Seasons, Months

Warm-up

Rapping Weatherman There are seven videos of the Rapping Weatherman. Watch and check what the students understood. Watch again and see how much more they understood this time. Watch as many videos as your students want.

Vocabulary

Basic Weather Words Learn some basic weather vocabulary.
ESL Weather Lesson Words with pictures and sentences
Word Search A printable wordsearch document with basic weather words
The Weather A Power Point Presentation worth downloading. Questions to pictures about the weather.
Weather Calendar. A calendar with questions to interpret the weather signs. The text is small, but the teacher can read the questions.

Songs

Weather Song
When the snow falls
Rain, Rain, Go away
Weather Song (rap)

Games

Pirate Game.
A Web-based Board Game that can be played on an Interactive Whiteboard with one student working at the keyboard, others answering the questions.

Acting

Young Weatherman Watch this 9-year-old giving a weather report and plan how to give your own.

Reading

A Storm
What Rain?
Rain and Hail
These three sort stories are on slightly different levels with audio, vocabulary and activities. Choose one to listen and/or read. Especially the Cloze-activity is recommended.

Listening

ESL Video Quiz An interview with several people answering the question “What’s the weather like today?” There are exercises and you can listen to it the second time with captures.
Learn How to Talk about Weather A 6-minute video teaching the dialogue btw two friends.
Weather Reports. Three levels of Weather Report Listening Comprehension activities.
Weather Forecast Listening Comprehension, which may be too difficult. The students need to know the cardinal points.

Writing

What’s your favourite weather?
Once there was a storm
When it was raining cats and dogs
When it was too hot/cold to go out
I love … because …

Final Words

Tongue Twister
Try to say this tongue twister many times, faster and faster. You can listen to it here but do not show the text, as there is a mistake in it.