Weather- Things in Common Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Weather vocabulary word formation and weather vocabulary collocations practice starting with personalised speaking practice where students find experiences and opinions that they share.
Lesson Plan Content:
Weather things in common game
with weather vocabulary collocations and word formation
Make personal statements and/ or ask your partner personal questions about the weather to find feelings, experiences etc which you both share/ all share. You get one point for each thing which is the same, and one more point if no other groups find the same thing.
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Useful language for finding things in common |
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I’m looking forward to… I’ve never experienced… I can’t stand… I love… I absolutely adore… (For me) nothing beats… I’m scared of… I used to… In my hometown… I go on holiday somewhere… I would… if… I will… if… I’m planning to… when… My favourite weather is… The last time that it… I feel… when it… |
- How about you?/ What about you? - Did you use to…? - Do you… when…? - Does… make you feel…? - Have you ever experienced…? - Have you ever… in… weather? - Have you ever… when it was…? - How do you feel about…? - How’s the weather in your town (…)? - How many times have you…? - If it…, would you…? - What did you do the last time…? - What do you do when…? - What do you think about…? - What’s your favourite weather (for …)? - When did you last…? - Would you… when it was…? |
Me too.
I… too.
Really? I… |
Possible weather to speak about
baking/ boiling (hot) blizzard blue skies/ clear skies
(summer) breeze clouds/ cloudy cold/ coldness
cool cyclone (minus)… degrees
drizzle dry/ dry air/ dryness flood/ flooding
fog/ foggy freeze/ freezing frost/ frosty
grey/ grey skies hail/ hailstorm/ hailstones/ hailing
hot/ heat(stroke/ rash) humid/ humidity hurricane
Indian summer (thunder and) lightning mist/ misty
monsoon/ rainy season rain/ rainy (April) shower
smog/ smoggy snow(flakes/ storms/ men/ balls)/ snowy/ snowing
(thunder) storm/ stormy strong wind/ gale
sun(burn/ tan/ stroke)/ sunny thunder (storm) tsunami/ tidal wave
typhoon (season) warm/ warmth wind/ windy
Share things you found in common and see if other groups share the same thing.
Ask about anything above you don’t understand, are not sure how to use, etc, working together to make related personal statements and/ or questions each time.
Weather word formation
Without looking above, write at least one different form of each word below. Things not above are also possible.
bake
boil
cloudy
cold
dry
flood
fog
freeze
frost
hail
hot
humid
mist
rain
smog
snow
storm
sun
warm
wind
Check above. Many more answers are OK, so check if you wrote something different.
Weather collocations
Without looking above, link words from the left and right of the same section below to make expressions related to the weather.
baking air
boiling degrees
blue hot
minus… hot
dry skies
grey skies
hail storm
hail lightning
heat rash
heat season
Indian showers
thunder and stones
rainy stroke
April summer
thunder breeze
strong burn
summer season
sun storm
sun stroke
sun tan
tidal wave
typhoon wind
Compare your phrases with those above. Other answers might be possible, but there is probably only one way to link them all.
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