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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 phenomena;• Compare the characteristics of different weather types;• Associate types of weather with their consequences;• Interpret information. about weather from symbols on a map.
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 with temperatures
ContentVocabulary
Structures•This picture is similar to/ different from…. Because it’s/it’s got…..•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 structures.
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 the different types of weather;•Compare the different weather types;•Associate weather phenomena with consequences;•Interpret information about weather;•Record information about weather;
Science: The Science: The weatherweather
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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
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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)We conclude how important is the weather forecast to plan our daily life.
Search on the web for the weather in five different cities around the world.Make a temperatures graph
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ActivityActivity 1:1:
1.1. Learning outcome:Learning outcome: To review the different types of weather.To review the different types of weather.
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. 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.
5.5. Students are given a set of paintings. Students are given a set of paintings. They have to look for differences and They have to look for differences and similarities between the paintings.similarities between the paintings.
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Types of weather
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6. 6. The weather wheel: students will The weather wheel: students will analyze the differences and similarities analyze the differences and similarities they found, and the teacher will place they found, and the teacher will place each painting in one section of the each painting in one section of the weather wheel, according with the weather wheel, according with the weather type shown in the picture. weather type shown in the picture. Whole group activity.Whole group activity.
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ActivityActivity 1:1:Types of weather
ActivityActivity 11.. MATERIALSMATERIALS
PAINTINGSPAINTINGS
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ActivityActivity 11. . MATERIALSMATERIALS
WEATHER WHEELWEATHER WHEEL
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ActivityActivity 2:2:
1. Learning outcome: • To know that weather affects our lives;• 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.
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ActivityActivity 22.. MATERIALSMATERIALS
It’s heavy rain
It’s strong wind I can swim in the river
I can play football
It’s light rain
It’s gentle wind I can fly a kite I can sunbath
It’sheavy snow
It’s bright sun I can play badminton
I can surf
It’slight snow
It’s light sun
I can walk my dog
I can ski
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ActivityActivity 22.. MATERIALSMATERIALS
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1. Learning outcome: • To know how to look for the weather forecast in different parts
of the world• To know make and interpret a graph.
2. Vocabulary: temperature, graph
3. Structures: What is the weather like temperature in (city)?/ In London it is (weather type) and they’ve got (degree) 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
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ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the world.world.MaterialsMaterials
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Web pages:
ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the world.world.MaterialsMaterials
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In your school: 500In your school: 500 In Sheffield: 500In Sheffield: 500 000000 In the United Kingdom: 60In the United Kingdom: 60 000000 000000 In the World: 6In the World: 6 800800 000000 000000 (= 112 Uks or 13 600 Sheffields or 13.6 million schools)(= 112 Uks or 13 600 Sheffields or 13.6 million schools)
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World populationWorld population
China:China:1.3 billion1.3 billion
peoplepeople
India:India:1.2 billion1.2 billion
peoplepeople
USA:USA:309 million309 million
peoplepeople
Europe:Europe:732 million732 million
peoplepeople
Africa:Africa:973 million973 million
peoplepeople
Latin America:Latin America:577 million577 million
peoplepeople
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