Lesson 1 What was the weather like yesterday?

In this lesson, students will learn to:

1. Vocabulary relating to weather.
2. Describing states in the past.
Procedure Content Notes
Listen and sing the song.
Replace words with other weathers.

Warm Up

Map pictures with words. Play word games.

Words

1. Listen and point!

2. Listen and repeat.
Listening: It’s snowy. Hot. Raining. Warm. Cold.

What’s the weather like?

It’s snowy, cold, raining, sunny, hot, sunny, stormy.
 Take turns ask and answer questions.
Conversation 1:
What’s the weather like?
It’s sunny/hot. It’s foggy. It’s snowy. It’s cold. It’s rainy. It’s cloudy.
Sentences

Conversation 2:
Is it sunny/foggy/snowy/cold/rainy/cloudy?
Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.
Practice Look at the pictures, listen and repeat.
It was stormy.
It was very windy.
It was cold.
It was rainy.
It was sunny.

Listen and answer the questions.

[Learn about names of a week if needed.]
Today is Saturday. It’s sunny.
What was the weather like yesterday? It was rainy.
What was the weather like on Sunday? It is cloudy.
What was the weather like on Wednesday? It’s stormy.
What was the weather like on Monday? It’s snowy.
What was the weather like on Thursday? It’s sunny.
Take turns ask and answer questions.

What was the weather like on

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday?
It was sunny/foggy/snowy/cold/rainy/cloudy...
Was it sunny/foggy/snowy/cold/rainy/cloudy...?
Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t.
 Match weather with activities. Ask and answer questions.
What do you do when it’s sunny? I go to the beach.
What do you do when it’s hot? I eat ice cream.
What do you do when it’s snowy? I build a snowman.
What do you do when it’s windy? I fly a kite.
What do you do when it’s icy? I go for ice skating.

Describe the pictures and make up a story. (Optional)

[Can be used for review class]
The kids took a boat to an island.
It was stormy. Their boat sank in the sea.
Storytelling It was windy. Their tent was blown away.
It was cold at night. They lit up campfire.
It was raining. They walked in the rain.
It was sunny the next morning. They saw a ship.
They were rescued.
 Review

Sum up

Do a research and fill in the weather record of a week, then tell about the
weather.
[Can be used for review class]
Homework