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READ
The weather means different things to different people. I come from England, so the weather is always a big topic there. People in England can't deal with the weather. A tiny bit of snow, and no one goes to work. Two days of thirty-degree temperatures and it's a heatwave. Three days and it's an emergency. I once lived in Dubai. No one really talked about the weather there. It was the same almost every day of the year. Hot, sunny, blue skies, no rain. I never looked at the weather forecast. I always knew what the weather would be like. Not like in England where people pray for the weather to be OK. But the weather is changing. Global warming is making it rain in the desert and dry in the rainforests.
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THE ACTIVITIES
LISTENING GAP FILL
The weather ___________________ to different people. I come from England, so the ___________________ a big topic there. People in England ___________________ the weather. A tiny bit of snow, and no one goes to work. Two days of thirty-degree temperatures and ___________________. Three days and it's an emergency. I once lived in Dubai. No one ___________________ the weather there. It was the same almost every day of the year. Hot, sunny, blue skies, no rain. I never looked at ___________________. I always knew what the weather would be like. Not like in England where ___________________ the weather to be OK. But the weather is changing. Global warming is making it rain in the ___________________ in the rainforests.
CORRECT THE SPELLING
The weather means edrifntef things to different people. I come from England, so the weather is always a big icopt there. People in England can't deal with the weather. A tiny bit of snow, and no one goes to work. Two days of thirty-gdeeer temperatures and it's a vetaehwa. Three days and it's an geeremcny. I once lived in Dubai. No one really talked about the weather there. It was the same almost every day of the year. Hot, sunny, blue sksei, no rain. I never looked at the weather asefrcot. I always knew what the weather would be like. Not like in England where people pray for the weather to be OK. But the weather is nnahggic. Global rnigamw is making it rain in the edsetr and dry in the esnastrofri.
UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about weather. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE:Write a magazine article about weather. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. WEATHER POSTERMake a poster about weather. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.
5. MY WEATHER LESSON:Make your own English lesson on weather. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.
6. ONLINE SHARING:Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on weather. Share your findings with the class.
ANSWERS
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