Unit 12 | Session 1
Nine months, eight countries - This trip has it all
Learning objective: talk about the weather, and describe
places, people and things
Unit 12 | Session 1
Nine months, eight countries - This trip has it all
Learning objective: talk about the weather, and describe
places, people and things
Lesson Overview
1. Get started: What's the weather like?
2. Prepare: Describing weather - What’s it like?
3. Speaking: Guess the city!
4. Prepare: Describing landscapes and cityscapes
5. Speaking: A vacation to remember
6. Progress check
GET STARTED What’s the weather like?
It´s cold It´s freezing
What is the season?
It´s winter
It´s cloudy
PREPARE Describing weather It´s hot
What’s the weather like in
your area today and for the
next couple of days?
Useful language
The weather today is …
At the moment it’s … and …
Tomorrow it’s going to ….
PREPARE What’s it like?
Questions
today?
tomorrow?
three months ago?
usually / in July?
usually / in December?
Answers
It’s … and … with …
It was … and … with …
It’ll be … and … with …
PREPARE Guess the city!
WEATHER FACT FILE
Approx 500m above sea level
Rainy season: May - September
>300 mm of rain, mainly in June and July
Dry season: October - April
December - March 4 mm of rain
Snow: rare, between 3 and 10 cm
Temperatures in January:
Ave 20ºC Max 38º Min 7ºC
Temperatures in July:
Ave 8ºC Max 27ºC Min -3ºC
SPEAKING Guess the city!
1 Choose a city. Find out some key facts about the weather in that city.
2 Prepare to tell your classmates about the city.
Useful Language
It’s …
It can be …
It’s often/sometimes …
There is/are … in …
It rarely rains/snows …
The average temperature (in X) is …
PREPARE Describing landscapes and cityscapes
PREPARE What / Who is it?
1 It’s a building which is very tall.
2 It’s a hole that is in the cliffs.
3 It’s a large piece of art that you often see in public
places.
4 It’s a person who shows you around a place and
tells you about its history.
5 It’s a person who travels to different places for
pleasure.
PREPARE What / Who is it?
Write your own definitions for
people or things.
It’s a thing which / that…
It’s a person who / that…
PREPARE A Vacation to Remember
Look at the pictures.
Do you think the people are
enjoying their vacations?
Why or why not?
SPEAKING A Vacation to Remember
Ask and answer questions about your partner’s
worst or best vacation. Think of…
– where
– when
– who with
– why
– what the place was like
– what the weather was like
– best/worst places, things, or activities
– a meal that you really enjoyed / didn’t enjoy
– a day or event that you’ll always remember
Progress check
Now I can ...
describe the weather.
ask questions about people, places and things using what …
like?
describe places, people and things.
discuss memorable vacations.
Unit 12 | Session 1
Nine months, eight countries - This trip has it all
Learning objective: talk about the weather, and describe
places, people and things
Thank you!
