Whatever the weather

Inna | Apr 26, 2026Apr 24, 2026

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• discuss weather conditions and their impact on common activities;
• practise weather vocabulary;
• talk about opinions and experiences.

In this lesson, students examine pictures, discuss the weather and explore conversations about it. They work with weather-related vocabulary (e.g. chilly, wet, lightning), read forecasts for different cities and talk about the weather where they live. Students share weather preferences and experiences, disagree on opinions and debate weather inconveniences. They also discuss planning for various weather conditions.

WARM-UP AND VOCABULARY

This lesson starts with a warm-up. Students look at pictures of people in different weather conditions and discuss what they’re doing and how they’re feeling. After that, they match questions (e.g. why are you driving so slowly?) to answers (e.g. the roads are icy because it was so cold last night) related to the weather and its impact. Moving on, students use the weather adjectives from the previous task (e.g. snowy, rainy, stormy) to label pictures. Following that, they discuss questions about personal reactions and adaptations to the weather. Next, students examine forecasts for various cities and match weather vocabulary (e.g. dry, heatwave, boiling) with their definitions. Afterwards, they say which description best describes the weather in their city. Then, students use the words from the previous task to complete sentences about attitudes involving the weather (e.g. I feel a bit scared when I see lightning).

VOCABULARY PRACTICE AND DISCUSSION

In this part of the lesson, students examine sets of words (e.g. chilly, freezing, snowy, heatwave), say which one is different from the others and explain their choice. After that, they discuss questions about their weather experiences and preferences. Moving on, students disagree with controversial or unconventional opinions about weather (e.g. foggy weather is great for a picnic), using weather vocabulary. They then look at questions with possible scenarios (e.g. you want to take photos of the mountains. Which is worse: a snowstorm or foggy weather?). Students discuss which option in each situation seems worse and explain their choices. Following that, they examine various situations (e.g. a friend is going on a beach holiday in summer). Students discuss what kind of weather people might expect to have and how they can prepare for it.

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students unscramble words to complete sentences with weather vocabulary. They then choose five sentences and write what happened next. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

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