Unit 6 It’s raining!
answer any questions students may have about the new words. use drawings on the board and/or translation to clarify the meanings of any new vocabulary words.
ask students to work alone. have students fill in the blanks. point out the sample answer and read that sentence.
correct the answers.
3c this activity provides writing practice using the target
language.
ask one or two students to describe the weather in their home town, and to say what outdoor activities people there like to do (e.g. playing football, flying kites, fishing).
ask students to work alone. as they work, move around the class monitoring progress and offering help as necessary. provide the students with any new vocabulary theyneed (e.g. for describing activities), or encourage them to use a dictionary.
ask several students to read their reports to the class.
4 this survey provides listening, speaking, and writing practice using the target language.
call attention to the dialogue in the speech bubbles.ask two students to read it to the class. ask other students,what do you do when it's raining?
substitute another type of weather for "raining" and ask other students what they do. accept all reasonable answers and write each one on the board.
introduce the use of present tense in both halves of answers such as, when it's sunny, i go to the beach.(see grammar note.)
now ask students to interview their classmates. ask each student to choose one type of weather and ask as many classmates as possible what they do in that kind of weather. remind students to write down the answers.
ask several students to read their questions and answers to the class. write any new vocabulary items on the board and discuss these words. students may wish to copy some of the words onto their notebooks.
alternative: if you do not want students to get up and walk around the classroom, then ask them to do this activity in groups of four.