Listening    Speaking    Reading    Grammar   Writing

Topic: The Weather Forecast

Speaking Lesson Plan

Instructor: Clara Kim	Level: Intermediate	Students: 2	Length: 30min

Materials: Photos of the weather chart, Weather forecast script,

Main Aim: To enable Ss to improve their speaking skills by having Ss talk about the weather.

Secondary aim: Ss will talk about the weather by having Ss match vocabulary words, role play a weather forecast and talk about their worst weather related experience.

Personal aim: I want to reduce my commentary.

I want to improve on my demonstrations.

Language Skills:

Speaking: They will do a role play and practice speaking.

Listening: They will listen the weather forecasting and then will know how to describe                        the weather.

Reading: Ss will read their fill in the blank worksheets.

Writing: Ss will write their worst experience that was related to the weather.

Language Systems:

Lexis: precipitation, overcast, scorching

Phonology: None to discuss

Grammatical: None to discuss

Function: Informing Ss the words that are related to the weather.

Discourse: Raining cats and dogs.

Assumptions: They have had seen a weather forecast before.

They have had a bad experience with the weather.

They have done a role play before.

They have had written a journal.

Anticipated Problems and Solutions:

Problem and solution 1: They might have a lot of  questions, so I'll answer them during                                            the break time.

Problem and solution 2: If I have more time to do, I'll do one of my SOS Activities.

Problem and solution 3: What if Ss don't understand the instruction, I'll demonstrate                                                  more.

References: http://albinger.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/weather-forecast.png

Lead-In
Materials: Board
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
3min.	Whole class	Guiding questions	Good afternoon, everyone! What are you summer plans? Judy, When was the last time you went on a picnic?

Pre-Activity
Materials: Worksheets, Photos of the weather.
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
8 min.	Whole class	Elicting	Eliciting: Hey Guys...what do you call it when there's heavy rain...Ss will say, it's Raining cats and dogs. CCQ: show a picture to the class. In the context of weather, Is this raining cat's and dogs? =No Show the picture of heavy rain. Is this Raining cats and dogs? =Yes Great! Instructions: Now, I'm going to give you a worksheet and you work individually to match ten words in 3 minutes. ICQ's What are you going to do? How much time do you have? Are you working individually? Explicit instructions: I don't want you to start until I finish passing out the papers and I say begin. Explicit ICQ's: Are you going to begin when I give you the paper? =No When I say begin? = Yes. I pass out the papers fast and now begin. I monitor and timing 1 min, 30 sec, 10sec, time's Up. Ss present by reading out their answers.

Main Activity
Materials: Paper sheets
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
14min.	SWS	Forecasting the weather	So, guys what are we talking about. Weather forecast. I will do my creative grouping technique. Weather, Forecast. The weathers go to one side. forecast goes to the other side. Repair the Ss: Now, TS and Judy, you guys are one pair. Lady gaga and Tom cruise one pair. Demo: I put up the wall chart of the dialogue and I read it. Instruction: Who in your pair is taller. Ss raises their hand and I say: good, you are the anchor and the other will be the reporter. Now, just like this guys, I want you to work in pairs to create your own 5 day weather forecast on London and you have 5 minutes. ICQ's: What are you going to do? How much time do you have? Are you working in pairs? Whose the reporter? Explicit instructions: I don't want you to start until I finish passing out the papers and I say begin. Explicit ICQ's: Are you going to begin when I give you the paper? =No When I say begin? = Yes. I pass out the papers fast and now begin. I monitor and timing 1 min, 30 sec, 10sec, time's Up. Let 2 of Ss present their weather forecast in front of the class as to make the lesson kinesthetic.

Post Activity
Materials:
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
5 Min	S-S	Worst weather experience.	Demostration: I will tell the Ss of my worst weather experience;: One day in the afternoon when I was young, I was heading my home without an umbrella, all of sudden it started to rain hard and thundering and lightning. So I ran into the green house, and hid there. But the owner came out so I got scared and I snuck out and got out of there. Then, I fell down on the puddle and got wet. I felt so miserable and started to cry more. My mom was looking for me and came toward me and gave me a warm hug and a kiss. Instruction: Now, just like this guys, I want you to write down a story on the paper individually and take 3 min. ICQ's: What are you going to do? How much time do you have? Are you working in pairs? Explicit instructions: I don't want you to start until I finish passing out the papers and I say begin. Explicit ICQ's: Are you going to begin when I give you the paper? =No When I say begin? = Yes. I pass out the papers, I monitor and timing 1 min. 30 sec and 10 sec. Times up. Ss present. Great job and now, if I didn't hear any mistakes, I will have Ss unscramble this sentence: lovely/ It's/ Day/ a = It's a lovely day.
SOS Activities
Materials: papers, pens
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
2min	TWC	Writing	Demostration: I often go to the park when it is scorching hot, and taking a sun bathe on the grass field and relax. Instruction: Now, just like this guys, I want you to write down a story on the paper individually and take 3 min. ICQ's: What are you going to do? How much time do you have? Are you working in pairs? Explicit instructions: I don't want you to start until I finish passing out the papers and I say begin. Explicit ICQ's: Are you going to begin when I give you the paper? =No Ss begin, I monitor and times up and Ss present.