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7. what’s the weather like? 7. What’s the weather like? Какая погода? Activities
WARM UP ❑ Before watching film 7 A1, talk about what children think the weather might be like in Russia compared with where you live. You could use the internet to look up the weather in some key Russian cities such as Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. (the BBC Weather page is easy to use). ❑ Watch film 7 A1: “Weather”. What’s the weather like? The opening sequence shows a variety of different kinds of weather in response to the question “What’s the weather like?” A cartoon depicting sunshine turning to a storm illustrates the phrases “It’s nice weather” and “It’s nasty weather”. We then see a combination of cartoon and real children saying what the weather is like: “It’s raining”; “It’s cold”; “It’s hot”; “It’s windy”; it’s snowing;
Film 7 A1: “It’s snowing!” - “идет снег!”
Extreme weather The children now tell us that the weather is: “very cold” and “very hot”. Is it nice or nasty weather? The next sequence asks the question, “Is it nice or nasty weather?” We see examples of “nice” and “nasty weather” Reinforcement The final sequence repeats the weather phrases as we see more examples of different kinds of weather. The film finishes as one of the children asks the viewer “What’s the weather like?” GET USED TO THE SOUNDS - online flashcards with sound and optional text
SHOW 07 FLASHCARDS: What’s the weather like? ❑ Echoing: Select ‘What’s the weather like?’ on the online flashcards.
As you show each picture, by default, it asks the question “Какая погода?”- ask pupils to echo this’. Click on ‘?’ for the reply. Pupils echo the words, e.g. “хорошая погода” (it’s nice weather). Finally, look out of the window and say what the weather is actually like today, e.g. “дует ветер” (It’s windy). Pupils echo the phrase. RESPOND WITH UNDERSTANDING ❑
Play “true or false?” 1
Show the online flashcards. In response to the question “Какая погода?” you say, e.g. “идет снег!” (It’s snowing). Children respond, “да” (yes) if the picture shows snowy weather. If it doesn’t, they say “нет” (no).
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