STUDENT BOOKLETANG-2101-4

Weather

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Presentation of the Module Expectations

Look up in a dictionary

Use of a strategy

Read a text Listening Write a text

See Your teacher

Speaking practice

Oral interaction

Self evaluation

Time for your module test

Time for your evaluation

Authors Christine Beliveau Julie CossetteMarie-Eve Thériault

Reference for DDE Jacques St-OngeComputer consultant Eric Caron

Last Updated May 2011

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BOOKLETBOOKLET EXPECTATIONSEXPECTATIONS

Whether you are on vacation at home, the weather is part of your everyday life. We even choose our clothes according to the weather! To be able to describe the weather or to understand someone describe it is therefore essential!

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Activity 1Activity 1THE WEATHER REPORTTHE WEATHER REPORT

Listen to the following weather report. Listen again and try to notice the words you might be familiar with. Write them in the space provided and show your teacher.

French:

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FAMILIAR WORDS

Activity 2Activity 2THE SEASONSTHE SEASONS

There are four seasons in one year. Can you name them?

French:

1__WINTER_______ 2___SPRING______3___SUMMER______ 4___FALL_________

Activity 3Activity 3WINTER AND SPRINGWINTER AND SPRING

A. WHAT’S THE WINTER WORD?

Fill in the blanks below with the correct vocabulary word. Use the words from the word bank.

French:

a. The roads are slippery in __WINTER__________.b. Winter is the coldest ___SEASON_________.c. If there is a lot of __SNOW, you can make a __SNOWMAN__.d. Rain that turns to ice is called __FREEZING RAIN.e. __SNOWSTORM and __BLIZZARD___ mean the same thing:

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Word Bank

snow weather winter snowmanseason blizzard freezing rain sleetslippery snowfall snowstorm winds

SNOWFALL, cold __WEATHER_ and LOTS of snow!f. Watery snow is called _SLEET.

B. WHAT’S THE SPRING WORD?WHAT’S THE SPRING WORD?Fill in the blanks below with the correct vocabulary word. Use the words from the word bank.

French:

a. __SPRING_ is the season that comes right after winter.b. __SPRING___ starts in March and ends in June.c. Spring ___WEATHER____ is usually warm.d. If the sun is obscured by a few clouds, it is __PARTLY CLOUDY.e. During spring, snow _MELTS__.

C. SPRING WORDS MATCHING

Draw a line from the word to the correct picture.

1. sunny 5 - A

2. windy 6 - B

3. partly sunny or partly couldy 4- -C

4. rainy 1 - D

5. warm 2 - E

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Word Bankpartly Spring weathercloudy melts Spring

6. cloudy 3 - F

Activity 4Activity 4SUMMER & FALLSUMMER & FALL

A. WHAT’S THE SUMMER WORD?

Fill in the blanks below with the correct vocabulary word. Use the words from the word bank.

French:

a. During __JULY____, the __WEATHER ___ is usually sunny and hot.b. When the sun is shining, it is __SUNNY__________.c. There are _THNDERSTORMS__ during summer. __LIGHTENING is part

of them.d. __SUMMER___ starts in June and ends in September.

B. SUMMER WORDS MATCHING

Draw a line from the word to the correct picture.French:

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Word Banksummer sunny lightening

weather thunderstorms July

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1. lightning 4 - A

2. hot 5- -B

3. rainy 3 - C

4. thunderstorm 2- D

5. sunny 1 - E

C. WHAT’S THE RIGHT FALL WORD?

Fill in the blanks below with the correct vocabulary word. Use the words from the word bank.

French:_____________________________________________________________________

1. ____FALL__ is the season that comes just before _WINTER____ .2. In the _FALL___________, people wear WARMER____ clothing.3. During fall, the __LEAVES___ fall from the TREES______ .4. At that time of year, the _WEATHER usually gets COLDER .5. This season starts in _SEPTEMBER_ and ends in DECEMBER_.

D. FALL WORDS MATCHING

Draw a line from the word to the correct picture.

French:

1. Cool 2 - A

2. partly sunny or partly couldy

1 - B

3. rainy 5 - C

4. windy 6 - D

5. Cloudy 4 - E

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Word Banktrees colder leaves September

weatherDecember warmer fall fall winter

6. Sunny 3 - F

Activity 5 Activity 5 WEATHER MATCHINGWEATHER MATCHING

Listen to the following words and match them with the correct translation.

NUMBER TRANSLATION

8 A Hiver

15 B Chaleur torride

13 C Partiellement nuageux

4 D Printemps

14 E Chaud

2 F Glacial

12 G Partiellement ensolleillé

7 H Éclairs

6 I Pluie verglaçante

5 J Glissant

11 K Temps couvert

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L Été

3 M Venteux

10 N Température (en degré)

1 O Neige

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Activity 6Activity 6MORE WEATHER MATCHING! MORE WEATHER MATCHING!

Listen to the following words and match them with the correct translation.

NUMBER TRANSLATION

1 8 - A Tsunami

2 5 - B Tempête de neige

3 7 - C Inondation

4 1- D Tremblement de terre

5 3- E Grêle

6 6 - F Tempête de neige

7 2- G Ouragan

8 4 - H Orage

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ACTIVITY 7 ACTIVITY 7 A BIT OF GRAMMAR!A BIT OF GRAMMAR!WEATHER ADJECTIVESWEATHER ADJECTIVES

A. Read the following explanation about nouns. Then, translate it in French.

Nouns are places, things or people Some nouns are related to the weather. Snow, rain, sun, cloud, for example,

are weather nouns. Nouns can be transformed into adjectives by adding –y- at the end. Snowy, rainy, sunny and cloudy are weather adjectives.

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B. WHAT’S THE RIGHT WEATHER ADJECTIVE?

Fill in the blanks below with the correct vocabulary word. Use the words in brackets to form adjectives.

French:________________________________________________

a. It was (snow) __SNOWY_____ outside today

b. The streets are (ice) _ICY_____.

c. The sky was very (cloud) ___CLOUDY____ yesterday.

d. It was not a (sun) ___SUNNY____ day.

e. It is so (wind) ___WINDY___ , the trees are almost falling down!

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Activity 8Activity 8WEATHER GRAMMARWEATHER GRAMMARTHE PRESENT PROGRESSIVETHE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Now when you want to describe the weather outside, you need to know how to introduce it. Normally, people use the present progressive tense:

In English, we use the Present Progressive tense to talk about weather that is happening right now:

FORMULA:

Subject + Present verb to

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+ verb + ing

EXAMPLE It is rain ing

It’s raining.

Complete the sentences in the present progressive

1. The sun is shining.2. The wind _IS_____ blow ING______.3. Look! It _IS_____ snowING___!4. Get your umbrella. It IS__ rainING__.5. _____IS_ it snowING__ in Canada?6. _____IS_ it rainING__ at the beach?7. _____IS_ the wind blowING__ hard?

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‘’It’s’’ is a contraction for it is. They have the same meanings.

Activity 9Activity 9EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER VOCABULARYVOCABULARY

Most of the time, people have to deal with normal weather, but sometimes something much bigger comes up. Here, you will see what these extreme weather words are.

Try to match the words in the column on the left to the definitions in the columns on the right. Use your dictionary!

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A. Tornado - 6 1- Violent and heavy snowstorm with high winds

B. Blizzard - 1 2- An enormous wave caused by an underwater quake or a volcanic eruption

C. Hurricane - 8 3- To damage beyond repair

D. Earthquake - 7 4- An overflowing of water on land that is normally dry

E. Flood - 4 5- Advice to be careful

F. Warning - 5 6- A funnel-shaped column of air that destroys everything in its path

G. Destroy - 3 7- A sudden movement of the earth

H. Thunderstorm - 9 8- A severe cyclone characterized by extremely high winds

I. Tsunami - 2 9- A storm of thunder, rain and lightning

Activity 10Activity 10LISTENING ACTIVITYLISTENING ACTIVITY

It is now time for you see how people may discuss the weather.What follows is an example of a conversation between two people about how the weather might dictate their future actionsListen to the following conversation and answer the questions with A, B, C or D.

French:

1. Who wants to leave for a vacation?

a. Janeb. Mikec. Jane’s familyd. Nobody

2. Where are the people supposed to go on their vacation?

a. The sporting goods storeb. Shoppingc. New Brunswickd. Nowhere

3. What’s the weather supposed to be like in the coming days?

a. Sunnyb. Warmc. No raind. Cloudy

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Activity 11 Activity 11 THE WEATHER REPORTTHE WEATHER REPORT

Remember hearing a weather report at the beginning of your learning situation? Well you’re about to hear a new one but it will be a bit longer….

French:

A. LISTENING ACTIVITY

Listen to the following weather report and answer the questions with A, B, C or D.

1. Is today’s weather good for outdoor activities?a. Nob. Yesc. Maybed. No mention

2. What’s today’s weather like in Trois-Rivières?a. Warmb. Clearc. Sunnyd. Rainy

3. What’s today’s weather like in most of the province?a. Coldb. Sunnyc. Rainyd. Cloudy

4. What is the weather forecast for tomorrow?a. Rainyb. Warmc. Sunnyd. All of the above

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B. LISTENING AND WRITING ACTIVITYNow, listen again to the weather report and fill in the blanks.

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Weather __FORECAST__ for today:

Good morning everybody!

Did you plan to go to the beach today? Hmm... If you did, I have a feeling you will be disappointed. What’s the weather _OUTSIDE__ now? Well, it's currently raining and ___CLOUDY_ in Trois-Rivières while the rest of the province seems to be warm, CLEAR and sunny. The SUN is on vacation (probably in Montreal) and it’s really cold here in TROIS-RIVIERES! The temperature is currently _10_ degrees Celcius! Nice summer day huh?

Things will improve TOMORROW. It will be rainy and WARM__ in the morning and the sun will show up in the afternoon with light WINDS from the south.

That was the _WEATHER forecast for TODAY__. Have a great day!

Activity 12Activity 12YOUR WEATHER REPORTYOUR WEATHER REPORT

Pretend you are a weather reporter. Look at the weather outside for the current weather and consult today’s newspaper or the Internet to see what the weather will be like in the coming week.Write down your weather report in the space below. Use your dictionary, the Internet, classmates or your teacher to help you.

Once everything is corrected, you will finally be a weather reporter! Go to your teacher and pretend he or she is your television public!

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MY WEATHER REPORT

Activity 13 Activity 13 ONE LAST ACTIVITY!ONE LAST ACTIVITY!

Yes! A criss-cross puzzle! Try to find the right word for each definition.

FRENCH:

EXTREME WEATHER

Across4. A sudden movement of the earth5. Funnel-shaped wind6. Not completely sunny7. Rain that turns to ice

Down1. An extreme snowstorm2. A report stating what the weather will be like3. Enormous wave

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1ST - DO YOUR SELF EVALUATION ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.

2ND - ASK YOUR TEACHER FOR YOUR BOOKLET TEST

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1.1 Avant de commencer je planifie ma communication orale (sujet, besoin, interlocuteur, durée, etc.).

1.2 Je comprends et j’utilise les expressions de base adaptées à la situation de vie (Se présenter, s’excuser, demander les directions, dire que je comprends ou non, etc.)pour préparer ma communication orale.

1.3 Je comprends et j’utilise des expressions qui me permettent d’interagir socialement, d’organiser des loisirs, de me trouver un emploi, et je les utilise pour préparer ma communication orale.

1.4 Je reconnais et emploie correctement les différentes classes de mots (adjectives, adverbs of frequency/interrogation, time/place prepositions, possessive pronouns, goig to, will, may/might, should, sentence structure, etc. ) dans ma communication orale.

1.5 J’emploie les outils appropriés, (dictionnaires, sites Internet, enseignant, etc.) dans la préparation de ma communication orale et lorsque je communique, je tente de décoder le message calmement et n’hésite pas à demander de l’aide à mon interlocuteur si nécessaire (“Could you repeat please…“).

1.6 J’utilise les expressions adaptées à la situation de vie, les intonations, etc.

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2.1 Je comprends le but du message oral.

2.2 J’utilise les mots, les sons et les règles de grammaire que je connais afin de décoder le message.

2.3 Je comprends le message oral.

2.4 J’emploie les outils appropriés (ex : dictionnaires, sites Internet, etc.) afin de comprendre le message oral.

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3.1 Je comprends le but du message écrit.

3.2 J’utilise les mots, les sons et les règles de grammaire que je connais afin de décoder le message.

3.3 Je comprends le message de textes narratifs et descriptifs simples.

3.4 J’emploie les outils appropriés (ex : dictionnaires, sites Internet, etc.) afin de comprendre le message écrit.

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4.1 Je respecte les règles de composition et de structure pour préparer ma communication écrite.

4.2 Je comprends et j’utilise des expressions qui me permettent d’interagir socialement et je les utilise pour préparer ma communication écrite.

4.3 Je reconnais et emploie correctement les différentes classes de mots (adjectives, adverbs of frequency/interrogation, time/place prepositions, possessive pronouns, goig to, will, may/might, should, sentence structure, etc. ) dans ma communication écrite.

4.4 Je communique les informations requises par la situation de vie.

4.5 J’emploie les outils appropriés, ex : dictionnaires, sites Internet, enseignant, etc. afin de planifier la production écrite.

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