UNIT OF WORK 5

 

"What a fantastic year!"

This topic helps students to learn about the different seasons and the weather. It deals with the importance of caring for the planet and climate change.

TOPIC: Seasons and weather   TIMING: 60 MIN    

LEARNING SITUATION: What's the weather like today?

FINAL PRODUCT: Information about the seasons and each group has to make a simulation of presenting the weather.

SESSION 1 

Warm up: Brainstorm

Vocabulary: seasons and weather

Play bingo with the vocabulary

Weather Pirate Board Game

Final product: Presentation of the task and groups

SESSION 2

Warm up: Would you rather?

Pre listening: Guess the song

Listening: Song: Rain on Me by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande

While listening: Complete the lyrics

After listening: Sing the song and work on intonation

Video: What is climate change?

Final product: Organize the groups and work

SESSION 3

Warm up: Mixed up sentences (review grammar) 

Grammar: Verb to be/wh- questions 

Practice grammar: Wordwall about wh- questions

Speaking: Weather board game 

Mediation: Quick Weather Mediation

Final product: Search for information 

SESSION 4

Warm up: What's the weather like today?

Reading: Happy Holidays, Pirates tale

While reading: Associate pictures with the text

After reading: The end of the story

Reading plan: How is Christmas celebrated in different parts of the world?

Plurilingualism: American Christmas Traditions

Put into practice: Play Scavenger Hunt

Final task: Create the presentation 

SESSION 5

Warm up: Seasons memory game

Pre writing: Mind map

Writing: Write a Christmas postcard

After writing: Exchange postcards

Spanish Constitution video 

Play jeopardy rocks about Spanish Constitution

Final product: Practice the performance

SESSION 6

1. In this session, we will do the performance final product. 

G1: Cádiz+Campo de Gibraltar G2: Málaga and Almería G3: Granada and Jaén G4: Sevilla G5: Córdoba and Huelva 

2. While performance: Peer-evaluation

3. Self-assessment

SESSION 7

1. Final test of the unit.

2. Review and research stations:

- First station: The four seasons nursery rhyme

- Second station: Throw the dice

SESSION 8

1. This session is focused on the project work where pupils will watch life under the sea live