Task 1

Materials and tools for a working group:

newspaper with weather forecast, internet

This task can start with discussion about the weather and its forecasting. The teacher discusses with the pupils what is the weather, what influences it and whether it can be predicted. Subsequently, the task of the pupils will be to bring the weather forecast for the next day (e.g. newspaper cuttings, or the teacher will provide them with newspaper cuttingshe prepared in advance.The task of the pupils will be to find out what weather forecasts consists of (air, sea temperature, wind speed, clouds, etc.) by examining and comparing different weather forecasts.

This task can start with discussion about the weather and its forecasting. The teacher discusses with the pupils what is the weather, what influences it and whether it can be predicted. Subsequently, the task of the pupils will be to bring the weather forecast for the next day (e.g. newspaper cuttings, or the teacher will provide them with newspaper cuttingshe prepared in advance.The task of the pupils will be to find out what weather forecasts consists of (air, sea temperature, wind speed, clouds, etc.) by examining and comparing different weather forecasts. The teacher also draws pupils‘ attention to various weather-related signs (e.g. sunny, cloudy, etc.). Consequently, pupils can compare weather-related tags in forecasts from different sources (Internet, different magazines, etc.). The task of the pupils will be to find out whether the signs are different or the same or similar.

At the end of the activity, the teacher will provide the pupils with weather forecasts from different time periods / places and the pupils will be asked to present their weather forecasts. In this way, pupils are encouraged to “read” the weather forecast.