It’s raining cats and dogs! In this lesson, students will learn about various types of weather conditions. This lesson features audio of a weathercaster reporting on weekly weather and includes plenty of engaging discussion activities and worksheets. Students review and practice vocabulary relating to this topic. Also, students talk about popular activities to do in different types of weather and learn common idioms associated with climate and weather.

Lesson Objectives

To develop speaking and listening skills

To learn and use vocabulary relating to typical weather conditions

To express opinions and experiences associated with this topic

To learn common idioms relating to climate and weather

Audio

Listen to the audio of a weathercaster reporting on the weather for the week. Will it be cold, hot, snowy, or rainy? There is a storm rolling in, and it might even rain cats and dogs! Take cover!

Audio Transcript

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

weathercaster [noun]: a person who reports on the weather on radio or television

5-day forecast [noun]: a forecast of the average weather conditions and large-scale features in a 5-day period

natural disaster [noun]: a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, or tornado that causes great damage or loss of life

overcast [adjective]: overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy

humid [adjective]: containing a high amount of water; noticeably moist

flurry [noun]: a light, brief shower of snow

snowbird [noun]: a snowbird is a person who moves from colder northern parts of North America to warmer southern parts, typical during the winter

snowed in [idiom]: unable to leave a place because of too much snow

rain cats and dogs [idiom]: rain very hard

lighting never strikes the same place twice [idiom]: used as an assurance that once someone has endured unfortunate circumstances it isn’t going to happen again

take cover [idiom]: to find a hiding place; to seek shelter for protection against something

roll in [idiom]: to arrive at a steady, unstoppable pace

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