In this B2 lesson, students explore the link between weather and mood and learn common weather idioms through reading, dialogues, and discussion.
Warm-up:
Students discuss how they would behave in a specific situation.
Video:
Students watch a video titled “How the weather affects our mood.” After watching the video, they pick which topics were mentioned in the video
Exercises:
The learners fill in gaps in sentences with phrases from a box. In the second exercise, they complete sentences using words provided.
Reading:
Students read a short text and answer questions about it.
Discussion:
Learners rearrange words to form questions, then answer them. After that, the students read a quote and share their thoughts about it.
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The information provided in this lesson Does Weather Affect your Mood is incorrect. I tried to find the 2008 German study that was discussed, there was no reference or citation given. Google's AI initially gave me the same information but also a link to the study. When I followed the link it was a different study. I challenged the AI and got an admission that 2 studies had been conflated. The study mentioned in the lesson plan is from 2005 by Matthew Keller et al. The German study from 2008 has a completely different focus and different results