here is a great weather story and a Mario bomb game to go with it.

On the hows the weather slide, the answer pops up before the picture clue?

Here's a guessing game where the students guess what the weather is like in various cities around the world. They guess whether it is hot or cold, and how it looks ouside (sunny, cloudy, snowing, etc). I've embedded live webpages for both the city's weather and a live webcam to show the weather conditions in that city.

You will need this plug-in in order for the live webpages to work properly:

http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm

I've included instructions at the end of the PPT on how to install this plug-in and how to enable macros and ActiveX so that the presentation works properly.

If you have any questions or problems, please let me know.

Hope you find it useful!

Game – Listening:  4 corners
Print the full page flash cards and put them on the wall at different places in the room.  Make a bag that contains small cards with the same words that are on the walls.  When the game starts, students choose one of the words on the wall and stand near that word.  Play music or count down so that the students choose a word more quickly.  If the countdown reaches 0 and a student is not near a word, they must sit down.  All the students say, “How’s the weather?”  Choose a word from the bag and read it.  “It’s raining.”  All the students standing in that corner would have to sit down.  Repeat until only a few students remain.  They are the winners.

Game – Listening:  Pose and say
Like 4 corners, but instead of going to a corner, students do the motion for the weather they choose.  If they are doing the motion that matches what the teacher says then they have to sit down.

Game – Speaking:  Cockroach
Show the PPT.  Practice the mannerisms for each animal.  Each student starts as a cockroach.  Students move around the room and to find the same animal.  When they find the same animal as they are, they do the target language then rock, paper, scissors.  The winner moves up the evolution scale.  The loser remains the same animal.  When a student goes beyond human, they can sit down.