Your name :
Activity 1: Today’s Current Temperatures…
In this first activity, you will complete the blanks for each sentence. To do so, you must access today’s actual forecast for your region from
the CNN weather website.
1. The current conditions are … 2. Thursday’s conditions will be … 3. The high temperatures for Wednesday are … 4. The low temperatures for Sunday are…
Activity 2: Finding the Missing Weather Words
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word. You can drag the words with your mouse by placing your curser in front of the word, then clicking. When the cross appears, start dragging.
highs
Wednesday’s weather will be __________ with no chance of rain. Temperatures will range between 18 and 15 degrees Celsius. Thursday will become __________ with _____ near 12 and lows around ____. Friday will also be cloudy, but the temperatures will remain nice and _________ with highs of 13 degrees _________. The rest of the weekend will still remain cloudy, but temperatures will become much ________ with lows of 3 degrees and highs of 8 ________ on Saturday. At least you won’t be needing your umbrella over the week end !
mild degrees colder 8 sunny Celcius
Activity 3: Your Own Weather Forecast !
Surf the weather web site to learn about hurricanes, then complete the quiz. Write your score in the square below. Score :
Activity 4
Write a three day forecast for your friends in the other grade 11 class. Make sure your forecast includes the following. 1. Highs and lows. 2. Sky conditions. 3. Advice on whether or not they should stay home, and advice on what to bring should they decide to go. 4. At least 75 words. Instructions 1. Write your first draft, using Microsoft Word. 2. You can print out the first draft and use it for the writing conference with your classmates. Don’t forget to put your name on your copy. 3. Once you have received feedback from your classmates, and made the proper corrections, you can send your good copy by E-mail to the student in the other class. 4. Also send a copy to your teacher.