THE WIND AND THE SUN

The Wind and The Sun — a colourful and engaging story-based lesson that helps students explore weather vocabulary, everyday actions, and speaking skills through a classic fable and interactive activities. The lesson combines video tasks, vocabulary practice, grammar structures, and discussion questions in a simple communicative format. 
Students follow the famous story about the Wind and the Sun competing to make a man take off his jacket. Through the story, learners practise describing weather, talking about abilities using can, and discussing the moral of the fable.
What students practise

• weather vocabulary and collocations
• everyday action verbs
• the structure can + verb
• speaking about weather and seasons
• reading comprehension and storytelling
• expressing opinions and discussing morals

Inside the lesson
Video warm-up with weather vocabulary prediction tasks
Matching activities with weather-related pictures and words
Vocabulary practice with useful verbs and phrases
Grammar focus on can + verb through simple examples
Sentence completion and controlled practice activities
True/False comprehension tasks based on the story
Discussion questions about the characters and the moral
Speaking activities connected to weather and personal experience
Students will learn to

• talk about weather confidently
• use can + verb naturally in speech
• understand and use practical weather vocabulary
• describe actions and situations
• retell simple story events
• express opinions about stories and life lessons

This lesson works especially well with A2 students, kids, and younger teens who enjoy animated stories, visual learning, and communicative grammar practice through meaningful contexts.
Тема: Video, Nature