Hands up: say your one-sentence English forecast when the teacher calls you. Include the weather and roughly how warm or cold it feels. Keep it short, the way a real forecast sounds on the radio.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Give a short French weather forecast with a temperature
- Spot what French forecasts care about compared with Irish ones
Here are today's eight weather words. Tap each one, listen, then say it back together. Notice the article on each noun: le, la, or l'.
Then learn our forecast frame. We join one weather word to a temperature:
Aujourd'hui : la pluie. Il fait douze degrés. (oh-zhoor-DWEE : lah PLWEE. eel feh dooz duh-GRAY)
That means: Today: rain. It is twelve degrees.
Match each French weather word to its meaning. Say the French aloud as you find each pair. Listen for the article: le, la, or l'.
Open your copy. Write today's forecast in French in two short lines, using the board frame. Choose one weather word from today and a temperature number you know.
Frame: Aujourd'hui : ______ . Il fait ______ degrés.
Example: Aujourd'hui : le vent. Il fait dix degrés.
We label tonight's Météo-France board together. Pictures show the weather for two places: Brest (Atlantic north-west) and Marseille (sunny south). When it is your turn, say the French word aloud before we lock the label. Everyone else whisper-says it from their seat.
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