Role Play: Weather Reports

Teacher Talk

• なつはあついですね。 – It’s hot in summer isn’t it?
• １０どはどうですか。 – How do you feel about 10°?
• れいどは？ – What about 0°?
• てんきのアイコンをちずにはってください。 – Stick the weather icon on the map.

Task sheet 1

Students role play in groups according to the scenario on Tasksheet 2. A useful prop for this role play activity is a microphone. Microphones can be made from leftover cardboard tubes cut in half, with a ball of paper stuck in one end to create the shape of a studio mike.
Students form groups and choose an overseas city. The teacher can play the reporter in the studio as a rehearsal, then students in each group can take on that role. Another student plays the reporter on location in that city and the others can be local ‘people in the street’.

Teacher Talk

• グループになってください。 – Get into groups.
• あなたはスタジオのリポーターになってください。 – You play the part of studio reporter.
• だれががいこくのリポーターをしますか。 – Who will be the overseas reporter?
• クラスのまえでロールプレーをしてください。 – Perform the roleplay in front of the class.

Task sheet 2

Make Your Own Microphone

Resource created by Cathy Jonak and Himiko Negishi-Wood (March 2003).