The weather - Network 2 Unit 1 Step 2 Weather vocabulary activities

Oct 1, 2026

Teaching guide for weather vocabulary at A2 level, linked to Network 2 Unit 1 Step 2 and supporting work from Step 1. Provides a sequence of classroom activities including word guessing, anagrams, Tic-Tac-Toe using weather words, letter games from long phrases, paired wordcard pre-activities, vocabulary list competitions for good vs bad weather, and two wordsearch options (teacher-made and student-created). Includes guidance for language and culture small talk about British weather and references for extra practice online.

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Reading Time13 min

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Activity 1: What's my word?

Activity 2: Anagrams

Activity 3: Noughts and crosses

Activity 4: Little words from long ones

Activity 5: Pairwork (pre-activity)

Activity 6: Lists

Activity 7a: Wordsearch: Weather

Activity 7b: Make your own wordsearch

Language and culture: Small talk about the weather

The weather (A2) To be used with, or after: Network 2, Unit 1, Step 2 If you have some extra time in a lesson, you might like to try some of these weather vocabulary activities. 1 What's my word? (5 minutes) Find out which weather words the students can remember from the Before you go on exercise in Network 2 , Unit 1, Step 1, Homestudy on page 13. Say: What's my word? My word starts with S and ends with Y. Write S and Y on the board. When someone guesses the correct answer (sunny), he/she can write the word on the board. Repeat the activity with the remaining 7 words. 2 Anagrams (10-15 minutes) • Ask your students to write down three words connected with weather. • On the board, write your weather word: ycudlo and explain that the letters are in the wrong order-an anagram. Who can guess the word? (Cloudy) . • Invite a few students to write an anagram of their word on the board and the class should guess what it is. • Then everyone should write an anagram of one of their words on paper and see if their partner can guess what the word is. 3 Noughts and crosses (10 minutes) Make a noughts and crosses grid on the board. Ask someone who knows the game (Tic-Tac-Toe) to explain it to the class. Divide the class into Team A (noughts) and Team B (crosses) . Play one or two rounds of noughts and crosses so that they all get the idea. Then write in one"weather word" in each of the spaces: | rain | sun | snow | | --- | --- | --- | | windy | stormy | sunny | | cold | hot | weather | Tell the teams they can only replace the word with a nought or a cross when they have made a correct sentence with that word. 4 Little words from long ones (10 minutes) Think of a long word or phrase and write it on the board, e.g. WEATHER FORECAST. Give the class five minutes to make as many words as they can, using the letters in this long word. Check the answers in class by having individuals read out their words and the class ticking off the words they also have. 5 Pairwork (pre-activity) When you have an activity which the students should do in pairs, for example, Network 2 , Unit 1, Step 2, exs. 2b, 4, 5a or 6, give out wordcards, related, where possible, to the theme you're teaching, and ask them to find their partner. Preparation: Make one pair of wordcards for each pair of students. • You can make a set of broken words, e.g.: • You can make a set of opposites, e.g.: 6 Lists (15-20 minutes) Preparation: You'll need a watch with a second-hand for this activity. This activity can be done to practise any two sets of vocabulary. • Divide the class into two teams, A and B, on opposite sides of the classroom. • Each team should choose a 'secretary' to write a list. • Ask Team A to make a list of things you can do at the weekend if the weather is good. Ask Team B to make a list of things you can do at the weekend if the weather is bad. • Monitor the activity and help with ideas, if necessary. • After about five minutes, look through both the lists and circle the ten most obvious items (correcting them, if necessary) . Hand the lists back to the teams. • Tell Team B that they have got one minute to call out as many "sunny day" activities as they can. If it's on Team A's list, the secretary must cross it off. • When Team B has finished, tell Team A that they have one minute to call out as many "rainy day" activities as they can. If it's on Team B's list, the secretary crosses it off. • The secretaries add up the items on the list which have not been crossed off. The team with more items left is the winner. 7a Wordsearch: Weather (15-20 minutes) Preparation: Make copies of this wordsearch-one for each student. If you want to practise more vocabulary, you can find lots of games and puzzles in: Network Pocket Vocabulary A2 (ISBN 978-3-526-50663-8) • Hand out the copies and give them about five minutes to circle the words. • Then ask them to compare their results with their neighbour and ci

FAQs

What is the purpose of the weather activities in this guide?

They help A2 learners practise and remember weather vocabulary through short, game-based tasks and structured pair or team work.

How do the anagrams activity and the word guessing activity work?

Students identify weather words from clues: the word guessing game uses a start/end letter hint, while the anagrams game unscrambles letters to form a weather word.

What preparation is needed for the lists and wordsearch activities?

For lists, prepare a watch and divide the class into two teams to create “good weather” and “bad weather” item lists. For wordsearch, make copies for students or create 8x8 grids for pairs to design their own puzzles.

Oct 1, 2026

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