Proficiency Level: Novice Mid/High 
Objectives: Students will be able to:
- ask and answer questions about weather conditions using an authentic map of South Asia.
- identify and describe a variety of leisure time activities.
- express preferences about weather and activities.
- compare weather conditions in the target culture to those in the community where the students live.
Language: Use correctly:
- vocabulary: weather-related phrases
- list a variety of leisure activities based on weather that teenagers in the target culture might enjoy
- expressions of preference (X-ko pasand hai, pasand nahiiN hai, X-ko + infinitive + pasand hai)
Performance Assessment:
- Interpretive: Students read descriptions of weather and match to the appropriate city on a map.
- Interpersonal: Using an authentic online weather site from India/Pakistan, students ask and answer questions about the conditions that are occurring there. They talk about what activities may be possible and express preferences about the ones they would like to try based on current conditions.
- Interpersonal/Presentational: Students interview each other about the activities they like and do not like to do and then create a chart of the class preferences.
Learning Activities:
- Teacher arrives to class with a backpack, sunglasses, and a camera in hand. S/he opens the backpack and takes out a large map of South Asia and talks about where s/he is going. S/he asks students yes/no questions about travel. Have they traveled to India? To Pakistan? Did they travel with family members? Did they go to …..(shows various places on a map)?
- Teacher explains that s/he is going to Pakistan with a group of students (those in the class) and they will visit the Swat Valley, Pakistan, an ideal place for a summer camp in the foothills of the Hindu Kush range and Himalayas .
- In the context of the upcoming trip, the teacher describes the weather conditions the group may encounter and shows various conditions using a weather map of the area. As s/he talks about the weather, s/he projects visuals of each condition and uses: http://www.accuweather.com/hi/browse-locations/asi. Students listen,read and categorize the new expression according to the season in which they might take part in the activity. S/he describes different conditions they might experience during the summer, winter, fall, and summer.
- As the teacher talks about the weather and corresponding leisure activities, students move to designated parts of the room depending on their preferences (I like, I do not like, I like to do, I do not like to do). Once they gather into groups, they come up with two or three reasons they like/dislike the activity.
- Students survey one another about their preferences for leisure activities and complete an activity grid based on what they hear from the classmates. They then answer questions using the information in the grid. “Who is the most active?” Who is most likely to enjoy a beach vacation?”
- In pairs students fill in a Venn diagram comparing the weather in Pakistan with the weather in the region of the US where they live as well as leisure activities they might do during each season of the year.
- Students negotiate what they like to do and agree on a time and an itinerary. Given small visuals of articles of clothing, students “pack their suitcases” depending on the weather and the activities they prefer. They share the contents of their suitcases with a partner talking about the decisions they made.
