Unit 8: De vacaciones
Que tiempo hace hoy?
Talk about weather, months, seasons, and simple past events.
A110 min
Describe the weather and understand very basic past references on vacation.
Warm-up
Key words
weather
tiempo
hot
calor
winter
invierno
yesterday
ayer
Input
El clima hoy
Hoy el clima esta frio y llueve desde temprano. Laura mira la ventana antes de salir y decide llevar abrigo, bufanda y paraguas. En la calle hay viento, asi que camina despacio. Despues del trabajo vuelve directo a casa. Por la noche se queda en el sofa, pone musica tranquila y bebe una taza de chocolate caliente.
- What is the weather like in the reading?
- Which clothing or weather words can you reuse?
Focus
Weather, seasons, and very simple past reference
This lesson keeps the past light while focusing on weather language that learners need all the time.
- Use hace calor or hace frio for common weather statements.
- Learn the months and seasons as fixed chunks.
- Use ayer plus a simple past form to mention one completed action.
Hoy hace frio.En verano hace calor.Ayer fui al museo.
Practice
Micro-exercises
Exercise 1
Choose the best weather sentence.
Exercise 2
Choose a season.
Exercise 3
Choose the best answer for this que tiempo hace hoy? situation.
Exercise 4
Complete: En ___ hace mucho calor. Choose the best option.
Exercise 5
Choose the Spanish for "weather".
Exercise 6
Complete: En ___ hace mucho calor.
Exercise 7
Translate to Spanish: weather.
Exercise 8
Translate to Spanish: hot.
Exercise 9
Translate to Spanish: winter.
Exercise 10
Translate to Spanish: yesterday.
Exercise 11
Put the sentence in the correct order.
fuialmuseoAyer
Exercise 12
Put the sentence in the correct order.
frioHoyhace
Exercise 13
Put the sentence in the correct order.
calorEnveranohace
Exercise 14
Put the sentence in the correct order.
Ayerfuialmuseo
Exercise 15
Put the sentence in the correct order.
solHace
Exercise 16
Choose the most natural reply for this que tiempo hace hoy? exchange.
Exercise 17
Choose the most natural reply for this que tiempo hace hoy? exchange.
Exercise 18
Choose the most natural reply for this que tiempo hace hoy? exchange.
Exercise 19
Choose the most natural reply for this que tiempo hace hoy? exchange.
Exercise 20
Choose the most natural reply for this que tiempo hace hoy? exchange.
Use it
Tutor handoff
Copy and paste this prompt into Virtual Tutor to continue the lesson in guided conversation form.
Act as a patient A1 tutor. Ask me about today's weather, my favorite season, and one simple thing I did yesterday on vacation.