LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERSAUTUMN LEAVES
Sep. 20, 2021
Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2-C1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: Environment and Nature; Seasons; Behavior, Feelings and Emotions; Literature and Books; Article Based; Video Talk
Publication date: 09/20/2021
Students complete a quiz about fall leaves and define some vocabulary before watching a short news item about people enjoying the fall season in New York City. They also define some useful informal phrases from the video. After sharing their own experiences of autumn, they read three seasonal poems and are invited to produce their own. The lesson also includes an optional extension activity to explain more about the words: autumn and fall. (by Stephanie Hirschman)
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- CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in British English.
- CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in British English.
- CLICK HERE to download/watch the video (MP4).
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
Dexter Henry: The brilliant shades of brown, red, and yellow have been found all around, even in New York City.
Tiffany Hart: You get to see, like, these trees go from green to bright orange to purples to, like, uh, other, like, autumal (sic) colors, and it’s, like, it’s on fire, almost.
Martha Cohen: Some of the colors are beautiful, and some of the way (sic) they planted this garden are beautiful, the way there’s purple planted against green and red and yellow. It’s beautiful - this is a special place.
Dexter Henry: That place is the Thain Family Forest at the New York Botanical Garden, where after a warm start to autumn, there was potential for peak fall foliage to show later than usual.
Jessica Schuler: We’re always about the first week of November, and I think we were pretty spot on. I was worried that things were going to go too fast because it was dry, also, so there wasn’t enough water, and plants were going dormant a little bit early.
Dexter Henry: But they came right on time, and during November, thousands of people have visited the garden’s fall forest weekends, enjoyed wildlife presentations, and even a bit of Shakespeare in the forest.
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Jessica Shuler: When we were doing some reading, and just asking people what they thought, they thought the forest was five out of five, which is what it should be, and what I know it is, but, uh, many people had never walked through before, and it’s brought a new audience, and they loved it.
Dexter Henry: The fifty-acre Thain Family Forest is the largest old-growth forest in New York City, and people here to visit and see the peak fall foliage say it’s a great way to escape the hustle and bustle.
Jennifer Rosen: Oh, it’s wonderful to get away from all the loud noise from, you know, the Bronx, Arth... you know, down Fordham Road and all that. To come here, it’s nice and quiet and peaceful; you don’t feel like you’re in the Bronx at all.
Kerry Butts: I’m happy to go upstate earlier in October, but it’s really nice that here, later on in the season, that we get to experience the changing colors here in the city.
Dexter Henry: Experiencing the beauty and diversity of the vibrant colored leaves is what visitors say fall is all about.
Martha Cohen: And it’s almost as if God had this magnificent painting, uh, and it just happens. You know, it’s yellow and red and orange and green and two weeks before it was all green. And then there’s the magic of the paintbrush, and it is absolutely fabulous.
Dexter Henry: Reporting in New York City for AccuWeather, I’m Dexter Henry.
Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/autumn-leaves. Accessed on November 4, 2024. © 2008–2024 LinguaHouse.com. All rights reserved.
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