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Preparing for Winter
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Our Agenda1. Agenda
2. Objectives
3. Introductions
4. Activity 1: Class discussion
5. Activity 2: Review vocabulary
6. Activity 3: Listen to a dialogue
7. Activity 4: How to take care of your car, your house and you, in the winter
8. Activity 5: Case studies
9. Activity 6: Dictation
Workshop Objectives
1. To learn 8 new words
2. To learn how to take care of your car, your house and yourself in the winter
• What is your name?
• Where are you from?
Introductions
Join us in a group discussion
Activity 1
Do you like the winter?
Group discussion
What do you like or not like about it?
Group discussion
Are you ready for winter?
Group discussion
Let’s review the vocabulary
Activity 2
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
A pipe on the top of your house that helps direct water away from the foundation of your home
A pipe that runs down the side of your home
A water device on the outside of your home
A device that carries water in the ground away from your homeAlone
Tired; no energy
Get something ready for winterSadness
depressionisolateddownspout
sump pumplethargic
gutter
exterior faucet
winterize
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
A pipe on the top of your house that helps direct water away from the foundation of your homeA pipe that runs down the side of your home
A water device on the outside of your home
A device that carries water in the ground away from your homeAlone
Tired; no energy
Get something ready for winterSadness
depressionisolateddownspout
sump pumplethargic
exterior faucet
winterize
gutter
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
A pipe on the top of your house that helps direct water away from the foundation of your homeA pipe that runs down the side of your home
A water device on the outside of your home
A device that carries water in the ground away from your homeAlone
Tired; no energy
Get something ready for winterSadness
depressionisolated
sump pumplethargic
exterior faucet
winterize
gutter
downspout
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
A pipe on the top of your house that helps direct water away from the foundation of your homeA pipe that runs down the side of your home
A water device on the outside of your home
A device that carries water in the ground away from your homeAlone
Tired; no energy
Get something ready for winterSadness
depressionisolated
sump pumplethargic winterize
gutter
downspout
exterior faucet
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
A pipe on the top of your house that helps direct water away from the foundation of your homeA pipe that runs down the side of your home
A water device on the outside of your home
A device that carries water in the ground away from your homeAlone
Tired; no energy
Get something ready for winterSadness
depressionisolated
lethargic winterize
gutter
downspout
exterior faucet
sump pump
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
A pipe on the top of your house that helps direct water away from the foundation of your homeA pipe that runs down the side of your home
A water device on the outside of your home
A device that carries water in the ground away from your homealone
Tired; no energy
Get something ready for wintersadness
depression
lethargic winterize
gutter
downspout
exterior faucet
sump pump
isolated
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
A pipe on the top of your house that helps direct water away from the foundation of your homeA pipe that runs down the side of your home
A water device on the outside of your home
A device that carries water in the ground away from your homeAlone
Tired; no energy
Get something ready for winterSadness
depression
winterize
gutter
downspout
exterior faucet
sump pump
isolated
lethargic
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
A pipe on the top of your house that helps direct water away from the foundation of your homeA pipe that runs down the side of your home
A water device on the outside of your home
A device that carries water in the ground away from your homeAlone
Tired; no energy
Get something ready for winterSadness
depression
gutter
downspout
exterior faucet
sump pump
isolated
lethargic
winterize
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
A pipe on the top of your house that helps direct water away from the foundation of your homeA pipe that runs down the side of your home
A water device on the outside of your home
A device that carries water in the ground away from your homeAlone
Tired; no energy
Get something ready for winterSadness
gutter
downspout
exterior faucet
sump pump
isolated
lethargic
winterize
depression
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. If you feel _____________ in the winter, get outside and meet some friends!
2. Make sure you turn off your ______________ before winter arrives!
3. Your _____________ will take underground water away from your house.
4. You can _______________ your house, your car and your family.
5. ______________ can be serious. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor if necessary.
6. Your ____________ should take rain water away from your home.
7. Make sure your _______________ are always clean of leaves.
8. Be sure to check that your ______________ is diverting rain water away from your home.
isolatedwinterizedepression gutters
sump pumpexterior faucet Down spout
lethargic
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. If you feel _____________ in the winter, get outside and meet some friends!
2. Make sure you turn off your ______________ before winter arrives!
3. Your _____________ will take underground water away from your house.
4. You can _______________ your house, your car and your family.
5. ______________ can be serious. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor if necessary.
6. Your ____________ should take rain water away from your home.
7. Make sure your _______________ are always clean of leaves.
8. Be sure to check that your ______________ is diverting rain water away from your home.
winterizedepression gutters
sump pumpexterior faucet Down spout
lethargic
isolated
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. If you feel _____________ in the winter, get outside and meet some friends!
2. Make sure you turn off your ______________ before winter arrives!
3. Your _____________ will take underground water away from your house.
4. You can _______________ your house, your car and your family.
5. ______________ can be serious. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor if necessary.
6. Your ____________ should take rain water away from your home.
7. Make sure your _______________ are always clean of leaves.
8. Be sure to check that your ______________ is diverting rain water away from your home.
winterizedepression gutters
sump pumpDown spout
lethargic
isolated
exterior faucet
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. If you feel _____________ in the winter, get outside and meet some friends!
2. Make sure you turn off your ______________ before winter arrives!
3. Your _____________ will take underground water away from your house.
4. You can _______________ your house, your car and your family.
5. ______________ can be serious. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor if necessary.
6. Your ____________ should take rain water away from your home.
7. Make sure your _______________ are always clean of leaves.
8. Be sure to check that your ______________ is diverting rain water away from your home.
winterizedepression gutters
Down spoutlethargic
isolated
exterior faucet sump pump
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. If you feel _____________ in the winter, get outside and meet some friends!
2. Make sure you turn off your ______________ before winter arrives!
3. Your _____________ will take underground water away from your house.
4. You can _______________ your house, your car and your family.
5. ______________ can be serious. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor if necessary.
6. Your ____________ should take rain water away from your home.
7. Make sure your _______________ are always clean of leaves.
8. Be sure to check that your ______________ is diverting rain water away from your home.
depression gutters
Down spoutlethargic
isolated
exterior faucet sump pump
winterize
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. If you feel _____________ in the winter, get outside and meet some friends!
2. Make sure you turn off your ______________ before winter arrives!
3. Your _____________ will take underground water away from your house.
4. You can _______________ your house, your car and your family.
5. ______________ can be serious. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor if necessary.
6. Your ____________ should take rain water away from your home.
7. Make sure your _______________ are always clean of leaves.
8. Be sure to check that your ______________ is diverting rain water away from your home.
gutters
Down spoutlethargic
isolated
exterior faucet sump pump
winterize
Depression
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. If you feel _____________ in the winter, get outside and meet some friends!
2. Make sure you turn off your ______________ before winter arrives!
3. Your _____________ will take underground water away from your house.
4. You can _______________ your house, your car and your family.
5. ______________ can be serious. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor if necessary.
6. Your ____________ should take rain water away from your home.
7. Make sure your _______________ are always clean of leaves.
8. Be sure to check that your ______________ is diverting rain water away from your home.
gutters
lethargic
isolated
exterior faucet sump pump
winterize
Depression
down spout
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. If you feel _____________ in the winter, get outside and meet some friends!
2. Make sure you turn off your ______________ before winter arrives!
3. Your _____________ will take underground water away from your house.
4. You can _______________ your house, your car and your family.
5. ______________ can be serious. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor if necessary.
6. Your ____________ should take rain water away from your home.
7. Make sure your _______________ are always clean of leaves.
8. Be sure to check that your ______________ is diverting rain water away from your home.
lethargic
isolated
exterior faucet sump pump
winterize
Depression
down spoutgutters
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. If you feel _____________ in the winter, get outside and meet some friends!
2. Make sure you turn off your ______________ before winter arrives!
3. Your _____________ will take underground water away from your house.
4. You can _______________ your house, your car and your family.
5. ______________ can be serious. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor if necessary.
6. Your ____________ should take rain water away from your home.
7. Make sure your _______________ are always clean of leaves.
8. Be sure to check that your ______________ is diverting rain water away from your home.
isolated
exterior faucet sump pump
winterize
Depression
down spoutgutters
lethargic
Let’s listen to a dialogue
Activity 3
What are some great fall activities that Johanna and Margarita discuss?
Listen to a dialogue: Johanna
Margarita
Johanna
Margarita
Johanna
Margarita
Johanna
Margarita
Johanna
Margarita
Hi Margarita, how are you?
Great! I just finished my seminar about preparing for winter.
What did you learn about that?
Well, for one thing, we need to clean our gutters before winter arrives.
We plan to do that this weekend.
Good for you, but what about your downspouts? You need to make sure that they are in good working order, too.
Right. At the moment they are pointing down. Not good, eh?
No. They should be pointing away from the house, so that rain water doesn’t collect near the base of your home.
That makes sense. So, was this seminar only about getting your house ready for winter?
No, it also covered winterizing your car and family!
Listen to a dialogue: Johanna
Margarita
Johanna
Margarita
Johanna
Margarita
Johanna
Margarita
Johanna
Margarita
You can winterize your family? How is that?Well, winter can make us feel isolated. This can lead to depression.
Ok, I see what you’re saying. Are there things we can do to prevent this?
Absolutely! We learned about how getting enough exercise and eating right can keep us happy and healthy all winter long.
Good to know this. Sometimes I feel lethargic in the winter.
This is very common. I can tell you what I learned about the best way to avoid this.
That sounds great. I’ll be right over. While I am there I will help you turn off your exterior faucet and check you sump pump.
That would be great! Why don’t you come over for lunch so we can discuss the ideas you’ve learned?
Don’t worry. I’ll explain that, and how to winterize your car, when I get there!
Huh?
Let’s discuss how to winterize your car
Activity 4Part A
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1. Make sure you put on your winter tiresAll season tires just won’t do!
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2. Have your car tuned up for winterFind a mechanic you can trust
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3. Make sure your trunk contains emergency equipment
Battery cables, for one thing, is a must!
Now, let’s discuss how to winterize your house!
Activity 4Part B
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1. Fix any leaks in your roofThis is so much easier to do before the arrival of snow!
2. Rake your leaves
Keep them off your lawn
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3. Clean your gutters
Keep them off your lawn and out of your gutters
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4. Check your downspouts
They need to be pointed away from your house!
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5. Check your heating systemThis will keep you comfortable and save you money!
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6. Check your sump pumpThis will keep water away from the foundation of your house!
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Now, let’s discuss how to winterize you!
Activity 4Part C
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1. Check your winter clothes
Remember to dress in layers!
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2. Discover fun winter activities
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3. Stay hydrated
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4. Be sociable!
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5. Start a new family tradition!
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Case studies
• Read the studies and answer the questions.
Activity 5
Case Study 1
Simbaljeet feels stuck in her home because she feels it’s too cold to go outside.
What would you do if you were her?
Case Study 2
Bernal’s gutters are full of leaves, but he’s not worried. He plans to clean them next year in the spring.
Is this a problem? Why?
Case Study 3
Shamsun is not worried about the icy roads in the winter because she has all season tires on her car.
What do you have to say about this?
Case Study 4
Sana knows that she needs to get her house ready for winter, but she doesn’t know where to start.
Any ideas?
Dictation
• Write what you hear!
Activity 6
Dictation 1
Dictation 1
It is always a good idea to use winter tires as soon as the temperature drops to around 7 Celsius.
Dictation 2
Dictation 2
Make sure you have lots of antifreeze in your car throughout the winter. Also, always be sure to check your tire pressure before you take off.
Dictation 3
Dictation 3
Be sure to check your roof for any leaks before the cold weather hits. It is much easier to fix a roof when it is a little warmer.
Dictation 4
Dictation 4
Don’t stay in the house all day in the winter.Get outside and enjoy the great outdoors!
Dictation 5
Dictation 5
Getting enough exercise and drinking lots of water will go a long way to helping stay fit and healthy this winter.
Review: What did you learn today?
• 8 new words
• How to take care of your car, your house and you, in the winter
Thanks for attending.
See you next time!