The Reading / Listening - Hottest Month - Level 1

We see floods, fires and heatwaves on TV nearly every day. Scientists just announced that July was the hottest month ever. The scientists said: "July is typically the world's warmest month of the year, but July 2021 outdid itself as the hottest July and hottest month ever." Earth's land and ocean temperature in July was 0.93 degree Celsius higher than the 20th-century average. The Northern Hemisphere was 1.54 degrees Celsius hotter than average.

The scientists are worried. They said: "In this case, first place is the worst place to be." The U.N. just issued a 4,000-page report on climate change. It said humans had changed the climate. It wrote: "It is [clear] that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land." It said extreme weather would continue. Every region will experience "multiple changes" in weather. There will be baking heat and floods.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Hottest Month - Level 0 Hottest Month - Level 2   or  Hottest Month - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1027521725/july-hottest-month-in-recorded-human-history
  • https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2021-08-13-hottest-month-on-earth-july
  • https://www.huffpost.com/entry/july-2021-hottest-month-ugh_n_6116c197e4b07c140314d288


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. We see floods, fires and
  2. Scientists just announced
  3. the world's warmest month
  4. the hottest July and hottest
  5. Earth's land and ocean
  6. higher than the 20th-century
  7. The Northern
  8. 1.54 degrees Celsius hotter
  1. temperature
  2. month ever
  3. than average
  4. heatwaves on TV
  5. Hemisphere
  6. that
  7. of the year
  8. average

Paragraph 2

  1. first place is the
  2. humans had changed
  3. human
  4. warmed the atmosphere, ocean
  5. It said extreme weather would
  6. every
  7. experience multiple changes
  8. baking heat and
  1. and land
  2. in weather
  3. worst place to be
  4. floods
  5. region
  6. influence
  7. continue
  8. the climate

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

We (1) ___________________ and heatwaves on TV nearly every day. Scientists just announced that July was the hottest month ever. The scientists said: "July (2) ___________________ world's warmest month of the year, but July 2021 (3) ___________________ the hottest July and hottest month ever." Earth's (4) ___________________ temperature in July was 0.93 degree Celsius higher than (5) ___________________ average. The Northern Hemisphere was 1.54 degrees Celsius (6) ___________________.

The scientists are worried. They said: "(7) ___________________, first place is the (8) ___________________ be." The U.N. just issued a 4,000-(9) ___________________ climate change. It said humans had changed the climate. It wrote: "It is [clear] that (10) ___________________ warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land." It said (11) ___________________ continue. Every region will experience "multiple changes" in weather. There will be (12) ___________________ floods.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Weseefloods,firesandheatwavesonTVnearlyeveryday.Scientistsjust
announcedthatJulywasthehottestmonthever.Thescientistssaid:"Jul
yistypicallytheworld'swarmestmonthoftheyear,butJuly2021outdidit
selfasthehottestJulyandhottestmonthever."Earth'slandandoceante
mperatureinJulywas0.93degreeCelsiushigherthanthe20th-centur
yaverage.TheNorthernHemispherewas1.54degreesCelsiushotterth
anaverage.Thescientistsareworried.Theysaid:"Inthiscase,firstplace
istheworstplacetobe."TheU.N.justissueda4,000-pagereportonclim
atechange.Itsaidhumanshadchangedtheclimate.Itwrote:"Itis[clear
]thathumaninfluencehaswarmedtheatmosphere,oceanandland."Its
aidextremeweatherwouldcontinue.Everyregionwillexperience"mult
iplechanges"inweather.Therewillbebakingheatandfloods.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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