Seventy-two seasons: Japan's microseasons in a warming climate
A personal blog post on Japan's traditional 72 microseasons and how climate change is shifting them; students read, then invent a microseason.
C2Adults50 minBlog post
About this lesson
A C2 reading lesson (blog post). Graded texts with key words, comprehension questions and printable versions.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Reading
- Type
- Blog post
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Weather & seasons
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Multiple choice, Matching
- Key words
- microseason, hibernate, larva (plural larvae), finely grained, out of sync, philosophical
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand the writer's attitude and purpose in a personal, reflective blog post
- Understand vivid descriptive and informal vocabulary in context
- Write a reflective blog post about a seasonal change