Groundhog Day
Voici une idée de webquest niveau A2+/B1 que vous pouvez faire utiliser directement à vos élèves. Si vous cherchez d’autres ressources, cliquez sur le dernier lien à la fin de la page pour aller sur le meilleur site de ressources sur le sujet : le site de Michelle Henry, avec des fichiers audio, une fiche sur le film, des poèmes, une chanson, des exercices interactifs, des webquests et des lesson plans.
Webquest
Answer the following questions:
1. What does a groundhog look like? Use descriptive words to describe its features.
http://www.hoghaven.com/see.html
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring1998/critters/everywhere/ghog98nathistory.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/rodent/Groundhogprintout.shtml
2. What do groundhogs eat?
http://www.srd.alberta.ca/FishWildlife/WildSpecies/Mammals/RabbitsRodents/Woodchuck.aspx
http://www.hww.ca/en/species/mammals/woodchuck.html#sid4
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/groundhog.html
3. How are groundhogs called in Canada?
4. Identify what creatures are enemies of groundhogs.
http://www.hww.ca/en/species/mammals/woodchuck.html#sid6
http://wiki.ask.com/Groundhog
5. Describe what a groundhog’s burrow looks like.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/images/graphics/s/BURROW.jpg
6. What happens during hibernation?
http://www.hww.ca/en/species/mammals/woodchuck.html#sid2
7. When is Groundhog’s Day and what happens on that day?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day
8. If a groundhog sees his shadow on Groundhog’s Day, what is that supposed to mean?
http://www.groundhog.org/groundhog-day/history/
9. What is common to the saying about Candlemas in England, Scotland, Germany and the USA?
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/happy_groundhog.htm
And now take a quiz to check what you know……..
Learn from those sites
Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/rodent/Groundhogprintout.shtml
Wildlife Canada
www.hww.ca/en/species/mammals/woodchuck.html
Groundhog at HogHaven
http://www.hoghaven.com/study.html
Dunkirk Dave (with the prognostics for the last 10 years!)
http://www.dunkirkdave.com/
Wilstar : How did the groundhog get a holiday of his own?
http://wilstar.net/holidays/grndhog.htm
Stormfax Almanac
http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm
The official Groundhog site
http://www.groundhog.org/
Fact Monster (discover Punxsutawnay Phil, Wiarton Willie, and Pothole Pete)
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/groundhogday1.html
Pages of links
A map and the names of all the groundhogs who offer predictions…
http://www.groundhogsday.com/groundhogcentral.php
The most comprehensive page
http://www.michellehenry.fr/ground.htm
