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[...]
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/rodent/Gro[...]

2. What do groundhogs eat?

http://www.srd.alberta.ca/FishWildlife/WildSpecies/Mammals/[...]

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?

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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/Gr[...]

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