Candlemas, or Chandeleur in French, is around the time when bears stop hibernating. Superstition says that if bears go back to sleep, winter is not over. Would you like to sleep all winter? Or predict the weather?
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1. What can the groundhog do?
2. Find Punxsutawney on the comic strip… and try to pronounce it!
3. Listen to the audio. Then, explain Groundhog day in 60 seconds.
a “10 Reasons for NOT sleeping all winter” poster.
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Quiz time! Team up and answer as quickly as possible...
1. Another name for the groundhog is...
shark
fox
2. Groundhogs live in...
very hot places
cold places
3. They sleep all...
winter
summer
spring
4. People watch them to guess the end of...
spring
summer
winter
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Crédits : Andrew Fairclough from Alternative Movie Posters II by Matthew Chojnacki
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1. What is the title of the film? Can you guess what the man's job is?
2. Does he look happy? Imagine why.
3. Look for information about the film.
4.
Group work
Is it fun to be a weatherman?
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Guess the riddles!
1.
If you hear thunder, lightning and rain, there is a
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2.
When it rains, you can open your
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3.
If there are no clouds, the sky is
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In Europe, people used to watch hibernating animals to predict the end of winter. When German immigrants arrived in Pennsylvania in the 1850s, they watched groundhogs. Today, Phil, the most famous groundhog, predicts the weather live on TV. Don't miss his predictions!
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Anthony Quintano, Groundhog Day from Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, 2013.
Anthony Quintano, Groundhog Day from Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennyslvania, 2013.
Watch
1. Watch. What did Phil predict?
2. What's the weather like today where you are? Use the present Be + V-ing.
3.
Group work
What's your favourite season?
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Tongue twister!
How much ground would a groundhog grind if a groundhog could grind ground?
and imagine that you're a TV weatherman. It's February 2, what's the weather like in the USA?
How far can you go?
I can use greetings but my sentences aren't complete.
I can use greetings, give the weather in 2 or 3 cities and repeat when necessary.
I can use greetings, give the weather in 5 cities and be original.
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