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Picture warm-up

1. What do you see in this picture?
2. Who are these people, and what are they doing?
3. Does this look like your life here, or in your home country? How is it the same or different?

Discussion questions

1. What is your favorite season? Why?
2. How many seasons does your home country have?
3. What do people do in the fall in the U.S.?
4. What is your least favorite season? What makes it difficult?
5. What foods do you eat in different seasons?
6. How do you feel when the days get shorter in winter?
7. What are popular summer activities where you live?
8. What holidays happen in each season in your culture?
9. Does your mood change with the seasons?
10. What do you like to wear in each season?
11. Do you have seasonal allergies in spring?
12. What do you think about changing the clocks for daylight saving time?
13. Which season is the best for traveling? Why?
14. What seasonal job or activity have you done?
15. If you could live in one season all year, which would you choose?

Key words

Say the word, then read the example sentence out loud.

• spring
  Flowers bloom in the spring.
• summer
  We go to the pool in the summer.
• fall
  The leaves change color in the fall.
• autumn
  Autumn is another word for fall.
• winter
  Winter in Michigan is long and snowy.
• bloom
  The cherry trees bloom in April.
• leaves
  We raked the leaves in the yard.
• shovel
  I have to shovel snow before I drive.
• daylight saving time
  We set our clocks forward for daylight saving time.
• seasonal
  Pumpkin coffee is a seasonal drink.
• rainy season
  My country has a rainy season from June to October.
• pollen
  Pollen gives me allergies in spring.
• harvest
  Farmers harvest apples in the fall.
• sunset
  The sunset is later in the summer.
• bundle up
  Bundle up; it’s cold outside.

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