New Year’s Day has come and gone, and most of us are still adjusting to having to remember the year is no longer 2010. January is a great month to focus on new beginnings and goals for the year that has just started. And it's also a great time to do this with your ESL learners.
Here are some suggestions for a New Year’s lesson your students will remember throughout the year.
Bring on the resolutions!
There’s no better way to start the year than on a positive note. Discuss with students the concept of resolutions: what they are, why people make them, why people break them, etc… Brainstorm the types of New Year resolutions adults usually make: lose weight, quit smoking, eat healthier foods, etc...
There’s no better way to start the year than on a positive note. Discuss with students the concept of resolutions: what they are, why people make them, why people break them, etc… Brainstorm the types of New Year resolutions adults usually make: lose weight, quit smoking, eat healthier foods, etc...
Ask your students if they have they made any resolutions yet. If they have, they may choose to share them with the class. If they haven't, they may come up with some resolutions of their own. Try using this great My New Year's Resolutions Worksheet to inspire more positive thoughts, and help them hone their writing skills, too!
Then, how about practicing predictions with will and won’t? Try this worksheet where students have to guess what their classmates have resolved to do in the New Year.
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