Lesson Plan "New Year's Resolutions"

New Year’s Resolutions

Age: Teenagers
Level: High Pre-Intermediate / Low-Intermediate
Time: 60 mins
Lesson type: Reading, Listening and Speaking
Materials: youtube videos, whiteboard, worksheets, pictures

Aims: to break the ice and foster a safe environment for learning;

             to practise speaking for fluency;

            to practise listening for specific information;

            to practise reading for spesific information.

            to review Future Simple and the structure to be going to…

                                      Procedure:

Activity 1

Warming up

 Play hangman with the word RESOLUTION.When the students discovered the word, ask them if they have any ideas what it means.

Play the first part of the video and ask students to choose the right answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUgld1OR_vw

Key

New Year’s resolution - a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of the year

 Explain that many people make resolutions for the new year.

Set the task: look at the pictures and match typical resolutions with the pictures.

 1. I will go early to bed and also wake up early, worry less and work less.

  2.  I will relax more at the weekends.

3.I’m going to get a Saturday or holiday job, save more money, spend less and be careful with pocket money.

 4. I will be organized and disciplined.

 5. I will take good care of my health, lose some weight or maybe go on a diet. I will eat less chocolate and definitely will give up eating junk food.

6. I will spend more fruitful time with my family and good friends

7.  I’m going to study more, do all my homework and of course read more

8. I will start a new hobby and join n English speaking club.

9. I’d like to learn a new skill, for example how to cook, paint or play an instrument.

Activity 2

Writing. Speaking

 New Year’s Resolutions

 Here are some common New Year’s resolutions.

 Tick the resolutions you would like to make.

 I’m going to….. •

 Exercise: do more / join a gym / take up a sport

 • Health: lose some weight / go on a diet / eat less chocolate / stop smoking/ give up junk food •

Hobbies: start a new hobby/ join a club/ learn a new skill (how to cook, paint, play an instrument)

 • Friends: make new friends / write to friends more / be kinder to friends/ spend more or less time with friends

 • Studies: study more / do more homework / listen more in class/ get books from the library / read more

• Money: get a Saturday or holiday job / save more money / spend less / be careful with pocket money

 • Stress: worry less / work less / relax more at the weekends / go to bed earlier

  Give students the card to write the resolutions on, then collect the cards, mix and give a student one person’s card. The student should read out the resolutions on the card they are given, and try to guess who wrote them.

Activiity 3

Reading

Do some voluntary work in my area and improve my tennis. Maybe be nicer to my girlfriend!!

Ben 16 Brighton

My plans I am going to the centre of Newcastle with my cousins and friends to see in the New Year. I love being in a crowd when the clocks strike midnight. Everyone kisses each other, sings and drinks champagne. This is the first New year’s Eve in the streets as my parents said I was too young last year. We will probably get back home at four or five in the morning.

 My resolutions

 Learn how to play the guitar and talk less in class! Study hard to get good grades for university.

Activity 4

Listening.Writing

 Now watch the video by 'Because I said I would' about making New Year's promises.  While you are watching, try to write down the promises that you hear and read in the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=203&v=haeROH71bvU

 Share with your teacher/class, which promises you were able to note down and give your opinion of these promises.

Keys:

I promise to:

- rescue more animals.

- push myself out of my comfort zone.

- be who I want to be, not who society wants me to be.

- make 5 people smile every day.

- go vegetarian.

Activity 5

Sum up

Praise SS for good work and give a delayed error correction feedback. Write down the sentences, in which SS have made mistakes during the lesson. Ask SS to find the mistakes. Thank them for the lesson and wish a nice day.