New Year's Resolutions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Happy New Year

06-01-2025

Planning-> practice speaking, writing and grammar

Warm-up( word association)

Mindmapping Christmas holidays

New year resolutions

Writing assignment

taalblokken--> voortgangseisen--> grammar

Mindmap christmas holiday

1. create your own mindmap: Think about questions such as:

• what traditions do you celebrate during christmas?
• What do you eat during the holidays?
• what activities did you do during the holidays?
• did you travel somewhere?
• what do you with your friends and family during the holidays?

Interview

1. in pairs you are going to explain your mindmap.

2.ask eachother questions about the mindmap.

Word Association

This must be one of the oldest ESL warm-up activities, but sometimes the simplest ideas turn out to be surprisingly effective and word games don’t get any simpler than word association. Give an initial word, for example, banana and each student takes it in turns to say a word which they associate with the previous word. If the connection isn’t obvious, challenge the student to justify their choice. banana – monkey – zoo – tourists – hotel – bible …

At the end of this assignment:

I know what a New Year's resolution is.

I know more about the history of New Year's.

I know how to write a New Year's resolution.

What is a
New Year's resolution? and why do we make them?

What do you think are the most common new year's resolutions?

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What did you learn from this video?

Letter to future self

Dear me, 

1. Tell yourself how old you are, where you live and who you live with.

2. What did you think of 2024? What was the most important thing that happened to you? What was the most enjoyable?

3. What is your New Year's resolution and why? 

4. What would you have liked to achieve by the end of this year? 

5. Name 3 fun things you want to do in 2025.

Min. wordcount: 

150

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