WARM-UPS

1. NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students
about New Year's resolutions. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article
say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

plans / change / forthcoming / twelve months / magical / powerful / identical / hard / most
common / volunteering / quitting smoking / healthier food / annual / willpower

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. CHANGE: What do you want to change this year? Complete this table and share what you
wrote with your partner(s). Change partners often.

Changes? Why?
Hobby
Health
Money
Friends
World
Food

4. 2021: Students A strongly believe 2021 will be the best year ever; Students
B strongly believe it won't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

5. PROMISES: Rank these with your partner. Put the hardest to keep at the top. Change
partners often and share your rankings.

• save money • lose weight

• quit a bad habit • volunteer

• get fit • recycle more

• be nice to everyone • study English more

6. NEW YEAR: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the
term "New Year". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the
words into different categories.