New Year Activities

by Tracee Orman

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New Year Activities

Thanks for downloading this packet of New Year ac6vi6es. It includes:
1. 2012 Happy New Year Resolu4on Wri4ng Prompt
2. Twenty-Twelve List Wri4ng Ac4vity
3. 2012 Acros4c Poem Crea4ve Wri4ng Ac4vity
4. 2012 Scavenger Hunt Ac4vity
5. New School Year Resolu4on Wri4ng Ac4vity
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New Year Writing Exercise

NAME: __________________________

Happy New Year! What Is Your New Year Resolution?

A resolu4on is a rm decision to do or not do something. Tradi4onally people have professed their new year resolu4ons on the rst of the year. Write
what you resolve to do (or not do) in 2012. How will you execute your resolu4on? What obstacles could you face? How will you overcome them? Explain.
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New Year Writing Exercise

NAME: __________________________

Happy New Year: Its Twenty-Twelve ~ Give Your Top 20 & Bottom 12!
LIST the TOP 20 things you wish to accomplish this year. Then LIST your boTom 12, or the 12 things you will avoid this year (or things you DONT want to
do). For example, I may write Earn an A in English for my top 20 and Late work for my boTom 12.

Top 20: Things to Do

11

12

13

Bottom 12: Not To Do

2
3
4

14
5

15

16

17

18

6
7
8
9
10

19
11

10

20

12

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New Year Writing Exercise

NAME: __________________________

2012 Acros4c Poem - Begin each line of this four-leTer poem with the number. Because they are numbers rather than leTers, think of them as words:
Two, Zero, One, and Two again.

2 _____________
0 _____________
1 _____________
2 _____________

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New Year Scavenger Hunt

NAME: __________________________

2012 Scavenger Hunt Challenge: Come up with the items for each box, which represent the numbers in 2012.

Find two sets of pairs in

the classroom. List what
they are on the lines
below.

Zero begins with a z, of

course. Find one item in
the room that also
begins with a z. Write
below.

Find one item in the

room that expires in
2012. Write below.

1._________________________

___________________________

___________________________

___________________________

___________________________

___________________________

2._________________________
___________________________

Some say two are

beTer than one. But
not always. Find two
things in the room that
would NOT be beTer if
you had more than one.

1._________________________
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2._________________________
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Now its your turn! Come up with clues for the numbers 2-0-1-2. What are some items that would fit those clues?
Write your clues and sample answers below.
2: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
0: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
1: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
2: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

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New School Year Writing Exercise

NAME: __________________________

Happy New School Year! What Is Your New Year Resolution?

A resolu4on is a rm decision to do or not do something. Tradi4onally people have professed their new year resolu4ons on the rst of the year. Because
today is the rst of the school year, write what you resolve to do (or not do) during this school year. How will you execute your resolu4on? What
obstacles could you face? How will you overcome them? Explain. You may use addi4onal paper, if needed.
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