New Year's Resolutions

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New Year's resolutions

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Think of a simple definition

What are new year's resolutions?

a promise to do something differently in the new year

New year's resolutions

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Look at the picture and try to figure it out.

there is also another meaning of this word

The number of horizontal and vertical pixels on a display screen. The more pixels, the more information is visible without scrolling.

RESOLUTION

Find at least 3 synonyms to the word promise and use them tell us about your 3 new year's resolutions.

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Honestly...

Are you able to keep them?

Can you relate

accurate?

We shouldn't be allowed to make new years resolutions until we finish old ones

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Watch this interesting video about hilarious New Year's Resolutions

What were some of the New Year's Resolution the man mentioned in this video?Do you think laughing away your abs is a good idea?What makes you laugh? Do you laugh a lot? What/who makes you laugh? What do you do to make other people laugh?

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Work in pairs (breakout rooms)Choose 3 questions and ask them to your classmate then tell us shortly what he said.  1.What are some New Year's resolutions you have made in the past? 2.What are some New Year's resolutions that you have broken quickly? 3.Are you going to lose weight? 4.Are you going to exercise every day? 5.Are you going to study harder?

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6.What do you think this year will be like for you?7.What things would you like to stop doing this year? 8.What would you say about your willpower? 9.What resolution should your best friend try, and why? 10.Are you good or bad at keeping New Year's resolutions? 11.How was last year for you? 12.What one thing would you like to change about last year? 13.Why do people have a hard time sticking to New Year's resolutions?

pair work

read the text and do the activities (click here) (role play in break out rooms or in pairs is a bomb!)

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