3a This activity provides
reading practice using the target language.
Call attention to the magazine article. Read it to the class or have a student do it.
Then read the instructions to the class. Say, Please make a list of the New Year's resolutions in this article.
Ask students to finish the activity on their own.
Check the answers.
3b This activity provides
reading and
writing practice use the target language.
Read the instructions. Have students turn back to page 62 and call on some individuals to say each person's name and what that person's
resolution was. Then ask some other students to tell how each person was going to make his or her
resolution work.
Point to the magazine article in activity 3a. Say Now write an article like this one. Tell about Lucy's, Kim's, and Manuel's resolutions. Tell how they are going to make their resolutions work.
3c This activity provides
writing practice using the target language.
Ask some students to tell the class about their New Year's resolutions. Write some of the resolutions on the board, leaving a space
underneath each.
Then point to one of the resolutions on the board. Ask different students to say one way the person could make this
resolution work. Write one
suggestion on the board under each resolution.
Ask students to "write about their resolutions on their own. Move around the room
offering help as needed.
4 This activity provides
speaking and
writing practice using the target language.
Ask a student to read the
instruction and the example answer for the class. Ask the class, What else are you going to do to make the city cleaner? Make sure students are using going to
correctly in their answers.
Divide students into small groups to do the activity. Walk around the class
offering language support where necessary.
Write some of the group plans on the board. You might want to extend the activity by choosing six common answers and then having the class
debate their importance from I (most important) to 6 (least important).
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