New Year's Resolutions

Hi kids! Happy 2012! How is it going? I hope you are enjoying and relaxing to recharge your batteries.

Here it is a reading activity for you to practise some structures and vocabulary about a topic we will work in class next week: New Year's Resolutions.

As you know yet, it is a tradition that people make resolutions at the beginning of each new year. The thing is that as nobody is perfect, the beginning of every new year makes us more reflexive about ourselves and we start thinking about things we did and things we want to do. This time then, becomes a good time to think about changing: breaking some habits or accepting new challenges. That's why people make resolutions in January.

A resolution is a promise you make to yourself and there are three types:

- One kind of resolution refers to oneself and reflects personal aspirations: you can resolve to eat less candy, to exercise more, to watch less TV...

- Other resolutions have to do with family and friends, this way you can resolve to be more patient with your little brother, to be more helpful at home or not to get into fights with your friends or school mates.

- Some others are about school and the outside world and respect for these you can try to get to class on time, try for better marks...

We usually use these structures  when we talk about new year's resolutions:

- I want to/wanna care more about the environment.

- I'm going to/gonna eat five fruits or vegetables a day.

- I will do my homework in time.

- I think I can keep my room clean.

- I resolve to read one book per month.

Don't break these promises, keep them and you will feel better about yourself.

To finish, enjoy watching this funny slideshow: