Dear 3E4Dear 3E4

Please pay close attention to Please pay close attention to the following slidesthe following slides

Why this slideshowWhy this slideshow

We have missed many lessonsWe have missed many lessons These are important lessonsThese are important lessons Your SA2 Paper 1 will be closely Your SA2 Paper 1 will be closely

based on these lessons that you based on these lessons that you have missedhave missed

If you are good and follow this If you are good and follow this lesson quietly, you will get to lesson quietly, you will get to watch an episode of the sitcom watch an episode of the sitcom “Friends” on Friday“Friends” on Friday

IMPORTANTIMPORTANT

Please try to complete all the Please try to complete all the steps of this lessonsteps of this lesson

There is no need to write too There is no need to write too much. Each paragraph only much. Each paragraph only needs to be about 100 words needs to be about 100 words longlong

The marks for today’s activity The marks for today’s activity will be included for the CA. will be included for the CA.

First of all…First of all…

Please make sure you have all 4 Please make sure you have all 4 pages of the handoutpages of the handout

Read what is on the next slide very Read what is on the next slide very carefullycarefully

After you have read, then please After you have read, then please follow the instructions given. Work follow the instructions given. Work must be handed in at the end of the must be handed in at the end of the lessonlesson

Are you ready? Are you ready? Then here we goThen here we go

Read this…

• New Year’s Eve falls on the 31st of December. Many people hold or attend parties to celebrate the event and usher in the New Year together.

• Some of these parties can get pretty wild, but there are also people who choose to welcome the New Year in quieter or more meaningful ways.

On page 1 of your handout…

• In one paragraph, describe a particular New Year’s Eve scene:

1. Where were you?2. Who was with you?3. What time was it?4. What were you doing?

Moving on…Moving on…

• Every New Year’s Day, people all over the world make resolutions for the new year.

• A resolution is a promise you make to yourself that you will achieve something good for yourself that year.

• For example, you might make a resolution to lose weight, to manage your time well or to curb a bad habit that year.

On page 2 of your handout…

• In another paragraph, write about a New Year’s resolution that you made.

1. What was the resolution? 2. Why did you make it?3. How did people around you react

when you made the resolution?

VERY IMPORTANT:VERY IMPORTANT:

IF YOU HAVE NEVER IF YOU HAVE NEVER MADE A MADE A RESOLUTION, THEN RESOLUTION, THEN MAKE ONE UP NOW!MAKE ONE UP NOW!

Keeping the resolution…Keeping the resolution…

But it is not always easy to keep the But it is not always easy to keep the resolution. We are always tempted to resolution. We are always tempted to give up, and soon fall back into our give up, and soon fall back into our old habits.old habits.

On page 3 of your handout…

• In the third paragraph, write about how you faced difficulties keeping your resolution:

1. How was your resolution tested?2. Did you succeed or fail in keeping

your resolution?3. How?

It’s the feeling that counts…It’s the feeling that counts…

After we break our resolution, we After we break our resolution, we often feel really lousy. often feel really lousy.

In the last paragraph, describe how In the last paragraph, describe how youyou felt after felt after youyou broke your broke your resolution. resolution.

If you kept your resolution, then If you kept your resolution, then describe how you felt when you describe how you felt when you resisted the temptation to break it.resisted the temptation to break it.

HOORAY! YOU’RE DONE!

• Hand in your work• I will mark it by Friday• If all of you have handed it in, you

will watch “Friends” on Friday- The One With All The Resolutions