This ready-to-go lesson is designed for grade 4-6 learners. This lesson was designed with Chinese in it as the L1 of the learners, but after purchase and download the PowerPoint can be edited, so all Chinese can be removed or changed into any language.
New Year's Resolutions - Part 2
Grade: 4-6 | Duration: 45-60 minutes | Slide Total: 44
Take your New Year’s Resolutions unit to the next level with this interactive, speaking-focused ESL PowerPoint lesson! Students build on their understanding of personal goals by discussing reasons, completing reading activities, developing critical thinking skills, and writing their own New Year’s resolutions.
This lesson encourages students to explain their ideas, justify their choices, and express personal opinions using complete English sentences.
Students continue practicing the following New Year’s resolutions:
- study harder
- be a better person
- exercise more
- watch less TV
- read more books
- get higher marks
- go to bed earlier
- eat healthier food
Students use this vocabulary to answer the target question:
“What is your New Year’s resolution?”
Example answers:
- “My goal is to exercise more.”
- “My goal is to read more books.”
- “My goal is to eat healthier food.”
Students also practice explaining why they chose each goal.
Example responses:
- “Because exercise is good for my body.”
- “Because I want to learn more things.”
- “Because healthy food makes me stronger.”
What's Included?
✅ Review Activities: Students review all 8 New Year’s resolutions through interactive speaking tasks and games.
✅ Meet & Talk Activities: Students interact with different characters and discuss various New Year’s goals.
✅ Reading & Fill-in-the-Blank Activities: Students use word banks to complete passages while reinforcing grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension skills.
✅ Critical Thinking Discussions: Students answer “Why?” questions and explain their reasons using guided sentence supports.
✅ Interactive Speaking Activities: Students repeatedly practice expressing personal goals and opinions using complete sentences.
✅ Structured Writing Activity: Students finish the lesson by creating their own New Year’s resolutions with differentiated writing support.
✅ Sentence Support Throughout: Guided sentence patterns help students confidently participate in speaking and writing activities.
Why This Lesson?
🗣️ Develops Speaking Confidence
💡 Builds Critical Thinking Skills
📖 Strengthens Reading Comprehension
✍️ Encourages Independent Writing
🎯 Helps Students Explain Their Ideas
🏫 Perfect for Large ESL Classrooms
This lesson is classroom-tested and designed specifically for Grades 4–6 ESL learners. It combines speaking, reading, critical thinking, and writing activities to create a meaningful lesson that students can personally connect with while practicing authentic English in a fun and engaging way.
