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New Year’s Resolutions

1. What do you know about the characters in Friends?

2. Match the character to his/her plan for 1999. One character makes two resolutions.

Ross Phoebe Chandler Joey Monica Rachel

( ) be less obsessed about cleaning

( ) be happy and do something new every day
( ) learn how to play the guitar
( ) have no divorces
( ) pilot a commercial jet
( ) stop gossiping
( ) stop making fun of his friends

3. Check with your partner. Remember to use: “He’s/She’s (not) going to…”.

4. What are your resolutions for your next term at Cultura?

( )study more ( )pay more ( )speak less Portuguese

( )do attention ( )make friends
homework ( )speak more
English
 Teacher’s Guide:

Material: OHT or copies of the worksheet; Friends’ “The one with all the resolutions” (5th season-
Disk 2)

T-S: Did you see the New Year in or did you just go to sleep? Why?
PW: 1.
Patterns of
Stage and Procedures Time
Interaction
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne.

CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear, T-S, WG 4’
for auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

Auld Lang Syne—literaly “old long since”—might better be translated as “old

long ago”, “times gone by”, or “days gone by”
Lead-in: Elicit the meaning of “resolution”. Ask if they make “promises” on T-S
30’’
New Year’s Eve and if they usually keep it.
Speaking: Check if the Ss know who the characters are by asking them to PW or WG, if
describe the characters’ looks and personalities. You may need to go over the few people know 2’
vocabulary as well. the sitcom
Video: Context:
It’s 31st December 1998. Ross, Chandler, Joey, Rachel, Phoebe and Monica T-S 30’’
are making New Year’s resolutions. What are they?
Pre and while viewing: Sts match first in pairs and then check with the 3-min
video snippet (stop it when Rachel sits down on the armchair saying “no more
gossiping” or, before that, when she says “it’s easy” and Monica answers: PW, Ind 5’
“Easy? You’ve never kept a resolution”). Explain that they shouldn’t try to
understand everything.
After-viewing: They pair check it, using “going to”. PW 1’
Play the video snippet again, if necessary. 3’
Vocabulary: Ask them to cover #4. Elicit some common New Year’s
resolutions onto the B. They compare their list with the one on #4, adding as T-S 2’
many items as they want to.
Speaking: Students tick their resolutions and compare their plans in small
groups. Elicit some follow-up questions (“Why? Do you think you will keep Ind, PW/
6’
it/them? How will you go about it/them?”) so that they carry on a GW.
conversation. Ask for feedback.
Speaking:
Have them briefly discuss resolutions for their next term at the language
school and then you try and squeeze a couple of “I’m going to study more, do PW, WG 4’
more homework, be present more often, participate more, really avoid
Portuguese”.
28’