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HAPPY NEW YEAR !

 


History and Traditions - Cliparts and Images - Cards - Vocabulary -
New Year's Resolutions - Superstitions -
Interactive exercises - Exercises to print - Lesson plans -
Webquests - Conversation questions -
Poems - Cartoons -
Interactive games - Games to print - Songs - Videos

 

 

(Updated on 30/08/2010)


Related pages :

wish - future - Year in Review

 


 

 


 

History and Traditions : Click on the picture

 

  • 10 Unusual Traditions for Ringing in the New Year around the World 
    "Did you know that in Switzerland people ring in the new year by dropping a dollop of cream on the floor?
    Or how about how Armenians bake special bread with “good luck” and “best wishes” stamped into it? We thought you didn’t.
    So in honor of 2010, here are 10 unusual traditions observed by different countries around the world."
    (mentalfloss.com)

  • Swimmers flock to beach for New Year dip
    "More than a thousand swimmers flocked to the beach - many in fancy dress - as they braved icy waters for an annual New Year charity dip.
    Participants dressed as Welsh dragons, fairies and characters from Little Britain as they took to the water at Saundersfoot in Pembrokshire for the 26th annual dip to raise money for a variety of local and national charities. "
    (telegraph.co.uk)

  • A Drop of Cream, a Good Scream, a New Year - a slideshow about 'rituals' around the world
    (nytimes.com)

 

  • Unusual gifts (somucheasier.co.uk)

  • NY Times Square ball 'goes green'
    "The New Year's Eve ball in New York's Times Square is celebrating its 100th birthday by going green, after being revamped with energy-efficient lights...
    More than a million revellers are expected to crowd into Times Square for the New Year's Eve countdown."
    (BBC)

  • New Year's Eve (Wikipedia)
    1 Localized celebrations
    1.1 New Zealand 1.2 Australia 1.2.1 Sydney 1.2.2 Melbourne 1.3 Brazil 1.4 Canada 1.5 Denmark 1.6 France
    1.7 Germany 1.8 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China 1.9 India 1.10 Japan 1.11 Mexico 1.12 Philippines
    1.13 Spain 1.14 Taiwan 1.15 Turkey 1.16 United Kingdom 1.17 United States 1.18 Communities.
    1.18.1 Local celebrations 1.18.2 Random gunfire and unapproved fireworks use 1.19 Venezuela
    2 Internet celebrations...

 

  • New Year (Wikipedia)
    1 Modern new year celebrations 1.1 January 1.2 March 1.3 April 1.4 Northern fall 1.5 Variable
    2 Historical dates for the new year
    3 Trivia...
  • New Year's Day - This website is temporarily unavailable. Try again!
    The Door Custom - New Year Superstition...
    (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)
  • Hogmanay (with the main stress on the last syllable - hog-muh-NAY)
    It "is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year
    (Gregorian calendar) in the Scottish manner.
    Its official date is 31 December (Old Year's Night). However this is normally only the start of a celebration which lasts through the night until the morning of Ne'erday (1 January) or, in some cases, 2 January which is a Scottish Bank Holiday."
    1 Origins
    2 Customs
    3 Presbyterian influence
    4 Ne'erday
    5 Handsel Day
    6 Etymology
    7 References
    8 External links
    (Wikipedia)
  • First-Footing, "in British folklore, especially that of the north and Scotland, is the first person who crosses the threshold on New Year's Eve..."
    (Wikipedia)

 

 

 

Cliparts and Images :

 

 

Cards : Click on the picture

 

  • Happy New-Year : Card (Jacquie Lawson's cards)

 

 

Vocabulary :

 

 

New Year's Resolutions :

  • New Year's Resolutions for Kids
    - School Age Kids - ex : " I'll be nice to other kids. I'll be friendly to kids who need friends - like someone who is shy, or is new to my school."
    - Teens - ex : "I will choose non-violent television shows and video games, and I will spend only one to two hours each day - at the most - on these activities."
    (pediatrics.about.com)

 

  • Resolutions 'bad for your health'
    "Deciding to turn over a new leaf in the new year could do more harm than good, a mental health charity has warned...
    Instead of easily broken resolutions, the charity has suggested a few steps to improve all-round mental health in 2009... "
    (BBC)

  • Happy New Year - an article
    "New Year’s resolutions are all about throwing ourselves into the future, which can ruin the present moment.
    We are encouraged to draw up a list of everything we don’t like about ourselves and resolve to fix them all, all at once..."
    (caglepost.com)

  • Resolutions (ascending strength) : Ten Expressions to Use In Speaking And Writing
    + How To Use These Phrases in Your English
    (languageproject.co.uk)

  • Top Categories of 2007 New Year's Resolutions
    (mygoals.com)

 

 

 

 

  • New Year's Resolutions
    "Nous vous proposons une sélection de liens vers des activités ou documents liés aux "bonnes résolutions"
    que nous souhaitons prendre cette année."
    (Laurence Bernard - Ac. Martinique)

 

 

 

  • New Year's Resolutions (goalsguy.com)
    - Have "a look at some of the good luck rituals from around the world."
    - Top 10 Most Common New Year Resolutions
    - Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
  • New goals for the new year (with pictures) - (billybear4kids.com)



    Click on the picture

 

  • New Year's Resolutions (iteslj.org)
    (I will / I'm going to / I hope / I 'd like to / I am thinking about / I intend to / I promise ... )

  • Future Tense (bogglesworldesl.com)
    "There are many ways to talk about the future. Here are some patterns that you can use.
    Write two sentences after each pattern."

 

Superstitions :

INTERACTIVE exercises :

  • Happy New Year.
    Listen and watch the video.
    Then do the activity created by Renée Maufroid
    "Le podcast est un peu long mais facile et en "anglais de la BBC", l'activité devrait convenir à des 4 ou 3èmes."

 

 

Exercises TO PRINT :

 

 

 

 

 

  • New Year's Resolutions (iteslj.org)
    (I will / I'm going to / I hope / I 'd like to / I am thinking about / I intend to / I promise ... )

 

Lesson plans :

 

  • New Year.
    "Take a look at the articles, poem, word game, cartoon, poll, trivia and links."
    (British Council)

  • New York's 'green' New Year - a lesson plan
    (Breaking News English)

 

  • New Year. (British Council)
    "Take a look at the articles, poem, word game, cartoon, poll, trivia and links."

 

  • Welcome to 2006! - a lesson plan (with Teachers' Notes)
    Suitable for: all learners
    Language Function :
    - making resolutions
    - understanding a written text
    - discussing issues
    Vocabulary Area / Topic : New Year celebrations
    Word Focus : resolution
    Grammar Focus : WILL versus GOING TO
    (english-4u.com)
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  • New Year's Resolutions - (absolutenglish-972)
    "In this lesson plan, the students will have to write an essay, respecting different stages.
    The students will learn how to express future intentions, and they will learn link words and how to use them in an essay."

 

Webquests :

 

Conversation questions :

  • New Year's Resolutions - will / won't / might / may
    A PowerPoint Presentation
    sent by Corinne DEGEZELLE (Ac. Reims)
    (A adapter selon les années et les élèves)

  • New Year's Resolutions - niveau 4ème
    (Anne Pinel - Ac. Rouen)

 

  • Happy New Year! (onestopenglish.com)
    Three speaking activities to start off a New Year

 

Poems :

  • Twas The Month After Christmas - a poem
    "Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse...
    When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
    So--away with the last of the sour cream dip,
    Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip...
    I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore---
    But isn't that what January is for?
    Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
    Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!"
    (funnypoets.com)
  • MY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION - a poem
    "I will not throw the cat out the window
    Or put a frog in my sister's bed...
    I shall help old ladies cross roads (even if they don't want to)"
    (123newyear.com)

    My New Year's Resolutions - a worksheet
    with a poem by Robert Fisher
    Sent by Emmanuelle Saupé (Ac. Grenoble)
    Listen to the poem read by Sarah Wells (Ac. Poitiers)

 

  • NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS - a poem by Bruce Lansky
    "I will not skateboard down the hall
    or skateboard down the stairs.
    I won’t run over teachers,
    and I won’t crash into chairs.."
    (kidsgen.com)

 

  • New Year's Resolutions (goalsguy.com)
    - Have "a look at some of the good luck rituals from around the world."
    - Top 10 Most Common New Year Resolutions
    - Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns

 

Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille initiale.)

 

 

RESOLUTIONS... 
by all the top cartoonists! 
(cagle.com)

 

What life was before 2008
(cagle.com)

 

Happy New Year!
(cagle.com)
(Si le lien est inaccessible,
enregistrer l'image
pour obtenir la taille initiale.)

New Year's Resolutions
(jottings.blogspot.com)


Tracy's Resolutions
(michaeltamura.com)

 

 

New Year's Resolutions
(cms.ac-martinique.fr)

 

New Year's Resolution
(cagle.msnbc.com)

My New Year resolution
(claybennett.com)


The Broons New Year Party
in Scotland ("Hogmanay")
with an interative cartoon strip
 about a Scottish family
- The Broons.

 

New Year's Resolutions
(bp1.blogger.com)

A Hogmanay Treat
(glyphjockey.com)


I wish for... - a cartoon

 

 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Happy New Year! - interactive crossword
    "Our latest crossword is about the New Year and the way it's celebrated in different places."
    (BBC)
  • WordSearch Puzzle New Year! (billybear4kids.com)

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

Songs :

  • Abba - Happy New Year
    "No more champagne
    And the fireworks are through"
    (lyrics007.com)
    + the VIDEO
    (YouTube)

  • Next Year Baby - sung by Jamie Cullum (sing365.com)
    "Next year, things are gonna change
    Gonna drink less beer, and start all over again
    Gonna read more books, gonna keep up with the news
    Gonna learn how to cook, spend less money on shoes
    I'll pay my bills on time,and file my mail away, everyday..."

    Listen to the song!
    (YouTube)

  • Same Old Lang Syne (YouTube)
    A new year's song by Dan Fogelberg
    - KARAOKE
    - Use of the PRETERIT
    "Met my old lover in the
    grocery store
    The snow was falling..."

    - The LYRICS (lyrics007.com)

  • New Year's Resolutions
    "A New Year's parody of The Beatles, "Revolution"."
    (YouTube)

 


Videos :

 

  • Auld Lang Syne
    with THE STORY OF AULD LANG SYNE on the right of the video
    (YouTube)

  • The Stars’ 2010 New Year’s Resolutions
    Adam Lambert, Drew Barrymore, Jeff Bridges, Brittany Snow, Sam Rockwell, Jenny McCarthy, Ciara, Katee Sackhoff,
    Katharine McPhee, Mo...
    (accesshollywood.com)