New Year's Activities - Celebrating with the rest of the world

This year's quiz is on 2 levels (intermediate, advanced), and is accompanied by a 10-page teachers' guide filled with ideas on how to use it in class and exploit the language from the quiz

19 quirky New Year's Eve events. 6 on video, the rest written. Have your class go through them on their phones and try to find out WHY the different cities and towns drop what they drop on New Year's Eve!

Google Doodles are the decorated logos on Google's homepages, and they always have a story behind them. Have each student/pair choose one Google Doodle, learn what it's about, and prepare a collaborative Google Slides presentation about it

Each student/pair choose a place. In their own words, explain to the class what is going on there

In this lesson, students discuss how they celebrate New Year, and read about some typical celebrations in the UK, as well as looking at New Year’s resolutions and reflecting on what makes a year good or bad

Have your students play Kahoot and guess the meanings of new words in the dicitonary in 2017, then vote for the one THEY think is the best!

Here’s a step-by-step plan you can use to help your students make the kinds of resolutions that could have a significant impact on their quality of life

This quiz is all about New Year’s celebrations. So… What’s your score?

Here’s a lesson plan about O’ Henry’s short story “The Gift of the Magi” with pre and post reading activities.

A collection of poems for the New Year

Three speaking activities to start off a New Year

Look through the Guardian's chose of best photography of 2017. Choose one and write about it

Every hit song from 2018 in 3 minutes! (Premiering SOON!!!)

What do YOU think was MOST searched for in Google this year? Brainstorm with your class, then watch this!

A video celebrating the videos, people, music, and moments that defined 2018. Watch with your students to see how many of the events they know about! Have them Google what they don't know as you watch

Brainstorm with your class: What do YOU think the top stories of 2018 were? Or first do the Google slides activity (in this link) and compare your picks to AP's