The document describes an educational activity for students to discuss their past years, focusing on enjoyable or successful experiences. It encourages group work and uses specific questions to guide conversations about personal memories from 2014. The activity is intended for medium difficulty and lasts about 15 minutes, utilizing no additional materials.

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Good year, bad year: Students work in groups to take turns picking up cards and talk
about future activities. It is a great activity to practise different future forms.
Link to textbook: Tieng Anh 6 (New), Unit 6, page 59.
Difficulty level: Medium
Materials needed: None
Time: 15 mins
Procedure:
1. Tell the students that some years are better or more enjoyable/successful than
others. We remember these years and the special things that happened.
2. Now ask them to choose a good year for them and tell your partner why the year
was special basing on these questions: What happened? What did you do? Who
did you meet? Where did you go?
3. Make a list of things that have happened in 2014. Follow these headings to help
you:
- New friends
- Fun things I did
- Key events/moments
- Fun things I heard or saw
- Important lessons I learned
4. Ask them now to interview their partner/classmates about their year. Was it a
good year?
5. Feedback: asking students to tell you who has had the best year among the ones
they have talked to.
Note: This activity is adapted from http://www.britishcouncil.org/newyear.pdf

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