Induction day

Two new classes today - an upper intermediate group in the morning, an advanced group in th evening, the lesson virtually identical in every aspect, as we have to give an induction to each and every class we give on their first day. This, I suspect, leaves students feeling 'Jeez, is it going to be like this for the next year?', and possibly leaving forthwith. I made a generic PPT for all the part time cohort to use this year, which seemed to do the trick - it certainly soaked up the teaching time.
In the morning, walking Angus to school, I reflected on how there is a direct cognate between going to/will and have to/must; the first in each pair operate as 'false modals', and imply a certain external point of view, or rather one that is not as immediate and personal as the second in each pair.
No time for any reading today, as rather hectic.