Celebrating Mother’s Day

at English Lessons

Presenter: Irina Pomazanovschi, ETRC /IRIM

pomazanovschi@gmail.com

Comment on each of the two pictures. Would you prefer any of them to have as an ideal version for your future family? Why, or why not?

Which of these tasks are usually done by fathers and which by mothers?

List of Household Chores:

• Dusting furniture,

• cleaning windows,

• doing dishes,

• repairing household appliances,

• washing clothes/ doing laundry,

• beating/ vacuuming carpets,

• polishing shoes,

• mowing the lawn,

• weeding plants,

• cutting the hedge,

• feeding animals,

• cleaning after animals,

• looking after children,

• cooking food,

• painting/ whitewashing walls,

• watering plants,

• trimming trees,

• shoveling snow,

• Cleaning the apartment/house,

• sweeping/ washing the floor,

• ironing clothes,

• walking the dog,

• gardening,

• hanging a picture on the wall,

• repairing the lock

How much time do you spend on housework,and what are your responsibilities?

Words to Describe My Mom

Interview your Mother

Question How do you think your mother will answer it?

Mother’s answer

How old was she when she met your father?

What were her thoughts about you after you were born?

What are her favouriteflowers?

How old is your mother?

Where would she like to spend her dream vacation?

Mother’s DayHistory and Traditions

TANGIBLE

The short story “How we kept Mother’s Day” by a well-known Canadian writer ,Steven Leacock, depicts family relationship. So, the text begins with the preparation of Mother’s Day. The family decides to thank the mother for all that she had done for them. They plan a beautiful day together but the organization of this day is done by the Mother. She even stays home in order to prepare the dinner but, never the less, she thanks her family for this wonderful day with tears in her eyes.

5 minutes

Describe yourself as a person

Pair and share

How do you think women see themselves as mothers?

What words might they use to describe themselves?

Think – Pair - Share

Whole Class Brainstorming

How do you think children see their mothers?

What words might children use to describe their mothers?

Words and Expressions Women Use to Describe Themselves as Mothers

Watch and List

Are the descriptions positive or negative?

Words and Expressions Children Use to Describe Their Mothers

Watch and List

Are the descriptions positive or negative?

After-Watching Discussion

How the mothers react to their children descriptions?

Why do you think there is such a difference in the mother’s and children’s descriptions?

Pair Work

Describe your Mothers to Each Other

Mother Match

The short story “How we kept Mother’s Day” by a well-known Canadian writer ,Steven Leacock, depicts family relationship. So, the text begins with the preparation of Mother’s Day. The family decides to thank the mother for all that she had done for them. They plan a beautiful day together but the organization(organizarea) of this day is done by the Mother. She even stays home in order to prepare the dinner but, never the less, she thanks her family for this wonderful day with tears in her eyes.

We should celebrate and be thankful to our mothers every day of the year but, unfortunately, we often

forget in our busy and fast-paced lives. This is one day of the year when we must not. This is one day of the year when we must all say to our mothers: “Thank

you for everything”.

Homework

• Mother's Day Speech Template• students can brainstorm what makes their

mothers special OR how mothers are celebrated in their country and speak on those topics as well. Using the brainstormed ideas, have the students fill out their Mother's Day Speech Template In small groups have the students practice their speeches with each other. Have each student present their Mother's Day speech to the class. As a follow-up you can assign students to write their speech in paragraph form.

References:

http://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/mothersday-worksheet.pdf

Clasa 10, textbook, p. 24

A NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR MOMS

http://film-english.com/2014/06/23/a-new-perspective-for-moms/