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Student’s Worksheet 1Mother’s Day

Task 1. Match the halves of the words in the two boxes to make nine words.

The modern American holiday of Mother’s Day was fi rst 1)…………………… in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a 2)………………….. for her mother in West Virginia. Her 3)………………. mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died in 1905. Anna’s mission was to honour her own mother, ‘the person who has 4)……………. more for you than anyone in the world’, and all the mothers in the world. Anna’s mother was a peace 5) ……………… who had cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War. Later on, Jarvis’s holiday was adopted by other countries and it is now celebrated all over the world.

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Task 2. The highlighted words are in the wrong places. Reconstruct the questions by putting the highlighted words into the correct places.

1. Which family protest is your favourite? Why?2. Which gratitude writer/poet/composer/singer/band/artist do you admire? Why?3. What modern campaign would you join? Why?4. What do you feel celebration for? To whom?

Task 3. Put the words in the box into the correct places in the text and change their form to make grammatically correct sentences. There are two words that you do not need.

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Task 4. Put the highlighted words into the correct order to make grammatically correct sentences.

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Although Jarvis was 1) founding/in/successful Mother’s Day she soon became 2) its/unhappy/ commercialisation/about and was angry that companies 3) from/profi t/would the holiday. By the early 1920s, companies 4) selling/started/had Mother’s Day cards. Jarvis considered 5) be/misinterpretation/to/it and exploitation and protested against it. The holiday that she 6) hard worked for had so was supposed to be about sentiment, not about profi t. Jarvis’s intention for the holiday had been to appreciate and honour mothers 7) personal a by letter writing, by hand, expressing love and gratitude.

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Student’s Worksheet 2Mother’s Day

Mum, today is your day.

You care for each of us in ways that only a mother could.

Mum, I look at you and see someone who is worthy of celebrating.

For all the times that I have called and you have answered – thank you!

For all the times you have sent me encouraging letters and e-mails – thank you!

For all the sporting events you have sat through – thank you!

For all the times you came home after working more than eight hours to cook us dinner – thank you!

For all the ways you have shown me what a woman of God looks like – thank you!

Today the celebration of you does not stop.

It serves as a reminder of all the amazing things you do for us each and every day.

Today is Mother’s day, but truthfully every day is Mother’s day.

Because every day you deserve to hear ‘Thank you’ and ‘I love you’. 

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Student’s Worksheet 3Mother’s Day

Task 5 Choose one of the three texts and use it to write a Mother’s Day letter to your mum.

Task 6. Read the list of ideas for how to appreciate your mother below. Choose the three best ways. Compare your choices with your partner or group.

What’s the best way of showing your mother you appreciate her?✿ To make her a hand-made gift.✿ To do some housework.✿ To walk with her in the park.✿ To bake her a cake.✿ To buy her chocolate or fl owers.✿ To write a Mother’s Day card.✿· To send her a handwritten letter expressing your love and gratitude.✿ To sing her a song.✿ To go on demonstrations or/and celebrations to mark the day.✿ To wear a chrysanthemum in honour of all mothers.✿ To buy croissants and other sweet breads and pastries and serve your mother breakfast

in bed.✿ To pamper your mother in another way.

Dear Mother,

Love you.