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Gor reckons
that he is the luckiest person in the world as he has three wonderful
mums.
READ THE STORY:
COMPREHENSION:
- Multiple
Choice
ENGLISH USAGE:
- Mixed-up
Sentences (seven sentences)
- Fill
in the Blanks (allowed, behave, complains, naughty, properly,
punish, strict)
- Fill
in the Blanks (embarrassed, even though, lucky, mistakes,
promise, rarely)
- Matching
Words (angry, hope, mistake, promise, prostrate, really,
scared, superb, wonderful)
FUN:
- Wordsearch
(20 words)
- Hangman
(vocabulary from all stories)
STUDENT
TASKS:
- Write a list of
ten adjectives which best describes your mother.
- Pretend it is Mother's
Day and you are making a card for your mother. Write a short
letter to her (about 50 words) saying why you think she is the
"best mum in the world".
- How much do you
know about your mother's life? Write down a schedule of everything
she would do on an average day starting from the time she gets
up.
- Write an essay describing
your mother. Call it "The Best Mum in the World".
CLASS
DISCUSSION :
- Who brought you
up when you were younger?
- Does your mother
work outside of the home?
- How many of your
friends were brought up by aunts and grandparents living in
the same house?
- How did your mother
punish you? Did you think it was fair?
- What is the best
thing about your mother?
- What do you think
is the best Mother's Day present you could give your mother?
"My three
wonderful mums" was originally published in the Learning
Post, a supplement of the Bangkok Post. It is used here with
their kind permission. The story was translated by students at
Sriwittayapaknam School.
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