1. why don’t you get her a scarf?
Period 4
Self check Gifts Giving

2. Win the Gifts Three suggestions about building a better world.
Four suggestions about
having a beautiful school.
Five suggestions
about keeping healthy.

3. GROUPWORK Make a survey Why do you give it to her?
Mother's Day is coming,
What should you get for your mother?
Why do you give it to her?
What will you do on Mother’s Day?

4. What will you do on mothers’ Day?
wash her feet
sing a song
a kiss
get good grades
make a meal
get presents
give money to charities
do chores
What will you do on mothers’ Day?
make the bed

5. Group work: Pair work: Report: Name Gifts Why
What will you do on Mother,s Day
Jim
a CD
relaxing
Help her do housework
Pair work:
A: What should you get your mother for Mother,s Day?
B: I will buy a CD/ How about…… /what about …… ？
A: Why do you think so ?
B: I think it’s/ they’re relaxing/creative …… .
A: What will you do on Mother’s Day?
B: I will help her do housework/ …… .
Report:
In my group ,Jim will buy a CD for his mother,because he thinks it,s relaxing,he will help his mother do housework .Tom will……

6. Who can help me? My dear friend, .
Today we receive a letter from Vera, a 13-year-old girl from USA.
Who can help me?
My dear friend,
Mother’s Day is a very special day. It is on the second Sunday in May. I really want to give my mom a big surprise. How about buying her some beautiful flowers? But I want some . creative gifts for my mom. Could you help me?
Yours
Vera

7. Task Write to Vera Dear Vera,
We think you should make a card for your mother on Mother’s Day,
and …

8. As a student, the best gift you give your parents is studying hard every day!
As a child, the best gift you give your parents is love!

9. Thanks,mom! Please understand and love your mother!
My mom! You help me when I'm sick.
My mom! You help me when I'm blue.
My mom! You help me when I'm sad.
Thanks, Mom, for all that you do!
Please understand and love your mother!

10. Different people like different kinds gifts.
Report
Different people like different kinds gifts.
We think the best gift for children is…
The best gift for young people is…

11. Gift giving is different in different countries.
Task 2
Reading Field
Reading 1
Gift giving is different in different countries.
Read Self check 2, fill in the following chart.
Country
Gift
Japan
Canada
USA
Sweden

12. Questions : True or False
1 Some little kids like gifts, but the old people don’t like.
2 In Canada, people sometimes give special gifts.
3 In Japan, gifts are not opened. Sometimes the same gift may go to others.
4 In the USA, making a meal is enough.
5 In the USA, some people give money to the charities. F F T F T

13. 2 Read the passages and then write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family.
Everyone likes gifts. Some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too small. A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree. It is enough to make her very happy.
present n. 礼物
make sb. / sth. + 形容词 使某人/某事… What he says makes me rather angry 他所说的话让我非常生气。 The flowers made the house beautiful. 鲜花让房子美丽。

14. give away 赠送 give—gave—given
Gift giving is different in different countries. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone else. Many people have enough things and don’t want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough.
open v. 开；打开
give away 赠送 give—gave—given
instead adv. 代替；而不是 If you don’t want to go, I will go instead.
bench n. 长凳；长椅
rather than 胜于
Sweden 瑞典

15. Self check 2. Write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family.
1. Helping her do some homework is the best gift for my mother. The best gift for my father is my good mark. My sister likes the dolls best, and my friend likes the interesting books best.

16. Self check 2. Write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family.
2. In China, families or friends often give each other gifts. When a boy or a girl has a birthday party, his or her friends may give him or her a book , a toy and so on. So does his or her parents. On the traditional festivals, people give each other different presents. For example, on Teachers’ Day , students give teachers flowers. On the Spring Festival, children can get money from their parents or relatives.

17. Reading 2 Read the following article, fill in the chart.
Gift giving is in different countries on Mother’s Day.
Country
Gift
Japan
Canada
USA
Italy

18. 知识拓展 Gift giving is different in different countries on
Mother’s Day. In America, people usually visit their
mothers with some gifts. On that day, mothers are
free because all the men in each family do all the
Housework instead. Some Italians may have a big
concert for their mothers. Canadians think to make
their mothers be happy rather than send any gifts.
So they’ll try their best. In Japan, some children will Wear red flowers. Some children will wear white
flowers to memorialize their dead mothers. Frenchmen are the most romantic in the world. They often send flowers and sing songs to their mothers when they come back home.

19. Do a thing for your parents.
Homework
Do a thing for your parents.
What do you want to say to your mother. Write a letter.