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Pre-reading
What is the genre of this passage
Argumentation
Exposition
Narration
Genre
Understanding a short story:
While-reading
A short story usually has four basic elements.
Setting
Plot
Characters
Theme
a short story
Setting
Characters
Plot
Theme
who (a person or an animal)
Pre-reading
where, when
The four basic elements
Pre-Reading
Background information:
This story was written by Katherine McClain Anderson, who was born in San Francisco in 1909.
In the beginning ，she works in the radio station，and the wrote articles in her free time. But after the story——Mom and Her Bank Account, She become more famous and write a series of stories, which depend on her own experience .
contents
Mama and Her Bank Account
2. Mama and the Idle Roomer
3. Mama and the Hospital
4. Mama's Uncle Chris
5. Mama and the Big City MAMA’S
6.Mama and Her Little Ladies
7. Mama and the Higher Culture
8. Mama and the Occasion
9. Mama and the Doctor's Wife
10.Mama and the Graduation Present
11.Mama and Big Business
12. Mama's Aunt Elna
13.Mama and Uncle Elizabeth
14. Mama and Christine
15. Mama and Papa
16.Mama and Nels
17.Mama and the Grandchild
While Reading
Look at the picture and the title, and try to predict what the short story is about.
Give you 7 minutes to read the whole passage to summarize the structure.
Part 1 (1－5)
Part 2 (6－13)
Part 3 (14－15)
Part4 (16－22)
Part 1 (1－5):
—Structure analysis
While reading
Read the first part ,and choose the main idea.
B. Mama used the money wisely, which ensured we didn’t have to go to the Bank.
(点击播放音频)
A. Everyone in the family would do something to help Nels go on to high school, so we didn’t have to draw money out of Mama’s Bank Account.
C. Whatever happened, we still had the Bank Account to depend upon.
D. There wasn’t a real bank account and Mama just wanted us to feel secure.
Part 2 (6－13):
—Structure analysis
While reading
Read the second part ,and choose the main idea.
(点击播放音频)
A. Everyone in the family would do something to help Nels go on to high school, so we didn’t have to draw money out of Mama’s Bank Account.
C. Whatever happened, we still had the Bank Account to depend upon.
D. There wasn’t a real bank account and Mama just wanted us to feel secure.
B. Mama used the money wisely, which ensured we didn’t have to go to the Bank.
Part 3 (14－15):
—Structure analysis
While reading
Read the third part ,and choose the main idea.
(点击播放音频)
A. Everyone in the family would do something to help Nels go on to high school, so we didn’t have to draw money out of Mama’s Bank Account.
C. Whatever happened, we still had the Bank Account to depend upon.
D. There wasn’t a real bank account and Mama just wanted us to feel secure.
B. Mama used the money wisely, which ensured we didn’t have to go to the Bank.
Part 4 (16－22):
—Structure analysis
While reading
Read the last part ,and choose the main idea.
B. Mama used the money wisely, which ensured we didn’t have to go to the Bank.
(点击播放音频)
A. Everyone in the family would do something to help Nels go on to high school, so we didn’t have to draw money out of Mama’s Bank Account.
C. Whatever happened, we still had the Bank Account to depend upon.
D. There wasn’t a real bank account and Mama just wanted us to feel secure.
Part 1 (1－5)
Part 2 (6－13)
Part 3 (14－15)
Part4 (16－22)
Mama used the money wisely, which ensured we didn’t have to go to the Bank.
Everyone in the family would do something to help Nels go on to high school, so we didn’t have to draw money out of Mama’s Bank Account.
Whatever happened, we still had the Bank Account to depend upon.
There wasn’t a real bank account and Mama just wanted us to feel secure.
Introduction to Mama’s Bank Account
Stories of Mama’s Bank Account
Truth of Mama’s Bank Account
—Structure analysis
While reading
Listen to the story, and then read it for another time. Try to figure out the structure of the story.
While Reading
Scan the passage on Pages 25-26 and match the main idea with each part.
1.What did Mama usually do every Saturday night ( @35@ )
A. She divided the money into piles.
B. She wrote something in a notebook.
C.She bought something for her children.
D. She gave some coins to the grocer.
A
While Reading
Scan the passage on Pages 25-26 and match the main idea with each part.
2.How did the author feel about Mama’s Bank Account in the end ( @36@ )
A. Anxious. B. Angry.
C. Sad. D. Surprised.
D
While Reading
Scan the passage on Pages 25-26 and match the main idea with each part.
3.Why did Papa decide to give up smoking ( @37@ )
A.Because he wanted to lose weight.
B.Because he wanted to build up his body.
C.Because he wanted to save some money.
D.Because he wanted to set a good example for children.
C
While Reading
Scan the passage on Pages 25-26 and match the main idea with each part.
4.What can we learn about Mama’s Bank Account ( @38@ )
A.It’s in a bank that is far away from the author’s home.
B.The author drew some money out of Mama’s Bank Account.
C.It’s in the control of Mama and Papa.
D.It didn’t actually exist at all.
D
Setting
Characters
Plot
Theme
Mama, Papa, Nels, Katrin, Christine
While reading
In Katrin’s childhood, her family worked hard and supported each other so that they never needed to get money from Mama’s bank account. When she was older, Katrin found out that the bank account did not exist. Mama made up the bank account to make the children feel secure.
A mother has deep love for her children and does whatever she can to protect them.
A family living in the US in the early 1900s
—Analyze the basic elements
What are the four basic elements of the story
After reading
Discussion:
Which details in the story impress you most Why
After reading
Fill in the blanks.
Every Saturday night the whole family would get together and count their money. If Mama could put a little money into a box 1. ____ their “Little Bank”, 2. ________ existed in the downtown Bank, as their mother told them, and they all felt that it was their strong support. Every time some 3. _____________ (expect) thing happened, they usually 4._________ (gather) around. The money in the "Little Bank” would be taken out and counted. If it was not enough, everyone would figure out their own ways 5. _________ (collect) the money, even giving up their free time or hobby. When they 6. _______ (final) got enough money, they felt relaxed for
7. _________(keep) the Account untouched. In this way, they went through 8. __________(count) emergencies. But when Katrin asked her mother to put her salary into the Account, what 9. ________ (surprise) them was that there was no such an account at all. In fact it is only
10. ______ white lie, which their mother makes up to spark the whole family to struggle ahead.
as
which
unexpected
gathered
to collect
finally
keeping
countless
surprised
a
1. Retell the story in your own words.
2. Find the book, Kathryn Forbes’s Mama’s Bank
Account. Read the original story of “Mama and
Her Bank Account” and other stories.
After reading
—Homework
Thank you!

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