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Unit 7 Be wise with money Reading 1
Ⅰ. Teaching Objectives
1. Master the meanings and usage of key vocabulary (manage, cover, matter, etc.).
2. Understand the conversation content, including the composition of a family budget and money management methods.
3. Establish a sense of money management, learn to plan money reasonably, and develop the awareness of saving for a rainy day.
Ⅱ. Key and Difficult Points
1. Key Points: Sort out the specific composition of Simon’s family budget (proportion + corresponding expenses) and master the 50/30/20 Budget Rule.
2. Difficult Points: Distinguish between "needs" and "wants", and apply budget knowledge to plan personal money.
Ⅲ. Teaching Procedures
(Ⅰ) Lead-in (5 minutes)
1. Play a video about lucky money to arouse students’ interest.
2. Free talk: Discuss ways to use lucky money (spend all at once, help street animals, save for future, etc.), and introduce the concept of "budget".
(Ⅱ) While-reading (20 minutes)
1. Pre-reading prediction: Through the title and guiding questions, judge the text type is a conversation and the theme is family money management.
2. Skimming: Quickly sort out the conversation structure — start with the topic of shopping and promote the content about budget through Simon’s questions.
3. Intensive reading:
Extract key information: 50% of the budget goes to daily needs (education, housing, etc.), 30% to special things (e.g., taking holidays), and 20% to savings.
Answer detailed questions and make it clear that "save for a rainy day" means preparing for unexpected needs.
4. Group activity: Draw a pie chart of Simon’s family budget and mark the proportions and corresponding expenses.
(Ⅲ) Post-reading (15 minutes)
1. Summarize budget rules: Prioritize needs, then spiritual wants, insist on saving, and follow the 50/30/20 Budget Rule.
2. Classification exercise: Distinguish between "needs" (e.g., health care, textbooks, water) and "wants" (e.g., new toys, film tickets, restaurant meals).
3. Extended thinking: Discuss the necessity of taking holidays and understand the idea of "getting money’s worth".
Ⅳ. Homework
1. Must-do: Make a detailed budget for your own lucky money with a pie chart, marking the proportions and specific expenses.
2. Optional: Talk about your family budget with your parents and explore more effective money management methods.(共26张PPT)
Unit 7 Be wise with money
Reading Ⅰ
Learning objectives
Be able to know the meanings and the usage of the key words: manage, cover, matter etc.
Be able to know what is money management and how can we manage the money.
Have a basic sense of money management after the class.
Use money properly and be wise with money.
Lead in
Enjoy a viedo and think what it is about.
Lucky money(压岁钱).
Free talk
Spend all at once. Buy anything I like/want: toys, games, snacks...
Buy food for dogs/cats living on the street.
Save for future needs.
Save for a special / an expensive thing.
Making plans for using money is called making a budget（预算）.
As a family member, how you manage（管理，明智地使用）money is important /matters to the family.
How will you spend your lucky money
.....
Do you make plans for using your lucky money
pens and pencils
exercise books
nice shoes
tickets(票) for shows
things about pop stars
games
1. Does your family make plans for using money
2. What do you think your family spends the most money on every year
Your family money management
Simon is talking to his mum about how his family manages their money. Let’s read.
1.What type of article is it
A. A story.
B. A letter.
C. A conversation.
2.What are they talking about
Family money management/How to manage(管理，明智地使用) money.
Prediction
Tip1:
We can predict(预测) what the passage talks about through titles,introductions and pictures.
While-reading: watch and answer
Draw a pie chart of the budget.
Read for the general undertanding.
3. How do they make the topic of budget move on
While-reading
2. What is the structure(结构) What’s the main idea of each part
1.How do they start the conversation
By talking about shopping.
Tip2:
We can skim the passage(read quickly) to get the main idea.
line 1-6
line 7-18
2. What is the structure(结构) What’s the main idea of each part
Family budget
Shopping plan
How do they make the topic of budget move on
How do they make the topic of budget move on
By asking questions
Scanning
① What does Simon’s mum need to buy in the new mall
② How does Simon and his mum feel about it
Simon feels worried.
③ How does Simon’s family manage their money
His mum looks confident(自信的).
They make a budget every year.
做预算
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While reading: read L1-6 and answer questions
A new pair of sports shoes and a new computer.
Tip 3:
We can scan the passage(read carefully) to get detailed information.
While reading: read L7-10 and answer questions
What comes first in simon’s family budget
What other daily needs do they mention（提到）
Rule 1:
Meet daily needs first.

先满足日常需求。
Needs
Education
Flat
Food
...
Car
Simon's education.
Rule 2:
Spiritual needs/Wants come after.
While reading: read L11-14 and answer questions
What is an example of a special thing in Simon’s family
Taking holidays.
精神需求紧随其后。
While reading: read L15-18 and answer questions
What does Simon’s mum mean by saying “to save for a rainy day”
Where does the other 20% go
未雨绸缪
Rule 3:
Save for a rainy day.
未雨绸缪。
She means you should save some money for a time when you will need it.
Ants store food to spend the winter.
Here is a pie chart about Simon's family budget . Label the parts of the chart about his family budget, and write the correct percentage next to each label. Then fill in the details in the chart.
Daily needs
flat
car
food
Savings
Special things
50%
30%
20%
Here is a pie chart about Simon’s family budget.
____________come first in the budget.
They need to cover/ pay for ______________.
All these cost about ________ per cent of their budget.
2. They spend ________ per cent on special things, like __________.
3. Also, they leave/ save about ________ per cent in their bank account.
Daily needs
education, flat, car, food and other daily needs
50
30
taking holidays
20
Summary
How to make a budget
Rule1：Meet your needs first.
Rule2：Spiritual needs come after.
.
Rule4：Follow the 50/30/20 Rule.
Rule3：Save for a rainy day.
Manage money well
Make a
______
Cover __________ first
Pay for ____________
Speng some on _______
_____ some in the bank
______________
how
____
Others
Post-reading
Read and complete the outline of the conversation.
budget
education
Save
holidays
daily needs
Food
Flat
Car
Post-reading
What do you think of Simon’s family budget
How does Simon feel about his family money management
worried
understandable
Further thinking:
Holidays can be very expensive, do you think it is necessary(必要的) to take holidays
Get your money’s worth.
stationery
snacks toys
Needs
something you must
have to live
Wants
something that would be fun to have, but you can live without.
I ________ it in my bank account.
save
Savings
something that put by for future use.
Post-reading
Post-reading
clothes, restaurant meals, new toys, health care,
film tickets, text books, latest phones, water
Put different things into right catagories
restaurant meals
new toys
film tickets
clothes
health care
text books
latest phones
water
Live within your needs.
Money matters in every family. My parents tries to ______ our money well. Each month, they ____________. They spend some money on __________. They also need to ____ for things like our house and car. These things can be very _________. But my parents always have enough money because they keep to their budget.
It is important to ____ money. My parents always try to leave about 15 ______ of their money in the bank for “a rainy day”. I think that is a great idea. When I have money, I ususally ask my mum to help me put some in the ______.
Post-reading
manage
make a budget
daily needs
pay
expensive
save
per cent
bank
Post-reading
make a budget
monthly budget
yearly budget
save money
20 per cent
15 per cent
daily needs
house/flat
car
Special things
What are the similarities and differences between Simon’s and
John’s family budgets
＊They both understand the importance of managing family money.
1. Draw a chart of your family budget.
2. Think over what’s in the budget.
3. Take some examples as details.
4. Write them down and share.
Classwork
Make a budget of your lucky money with the help of pie charts.
I think a budget is ______(important/not important).Because in this way I can _______.
I usually get ___________from _______ during Spring Festival.
I ________(spend/take/pay for) ______ per cent on________. It includes(包含)________.
____________cost(s) about_____ per cent of our budget.
I manage money well.
own
Must do:
Make a detailed lucky money budget of your own.
制定一份属于你的详细的预算。
Choose to do:
Talk about your family budget with your parents and find some more effective ways of money management.
和爸妈讨论一下你家的预算，看能不能找到更高效的金钱管理方式。

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