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Mama and Her Bank Account
Unit 2
Extended Reading
Watch a video and get the main idea
What happened in this video？
Katrin
a book/ a story
sold
a check支票 for $500
saved in
bank account
lie：no bank account
How to deal with the money？


This book has 17 short strories and describes the struggles and dreams of a family in San Francisco in the early 1900s.
旧金山
Elements of a short story (p26 A)
When？ Where ？
What？ Why？How？
Short Story
Setting
Character
Plot
Theme
Who？
Central idea？
Extensive reading
Setting&Character
San Francisco (the US)
in the early 1900s
Mama
Brother Nels
Sister Christine
Me Katrin
Papa
Little sister Dagmar
Read the short story quickly
Find the basic elements
Extensive reading
Plot
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Time points
every Saturday night
when Nels went on to high school
para.1-5
（line1-10)
para.6-15
(line11-35)
para.16-22
(line36-45)
Paragraphs
last year
20 years ago
20 years later
part1
part2
part3
Detailed reading
Read aloud and think :
What did Mama do every Saturday night?
What is the money used for?
How did they feel during making the budget? 做预算
Para.1-5
Detailed reading
What did Mama do every Saturday night?
What is the money used for?
Mama would sit down by the kitchen table and count out the money. (line1)
big silver pieces
group of coins
one or two coins
rent （租金）
groceries （食品杂货）
notebook
Para.1-5
Detailed reading
How did they feel during making the budget?
We would watch with ________ interest.
At last, Papa would ask, “Is that all?”
And when Mama ________, we could ______ a little.
Mama would look up and ______, “Good. We do not have to go to the Bank.” It gave us such a _______,________feeling.
anxious
nodded
relax
smile
warm
secure
Para.1-5
(做预算)
Detailed reading
Listen carefully and think :
What happened in the family?
How did they solve 解决 the problem? Finish the match.
Nels wanted to go on to high school and it would cost a little money.
Nels:
Papa:
Christine and I :
to look after Elvington children
to give up smoking
to work in Dillon’s grocery
Para.6-15
Mama's account book
妈妈的账本
income 收入
Dad‘s salary ... 爸爸的工资
Expenses 开支
rent ...
groceries ..
notebook -...
Balance 余额
cigarette 烟...
others-...
... "Little Bank"
Please update 更新 Mama’s account book
What is “Little Bank” used for?
(para.7)
It was used for sudden emergency.
突发事件
Nel's salary
Christine and Katrin's salary
Nel's tuition 学费
Detailed reading
Read and think：
Does Mama’s bank account exist (存在) ?
Why did Mama make up such a lie to her children?
It is no good for little ones to be ( )——not feel ( ) (line45)
white lie
善意的谎言
NO!
afraid
secure
让小孩感到害怕和没安全感不好
Para.16-22
编造
Theme
A mother has deep love for her children and does whatever she can to protect them.
母亲深爱着自己的孩子，并会竭尽所能保护他们。
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(Lines 9-10)
Whatever happened, we always knew we still had the Bank to depend upon.
(Lines 32-34)
And when I didn’t— couldn’t—answer, Mama said seriously, “It is not good for little ones to be afraid—to not feel secure.”
(Lines 45-46)
Discussion
Has anyone done something that moved you greatly?
Share your story.
tips：
setting（when 、where）
characters（who）
plot（what、why、how）
1.This story happened ...时间
[when - e.g., last year, on a rainy evening, when I was in middle school].
2.It was...地点
[where - e.g., at home, in the hospital, on my way to school].
3.What Happened? (The Problem/Action):
At that time, I was [what was happening - e.g., sick, preparing for a big exam, feeling very sad].你怎么了？
Then, I saw/found that my [parent、friends...] [what did they do - e.g., cooked my favorite soup, wrote me an encouraging note, stayed up late with me].他们做了什么？
4.My Feelings & The Result (How & Why It Moved You):你的感受
When I saw this, I felt [your feeling - e.g., very moved, touched, warm, loved, guilty].
I finally understood that [why it was important - e.g., they always support me quietly, they love me more than I knew, they are the most important person in my life].
Summary
Mama and Her Bank Account is a short story, which should include four elements:_________, __________, ________ and ________. It develops around a ________ _________. The bank account is very important to the whole family as it gives the family a _______ feeling. While in the end, the author found out that the bank account did not exist. Mama tells a ______ _____ to make the children feel secure.
setting
characters
plot
theme
bank
account
secure
white
lie
Homework
Please write an ending for this story.
Thank you !
Chloe Xiang
Homework
Please write an ending for this story.
Check the answer partA P26)
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Setting
Characters
Plot
Theme
The US in the early 1900s
Papa, Nels, Katrin,Christine, Dagmar
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 it up to make the children feel secure.
A mother has deep love for her children and does whatever she can to protect them.

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