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一、导读：
How much do you know about a mother’s love for her children？
二、导思：
Key words & expressions involved
1. rent 2. grocery 3. secure 4. graduate 5. gather 6. emergency 7. volunteer
8. pipe 9. figure 10. downtown 11. draw... out of … 12. operation 13. lap 14. teller
三、导学&导练：
Pre-reading
Discussion
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What can you see from the picture?
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What are they doing?
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Can you predict what will be talked about according to the title. Mama? Or Bank account?
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What’s the relationship?
While-reading
Activity 1: Fast reading
Students read the passage quickly according to the question mentioned above and fill in the boxes:
The structure the story happened:
| Mama and her Bank Account adapted from Kathryn Forbes’s Mama’s Bank Account, which has 17 short stories and describes the struggles and dreams of a family _____________________.
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|  Mama had a bank account.
All of Katrin’s family were proud of it, because________________________________________________________________________.
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Mama ___ a bank account.
Mama told Katrin there was no account and explained the reason seriously_____________
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Activity 2: Careful reading
Students read the passage carefully and fill in the following tasks:
Task 1 Fill in the table.
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After graduated from grammar school, Nels wanted to go on to high school.
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Little Bank
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 There was money.
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| Mama
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 “We do not want to go to the bank,” she reminded.
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| Papa
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 “I will give up smoking,” he said suddenly.
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| Nels
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 “I will work in Dillon’s grocery after school,” he volunteered.
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| Katrin
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 “I will look after the Elvington children every Friday night,” I said.
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| Christine
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 “Christine can help me,” Katrin said.
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| Conclusions
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Now there was enough money. We all felt very good because ____________________________.
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Task 2 Discuss with you partner, then answer the questions.
Q1: What was the “Little Bank” used for? Please show some EXAMPLES.
Q2: What was the bank account used for by Mama?
Q3: What was Mama’s love for her children? How did Mama delivery her love to her children?
Task 3 In groups, find information about each of the following elements of the short story and complete the table below.
| Setting
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| Characters
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| Plot
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| Theme
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Post-reading
Retelling a story
Please work in groups and use these phrases given to retell the story.
  Not enough money Mama’s bank account SECURE
四、达标导练：（10分钟）
单句语法填空
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We never know whether this happened by accident or _________ _________.
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Children who live in the country’s rural areas are very l_______ to be poor.
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Kathy seem to take a very ________ role in the relationship. (not active)
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The little girl p________ her face against the window.
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Why don’t you just mind your own business and ______ ________ _______?(让我一个人静静）
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We are waiting for the professional with __________ (eager) outside our school.
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My daughter has been_______ ______ ________ for weeks about buying her a new dress.（缠扰）
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She was told to wear flat shoes, _________ _______ _______ her back problem.(because of)
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