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warming up
Truth
lie
vs
TRUTH vs LIE
“Let me help you save your lucky money!”
TRUTH vs LIE
Mama found you in the trash
TRUTH vs LIE
“We’re poor, save money as you can! ”
TRUTH vs LIE
“I don’t like eating meat.”
TRUTH vs LIE
But why?
Because she loves us and wants to protect us.
Prediction
Mama and Her Bank Account
Could you guess what might happen in the short story based on the title and the picture?
If you have a private bank account,how would you feel and what would you do with the money?
satisfied/content
confident and proud
safe and secure
buy neccessities in life and study
treat yourself to a great meal/gift
prepare yourself for emergencies
help those in need
Which lifestyle do you prefer?
Spend all you earning?
Try to set aside some money?
Mama and Her Bank Account
The writer is Kathryn Forbes.
It has 17 short stories and describes the struggles and dreams of a family in San Francisco in the early 1900s.
Do you know what a short story consists of?
Character
Plot(情节)
theme(主题)
Setting
(背景)
Read the story with some questions.
When is the setting of the story?
How many characters are there in the story?
What’s the plot(structure) of the passage?
14
Mama
Papa
Me(Katrin)
My brother Nels
My sister Christine
My little sister Dagmar
a family in San Francisco in th early 1900s
Setting and character of the story
Scene One P1-5
Scene two P6-15
Plot(Structure) of the story
Scene three P15-22
20 years ago
20 years later
Based on the time line ,we can divide the passage into two parts.
16
Plot(Structure) of the story
Scene One
What did they do every Saturday night?
Para 1- Para 5
What did they use the money for?
Scene One
Every Saturday night…
Mama would sit down by the kitchen and count out the money
Para 1- Para 5
Scene One
Para 1- Para 5
For the _________
For the _______
They lived a life.
rent
groceries
For _________
a notebook
poor and struggling
Further thinkin