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Developing ideas
Do you have pocket money?
How do you usually spend your pocket money?
Is your spending habit reasonable/valuable?
Activity1:Lead in
the importance of financial management
Activity2:Predict what the passage is mainly about.
What’s the main idea the passage?
A. Teach children how to manage their money wisely.
B. Introduce the functions of different jars. C.Remind you of the future life.
D.Encourage teenagers to earn more money.
Activity3:Read the passage quickly and choose the main idea
Divide the passage and match the main idea
Part1(Para.___)
Part 2(Para.___)
Part3(Para.___)
Part4(Para.___)
1
2
3-8
9
What to do with the money
Khloe Thompson’s Kare Bags
Spending jar
Saving jar
Giving jar
Investing jar
Conclusion
Raising the question
An example to make good use of money
Four jars to teach teenagers how to spend money wisely
Conclusion
What’s the type of the passage?
Explanation
Activity4:Finish the structure map of the passage
Read para.1-2 and fill in the blanks.
What to do with the money?
Some handled money terribly: More and more teens _____________ their parents’ credit card.
Some prove that age is _____________ making good use of money:
Khloe Thompson made and gave away “Kare Bags” including _____________, which were bought with her pocket money and _______________.
no barrier to
necessities
crowd funding
maxed out
Activity5:Careful reading
Read para. 3-4 and answer the questions.
What do 17 states of the US require high school students to do?
Why did Jerry give four jars to his grandchildren as their birthday presents?
High school students are required to take courses in personal finances.
To give them opportunity to learn lifelong values: spending their money wisely.
Read para. 5-8 and complete the diagram.
your own happiness
the opportunity to buy something you like
the future
that special something you’ve seen in the stores
build for the future
investing in yourself
kindness and helping
whatever causes you believe in
Read para. 9 and answer the question.
Which of the following is not the aims of the jars?
To inspire teenagers to evaluate money objectively.
B. To make teenagers understand the value of money.
C. To help teenagers to choose to use the money wisely.
D. To make teenagers save money as much as possible.
Saving
Investing
Giving
Spending
The words used in the title are different forms of the same word.
What is special about the title?
If you were given 1,000 yuan, how much money would you put in each jar? Give your reasons.
What methods of self-management have you learnt in the two reading passages in this unit? What else do you need to improve?
Activity6:Post reading
Work in groups. Give a talk about your understanding of the values represented by the four jars.
1. Read the passage again and think about which jar you believe is the most important.
Go over the purpose of each jar and decide your choice.
2. Organise your ideas by completing the notes.
Homework
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