Activity Procedures:

Activity One:

  • review the Key Vocabulary List with your student
  • ask her to read each word aloud and use them in a sentence
  • once you have gone through the list and discussed each word, have your student take the words and place them under the appropriate heading e.g.,
  • Chequing Account Information, Deposit Slip Information, Withdrawal Slip Information, Passbook Information

Activity Two: Handout: Passbook Cover

  • review the vocabulary list related to Passbook Cover information developed in Activity One
  • use the handout Sample Passbook Cover
  • discuss the vocabulary contained on the inside cover of a Passbook e.g., Transit Number Account Type
  • use the list of words and create a scenario e.g., John Smith -Personal Banking Representative Transit Number 1991 567 00 98

Activity Three: Handout: Understanding your Passbook

  • review and discuss each heading contained in the handout, Understanding your Passbook
  • practice using the various passbook abbreviations contained in the Key Vocabulary List from Unit 2
  • create a series of transactions e.g., June 31, 2000, Home Branch fifty dollars cash withdrawal, previous balance - $75.00
  • use the various abbreviations and have your student fill them in on the handout

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