Unit 1 A land of diversity Reading 教案--高中英语人教新课标选修八.docx

Teaching plan Book 8 Unit 1 A land of diversityReading CaliforniaTeaching important points：Enable the students to use the reading skills-skimming and scanning to grasp the information about California. Teaching difficult points：Enable the students to learn how to talk about the important events in the history of California.Teaching aims：.Enable students to learn about the history of California.Develop the students abilities to master the reading skills.Encourage students to learn to be full of enthusiasm for their study and lives.Teaching methods： Discussing and cooperative-learningTeaching aids：The multimedia and normal teaching tools.Teaching procedures: Step 1 Greeting & Revision (2 min)Good morning, boys and girls, lets give our warm welcome to our guests. At first, lets revise some words or phrases we have learnt. Step 2 Lead-in (3 min)Lets watch a short video!T:What do you think of it? Do you know the songs name and the band?T: The melody of the song is beautiful and moving. Its performed by the famous band, the Eagles.The song aroused the enthusiasm for life of people in California, thats why so many people love it. And therefore, if all of us are full of enthusiasm for our study and our lives, we will achieve our dreams. Come on, everyone, lets work hard together!Now, would you like to know sth. about California?Step 3 Reading (32 min)T: Today well learn Unit 1 A land of diversity, Reading, California. In this lesson, well have four tasks. Lets complete the first Task.Task 1: 1. How many parts can be divided? (4 min) 2. Whats the main idea of each part?T: Please turn to page 1.Youll be given 2 minutes to find the answers.T: Have you finished the task? How have you found the answers?Ss: By reading the titlesT: Do you know what the skill of reading is? Its skimming. Skimming is reading quickly for the main idea. Just now we got the main ideas of these three parts according to titles or subtitles . Of course, we can also get the main idea of the whole passage by reading the first paragraph or the last paragraph.Task 2 (10 min)Fill in the blanksStagePeopleTimeEventNative Americans15,000 years ago_first Spanish Spanishin the 18th century_ by Spainin 1846_ _war on MexicoRussiansin the early 1800s_ in California Gold minersSouth AmericansAmericansEuropeansAsiansin 1848_ gold in 1850 _ the 31st stateLater arrivalssince the 1800s_ from MexicoMostRecentarrivalsin more recent decades_ home to more peopleT: Just now, we learned the main idea of the passage. Next, lets learn more detailed information about California.T: You can see the form on your learning guide, in which some information has been given and some missing. You should finish the missing information. According to the relevant information, fill in the blanks and pay attention to the proper forms of the verbs about the event. You can help your members in trouble if you finish the task, and then recommend one of the members to present the answer and try your best to tell us how to find the answer or state the event .T: How have you found the answers? The way of reading is scanning. Scanning is looking for exact answers according to key words which are of great importance.Task 3 (8 min)C a l i f o r n i a 1. What distinguishes California from other states in America?2. California is the third _state in the USA, but has the largest _ . 3. Why is there a strong Spanish influence in California?4. Who were the first people to arrive in California to rush for gold? 5. Who built the railway in California in the 1860s? 6. Whats the characteristic of the Europeans according to their arrival in California? A. Friendly B. Aggressive C. Generous D. Kind 7. Which of the following immigrants established a town of their own in California?A. Italians B. Danish C. Jewish D. Europeans8. What attracted people from different parts of the world to immigrate to California?T: Now lets play a game to learn more about California.T: What can you see on the screen?Ss: California.T: How many letters are there in the word?Ss: Ten.T: There are ten letters here, please recommend one member of each group to choose one piece of paper, in which there is a question about California. Please come here and choose a letter, then discuss the question with your members together and find the answer. Ready? Go!T: C, which group chose C? Please answer the question.Task 4 Comprehension (10 min)Reading comprehension (B+D) in the College Entrance Examination in 2021.1 T: Who can answer the question? Please give the reason. At first, we can underline the key word in the question, and then find it in the passage in order to find the exact answer. Whats the reading skill? In which task have we learnt the skill?2. T: Please give me the answer and the reason. In order to get the main idea, we can read the first paragraph. Based on the last sentence in Para 1, we can get the answer. Do you know what the reading skill is? In which task have we learnt the skill?Step 4 Summary (2 min)T: What have we learnt today?Step 5 Homework (1 min)1. Make a summary of the text in about 100 words.2. Finish the exercises on Page 3.4学科网（北京）股份有限公司