Learning about Language教案评析

Unit1 Warming up & Reading I. Teaching Aims; Knowledge goals: 1.

Help students to learn about the knowledge of USA especially California. Ability goals: 2.Develop Ss’ reading ability by skimming, scanning and careful reading. Emotion Goals 3.Arouse Ss’ interest in science . II. Teaching Important Points Learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in California. III. Teaching Difficult Points Encourage the students to discuss the question in page3Ex3 and make a summary of the passage. IV. Teaching Aids The multimedia and other normal teaching tools V. Teaching Procedures: Teaching procedures Step 1 Warming up. 1.

Ask the students to discuss If you want to learn something about a country, a state, etc,what we want to know. Size Location Capital Population Language History geography Customs culture climate, agriculture industry, education medical care…… 2. A quiz about the general knowledge of the USA (in the PPT-reading) 3. Group work: look at the map of the USA with your group. Write on the map the names of as many of the following as you can. Compare your names with other groups. Ocean on the west coast: Pacific Ocean Country to the north of USA: Canada Country to the south of USA: Mexico Mountain range in the west: Rocky Mountains Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario Longest river in the USA: Mississippi River Some important cities: New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans Step 2 Pre-reading 1.

Ask the students to tell things about California including its location, size, population, economy, history etc. What do you learn about California? Step 3 Fast reading 1. Read through the passage and get the main idea. 1.What’s the topic of this text? A. the culture of California B. the history of California C. the weather of California D. the history of USA 2.Which state in the USA has the largest Population? California (over 30 million people) 3.How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text? Step 4 Detail reading Native Americans : Answer the following questions 1.Time: 15000 years ago 2.Where did they come from: from Asian to Alaska 3.What happened in the sixteenth century? Native Americans were killed by European were forced into slavery died from the disease survived the terrible times Step 5 After reading Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural community? (Using 3 or 4 sentences to explain. ) The state of California is a multicultural community because European, African and Asian people have been immigrating to the state for the last 200 years. Before their arrival, native American people had lived there for thousands of years. People from all over the world are still coming to settle in California because of its good climate and the lifestyle it offers. Step 6 Homework Finish “Learning about language” on page 4