Using LanguageⅡ教学目标设计

万全中学课时教案

教师姓名

黄佳聪

科目

英语

班级

280、 281 章节

Unit 1 日期

5.17 课型

新授课

1 课题

Warming up&pre-reading 学时

三知识/能力

1.

Enable the students to talk about things about the USA. 2.

Help the students learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in 维America, especially in California. 目标

过程/方法

asking and answering activity;

fast and careful reading; individual, pair or group work. 情感态度价值观

Let students ponder the differences between China and America The American national flag /anthem/emblem 教学重点

General knowledge about the USA 教学难点

a computer 辅助手段

教学过程

Step Ⅰ

lead-in The song Country road takes me home makes us think of American country music, thus let us know more about the USA

Step Ⅱ

General knowledge quiz about the USA 1). How many states are there in the USA?

A. 49

B. 50

C. 51

D. 48 2). The most important and largest river in the United States of America is______ ?

A. the Ohio River

B. the Colorado River

C. The Missouri River

D. the Mississippi River 3). California is the ________ largest state in the USA.

A. third

B.

Second

C. fourth

D. fifth 4). California, a state in the western USA, borders ________. A. the Pacific Ocean

B. the Indian Ocean

C. the Atlantic Ocean

D. the Arctic Ocean 5). _____ is California’s largest and the nation’s second largest city. A. Sacramento

B. Los Angeles

C. San Diego

D. San Francisco 6). California’s official nickname is the _______ ?

A. Sunflower State

B. Golden State

C. Land of opportunity

D. Evergreen State 7). ___has the largest population in the USA.

A. California

B. Alaska

C. Washington

D. Texas 8). California entered the Union on September 9, 1850, as the ______state.

A. thirtieth

B. thirty-eighth

C. thirty-second

D. thirty-first

(BDAABBAD) ……

Step Ⅲ Discussion 1. If you want to learn something about a country, a state, etc, what do you want to know? If we want to learn something about a country, a state, we would like to know its size, population, location, language, history, capital, climate, agriculture and industry, education and medical care, etc. 2. Ask the students to describe what they learn about the USA. America lies in the South of North America. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The northern land neighbor is Canada, and the southern is Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. the Star-Spangled Banner (星条旗)

The America flag is known as “the stars and strips”. There are 50 stars with white and red strips on the rest of the flag.

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50 stars—— Each star represents one state

13 stripes—— the original 13 states. Red——

courage//White ——

freedom//Blue——loyalty and justice//June 14 ——

Flag Day.

Official Name: the United States of America//Capital city: Washington DC National holiday: Independence Day, 4 July//Languages: English Population: 296,000,000//Major cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston…

Present President: Barack Obama //Famous people: Bill Gates, Michael Jordan…

The Statue of Liberty is standing on a small island in New York Harbor. In 1886, French sent it as a gift for American Independence Day on her 100th anniversary. The crowned lady is 46 meters high, with a torch in her right hand holding aloft and Declaration of Independence in her left. For a century, the Liberty has been standing on the Island proudly symbolizing the spirit of independence of the USA.

A federal republic, United States of America is composed of a federal district, Washington DC and 50 states. All the states except for Hawaii islands are situated in mainland America.

It has a population of about 2,900 million. Its area is 9,370,000 sq km. The climate of USA is mainly temperate in nature but in Hawaii and Florida, it is tropical. Step Ⅳ

Warming up. 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 east coast: Atlantic Ocean//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 [sju:'piəriə](苏必利尔湖)Michigan ['miʃigən](密西根湖) Huron['hjuərən](休伦湖) Erie ['iəri](伊利湖)and Ontario [ɔn'tɛəriəu](安大略湖)

Longest river in the USA:

Mississippi River Some important cities: New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans

Houston, Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, San Francisco Step V American important cities, Places of interest and beautiful scenery, film stars ,famous persons , sports, universities, food and drink, companies, festivals, leaders and military. Step Ⅵ

Homework 1. Ask the students to finish Activities 1-3 on page 48 in the workbook.

2. Ask the students to prepare for the reading. Afterthoughts

（课后反思）

这节课上得很成功，学生们上课的积极性和参与率极高，特别是抓住学生的心理特点，创设特定的情境。新课改的理念体现得很突出。如组织学生讨论，通过学生的相互交流、互相补充，让学生深刻理解知识的奥妙。总之，整节课学生情绪高涨，兴致勃勃。

充分体出了学生的主体和教师的主导作用。本节课涉及美国常识，知识内容较多，如果能另外补充一些英语背景会更好。

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