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Book8 Unit 1 A land of diversity ------The First Period Reading California

开封市田家炳实验中学

吕嘉蕙

Teaching goals

Enable the students learn how to talk about the history of California.

Teaching important points

Enable the students learn how to talk about the important events in Californian history. Teaching difficult points

Enable the students to explain the reasons why California is such a multicultural community in the 21st century. Teaching methods

Skimming, scanning, inquiry method Teaching procedures & ways

Step 1:Warming up（Ask Ss the following questions）

1. Do you like travelling?

2. If you have a chance to go travelling, where would you prefer to go? T: Now I show a video to you about a famous place. After watching the video, T asks Ss “Do you know what the name of the famous place is?”

Which country does California belong to? Let’s appreciate some pictures about California.

Step 2: California Reading Skimming 1. Listen to paragraph 1 and do the following question What’s the topic of this text?

A. the culture of California

B. the history of California

C. the climate of California

D. the population of California

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2. How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text? (Look at the blue words onP2-3) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Step3: Careful reading

1. Which of the following about Native Americans is NOT true?

A. They were treated badly by the Europeans.

B. Most of them died because there was not enough food.

C. They were believed to have gotten to America by means of a land bridge.

D. More Native Americans live in California than in any other state

today. 2. In 1848, people went to California in order to ______________.

A. escape the American-Mexican war

B. achieve their dream of becoming rich

C. avoid being infected with the diseases in their hometowns

D. develop the land they bought in California 3. From the text, we know that Chinese immigrants______________.

A. came to California after the Gold Rush Period

B. played roles in the building of the rail network in America

C. established a town of their own in 1911

D. live only in the “Chinatowns” of San Francisco now

4. What can we learn from the text?

A. The customs and languages of immigrants will disappear in their new home.

B. Scientists have found exactly when the first people got to California.

C. Russians have lived in California for more than 200 years.

D. In the 1980s, the computer industry attracted Koreans to California. 5. What’s about the future of California?

A. More people will be attracted to California for the climate and lifestyle.

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B. More and more people will come to California only for gold.

C. The major racial culture will go on.

D. Its climate and lifestyle will change a lot.

Step4：Summary

Fill in the blanks with the proper words according to the reading.

California is the third1._________(large) state in the USA but has the largest population. This is not2._________(surprise) when you know the history of California 3.________ has attracted people from nearly every country in the world. No one really knows what time the first 4.________(settle) arrived in 5.________we now know as California. The scientists believe that the Native Americans reached America 6._______means of a land bridge. In 1848, gold 7._____________

(discover) in California and the dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world. In more recent decades, California 8._________(become) home to people from Asia. 9.________is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be 10._______ great that there will be no major racial or cultural groups.

Step 5: Role play Situation

A student wants to go travelling on May Day holiday, so the travel agency introduces California to him/her. Useful sentence patterns 1. I’d like to introduce…to you.

2. …is located in…

3. …has many tourist attractions, such as…

4. As a land of diversity,...

Step 6 Homework 1. Read the text carefully several times and underline some useful expressions and sentences.

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2. Finish the exercises on the English Weekly.

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