人教版高中英语选修8 Unit1_Reading_精品教案

Unit1 Warming up and reading 精品教案

Period 1

Teaching aims:

get the students to know more about the history and geography of USA

get the students realise why California is such a multicultural community

Difficult and Important Points:

describe the history, people, customs and culture of California

how to make the students gain enough information to express themselves.

how to improve the students’ reading abilities.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Greetings.

Greet the Ss as usual.

Step 2 warming up

I. Do a quiz. Ask students some questions to see how much they know about America.

1. Which flag is American flag? (show three flags, and let them choose)

2. Which city is the capital of the USA? Washington D.C

3. Which stands for the USA? (show the national Emblems of USA)

4. How many states are there in the USA? 50

5. Who is president of America? George W. Bush

6. Which doesn’t belong to the USA? Eiffel Tower

7. Which are American brands? (show some different brands)

8.Who are Americans?A

B

C D E keanu Reeves David Beckham Steven Speilberg Ronaldinho Britain

Brazil

[设计说明]以选择的形式降低难度，通过一些熟悉的人物和精彩的图片调动学生的积极性和求知欲，激发对美国这个主题的探索，教师也可以通过竞赛的方式更好地活跃课堂气氛。最后以who are Americans? 这问，引出大家熟悉的Arnold Schwarzenegger，为下面的导入作铺垫。

II.show the picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger again.

T: What is he famous for?

S:…

T:You are right.He is not only a famous actor,but also the governor of California. (show a pictur of him when he clected as the governor, and two pictures about his staying with people.when California faced the serious catastrophes.)

Then discuss: what caused his success as the governor?

S:s …His deligence ,his brave,his patience and so on. (various answers)

然后教师可根据学生的回答引出加州是个移民国家，正是这些移民众志成城一起和他一起和一个又一个的巨大自然灾害作战，人民的力量是无穷的。这样就引入到了本篇课文上了，课文主要以历史时间为线索，叙述了各族移民对加州形成多元文化的影响。

[设计说明]以学生熟悉的Arnold Schwarzenegger面孔为引子，自然不感突兀。而且教师在进行picture discussion 时，可以联系到这次中国所面临的巨大雪灾，更具时代性。

Step 3 Fast reading

(Ask students to read the text as quickly as they can, then answer the following questions)

Q1: 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

Answer: B

Q2:Which state in the USA has the largest Population?

Answer: California (over 30 million people)