2019学年度人教版选修八Unit 1 A land of diversityPeriod 1: A sample lesson plan for reading教案设计

(CALIFORNIA)

Aims

To help students develop their reading ability

To help students learn about land of diversity

To help students revise noun clauses

Procedures

I. Warming up by talking about California

California is a state located on the west coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous state in the U.S., as well as the most physically diverse, with the highest and the lowest points in the lower 48 states located within 150 miles of each other. If California were an independent nation, it would

have the fifth largest economy in the world (after the rest of the U.S., Japan, Germany, and Britain; see economy of California). The state's official nickname is "The Golden State" in reference to California's 1849 Gold Rush. [1] California's U.S. postal abbreviation is CA, and its Associated Press abbreviation is Calif.

II. Pre-reading

Look at the pictures on page 1. Discuss them in pairs.

The famous Hollywood sign, a symbol of the city's world famous entertainment culture.

Silicon Valley is a commonly used nickname for the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California, USA, originally referring to the concentration of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually becoming a metaphor for the entire concentration of high tech businesses.

III. Reading

Read the text to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.

IV. Copying and making sentences

You are asked to copy all the useful expressions into your notebook after class as homework. You may make your own sentences with each of these expressions.

Useful expressions from CALIFORNIA the third largest state in the USA美国第三大州, have the largest population人口最多, the most multicultural state in the US 美国最具多元文化的州, know the history of California了解加州的历史, at various times 在不同的时代, attract... from... 吸引了来自......的..., arrive in... 到达......, it is likely that... 很有可能......, at least fifteen thousand years ago 至少在15,000年以前, cross...from... to... 从......跨过......来到......, by means of... 通过......, a land bridge 大陆桥, exist in prehistoric times史前时期曾经存在过， in the 16th century 在16世纪，after the arrival of ... 在......来到......之后, suffer greatly遭受很大的苦难, force... into slavery 迫使......成奴隶, in addition 此外, die from... 死于......, survive the terrible times 经历着些恐怖时期而活了下来, be ruled by... 被......所统治, in the early 16th century 在16世纪初期, fight against...与......打仗, take the land 夺去了土地, two centuries later 两个世纪以后, settle in most parts of... 在......的大部分地区定居下来, along the northwest coast of... 在......西北沿海地区， religious men 宗教人士, teach the Catholic religion to... 向......传授天主教， gain one's independence from... 从......获得了独立, become part of... 成了......的一部分,declare war on... 向......宣战, lose the war 战败, a strong...influence in... 在......仍保持......的影响, over 40% of ... 有40%多的......, speak...as a first or second language 把......作为第一或第二语言, in the early 1800s 在19世纪初期, live in and around... 住在......及附近，not long after...在......不久之后, the dream of becoming rich quickly 发财梦, attract...from all over...吸引了来自......的......, achieve one's dream of becoming rich 圆了发财梦, return home回家, remain in... 留在了......, make a life for oneself 过自己的生活，in the new towns 在新的城镇, on farms 在农场, become the thirty-first state 成为第31个州, a multicultural society一个多元文化的社会, during the Gold Rush Period在淘金热时期, from the west to the east coast 从西海岸到东海岸，bring even larger numbers to...吸引了大批量的......到......，live in all parts of... 居住在遍布......的地方, a large percentage 很大比例， stay in the "Chinatowns" of...... 住在......的"中国城", wine makers制酒工人, establish a town of one's own建立了他们自己的城镇, keep up one's culture 保持着自己的文化, establish the film industry 建立的电影行业, have the second largest Jewish population 拥有第二大的犹太人口, at the beginning of the 20th century 在20世纪初期, move north from... 从......向北迁移, work in the ship and aircraft industries 在船厂和飞机厂工作, in more recent decades 在最近的几十年里, since its beginning in the 1970 从20世纪70年代开始，migrate to...迁入......, the mix of nationalities 多种国籍的混合, major racial or cultural groups主要的种族或文化群体, a mixture of many races and cultures多种族、多文化的混合体