人教版高中英语选修8Unit1_Reading_精品教案

Unit1 Warming up and reading 精品教案Period 1Teaching aims:

get the students to know more about the history and geography of USAget the students realise why California is such a multicultural communityDifficult 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? 505. Who is president of America? George W. Bush6. Which doesn’t belong to the USA? Eiffel Tower

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

8.Who are Americans?AB

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ArnoldSchwarzenegger，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 thegovernor, 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 CaliforniaB. the history of CaliforniaC. the weather of CaliforniaD. the history of USAAnswer: B

Q2:Which state in the USA has the largest Population?Answer: California (over 30 million people)