B8 U1 Reading

Book8Unit 1Reading-------California课型：ReadingStudying goals:1.Ability goals★To learn to think and deal with problems.★To practice reading and improve reading skills.2.Emotion goals★To get to know the multicultural California.3.Important points★To improve reading skills.4.Difficulties★How to improve reading skills.4.Learning methodsSelfwork, pairwork, groupworkStudying procedures:Step1.Pre-reading:1.What do you think of the United States？2.What do the states stand for?3.How many states are there in the USA?4.How much do you know about California?Step2.Reading:Fast reading by skimming:Task1：The passage can be divided into three parts.Match the main idea with each part.Part1(Para.1) A.The history of settlementin California.Part2(Para.2-9) B.The future of California.Part3(Para.10 ) C.Brief introduction to CaliforniaTsak2:The passage focuses on the ______.A. population of CaliforniaB. customs and languages of CaliforniaC. people of CaliforniaD. history of CaliforniaTask3:How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text?peopleFast reading by scanning:True or False1.California is the largest state in the USA and has the largest population.2.The native Americans are treated well after the arrival of Europeans.3.Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men.4.During the Gold Rush Period, many achieved their dream of being rich.5.It is believed that soon there will be only a mixture of many races and cultures.Step3Intensive reading:Read the passage paragraph by paragraph and answer the questions.探究一:Native Americans1.Time:2. How did the first people travel to California ?3.What happened in the sixteenth century?Native Americans探究二:The Spanish4.Fill in the form:(note down an important event)16th century 18th century in 1846 in 1821探究三:Russians&Gold miners5.How many Russian-Americans living in and around San Francisco today?6. When was gold discovered?7. Who went to California to search for gold?探究四:Later arrivals & most recent arrivals&the future8.In which two cities are Chinatowns in California?9.Read the three parts and finish the chart below.Step4.Post-readingSummaryCalifornia is the most ___________ state in the USA. The first settlers arrived in California by _________of a land bridge. In the 18th century, California was_____ by Spain, which had a deep effect on California. In 1848, gold was discovered in California, and the dream of becoming ______ attracted people from all over the world.In the 1860s the building of the rail network ______ more Chinese there. In more recent decades,California has became________to more people from Asia. Attracted by the climate and the________, many people have been ___________ toCalifornia. In the near future, California will become a _________ of many races and cultures _______ any major racial or cultural groups.Step5.Improvement1.Teamwork:Think:Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural community? Have a discussion with your group members.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____2.Role play(Pairwork):Imagine you are a Californian. Introduce California to a tourist from China.Make up a dialogue.You can begin your conversation like this:A:Welcome to California.Nice to meet you.B:Nice to meet you.A:I’d like to introduce my home town,California, to you.B:Ok,I’m eager to know about it. A:...............B:...............Homework:1.Read the passage fluently and try to understand every sentence.2.Finish the tasks about the language points in Period1.学/教后反思:_____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _______________________。