1、第 1 页Unit 1 A land of diversity 教案Period 1 ReadingTeaching goals1. Ability goalsEnable the students to talk about the history of California.2. Learning ability goals Enable the students learn how to talk about the history of California. Teaching important points Enable the students learn how to talk
2、 about the important events in Californian history.Teaching difficult pointsEnable the students to explain the reasons why California is such a multicultural community in the 21st century.Teaching methodsSkimming, scanning and discussion.Teaching aidsA recorder, a computer, a projector and some pict
3、ures.Teaching procedures 人口的多少用 large和 small。 2. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. 科学家们认为这些迁居者通过一条史前时代曾经存在的一条大陆桥穿越北极地区的白令海峡到达美洲。a. 本句的主句是 Scientists believe，从句是 that 引导的宾语从句。第 7 页b.
4、宾语从句中 which 引导定语从句，修饰先行词 _。land bridgemeans n. 方式, 手段(单复数相同 )。e.g. The quickest means of travel is by plane.Every possible means has been tried, but none has worked.Are there any possible means of getting there?Some means are practical while others are not. 联想记忆：1) by no means 决不，一点也不 2) by this mea
5、ns (in this way) 用这种方式 by means of 用方式 3) by all means 当然可以, 没问题3. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, majority n. 大多数 e.g. The majority were / was for the plan. 1) the majority of the people: most of the people 大多数人2) majority 常与 a /the 连用; most 后接名词或 of + n.e
6、.g. The majority of the people / Most people/ Most of the people are against the idea of building a new factory here. 单独做主语时，若强调整体，谓语动词用单数，强调个体时，谓语动词用复数。a / the majority of + n. 后可用不可数名词，也可用可数名词复数，谓语动词由后面的名词决定。 The majority _ for the budget. was/ wereThe majority of students _ hard-working. are The
7、majority of the damage _ easy to repair. Is4. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century when they fought against the native people and took their land.辨析: fight for, fight against Only used in the predicative clausesCant be usedWho, how, when,where, whyContaining mean
8、ings and functions; cant be omittedStep Reading 第 15 页Ask the students to look at the given photos and read the Georges diary on pages 8 quickly. Then practice Activity 1 and fill in the chart in pairs.Ask the students to check the answers with their partners. Show the following on the screen.Mon. 1
9、2, June Tues. 13, June Wed. 14, JuneDropped luggageWent exploringRode on a cable carVisited FishermansWharf.Drove around cityWent to ChinatownTook ferry to Angel IslandGolden Gate BridgeFor Activity 2, ask students to read the Georges diary on page 8 carefully and then answer the questions in pairs.
10、 Check the answers with the whole class.Ask the students to read the diary again by themselves. Then discuss in groups of 4 and practice Activities 34. A few minutes later, ask some of them to show their work.Sample answers:Reasons for omitting:1. Some unimportant, unnecessary, uninteresting little
11、words like pronouns “we”, “I”, articles “a”, “the”, or prepositions. If omitted, the meaning cant be affected and misunderstood by others.2. Just keep the key words without explaining more in details. Ask students to rewrite the diary entry. A sample version:On the next day, I teamed up with a coupl
12、e from my hotel (Peter and Terri) and hired a car. We spent all day driving around city. Theres a great drive marked out for tourists. It has blue and white signs with seagulls on them to show way to go. Its a 79km round-trip that takes in all the famous spots. We stopped many times to admire the vi
13、ew and take photographs. Now we have really good idea of what the citys like. In the evening, I went to Chinatown with Peter and Terri. Chinese immigrants settled in this area in the 1850s. The fronts of the buildings are decorated to look like old 第 16 页buildings in southern China. There are some i
14、nteresting temples here, and a number of markets and a great many restaurants. Also there are art galleries and a museum containing documents, photographs and all sorts of objects about the history of Chinese immigration, but its closed in the evening. We will go back during the day. We had a delicious meal and then walked back down the hill to our hotel. Step HomeworkAsk the students to finish Activity 5 on page 9.
