测试报人教版高二下学期Unit 16 The United States of America课堂教学设计.doc

Unit 16 The United States of America I教学内容分析本单元的中心话题是“美国”，课文围绕美国南部历史变迁及美洲平原上屠宰野牛带来的环境恶化等内容展开，让人感受美国的变迁过程。通过本单元的学习，使学生对美国的历史和现状有更深刻的认识和了解，并能用所学的词汇描述这个国家的历史发展过程和现状，能运用所学的语言知识和技能用英语谈论一个国家的地理位置、历史渊源和人文特点等。本单元有助于培养学生跨文化的交际意识，进一步拓宽视野，为学生的终身学习奠定良好基础。 Warming up部分给我们提供了三幅画面，有利于我们从宏观上和微观上把握美国地理特征。练习题引导学生从美国的历史渊源、经济等方面认识美国，有利于培养学生的探究精神。本部分的目的是帮助学生在大脑中形成一个关于美国的知识体系，并获取有关美国地理、历史和人文等方面的信息，为以后的学习打下基础。Listening部分设置了三个练习，由浅到深，层层深入。练习1不仅有利于学生了解纽约市，而且有利于培养学生在听力中快速捕捉信息的能力。这些信息包括：国籍、数字、年代等。练习2和3有助于学生了解美国的背景知识，丰富文化内涵，训练和提高听力技巧，培养总结和概括能力。Speaking部分要求学生根据提示描述一个场所，题目设置贴近学生生活。教师除了课本所提示的说明外，还可以引导学生描述自己的学校。本部分旨在让学生使用描述山川、河流、地貌、物产等的词汇描述自己的家乡来提高他们的口头表达能力，并激发学生的爱家、爱国之情。Pre-reading部分设计了两个练习。练习1要求学生列一份自己家乡的年表，并写出重要的事件以及变化过程，讨论其前因后果。练习2要求学生在年表上填写美国历史上发生的五件大事，这有利于训练学生的逻辑思维能力，为阅读有关美国历史的课文做准备。Reading部分The American South，介绍了美国的南部一部充满灾难的历史，同时也是一部充满成功与希望的历史。文章重点介绍了美国南部佐治亚亚特兰大市自内战以来的发展和变化，着重描述了反对种族隔离制度的美国民权运动及其杰出领袖马丁路德金的斗争精神。通过阅读这篇文章可以了解到，美国是个多民族的多元文化国家。由于文章涉及美国历史的变化和城市的发展，故需要运用对比的手法描写，本篇文章可称得上是一篇对比性写作的范文。Post-reading部分中的练习1要求学生通过实例来阐明观点。练习2要求学生进行两人小组讨论或者多人小组讨论，题目强调了语篇意识，设置层次性强，有利于培养学生的思辨能力。Language study部分包含词汇和语法两部分。词汇学习涉及构词法知识，设计新颖，看似简单，其实灵活，有助于学生留意某些词加后缀时意义的变化。语法练习考察学生在语篇中使用非限定动词的能力，注重学生综合素质的提高。Integrating skills部分包含阅读和写作。通过阅读美洲平原上的野牛，人们了解了美国历史上大规模屠宰野牛，破坏美洲草原生物链的教训。写作部分要求学生写一封电子邮件，帮助美国学生了解中国。这就需要学生在理解教材的基础上，从面积、人口、语言、民族、重要城市等方面比较美国与中国的区别。这项任务有利于提高学生的语言运用能力，特别是语言概括能力。Tips要求学生练习写对比分析文章，并介绍了学生写作时要注意的相关事项。Checkpoint 16通过练习引导学生对非限定动词做一次小结，并要求学生对描述处所的词汇进行一次小结。有利于培养学生的自学能力。 II教学重点和难点1教学重点 (1)本单元的生词和短语。 (2)非限定动词的运用。 (3)用所学的词和短语来描述一个地方。2教学难点 (1)了解美国的风俗习惯和人文地理。 (2)学会用正确的方式来表达方向、位置、环境等。 (3)学会用对比的手法来写作。III教学计划 本单元分六课时： 第一课时：Warming up，Speaking 第二课时：Listening 第三、四课时：Pre-reading，Reading，Post-reading 第五课时：Language study 第六课时：Integrating skillsIV教学步骤 Period 1 Warming up，SpeakingTeaching Goals:1To arouse Sss interest in the USA2To let Ss know the outline of the USATeaching Procedures：Step 1Warming up1Game： Get the whole class to use adjectives to describe the USA developed beautiful USAattractive modern fashionable powerful2Individual work： Ask Ss how much they know about the USA and let them have a quiz (“T”or“F”questions) (1)New York is the largest state in the US ( ) (2)The Mississippi River is the longest river in the world ( ) (3)In 1996，the Olympics were held in Atlanta ( ) (4)Atlanta is known as the“Big Apple” ( ) (5)Therere 51 stars on the American flag ( ) (6)George Washington was the first American President ( )(7)Capitol, White House are in New York( )(8)The first settlers arrived in North America about 30,000 years ago( ) (9)The Statue of Liberty is in Washington DC ( )Suggested Answers： (1)F(2)F(3)T(4)F(5)F(6)T(7)F(8)T(9)F3Pair work： (1)Ask Ss If they know something about a countryWhat do they want to know? size population location a country history capital environment language weather education (2)Show the map of the USA and help Ss to get a general idea of the country The United States of America is in _America and is bordered by the _Ocean，the _Ocean and the Gulf of MexicoIt lies between _to the north and _in CentralSuggested Answers： north；Atlantic；Pacific；Canada；MexicoThe United States is the _largest country in the worldThe largest city of the United States is _The longest river of the United States is_Suggested Answers： fourth；New York；Mississippi RiverFill in the formFull nameLocationCapital cityThe largest cityWhen was foundedPopulation 4Group work： Look at the map of the USAFind out its capital，main mountains，rivers，lakes，cities and states (1)Point out the following states：WashingtonCaliforniaNew YorkTexasHawaii (2)Please list the names of another three states of the USA (3)Answer the following questions： When did the last two states join the USA? Which state has the biggestsmallest population? Whats the biggestsmallest state in the USA? How many times is the biggest state bigger than the smallest? (4)Fill in the chart：CapitalMountainsRiversCitiesSuggested Answers：CapitalWashington DCMountainsRocky Mts, Appalachia MtsRiversMississippi River, Columbia RiverCitiesBoston, New York, Philadelphia, Miami, New Orleans,Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle (5)Look at the map and find the following places： New York；Atlanta；Washington DC；Mississippi River 5Talking：Get Ss to know more about the USA The USA is a beautiful countryThere are many beautiful cities and also great peopleLets see some picturesDo you know something about them? (1)George Washingtonthe first president Martin Luther Kingthe leader of non-demonstration killed in 1968 New York the largest city nick name“Big Apple” Atlanta in the south the host of the Olympic Games in 1996 Ellis Island Island of Tears (2)The“Big Apple”refers to New YorkMost big cities have nicknames；some famous examples are： Los Angeles=The City of Angels： Chicago=The Windy City： New Orleans=The Big Easy (3)What do you want to know? Questions： How many colours are there in the flag? How many stripes and stars are there? What do the stars and stripes stand for? Introduction： There are 50_on the flag_star _one stateThere were _thirteen states 0when the US was_，so the first flag had thirteen stars more states were_，stars were also added _the flagHawaii was the _oneIn 1959，the America flag is_“the stars and stripes”and“the red，white，and blue”colorsSuggested Answers： stars，Each，represents，only，formed，As，added，to，last，known，as Questions： Who decided to make a flag for the United States? What was the color redwhiteblue for? When did the Congress vote to confirm the national flag? History of American Flag： Today the flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes，seven red alternating with 6 whiteThe stripes represent the original 13 colonies，the stars represent the 50 states of the UnionThe colors of the flag are symbolic as well：red symbolizes hardiness and valor，white symbolizes purity and innocence and blue represents vigilance，perseverance and justiceStep 2Pre-speaking1.air work：Let Ss choose one of the topics below and prepare a short description，using the useful expressions in thetextbook(P43)： (1)What does your hometown look like? (2)What does your school look like? (3)Describe different parts of your province (4)Describe a city in your province (5)What does the landscape look like?2Get Ss to learn the useful expressionsMake a sentence with each pattern (1)How longwidehightall is.? (2)Itsmetresfeet longwidehightall (3)There is.in the northsoutheastwest (4)It looks likeStep 3Speaking Pair work：Get Ss to describe a familiar placeStep 4Post-speaking Write a short passage to describe a placeOne possible version：A Town or City My hometown isnt very largeIt is located next to a river and there are three main partsOn the east side of the fiver，there are many apartment buildings and two middle schoolsMost people in my town live hereThe west side of my town is divided into two partsIn the north，there are two factories，a power plant，and a train stationThere is a small park between the north part and the south part。and there is a small lake in the parkIn the south, there is a shopping center and many important buildings，ega hospital，a police station，and a government buildingThere is also a small universityStep 5Homework Let Ss surf the Internet to find more information about the USAPeriod 2 Listening Teaching Goals：1To train the students listening ability2To learn something about the USATeaching Procedures：Step 1Revision1Pair work：In the last period，students talked about their hometownEveryone loves hisher hometownThen ask students what their hometown looked like 57 years ago? Get them to discuss with partners2Game：Ask Ss more about the USA (1)The US Constitution(the“basic law”of the United States)was written in 1789 (2)George Washington was the first President(and is marked on the US one-dollar bill) (3)George WBush is the 43rd and 44th President(4)The“first settlers”were not Europeans，but rather native Americans who came to North America from Asia (5)Please finish the chartItems:HistoryCultureSportsFestivalsCitiesArchitecturespoliticsSuggested Answers：Items:Something about the USAHistoryShort200300years,the Civil War, won independence in 1789CultureCultural diversity, a melting potSportsBasketball(NBA),baseballFestivalsChristmas, Thanksgiving, HalloweenCitiesNew York, Huston, Chicago, Los AnglesArchitecturesThe Statue of Liberty, the White HousepoliticsDemocratic Party and Republican PartyStep 2Pre-listeningGroup work：Ask Ss to discuss the following questions with their partners in groups of four： Have you ever listened to a radio programme in English? When we listen to a radio programme, what shall we pay attention to?Step 3While-listening 1Listen to part 1 and correct errors in the notes 2Write“T”or“F”for the following questions about New York (1)New York is known as the“Big Apple” ( ) (2)New York was first discovered by French explorer ( ) (3)The island of Manhattan was bought from Local Indians for$200 ( ) (4)New York is on the east side of the USA ( ) (5)By 1820，New York had become the largest city in the USA ( ) (6)New York was once the capital city ( ) (7)Central Park in New York Was created in 1858In the park，there is a zoo，an art museum and a boating lake ( )Suggested Answers： (1)T (2)F (3)F (4)T (5)T (6)T (7)T 3Listen again and answer the questions (1)Why do you think early settlers chose New York as a place for a new city? (2)What were native Americans angry about? 4Listen to part 2 and choose the best answers for the questions below (1)Why do you think Ellis Island was turned into a museum? AThe buildings were not needed for new arrivals BThere is a lot of history connected with people settling in the USA C. Officials a lot of history connected with people settling in the USA. D. It was close to New York(2)Why do you think Ellis Island was called the“Island of Tears”? APeople were unhappy when their names were changed BOfficials treated the people passing through the island badly CSome people cried when they were refused entry into the USA DPeople were afraid of taking mental and physical testsSuggested Answers：(1)B (2)CStep 4Post-reading1Competition：Divide the whole class into four groups and answer the following questionsIf a groups answer is correct，this group will get one pointThe group that gets the most points will win (1)What is the capital of the USA? (2)Who is the first President of the USA? (3)How many states are there in the USA? (4)Who are the native people of the USA? (5)List out at least two wars about the USA (6)When was the Constitution written? (7)List at least three neighboring countries of the USA (8)Put the following holidays into the right order Valentines Day Christmas Day Thanksgiving Day Independence Day April Fools Day Halloween (9)Match the city names with the places on the map Chicago，Atlanta，Washington DC，New York，Los Angeles (10)How many times have Olympic Games been held in the USA? When and where?Suggested Answers： (1)Washington DC (2)Washington (3)50 (4)American Indian (5)Independent War；Civil War (6)1787 (7)Mexico；Canada；Cuba (8)(Feb14)(Apr1)(Jul14)(Nov1)(the last Sunday of Nov)(Dec25) (9)略 (10)The l0th Olympic Games，1932，Los Angeles The 23rd Olympic Games，1984，Los AngelesThe 26th Olympic Games 1996 AtlantaStep 5.HomeworkSearch information about the Civil WarPreview Pre-reading and Reading parts Periods 34 Pre-reading，Reading，Post-reading Teaching Goals：1To learn and master the following phrases：deal with，bum down，aim at，in honour of，in vain，proud of，be determined to do，once again2To train the students reading ability3To help the students learn about the American SouthTeaching Procedures：Step 1Revision and Lead-in 1Match each event with the time below： (1)30，000 years ago A. The American Civil War (2)1600 BThe Great Depression (3)1861 CThe Civil Rights Movement， (4)1930s DThe arrival of Native Americans (5)1960s EThe arrival of European settlers Suggested Answers： (1)D (2)E (3)A (4)B (5)C 2Ask Ss the following two questions： (1)What do you know about the US? (2)What would you like to know more about?Suggested Answers： (1)What you know about the US： Its a large country； Its powerful； There are many famous universities in the US； The US is the largest economy body in the world (2)What youd like to know more about： The US history； What people(students)like to do； Festival and famous places； American foodStep 2Reading 1.Skimming： Question：Atlanta is a representative of the American SouthWhy?Suggested Answer： Like many of its sister cities in the South，Atlanta was burnt down in the Civil WarWhen rebuilt，the city had only$1.64 In only five years，most of the city had been rebuilt and Atlanta began to grow In AtlantaDr Martin Luther King organised non-violent demonstrations and in the end segregation disappearedAtlanta was becoming a successful city proud of its cultural diversity Modern Atlanta is becoming a booming business centre and the home of the largest and most successful companies in America2Scanning： (1)Read the passage again and try to find out the main idea of each paragraph Para 1 The suffering of the South in the past Para 2 The story of the South is also one of hope and success Para 3 A general conclusion of the development of Atlanta Para 4 Efforts made by Martin Luther King，Jr and its result Para 5 The modem condition of Atlanta Para 6 The people in the South ale determined to make a new beginning (2)Read the passage again and try to find out how many parts we can divide it into Part One：Para 1 The suffering of the South in the past Part Two：Para 25 Hope and success of the South Part Three：Para 6 A new beginning of the South (3)Choose the best answer for each question below Hundreds of years ago，which of the following countries probably killed the native Americans? AKorea BEgypt CEnglandDCanada The phrase“in vain”in Paragraph 4 probably means_ Awithout Success Bin trouble Cput into practice Ddangerous In the last paragraph，the writer tries to support the point that_ Athe story of the South is about hope and Success Bit is hard for the South to develop further CAtlanta，Birmingham，Miami and Little Rock are Southern cities which develop very fast Dthere is no trouble with the development of the South Which of the following is wrong according to the passage? AThe South has overcome many difficulties ever since the Civil War BThe fights between blacks and whites in the 1960s were fierce CThere is no doubt that Atlanta is a typical Southern city in many ways DToday the South has developed far better than the North The passage is mainly about_ Athe sufferings in the history of the South Bthe quick development of the South after the Civil War Cthe Civil Rights Movement of the black people Dthe famous cities of the SouthSuggested Answers： c A D D B 3Consolidation： Finish the exercise on the blackboardChoose“True”or“False”for the following sentences I“false”，correct the error (1)( )Ever since the Civil War，the South has struggled to find ways to deal with its troubled past (2)( )In 1864，when the new mayor of Atlanta started working，the city had a lot of money (3)( )In 10 years，most of the city had been rebuilt and Atlanta began to grow again (4)( )After segregation disappeared，Atlanta was becoming a successful city proud of its cultural diversity (5)( )Atlanta is a representative of the new South，a place where fear and doubt have replaced h faith (6)( )Today，the South is known for its beautiful scenerySuggested Answers： (1)T (2)F In 1864，when the new mayor of Atlanta started working，the city had only$164 (3)F In only five years，most of the city had been rebuilt and Atlanta began to grow again (4)T (5)F Atlanta is a representative of the new South, a place where hope and faith have replaced fear and doubt (6)F Today，the South is known for its hospitality4Listen to the tape and deal with the language points (1)drive off赶