Teachingplanof“California”AnalysisoftheteachingmaterialThisisareadingpassageaboutCalifornia.ItintroducesthehistoryofCaliforniaanddescribesthegreathistoricaleventshappenedinvarioustimes.Italsotellsuswhen,howandwhydifferentpeoplefromallovertheworldhavebeenimmigratingtoCalifornia.Itexplainstousthereasonswhyitwillbeasimplemulticulturalcommunityinthe21stcentury.ThepassagehelpstodevelopSs’cultureawarenessandcross-culturecommunicativeskills.Teachingaims:Knowledgeaim:Tomasterthenewwords&phrasesinthisunitAbilityaim:TotraintheSs’readingabilityMoralaim:TodevelopSs’cultureawarenessandcross-culturecommunicativeskillsTeachingkeypointanddifficultpoint:Keypoint:ToknowthehistoryofCaliforniaandmasterthekeywords,phrasesandsentencestructure.Difficultpoint:TohelpthestudentsunderstandwhyCaliforniaisthemostmulticulturalstateintheUSA.TeachingApproachesTask-basedlanguageteachingCooperativelearningapproachCommunicativeapproachSituationalApproachAffectiveMotivation…LearningMethodsSelf-learningTask-basedlearningCooperativelearningTeachingprocedures:Step1:LeadinWhentheclassbegins,teacherasksthefollowingquestions:1.WhatdidyoudoduringtheMayDayholiday?2.Asweknow,theShanghaiWorldExhibitionwasopenedOntheMayDayholiday;didyougotoShanghaitoseeitduringtheholiday?Studentsmaysaytheydidn’thavetimeandmoneytoseetheexhibition.Thenteachersay:Whatapity!TheWorldExhibitionwillshowustheculturesandtechnologiesofdifferentcountries.Itisagoodchanceforustobroadenourviews.But,itdoesn’tmatter,today，I’llshowyouaroundthemuseumofCaliforniatohelpyoulearnsomethingaboutCalifornia.Now,followmeintothemuseum.(Showthefollowingslideonthescreen)ThemuseumofCaliforniaThemuseumofCaliforniaThemuseumofCaliforniaexhibitionhall1exhibitionhall2exhibitionhall3Intheaboveslide,therearethreeexhibitionhalls.Inexhibitionhall1,I’llshowthestudentsthelocationofCalifornia.Inexhibitionhall2,I’llshowthestudentssomebeautifulsceneryofCalifornia.Andinexhibitionhall3,I’llleadthestudentstothetopicofthisperiod:thehistoryandculturaldiversityofCalifornia.（设计意图：通过世博会，引入本节课的话题，让学生了解一些关于加州的知识，提起他们对于进一步了解加州的兴趣，给学生观看加州的图片，使学生对加州有一个直观的印象，为下面阅读文章做好准备。）Step2:FastreadingAskthestudentstoreadthetextfastandtrytodividethetextintothreeparts,andworkoutthemainideaofeachpart.（设计意图：此环节为快速阅读，目的是培养学生迅速浏览课文，获得文章大意的能力。）Step3:Detailedreading1.Askthestudentstoreadthe2ndparagraphandfinishthefollowingchart.StagePeopleTimeEventNativeAmericans2.Askthestudentstoreadthe3rdparagraphandfinishthefollowingchartStagePeopleTimeEventSpanish3.Askthestudentstoreadthe4thand5thparagraphsandfinishthefollowingchart.StagePeopleTimeEventRussiansGoldminers4.Askthestudentstoreadparagraphs6to8andfinishthefollowingchart.StagePeopleTimeEventLaterarrivalsLaterarrivals（设计意图：此环节通过表格的使用,学生能很直观的看到加州每个历史阶段的移民,让他们能比较详细了解加州整个发展历史,对其文化多元性有个深刻的理解。）Step4:PlayagameT:Tillnow,wehavevisitedthemuseumofCaliforniaandlearnedalotaboutit.Now,doyouwanttousetheknowledgeyouhavelearnedaboutCaliforniatogainsomepresentsforyourselves?S:Yes.T:Ok.Let’splayagame.Firstletmeexplaintherulestoyou.Lookatthescreen,firstspellthewordCaliforniatogether.(Studentsspelltheword)YoucanchoosealetterfromthewordCalifornia,andyouwillbegivenaquestionaboutCalifornia.Ifyoucananswerthequestioncorrectly,youwillgetthepresent,understand?Ok,let’sstart.（设计意图：以游戏的形式，提高学生的学习积极性，通过学生对这些关于加州的问题的回答，让学生进一步地熟悉课文，理解加州的历史和文化。）Step5：DiscussionAskthestudentstodiscussthefollowingquestions.WhatdoyouthinkCaliforniaislikeafteryourreadingthepassage?Discusswithyourpartnersandtrytogiveasimpleintroductionofit.（设计意图：通过讨论，使学生进一步熟悉和理解加州文化乃至美国文化，使学生认识到“美国是民族的熔炉”。）Step6：Homework1.Makeasummaryofthetextinabout100words.2.Rememberthenewwordsinthetext.（设计意图：此项任务重点在于安排学生熟悉课文的内容，掌握课文里的新词汇。）
