Unit6GoingWestTeachingaims:1.Goals:TalkaboutperseveranceandsuccessPractisetalkingaboutabilityReviewtheAttributeWriteastory2.Specialfocus:ImprovereadingskillsandEnlargevocabulary.a.DirectSstoreadthe3passagesonthetextbook;b.GuideSstolearntousethefollowingwordsandexpressions:Pond,burden,desperate,starvation,anxiety,ox,cometoanend,cometoacompletestop,cometoabetterunderstanding,cometoanagreement,assessment,anniversary,thirst,relief,frontier,circumstance,catastrophe,deliver,quit,barkPeriod1ReadingGoingWest(onP49)Step1.WarmingupTask1.CheckhowmuchtheSsknowaboutthebackground:WhoweretheNativeAmericans?Wheredidtheyliveandwhatdoyouknowabouttheirlife?Historycountsmanycasesinwhichsettlersmovedintoareasthatbelongedtootherpeople.Canyougivesomeexamples?Whathappened?ThenewsettlementsinAmericasoonbecameknownastheWildWest.Why?Ifnecessarygivethemsomebackgrounds:WestwardMovementisamovementofpeoplefromthesettledregionsoftheUnitedStatestolandsfurtherwest.Betweentheearly17thandlate19thcenturies,Anglo-AmericanpeoplesandtheirsocietiesexpandedfromtheAtlanticCoasttothePacificCoast.Thiswestwardmovement,acrosswhatwasoftencalledtheAmericanfrontier,wasofenormoussignificance.Byexpandingthenation’sborderstoincludemorethanthreemillionsquaremiles,theUnitedStatesbecameoneofthemostpowerfulnationsofthe20thcentury.However,thisexpansionalsoresultedingreatsuffering,destruction,andculturallossfortheNativeAmericansofNorthAmerica.ThisexpansionalsomeantthatmuchofNorthAmericawasdominatedbyEnglishinstitutionsandwaysoflife,insteadofSpanishorFrenchones.TheSpanishandFrenchwerealsoexploringandsettlingNorthAmericainthesixteenth,seventeenth,andeighteenthcenturies.Forgoodorill,theWestwardMovementoftheseAnglo-AmericansettlerswasoneofthemostinfluentialforcestoshapeNorthAmericahistory.Step2.ReadingTask2.ReadthepassageandtrytogetmoreknowledgeaboutWestwardMovement.用心爱心专心115号编辑Step3.Post-readingTask3:AnsweringthequestionsonP50.Step4.PassageAnalysis:Whatarethewritingtechniquesofthistext?Useofthechronologicalordertonarrateastory.Whatidthewritingstyleofthepassage?Thepassageisanarrativewriting,whichrelatedastorythatthehero’sfamilyandotherfamiliesmovestothewest.Theyranintomanydifficultiesonthewaytothewest.FinallytheygottotheWestandstartedanewlife.Thepassage,whichusesthefirstpersontorelatethehero’strueexperience,givesusavividdescription.Whocansummarizethemainideaofthetext?Thetextrelatedastorythatthehero’sfamilyandothermanyfamiliesmovingtotheWest.What’sthepurposeofthewriter?Thewriterwantedtotellus“Whenonecomesacrosstheproblems,oneshouldn’tescapethem.However,heshouldlearntofacerealityandsolvetheproblems.Aslongasheovercomesthedifficultiesandnevergivesup,hewillachievehisgoalsandsucceed.”Moreover,hehasdreamsinhisheart.Aslongasheinsistsonandmakesunremittingefforts,Ibelievehewillmakehisdreamscometruesomeday.Infact,lifeitselfisabattle.Naturalenvironmentandnatureareyourenemies.Ifyoudefeatthem,youcanliveintheworld,oritisdeaththatiswaitingforyou.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?Fromthistext,Ilearnthatduringourlifetime,wemayrunintomanydifficulties.Whenwecomeacrosstheproblems,weshouldn’ttrytoescape.Instead,weshouldlearntofacerealityandsolvetheproblems.Step5HomeworkFinishalltheexercisesonWordStudyandGrammaronp50--52.Period2.IntegratingReadingSkillsHeroesoftheNorth(p52-53)Step1.Revision1.CheckhowfurthertheSsunderstandPerseverance2.C...
