TheFirstAmericans教案

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4. Topic: 能够复述课文并表达自己的情感；能够使用本模块的词汇讨论种族问题并表达自己的态度。
Aim of skill:
1. Listening：
1).Understanding the introduction of reading and speaking.
2). Recognizing the new words, the new phrases in the text.
3) Getting the message and understand the meaning of the sentence, the paragraph and the listening text.
2. Speaking:
复述课文表达情感
3. Reading
1) Understanding the new words, the article,
2) Understanding the materials of Americans
4. Writing
能够运用本模块所学的词汇和短语写出课文内容的梗概；能写出有关某个美洲部落的简短发言稿；能在阅读与本模块主题相关的简易原著并领会其内容。
Learning strategy:
1. Cognitive strategy (认知策略)
2. Monitoring strategy（调控策略）
3. munication strategy（交际策略）
4. resource strategy （资源策略）
Culture consciousness and Emotions:
了解世界各地不同民族的历史和生活状况,了解她们的文化和对社会发展所做出的贡献。
Arrangement of time: 5 periods.
Period One
Content: 1. introduction (Reading and speaking )
2. Reading and Vocabulary (1)
Aim: 1. to know something about the new words of subjects.该部分包含两个活动，引入了对美洲发展有影响的人物哥伦布。教师可以通过组织学生对哥伦布有关情况的讨论，引起学生对美洲历史和文化的兴趣，展开有关的语言时间活动。
2. the techniques of reading like the scanning ,the skimming ,the key words.该部分阅读材料介绍了美洲的历史和她们当今的生活状况。围绕着课文，编者设计了五个与课文内容和词汇有关的练习。通过练习，学生可以了解这些词汇。
Procedure: (一) introduction
Step1. Warming up
1. Who were the first people to live in America?
2. What do you know about Christopher Columbus?
3. Do you think Columbus discovered America? Why or why not?
4. Do you think Columbus is a very important person in American history? Why or why not?
By asking these questions to help the students to review the information.
Step 1 : Look at the map in the text. What map is it? Which major countries is America made up of? Who first came to live this continent?
Step 2 : pair works. Check the true statement. Tell which one is right and the reason.
Step 3 : 学生个别活动，阅读Activity 2的内容并回答一下问题:
1) Why did Native Americans used to be called “Indians”?
2) Why did Columbus’s journey lead to the colonization of North America?
Homework:
1. Remember all the words of this class
2. Read the text fluently and recite some paragraphs
(二) Reading and Vocabulary (1)
Pre-reading: Look at the picture, what do you think you are going to read about?
讨论: 1.Where did Native Americans e from?
2. How did they go there?
3. How were they treated by white settlers?
Step 1: Deal with some new words. 在Activity 2中,大多数词汇都是没有语境的生词,这些生词在学生阅读中会造成一定的障碍,所以可以通过设置语境法处理生词。例如：
a. we can convert water into seam by heating it.
b. crops grow well in fertile land. Land in northeast of China is very fertile, called “black land”.
c. if a person is very brave and have no fear for anything, we describe him as fearless.
d. those natives didn’t like or trust outsiders. They were hostile to strangers.
e. Japanese invaded China in the 1930s and caused a lot of sufferings to Chinese people.
f. in the 1980s, after the Chinese government reform policy in practice, China began to prosper. The agriculture and industry developed quickly and people became rich.
g. people who settle in a certain place are inhabitants if this place.
h. this plane is designed for military purpose. It will be used I the army.
i. the soldier had to retreat when they were beaten in battle.
Step2 pete the sentences with the correct words in the box
brutal collaboration covert legendary livestock nomadic raid retreat starvation warrior
1. Sitting Bull was a _________ Native American chief.
2. thousands of people died of __________ on the long journey.
3. The Native Americans received very _______ treatment from Europeans
4. A _______ is a strong and very brave fighter.
5. The village was attacked and our horses and other ________ were stolen.
6. After losing the battle, the tribe were forced to retreat and move to the wast.
7. _______ people move around and do not settle in one place.
8. The Iroquois was a strong ________ of several different tribes in the east.
9. A few brave men went out at night to _______ one of the Spanish village and bring back food.
10. If people refused to ______ to Christianity, they were often killed.
Step 3 scanning or skimming
Read the text quickly and silently and find the evidence for the statement
1. Christopher Columbus was not the first person to set foot in North America.
2. Before the Europeans arrived, the natives of North America did well for themselves.
3. The Native Americans did not want to adopt Christianity as their religion.
4. It was about a century later that the Sioux were pensated for the illegal invasion of their land.
5. The Apaches did not only engage in battle with white settlers.
读完之后同桌之间讨论答案.
Step 4 careful-reading
Read the text carefully and try to master much ore information and do the following questions. Find out which of the American tribes
1. lived in the south-east
2. were forced to walk to their new land
3. were the first to use horses
4. were almost destroyed by hunger
5. lived on the plain
6. were not famous for being peaceful
7. had to move west because they lost their hunting ground
8. were nomadic and lived in the south-east
9. were famous warriors
10. fought with other native American tribes
11. stole horses from Spanish
Step 5 分段演练 find out the main idea of each paragraph
Para1. who are native Americans
Para2. where they e from
Para3. how British and Spanish settles treated Native Americans.
Para4. The biggest ethnic groups
Para5. a simple introduction of the Iroquois.
Para6-7. a simple introduction of the Cherokees
Para8-9. a simple introduction of the Navajos
Para10-11. a simple introduction of the Sioux
Para12. a simple introduction of the Apaches
Para13 how the Apaches got along with the Pueblos
Para14 the living conditions of Native Americans
Para15 present living conditions of Native Americans
Homework: 1. remember the new words of this class
2. recite para1-3

Period Two
Content: 1. Language points
2. Cultural corner
1. The original inhabitants of North America are referred to as Native Americans
refer to sb/sth as…:称某人/某物为….
refer to
(1) 提到,说道 In his speech, he referred to your name several times.
(2)查阅,求助于 Please refer to the notes after class if you want to know more.
(3)与…有关 What I have to say refers to all of you.
(4)refer to sb for information: 向某人打听消息
2. make a treaty with sb.: 和某人签订条约
3. insist on doing sth:坚持要做某事
4.the Americas:美洲大陆
5. may +have +过去分词:表示对过去的事作推测”可能做了某事”
e.g. He may have seen his former teacher yesterday.
6. inhabit---- inhabitant----inhabitation
7. origin---- originate----original
8. make peace with:
9. engage sb to do sth : 聘请….做
be engaged : 订婚 engagement ring: 订婚戒指
10. eventually = at last
11. prefer …. to….

Cultural corner
Read the passage and answer the questions
1. How were the Cherokee Indians treated by the soldiers?
2. What did John G. Burt want schoolchildren to understand?
同学们自己默读,然后同桌之间讨论问题的答案.
答案:1.Brutally
2. The white should pay for the crimes.
要点:
1. be acquainted with: 与…相识
2.an extract:摘要
3. in view of :鉴于
4. too… to:
5 on one’s 80th birthdy
Period Three
Content: language in use 1&2
Aim: 这部分引入了英语中最活跃的几个词,并通过典型的例句对她们进行讲解,通过运用比较和归纳的能力从而提高学生们学习英语的能力.
一、and
1（连接并列的名词、代词和数词）同，和，与，例如：
Father and I went to Xinhua Bookstore yesterday.
2 (连接并列的形容词和副词)又,而且,例如:
Read slowly and loudly.
3 口语中连接并列的动词,表示目的,例如:
Try and shoot the bird.
4 (连接两个并列句)而且
I did not answer ,and, he, too, kept silent.
5(连接两个句子,后者表示结果)只要…就会,那么
Go at once and you will see her.
6. (连接两个相同的词)反复,一再
We talked and talked.
7 (表示转折)但,却
He is so rich and lives like a beggar.
8 (表示家中语气)而且
She did the work and she did it well
9用于句子开头以表示连续性或者表示惊异
And are you really going with him?
10 表示同时
We ate and drank to our full content.
二、e
1. e about: 出现;发生
Those changes came about during the 18th century.
2. e across: 偶然遇到或找到
I came across my old college roommate in town today.
3. e along: 进展;前进
Things are ing along fine.
4. e around/round:恢复,还原
He fainted but soon came around
5. e back: 再现记忆
When I saw the picture, happy memories came back.
6. e upon: 偶然发现或遇到
He came upon his lost diary when packing
7. e up : 显现;出现
The question never came up.
8. e through: 作要求的或预期的事
I asked for their help, and they came through.
9. e to : 恢复直觉
The fainting victim came to
10. e over: 偶然拜访
Will you e over this weekend?
Step 2 根据以上讲解指导学生们完成课本P61 activity 4及P64activity 4
Period Four
Content: reading and vocabulary (2)
Aim:通过阅读材料介绍人们对中国航海家郑和是否是访问美洲的第一人的看法，拓展学生们的视野，开阔学生们的思路，从而进一步了解中国的悠久历史。
Step 1 : 单词―首先熟悉一些与课文有关的生词，排除障碍。通过设置语境法处理生词。例如：
treasure admiral porcelain oppose silk merchant conclude recoreds
把上述词汇又在下面的句子中
1. An admiral is the most senior officer in charge of a group of ship.
2. Silk is a very fine fabric that is produced by a small insect.
3. A merchant is someone who buys and sells things, especially in other country.
4. Porcelain is a hard white material which is used to make cups, plates and bowls.
5. To conclude is to arrive at an opinion after looking at all the facts.
6. Records are written documents which keep information for the future.
7. Treasure is valuable objects, metals and jewels.
8. If you oppose something, you don’t approve of it and are against it.
Step 2 Work in pairs. Look at the title of the passage and predict what will be talked about in the passage. Write down three key words and show them to the partner. And the read the passage to see hoe much you are right.
Step 3 scanning or skimming
Read the text fast and find the main idea
a. Chinese Admiral Zheng He may have been the first foreigner to the America.
b. Not everyone believe that Zheng He may have been the first foreigner to the America.
c. There are lots of evidences to show that Zheng He may have been the first foreigner to the America.
Step 3 Careful-reading
Read the text carefully and answer the following questions. You can do it in pairs
1. How do we know that someone used the Cap of Good Hope as a sea route as early as 1459?
2. Hoe do we know that not everyone was in favor of Zheng He’s Voyages?
3. How does Menzies imply that the Chinese must have drawn the first map?
Homework:
1. read the text fluently and remember the new words
2. write a position: My Opinion About Zheng He
Period Five
Content: 1. presentation skills
2. Reading practice
一、presentation skills
Step 1 课前准备。Choose a famous explorer and use the Inter or the library to research his or her life, including names and dates, what they did, where they went, how long it took ….
Step 2 同学们商量,汇总信息,并找出一个同学发言。汇报本小组的讨论结果。
二、Reading practice
Step 1 Read the following three choices and guess what is the purpose of Chinese immigrants who went to the US in the 19th century. Then skim the passage to check your guess.
a. They were caught and carried there by ship by some bad people who wanted to make money from them.
b. They went there because they wanted to take chances.
c. They went there because they hoped to make more money to support their families.
Step 2 Read the title of the passage and expressions below. Choose the words you think may appear in the passage. Then scan the passage and check your answers.
a. pursue opportunities
b. lack of food
c. in search of economic suess
d. language barriers
e. the growing need for labor
Step 3 plete the following sentences aording to the passage
1. Drawn by the news of the California Gold Rush, many Chinese arrived in the Americas because….
2. Chinese immigrants helped the new western states to bee more self-sufficient in their food production in that……
3. The building of Transcontinental Railroad was an important aomplishment of Chinese immigrants because…..
Homework
完成课本P115 页跟踪练习.