新人教版高三Unit 6 Going West Reading教案[上学期]

新人教版高三Unit 6 Going West Reading教案
●Teaching aims & demands:
1. Get the general idea of the passage and comprehend the story of Going West
2. Train and improve the students’ ability for reading, esp. the ability for fast reading.
﹡Special goal: Train the students’ reading ability by grasping the structure of the text.
●The important & difficult points:
1. Abstract the clue of the story.
2. Comprehend the main idea of the text and the writer’s feelings of writing such a story
3. Useful expressions: account; beyond; set off for; leave behind; then(Adj.) trying(Adj.); lose one’s way; draw one’ legs; low(少); be accustomed to; in anxiety of doing sth.; in …case; get into one’s knees; on all fours; must have done
●Teaching methods:
1. Listening and reading. 2. Discussion. 3. Pair/group work.
●Teaching aids:
1. Pictures and maps. 2. A tape recorder. 3. Handouts with exercises.
●Teaching procedures :
StepⅠ.Organization & Revision（3mins）:
1. Greeting 2.Check the homework
StepⅡ.Lead-in (6mins)
1. Look at the pictures of the text and make sure the students know something about the story of Going West in the history of the USA.
Background knowledge for reading: The United States of America is a young country. In its early history, it included only 13 states or so lying in the middle-east of today’s USA. The west was taken by the Native Americans then and was undeveloped. About the middle of the 19th century, the government of the US encouraged people to go west to develop its vast continent. So, many people and their families were moved there for different reasons. (Today, we are going to learn one of these stories.)
3. Show the students the map of the USA and make sure them know some geographical
knowledge about the States with the help of the following questions:
▲ Where is Kansas (Tell the students it was the then western frontier of the States.)
▲ Where are the Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Desert
▲ Where are the Rocky Mountains
▲ Where is Califorlia
Step Ⅲ. Reading comprehension (30mins)
1. Listen to the tape and complete the following tasks(13mins):
Task1. New words study. Find out the new words and phrases. Guess the meaning of each(5mins).
-account: a description of something
-beyond: out of touch; be far away
-set off for: leave for
-leave behind: throw away
-lose one’s way: can’t find the way to go on
-drag one’s legs: walk slowly; mean to do something slowly
-low: a little or lack of sth.
-be accustomed to doing sth: be used to doing sth.
-get into one’s knees: walk on one’s knees
-on all fours: walk on one’s hands and feet
Task2. Scan the text and find out the TIME about the story then write the number of them on the following Time Line(4mins):
1845 1846 1847
① ② ③ ④ ⑤
Paragraph: Para.1 Para.2 Para.3.4.5. Para.6
Plot: Cause Experiences End
① in the spring of 1845 ② by the middle of October(1845)
③ on April 12, 1846 ④ on November 4, 1846
⑤ in the morning of Christmas Day(1846)
2. Further reading(17mins)
⑴Questions for discussion（6mins）:
▲ What were the main difficulties the people going west facing
▲ How did the animals act in the traveling And how about the people
▲ What do you think is the cause of the author’s success
(Answer: I won’t give up. Giving up means a shallow grave in the desert ——death).
⑵Read the passage once again and work out the Cause, the Experiences and the End of
the story then write down on the Time Line above. Meanwhile, have a discussion about the
Cause, the Experiences and the End(11mins).
Cause (para.1): My father read a book about Califorlia.(“This account of the wonderful land beyond the Rocky Mountains gave him the idea to move there.”)
The purpose place: Califorlia
The tools for traveling: wagons pulled by horses or oxen
People: many other families besides my father, my children and I.
Experiences (para.2.3.4.5): From the middle of October of 1845 to the morning of Christmas Day of 1846, the experiences through the mountains and desert.
The journey to the first destination: Indian Creek in Kansas, the meeting place for people moving to the west.
The journey through the mountains and desert: trying-①No roads. Sometimes the wagons had to be lifted and pulled up. When entering the desert, we lost our way.②The landscape was dry and barren. No water and grass for the animals.③The animals died and the wagons were abandoned. People hurried on to saved themselves.④I couldn’t walk but to move on all fours.
End(para.6): We saw a running stream and some fat cattle and horses. We thought we had reached the promised land.
StepⅣ Post-Reading(pay more attention to the underlined expressions.4mins )
1. The reason why my father wanted to go to California is that ______.
A. California was in desert B. California was a wonderful land described in a book
C. California was far away D. California was the largest state in the USA
2. People moving to the west would meet in ______.
A. Kansas B. California C. Salt Lake Valley D. Salt Lake Desert
3 On which day did the author enter the Salt Lake Desert
A. April 12. B. November4. C. October15. D. December 25.
4. Why did the travelers call their ninety-mile drive through the Salt Lake Desert the “Long Drive”
A. Because the landscape was dry and barren. B. Because water was salty and barren
C. Because their water supply was so slow D. All of the above
5. After the travelers burnt their wagons, they had to go on their feet with another ______ miles to go.
A. 2500 B. 500 C. 90 D. 45
6. The animals almost ran when the travelers reached the edge of the desert. Why
A. Because they were tired and weak. B. Because they had no burden
C. Because they must have smelt the water D. Because they went back to their home
7. How long did the author spend finishing the journey
A. More than 40 months. B. About 2 months
C. About a year D. About a year and a month
8 From the text, we can infer______
A. the author and the travelers had to go all day and all night long
B. there was no oxen left when the travelers reached California
C. many travelers died when their days of hardship came to an end
D. it’s a long way to travel from the author’s hometown to California
Answers: 1-5 BABDBCDD
StepⅤ Homework(2mins):
1. Complete the following box according to the text.
Time
Places
People
Cause
Experiences
End
Conclusion of reading
2. Turn the following expressions into Chinese according to the text. Choose five of them to make sentences.
1).leave behind 2).lose one’s way 3).in need of 4). Drag one’s legs 5).be desperate for sth./ to do sth 6).be/get accustomed to 7).be lined with 8).In anxiety of doing sth. 9).in most cases e to an end
Something for writing on the Bb:
1845 1846 1847
① ② ③ ④ ⑤
Paragraph: Para.1 Para.2 Para.3.4.5. Para.6
Plot: Cause Experiences End
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