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Unit 3 Diverse cultures
一、Lead-in
Good morning boys and girls, welcome to my class again! Today we will learn unit 3 --- the reading part.
So, at the beginning of our class, I want to show you some pictures. Can you can me what it is? Right, it's a famous city—San Francisco. So here comes my question: What do you know about it? Any volunteers? Mike! It is a big city in America. Right. What else? Mary! It's famous for the Chinatown and The Golden Gate Bridge. Yes, you are so knowledgeable!Now we are going to learn a passage about San Francisco together and learn more about it. (板书单元标题Diverse cultures)
二、Pre-reading
Now, please open your book and turn to page 28. Please look through the passage and tell me the type of the text. Ok, Carrie, what's your opinion? It's a travel journal. Yes, good job.
A travel journal is a personal record of his or her travels, which may be kept in a diary or in a blog format online. It is usually organized in time order or space order. Understand? Ok.
三、Fast-reading
Now, please read the text quickly and try to summarize the main idea of the passage.
3 minutes for you. Go!
Ok stop here.OK, who'd like to show me your answer? Lucy? What is the text about? It's about Li Lan's trip in San Francisco.
Right. Here is another task for you, please classify and organize the information of the travel journal and find the places that Li Lan had been to or planned to visit. Here, classifying means sorting the information in groups, e.g.names, places, or events. Organizing means putting things in order. Sometimes it is a good idea to draw a diagram to organize the information in the passage. So when you are reading, you can draw a diagram to put the places in time order. Clear? All right, so what places did Li Lan go or planned to go? 5 minutes for you, go. Finished? Anyone wants to try? Ok, Ross. Here
are 6 places. They are…(边说边板书)
So the diagram is very clear for us, right?
四、Careful reading
So we can see Li Lan made a very tight schedule for her travel, right? Now let's read the passage again and find out what Li Lan did on her trip. Please read it carefully and finish the timeline. You got 8 minutes. You can start now. Time is up. I see you've already finished. Who can tell me your answer? Michael, can you?
(边说边板书,若时间不够,只写关键词即可,如城市的缩写)
Before coming to San Francisco, she camped in the Redwood Forest and visited Napa Valley.
In the morning, she got the first impression of the city, walked around the Mission District and ate Mexican- Chinese noodles.
In the afternoon, she visited the local museum and learned about the history of California.
In the evening, she went to Chinatown and ate at a·Cantonese restaurant. Tomorrow, she will go to a jazz bar in the Richmond District.
So from Li Lan's journal, we can feel the diverse cultures in San Francisco and we can say there is a real mix of cultures there. Right?
五、Post-reading
Now we've got a clear understanding of the whole text. So what's your impression about San Francisco now? I am sure you have more ideas than before. Now please think about it and you can discuss with your partner. 5 minutes for you to discuss. Ok, stop here. How about Group 3?
Group 3 said: In Li Lan's travel journal. the most impressive part for them is that there are diverse cultures in the city which are shown in almost every aspect of the city life such as buildings, food, painting, and music arts. And they find it very attractive. Very good presentation, I'm proud of you!
六、Summary and homework
Today we learned a travel journal about San Francisco. We know it's a historical city and there are different buildings representing diverse culture. Besides, it has great view and living condition. So it's a great city to live in. As for us, we should respect different cultures.
Today's homework is to write a short article about your impression on San Francisco. Next class, I will invite some of you to share your writing with us. That's all for today's class. See u next time .
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