Unit 13 The USA Lesson 49 NEW YORK

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Unit 13 The USALesson 49NEW YORK
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PartI. My understanding of this lesson

• This lesson is a reading passage. It plays a very
  important part in the English teaching of this
  unit, because we should lay particular emphasis
  on the students reading ability in senior
  English teaching. In this passage we should help
  the students get some information about New York,
  its location, its past, its present and its
  development.
• During this period, we ought to get the students
  to understand some difficult sentences in order
  to comprehend the passage better. The students
  should do some listening, speaking and writing,
  too. Of course, the students should receive some
  moral education. I will show them a picture
  downloaded from the net, which shows that the
  World Trade Center was destroyed by the
  terrorists on September 11, 2001. We should teach
  them to hate the terrorism.

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Teaching aims

• 1.Ask students to comprehend the text 2.    
  Help students to get information about New York.
• 3.Enable students to retell the text in their
  own words.
• 4.Require students to remember some key words,
  expressions and sentence patterns

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• Key points
• 1. a handful of 2. be torn down
• 3. have trouble 4. turn away
• 5. go up 6. this is no mistake
• 7. the age of mass arrivals 8. a very
  exciting place to be
• 9. the first westerner to discover
• Difficult points
• Some sentences in this passage.

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• Part II My teaching theories and methods to deal
  with this lesson.
• When I deal with this lesson, Ill do my
  best to carry out the following teaching
  theories1) Make the students the real masters in
  class while the teacher acts as director
  2)Combine the language structure with the
  language functions3) Ask students to learn from
  each other in the communication.
• Since it is a reading passage, it is
  important to develop the students reading
  ability. Ill use some methods such

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• as preparation for reading, scanning,
  skimming, intensive reading and so on. Ill
  encourage them to get information from other
  materials. For example, they can surf on line and
  in this way, they can enlarge their views. This
  will stir up their interest in English study, and
  further improve their ability of reading as well
  as other abilities of English.

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PartIII Teaching steps
In order to reach the goal of the teaching, I
have designed the following teaching
steps Preparation for reading----scanning------sk
imming-----intensive reading-----listening and
reading-----pair work------Extensive
reading------homework
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Step1 Preparation for reading
This step includes revision and presentation. At
first Ill ask rapid questions around the class
What continent does the USA lie in? what is the
capital of the USA? How many states are there in
the USA? Which is the largest city in the
USA? Show the students a picture and ask How
much do you know about New York? Show students
another group of pictures. At the some time, give
a brief introduction of New York. New York is the
largest city in the USA, with a population of
about 9 million. It is the largest US port, the
countrys trade centers, and, with its banks and
stock exchange, the financial center of the
world. The United Nations has its headquarters in
New York.

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Do you the name of the city?
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Statue of Liberty
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Manhattan
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Empire Building
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World Trade Center
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World Trade damaged by terrorist
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World financial
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UN
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Step 3 Scanning (It Means reading for specific
information)

• Get the students to read the passage silently
  and quickly to give the best title for each
  paragraph.
• Paragraph1) Brief history of New York city from
  1524 to 1790.
• Paragraph2) The central Park of New York City.
• Paragraph3) The mass arrival from 1892 and the
  Ellis Island
• Paragraph4) The tall building in New York.
• Paragraph5) New York---- a busy city that never
  sleeps

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Step 3 Skimming

• Give the students several minutes to skim
  and then get them to make some choices.
• 1.The passage is______.
• A. About the history of New York
• B. About the development of New York
• C. About the characteristics of New York
• D. A brief introduction of New York
• 2. Which fact about New York is true?
• New York is_________.
• A.A harbor
• B. Owned by local Indians
• C. The capital of the USA
• D.A city with lots of plains

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5.The age of mass arrival began in________. A.
the eighteenth century B. the early eighteenth
century C. the nineteenth century D .the late
nineteenth century In this step, Im going to
divide the students into two groups(boys and
girls) and let them have a competition. The
rules When they hear begin!, he or she should
quickly stand up and give the answer. If he or
she is right, they will get 10 points for their
group. At the end, the winning group will get a
present. This method can make the students active
in class and it can help them develop their quick
response.

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Step4. Intensive reading
1.   1. Get the  students to read the passage
silently and get ready to fill in the form below.

Time Events
In 1524 The group of islands on which New York is built was discovered by an Italian explorer.
By 1820 The population of New York had grown to about 125,000.
In 1892 The age of mass arrivals began
Around the year 1900 The building of skyscrapers in New York began

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Centralpark
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park1
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Park2
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park3
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Park4
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Language focus

• 1.a handful of 2. be torn down
• 3.have trouble 4.turn away
• 5.go up 6.this is no mistake
• 7.the age of mass arrivals
• 8.a very exciting place to be
• 9.the first westerner to discoverthe first
  westerner who discovered

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Step5.Listening and reading

• Play the tape of the passage for the students to
  listen and then ask them to read it aloud. Tell
  them to pay attention to the pronunciation,
  stress and intonation while listening. At the
  same time, they can enjoy the beauty of English
  language. And it can prepare the students for the
  retelling in next step.

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Step 6 Pair work

• Suppose Student A has been to New York, and
  Student B is planning to go there, so B goes to A
  for some information. They can begin like this
• AGood morning B. Welcome to my place.
• B Good morning. I hear youve just come back
  from the USA. Can you tell me something about
• A OK. What do you want to learn about?
• B
• Invite some pairs to the front to perform , and
  then give them some cheers.

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Step 7.Extensive reading

• Ask students to read another passage ,which is
  downloaded from the Internet.By reading this
  passage they can learn more about New York. The
  purpose of it is to enlarge students view of
  knowledge.This can also make them became more
  interested in English study.

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Step8. Writing

• Ask students to write a short article about New
  York in the their own words. Time permitting
  ,Ill ask some them to read their
  passages.Correct mistakes with their desk mates.

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Step 9 Home work

• 1. Read the passage again.
• 2.Finish off the workbook exercises.

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Thats all.
Thank you!