新人教版高中英语必修3Unit 3 Diverse Cultures-Reading and Thinking教学设计（定制版）

The topic of this part is “Learn about a city that has diverse cultures”.This section is a travel journal. In the diary, Chinese student Li Lan recorded her trip of California and mainly introduced her a day’s trip of San Francisco and what he had seen, heard and felt, from the beginning interest in the city buildings to later better understanding of the diverse cultures’ influence to all aspects of the city. San Francisco is a place which shows the mix of American diverse cultures, like the Mission District where many from Mexico or Central America live and Chinatown where many Chinese made a living by shops and restaurants because of the gold rush in the 19th century. Therefore, many different cultures have been mixed from the 19th century, among of which is the Chinese culture.Diary is just a way of recording daily life and has its own format. The first line is the date, on the left or on the right. The body of dairy always is used to record what the writer saw, heard, did and thought all day with the first person and past tense. Travel journal recording the writer’s travel attractions, activities and thoughts has the same format as the diary.Concretely, Li Lan recorded her own a day’s travel according to the timeline or time order. In the first paragraph, he told the reader her first impression on San Francisco. In the second, third and fourth paragraphs, he respectively described her activities, what he saw and heard and the next day’s plan in the morning, afternoon and tomorrow evening. In a day’s travel, the writer experienced and gradually understood the diverse cultures are filled with every corner of the city, which is also the theme meaning of the text.1. Fast reading to get the detailed information according the timeline; careful reading to classify and organize information by drawing a diagram 2. Learn the reading skills--finding the timeline and drawing a diagram to classify and organise information.3. Know and understand the features and reasons of diverse cultures. 4. Critical think the reasons, advantages and disadvantages of diverse cultures.