必修五Unit 2 The United Kingdom Period 2.docx

必修五Unit 2 The United Kingdom Period 2.docx

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必修五Unit2TheUnitedKingdomPeriod2

Period2　Reading

TheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod

Thisperiodisthehighlightofthewholeunit.Itlaysemphasisonreadingandunderstanding.

Firsttheteachershouldcheckifthestudentshavemasteredthenewwordsandexpressionsbyaskingthemtofillintheblanksofsomesentencesbyusingsomeofthewordsandphrasesthatwillappearinthereadingpassage.Thispartcanhelpthestudentstolearnwordsandexpressionsbyheartinacertainlanguagesituation.

TheninPre-readingpart,thestudentsareaskedtodistinguishthedifferencesbetweentheUK,GreatBritainandEngland.Hence,theteachercanleadtothetopicofthehistoricalinfluenceongeographyinthecountry.Providedwithtwosimplequestions:

“DidthecountriesoftheUKunitepeacefullyorbywar?

WhereshouldwegoifwewanttoappreciatesomehistoricalattractionsoftheUK?

”,thestudentswillreadthepassagefastandfindtheanswersdirectlyinthepassage.

Next,thestudentswillfirstlistentothetapewiththeirtextbooksclosed.Inordertomakethisstepefficient,theteacherwillprovidethemwithfivestatementsbasedonthepassage.Whilelistening,thestudentsshouldjudgewhetherthesestatementsaretrueorfalse.Ifitisfalse,thestudentsshouldcorrectit.

Thenthestudentswillbegivenseveralminutestoreadthepassagesilently.Theyshoulddividethepassageintothreepartsandwritethemainideasofeachpart.Inordertohelpthestudentsunderstandthepassagebetter,theteachercanprovidesomecomprehendingexercises,includingansweringsomequestions,paraphrasingsomedifficultsentences.Astothesecond,thirdandsixthparagraphs,thestudentswillfinishtwotables,analyzingthedetails.Thepurposeofthisstepistotrainthestudents’abilityofreadingcomprehension,whichisaveryimportantskill.

Atlast,thestudentswilldoaspeakingtaskinpairs.OneactsasavisitortoEnglandandtheotheractsasanativeEnglishman.ThevisitorisaskingthenativesomequestionsaboutthegeographytheUnitedKingdom.ThispartnotonlyhelpsthestudentstorevisewhatthehavelearnedinthispartbutalsoprovidesthemwithanopportunitytospeakinEnglish.

TeachingImportantPoints

Improvethestudents’readingability.

Trainthestudents’abilitytograspkeyinformationwhilelistening.

TeachingDifficulties

KnowabouttheUK’shistoricalinfluenceonthegeography.

Knowaboutthehistoricaltreasuresleftbytheinvaders.

TeachingA

ids

ataperecorder

aprojector

theblackboard

ThreeDimensionalTeachingAims

KnowledgeAims

debate,clarify,legal,relation,convenience,attraction,influence,collection,construct,puzzle,educational,roughly,industrial,historical

breakawayfrom,leaveout,divide...into...,belinkedto,toone’ssurprise,aswellas,beknownas,lookaround,keepone’seyesopen,makeone’stripworthwhile

Thereisnoneedtodebateanymoreaboutwhydifferentwordsareusedtodescribethefourcountries:

England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.

YoumustkeepyoureyesopenifyouaregoingtomakeyourtriptotheUnitedKingdomworthwhile!

AbilityAims

LearnsomedetailedinformationabouttheUnitedKingdom.

Improvethestudents’readingability.

Trainthestudents’abilitytograspkeyinformationwhilelistening.

Trainthestudents’speakingability.

EmotionalAims

Trainthestudents’abilitytocooperatewithothers.

KnowabouttheUK’shistoricalinfluenceonthegeography.

Knowaboutthehistoric

altreasuresleftbytheinvaders.

TeachingProcedure

Step1Greetings

Greetthestudentsasusual.

Step2Revision

T:

Atthebeginningofthisperiod,Iwillcheckifyouhavemasteredthenewwordsandphrasesinthisunit.Pleasefinishthefollowingsentencesusingsomewordsandphraseinthisunit.Pleasepayattentiontotheformsofthewordsandphrases.

1.TheUK__________fourcountries.

2.ManypeoplefindthegeographyoftheUK__________.

3.Unlessthemoneyispaidimmediatelyweshallbeforcedtotake__________action.

4.Theprinterhas__________twolinesfromthisparagraph.

5.Janethasaverygood__________offoreigncoins.

6.Idon’twantto__________you.Youmustdecideforyourself.

7.Itisdifficultto__________abadhabit.

8.Theexplanationinthenote__________thedifficultsentence.

9.Shoppingbagsareprovidedforthecustomers’__________.

10.Ittakesabouttwoyearsto__________alargebridge.

（Givethestudentsseveralminutestothinkaboutthem.）

Suggestedanswers:

1.consistsof　

2.puzzling　

3.legal　

4.leftout　

5.collection　

6.influence

7.breakawayfrom　

8.clarified　

9.convenience　

10.construct

Step3Pre-reading

T:

Inthefirstperiod,youhavelearnedabriefintroductiontotheUK.DoyouknowthedifferencebetweentheUnitedKingdom,GreatBritain,andEngland?

S:

Ifindtheirrelationshippuzzling.

T:

Theofficialnameofthecountryis“TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.”TheUnitedKingdomconsistsofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.GreatBritainisthenameoftheislandnorthwestofFranceandeastofIrelandthatcanbedividedintothreeregions:

England,WalesandScotland.Therefore,EnglandispartofGreatBritain,whichispartoftheUnitedKingdom.Thepuzzlingsituationwascausedbythehistory.Inthisunitwewilllearnaboutthehistoricalinfluenceonthegeographyofthecountry.

Step4FastReading

T:

Readthepassageentitled“PuzzlesinGeography”,andanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.DidthecountriesoftheUKunitepeacefullyorbywar?

2.WhereshouldwegoifwewanttoappreciatesomehistoricalattractionsoftheUK?

（Givethestudentsseveralminutestoreadthepassagesilently,andanswerthequestions.）

（Theteachercheckstheanswerswiththewholeclass.）

S:

Thecountriesunitedpeacefullyinsteadofbywar.

S:

Weshouldgotosomeolderbutsmallertownstoappreciatesomehistoricalattractions.

T:

Excellent.

Step5ListeningandUnderstanding　

T:

NowI’llplaythetapeforyoutolisten.Whilelistening,pleasefindoutwhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

TrueorFalseQuestions:

1.WhenWalesandEnglandunited,thecountrywasnamedGreatBritain.

2.ThenorthernpartofIrelandbrokeawaytobecomeanindependentcountry.

3.ThecountriesintheUKhavedevelopedtheirowneducationalandlegalsystems.

4.MostpeopleinLondonliveintheSouth.

5.TheNormansinfluencedthevocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthofLondon.

（Theteacherplaysthetape.）

Suggestedanswers:

1.False　BecauseGreatBritainwasthenamegivenwhenEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotland.

2.False　BecauseitwasthesouthernpartofIrelandthatbrokeawaytoformitsowngovernment.

3.True.

4.True.

5.False　BecausetheNormansleftcastlesandwordsforfood,whiletheVikingsinfluencedthevocabularyandp

lace-namesoftheNorthofLondon.

T:

Youhavedoneaverygoodjob.

Step6DetailedReading

T:

NowIwillgiveyouseveralminutestoreadthepassageagain.Whilereading,pleasetrytodividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.

（Studentsreadthepassageandfinishthetask.）

S:

Part1:

Paragraph1Theintroductiontothetopic.

Part2:

Paragraph2-5Thehistoricalinfluenceonitsgeography.

Part3:

Paragraph6Historicaltreasureleftbytheinvaders.

T:

LookatthefirstsentenceinParagraph1,“Thereisnoneedtodebateanymoreaboutwhydifferentwordsareusedtodescribethefourcountries:

England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.”Canyousayitinanotherway?

Trytofillintheblanksinthesentence:

Itis__________to__________anymoreaboutwhypeople__________differentwordstodescribethefourcountries.

S:

Itisunnecessarytoargueanymoreaboutwhypeopleusedifferentwordstodescribethefourcountries.

T:

Readthesecondpart.

T:

HereisthenationalflagoftheUnitedKingdom.Whatisitcalled?

S:

TheUnionJack.

T:

Herearethedescriptionsoftheflag.Readit.

BluefieldwiththeredcrossofStGeorge（England）edgedinwhitesuperimposedonthediagonalredcrossofStPatrick（Ireland）,whichissuperimposedonthediagonalwhitecrossofStAndrew（Scotland）.ItisproperlyknownastheUnionFlag,butcommonlycalledtheUnionJack.Thedesignandcolors（especiallytheBlueEnsign）havebeenthebasisforanumberofotherflagsincludingotherCommonwealthcountriesandtheirconstituentstatesorprovinces,aswellasBritishoverseasterritories.

T:

Whichcountryisleftout?

Why?

S:

Wales.WaleswaslinkedtoEnglandinthe13thcenturyAD,sowhenpeoplerefertoEngland,itisincludedaswell.

T:

Haveyoufoundouthowthefourcountriesjoinedtogether?

Usetheinformationfromthepassagetofillintheblanks.

TheFormationoftheUnitedKingdom:

__________→__________→__________→__________

S:

England→WalesjoinedEngland（13thcenturyA.D.）→England,WalesjoinedScotland（1603）→England,Wales,ScotlandgotNorthernIrelandconnected

T:

OftenwilluseEnglandtostandfortheUK.OneofthereasonsisthatEnglandisthelargestofthefourcountries.SoEnglandisdividedintothreezones.Doyouknowthethreezones?

S:

TheSouth,theMidlandsandtheNorth.

T:

Yes.Lookatthemapinpart2onPage11.DrawlinesacrosstoshowthezonesoftheSouth,MidlandsandNorthofEngland.Thenputeachtownorcityintoitscorrectzone.

S:

York,Leeds,ManchesterandSheffieldbelongtotheNorth.

S:

BirminghamandCoventrybelongtotheMidlands.

S:

Plymouth,Brighton,ReadingandLondonbelongtotheSouth.

T:

Youdidquiteagoodjob.

T:

DoyouhaveanyquestionsaboutPart2?

S:

Whatdoes“those”meaninthesentence“Forthoseyouhavetogot