Unit 5 the British Isles
The first period------Warming up and Speaking
Teaching aims:
1.Learn and master the following words and expressions:
Consist of, lie off, stand for, Europe, bagpipe, instrument
2.Improve student’s learning interests.
3.Get the students to know more about the British Isles
Teaching important points:
Master the expressions for agreement and disagreement
Teaching methods:
1.Free-talk method to get the students to talk about the UK and Ireland
2.Speaking activity to make the students go through the speaking task and improve the students’ speakingability
Teaching aids: the map of the world, the pictures
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Greetings and lead-in
T: Good morning, boys and girls.
S: Good morning, teacher.
T: Before beginning our class, I show you a picture. Can you tell me who are they?
S: yes. They are David Beckham and his wife.
T: Good. They are David Beckham and his wife. Who can tell me where are they from?
S: English, England ………….
T: Right. They are from… in fact, the official name of this country (英国) is UK. What do you know something about UK?
S: yes/no
T: Ok. (Someone say yes and others say no) if you don’t know, don’t care. Today we’ll learn a new unit —the British isles. After we have learnt this unit, we’ll know more about UK and Ireland. At First, we should know the geography of the British Isles. Please look at the map of the world. Do you know where is the Europe?
S: (point out )
T: Yes. This part on the map is the Europe. Where is the British Isles? And where is the UK?
T: I’m sure that you are very confusing. What is the difference between the British Isles and the UK? In fact, the British Isles are a group of islands lies off the west coast of the Europe. Now, please look at this map. This is the map of the British Isles. We can see from the map, there are two islands briefly. The large one is called Great Britain, the small one is Ireland. So we can say The British Isles consist of Great Britain and Ireland. (consists of由…组成 pay attention to the usage of consist of) And Great Britain consists of 3 parts. They are Scotland, England, and Wales; While UK consists of the Great Britain and the Northern Ireland. So, UK stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
T: Ok. Are you clear about the difference between the British Isles and the UK. Now, look at the Bb. who can explain it again? Have a try!
S: Yes.
Step2 Warming up
T: Good. Well, in order to know more about UK further, please look at the pictures on page 33. Could you tell me what are they taken? guess what the picture is taken from: Scotland, England, Wales or Ireland? You should choose the right answer in 2 minutes.
T: Ok. Time is up. Where are they taken? Who can tell me?
S1: ……
S2:……
T: well done. You’re right. (I agree or disagree) we look at the pictures together, and then get the right answer. At first, we look at the Picture3. This is the easiest one in these four pictures. Do you agree with me? What can you see in this picture? (There are two men dressed in a traditional skirt and play the strange instruments.)（乐器）They are Scottish. They are from Scotland. In Scotland men can be dressed in a traditional skirt. (苏格兰裙) The strange instrument is called bagpipe. (风笛) So, this picture is taken from Scotland. Ok. Then look at Picture4, we can see a large bridge. This is the famous London Bridge. Also called 塔桥. Surely it must be England, because London is in England. What do you something about London? We know that London is the capital city and the biggest city of UK. London is on the river Thames. (泰晤士河)There is the Buckingham palace(白金汉宫) in London. Do you know the famous university of UK? Oxford—the University City 牛津剑桥. The next, picture1 shows an old stone cross(十字架), which can only be found in Ireland. Dublin(都柏林) is the capital city of
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