高二英语上册Unit 5教案
Teaching Aims:
1. Improve the students' reading ability.
2. Help the students to master the new words and expressions.
3. Help the students know more about the British Isles.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Improve the students' reading ability.
2. Help the students know more about the British Isles.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to improve the students' reading ability.
Teaching Methods:
1. Task and Competition methods
2. Fast reading to get the general idea.
3. Careful reading to master the detailed information in the text
4. Discussion to help the students understand the passage better.
Teaching Aids.
1. the multimedia 2. the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Greetings and organizations
Greet the whole class as usual. In order to motivate the students, divide the class into two parts to compete in finishing tasks.
Step 2 Pre-reading
1. Using the four Pictures (Fish and chips, speakers’ corner, Big Ben and the Tower of London) to lead the students to the British Isles.
2. Watch a short film to arise the students’ interest and ask them what they know from the film to help them to know something more about the British Isles. For example, what the UK stands for, the weather and the languages on the islands.
3. lead-in. Tell the students if we want to get to know the British Isles we can from these aspects: geography, languages, history. Climate and culture. So let’s read a passage about the British Isles.
Step 3 While-Reading
Task 1: Fast-reading to match the paragraphs and their topics.
Para.1 history
Para.2 languages
Para.3 c climate
Para.4/5 culture
Para.6 brief introduction
Para.7 geography
Task 2: Careful-reading to find out the answers to the questions on the screen.
Para 1 what the UK is as it is really?
Suggested answer: The UK is really a nation of different countries held together by a common language and culture.
Para 2 　The British Isles
Lies off the west coast of Europe.
Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west .
the North Sea to the east .
Scotland
the largest island: Britain Wales
consists of England
is made up of the island west of Britain: Ireland
between British and Ireland: the Isle of Man
Para 3
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British Isles: mild and rainy

Scotland: colder, more rain

England and Wales: more pleasant, rains a lot

Coldest months: January and February
Warmest months: July and August
Para4-5　
1). From where did the culture of the people in the British Isles receive many influence?
Suggested answer: From the culture of the people on the European mainland.
2). how were the languages influenced?
People from…settled Formed the basis for English
Native population…moved Continued speaking their own languages
Conquered by French Ended up with many French words.
Para 6
In 1066: England was conquered by the French. In 1283: Wales was conquered by England. In 1536: England and Wales formed the Union. 1707: Scotland jointed the Union.
England + Wales + Scotland + Northern Ireland = the UK
Para 7 What are the characteristics of the languages now?
First, English (with many French words) & the older European language, Welsh and Irish
Second, six spoken languages as well as two local accents
Third, Most of these are threatened and may disappear.
Step 4 Post-reading
Task1: put the names on the map of the British Isles.
Task2: It is possible to swim from the European mainland to England. How far is it and where would be the best place to do so?
Suggested answer: Yes, just 20 miles at the southeastern corner of England.
Task3: listen to the tape
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