人教版高中英语第二册Unit5 The British Isles--The Second Period.docVIP

Unit 5 The British Isles The Second Period Teaching Aims: ⒈ Get the Ss to know about the British Isles. ⒉ Learn the main languages points of the text. Teaching Important Points: ⒈ Train the students’ reading ability and develop their reading skills. Teaching Difficult Points: ⒈ Master the following sentence pattern: ⑴ A is in /on /to the north/east…of B ⑵ be of great value ⒉ Understand the following sentences: ⑴ The idea that England stands for Fish and chips, the Speaker’s Corner and the Tower of London is past. ⑵ The fact that the mainland of Great Britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many. Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Revision and warm up Ask the questions about the British’s Isles: What do you know about the United Kingdom? How many countries make up the British Isles? What do you know about Ireland? Step 2 Fast reading Now read the text as fast as possible and try to decide whether the following statements are true or not. ⒈ The British Isles is made of 3 parts. ⒉ The British Isles lies off the west of Europe. ⒊ The English Channel is only 20 miles wide. ⒋ The British Isles is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the British Isles. ⒌ There’s much rain in the British Isles. ⒍ Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. ⒎ There’s 6 languages that’re considered to be native to the British Isles. Step 3 Careful reading Read the text carefully and try to sum up the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1 General idea about England. Para 2 Position of the British Isles. Para 3 The climate of the British Isles. Para 4 The culture of the people in the British Isles. Para 5 The language spoken in Great Britain and Ireland. Para 6 The history of the United Kingdom. Para 7 The languages spoken throughout the British Isles. Step 4 Post-reading Since the Ss have read the text, now get them to finish Exercise 12 within the limited time答案见教参110页 Step 5 Consolidation: Language points: ⒈ The idea that England stands for FishChips