高中英语人教版必修5unit2TheUnitedKingdomReading教案(系列四).docVIP

Unit 2 The United Kingdom 教案 Reading Teaching objectives: Share the information about the United Kingdom. Foster the Ss’ reading ability (predicting, skimming and scanning)[来源:学科网] Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warming-up Ask the students to work in pairs and do the quiz on P9 Keys: 1.C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5.B The United Kingdom consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It takes ten hours to fly from Beijing to London Heathrow Airport if you take the direct flight. The Prime Minister together with his most important ministers and Member of Parliament make the important political decisions and laws. The countries of Britain are much smaller than provinces in China. They have local government powers for their area. The River Thames is 338km, which is the longest one in England. Step 2 Pre-reading Have the students share the information about the geography of the UK The UK consists of four countries, what are they? England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland Can you name the capital cities of the countries of the UK? London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast Step 3 Reading Fast-reading Ask the students to read the map and the text on P10 and answer the following the questions The Union Jack flag unite the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why? Wales. It is usually considered to be part of the England.] What three countries does British Airways represent? England, Scotland and Wales Which group of invaders didn’t influence London? The Vikings didn’t influence London. 2. Text structure analysis Have the students find out the topic sentences of each paragraph 1st paragraph Why are different words used to describe England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland? 2nd paragraph First there was England. 3rd paragraph Great Britain was the name given when England and Wales were joined to Scotland. 4th paragraph The four countries are still very different. 5th paragraph England is the largest of th