Unit2 reading教案Teaching Goals：1. Get the students to know the information about the United Kingdom.2. Encourage the students to talk out what they know about the UK and Ireland.3. Help the students learn to get information by listening.Teaching methods：1. Skimming & scanning methods to make the Ss get a good understanding of the text.2. Discussion methods to make the Ss understand what they’ve learned in class.3. Pair work of group to get every student to take part in the teaching-and-learning activities.4. Competition and role-play method to arouse the Ss’ interestTeaching procedures：Period one Warming upStep 1. Lead-in1. What do you think of Dongguan? Which place impresses you most?2. A. There are not many visiting places in Dongguan as it is a newly-developed city. But what about our country? Think what words you’ll need to describe a country and then give a brief description of China.B. There are many famous places in China. Think out one and describe it, letting others guess which place it is.Step 2. Show pictures of some famous places of China. Ask: Where are they taken? Step 3. Show pictures of some places of the British Isles and ask the students where they are taken. Then tell the students to say something they know about these places. Step 4. 1. Ask the following question: Do you know how many parts the UK is made up of? (Scotland/ England/ Wales-----Britain + Northern Ireland-----the UK + the Republic of Ireland---- the British Isles)2. Show the map of the British Isles to help the students to get a clear idea of some important cities in the UK and the names and the locations of different parts and counties and rivers.3. Then ask the students to look at some cities in the UK and to name them.Step 5. Group work:1. What is the UK famous for? Think about sport, art, architecture, literature, film, food and life. (Show some famous examples.)2. Talk about the geography, history, languages, culture, famous people, buildings and other things in the UK and Ireland.Period two ListeningStep 1. The teacher talks more about the languages in the UK and Ireland. Then ask the students to talk more about the education in the UK.Step 2. Ask: How are classes arranged in schools in the UK?Step 3. 1. Listen to the tape and tick the sentences which are true.2. Listen to the tape and fill in the timetable below.3. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.Step 4. HomeworkFind more information in relation to the UK and Ireland on the Internet.Period Three SpeakingTeaching Goals:Trai n the students’ spoken EnglishImprove the students’ ability of imagination and debatePractice expressing agreement and disagreementIncrease participation and learn from each other.Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Talking about hot topics1. The students are asked to listen to the 28th Olympic theme song and talk aboutthe host city of Athens2. Talk about the 28th Olympic Games3. Talk about their favorite athletesStep 2. Group theme debatesOf the talks about the country and Olympics above, lots of things are talked about like the opening ceremony, island, weather, language, geographic position, medals and so on. The following three topics will be talked about. The students are divided into threegroups and each will choose one of the topic boxes.Box 1: Xiangsheng performance by the Chinese and the westerners. Is Chinese easy to learn for the westerners?Box 2: Learning different positions of England by moving different parts. Is it easier to learn geography by going there?Box 3:Enjoying pictures of island or small countries like Iceland and Japan. Do island nations have advantages over other countries?Step 3. Tips on how to express agreement and disagreementStep 4. Homework: Preview the reading passagePeriod four ReadingStep 1. Lead-in1. London becomes the focus of the world.Video News：Jacques Rogge announced: “The games of the 30th Olympiad in 2012 will be held in the city of London.”News: London Hit By Several Terrorist Bomb Blasts2. Ask Ss(1) Why was Great Britain able to beat out four other world class cities?(2) Have you ever been to the UK?(3) What’s the full name of the UK?(the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)(4) Can you give us some information about the UK in geography, literature, politics, sports, sightseeing and so on?Possible answers and new words:Geography: Scotland, England, Wales, Northern IrelandLiterature: Shakespeare, Shelly, Charles Dickens…Sports: Manchester Uni ted, Beckham, Owen…Politics: Karl Marx(communism),capitalism…3. The importance of Great Britain especially as an English-speaking country.Work in pairs. Do this quiz and find out how much you know about the UK. (Page 9 Warming Up)1. How many countries does the UK consist of? What are they?2. Who rules the UK: the Prime Minister or the Queen?3. What are the provinces called in England?4. Which is the longest river in the England?5. Does South Ireland belong to Britain?(Answers: 1. Four. They are: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.2. The Prime MinisterFurther information: It may appear to an outsider that the Queen has an important role in ruling the country. However, this is not so. Her position is ceremonial: opening Parliament, welcoming Heads from other countries, going on tours to other countries to encourage trade with Britain, etc. The Prime Minister together with his most important ministers (called the Cabinet) and his Members of Parliament each from a different part of the country make the important political decisions and the laws.3. Counties (further information: The counties of Britain are much smaller than provinces in China. They have local government powers for their area. Counties have several Members of Parliament，depending on the size of their population. Large towns such as Reading have two MPs and the largest city in England outside London, which is Birmingham, has ten MPs.)4. The River Thames.Step 2. Guessing and common knowledge of Britain1. Gather some brief information from Ss about Warming Up. Then show the following pictures to the whole class to lead in the text.Queen Elizabeth II; Michael Owen; Big Ben; the River Thames;London Tower Bridge; National Flag;multicultural society; British Commonwealth2.National anthem—God Save the Queen(Song from:/britainintro/ukanthem.htm)3. National flower—roseStep 3. Guessing the main idea of the text.1. National flagThe main colors are blue red and white.The design looks like the Chi nese character“ mi”.The Union Jack flag unites the flags of three countries in the UK. Which country is left out? Why? Read the text quickly to find out the answer.Show the flags:Union Jack or Union Flag; Cross of St Andrew (Scotland)Cross of St Patrick (Ireland); Cross of St George (England)2．Ask the Ss to read the title “Puzzles in Geography” and look at thepictures, then guess what the passage may be about.Ask one or two Ss to give their point of view.Step 4. Reading1.Fast-readingLet Ss read the text quickly to find out the answer to the following question:What does the National flag stand for? (skimming)(The Union Jack flag unites the three flags of three countries in the United Kingdom.) Then ask Ss to scan the article to find out the answer. Ask Ss to pay attention to the four parts of Great Britain.( scanning)2.Let Ss read the text once again.(1) Task1: Ask Ss to name the four parts of the UK.(2) Task2: Divide GK into three parts. Draw lines in the to show the zones of the South, Midlands and North of England.( North: Leeds, York, Sheffield, Manchester; Midlands: Coventry, Birmingham; South: Reading, London, Brighton, Plymouth)(3) Task3: ScanningAccording to the text, join lines to the right answers.Para. 1 Explains the joining of England and Wales.Para. 2 States topic to be examined in the reading.Para. 3 Explains the importance of London as cultural and political centre in the UK.Para. 4 Explains what the term “Great Britain” means and how it cameabout.Para. 5 Explains differences in the four countries.Para. 6 Explains how England is divided into three zones.3. Let Ss have an intensive reading and answer the questions:(1) What three countries does British Airways represent?(England, Scotland Northern Ireland)(2) Which group of invaders did not influence London?( The Vikings. They only influenced the vocabulary and the place names of the North.)4. If you want to write to someone in Edinburgh, which lies in Scotland, you should write the address as______.A. Edinburgh, EnglandB. Edinburgh, Great BritainC. Scotland, Edinburgh, EnglandD. Great Britain, Scotland, Edinburgh5. “The British commonwealth” has taken the place of“the British Empire”, from which we can see ______.A. the British Empire is separatingB. the national liberation movements are risingC. both A and BD. neither A nor B(Answers: 4-5 BC)6. Ask Ss to find the four parts and the important cities in the map.Step 5. Discussion活动（一）(四人活动)1．Why did terrorists strike London?2．Do you think it is time British troops were pulled out of Iraq?（according to the present political situation and the role of the UK in international affairs, try to find useful information from the text, for instance, as a cultural capital）活动(二)Ask the students to do Exercise 3 on Page 11 and exchange their information in pairs. Step 6. HomeworkTask 1:Write a short summary of the passage.(The writer examines how the UK developed as an administrative unit. It shows how England is also divided into 3 zones. It explains why London became the cultural capital of England.)Ss can choose one of the following task as their homework.Task 2:Do some research on the geography or history of the United Kingdom, or a European or African country. Make a poster or give a talk to the class. They develop their research and study skills by searching through the internet or from a library.Task 3:Ask Ss to surf the net to look for information about one parts of Britainand make an introduction about it.Task 4:Ask Ss to surf the net to look for information about David Beckham or Wayne Rooney and make an introduction about them.Period five Grammar and Language studyTeaching goals: 1. Learn about the appositive clause.2. Identify noun clauses.3. Enable students to use new words.Teaching procedures:Step 1. Review the vocabulary and complete the sentences.a. Students work in pairs first.b. The teacher check the answers.Step 2. Brainstorminga. Review the text and present the appositive clause by asking questions:1. What impresses you most in the passage?The fact that impresses me most.2. What have you already known before reading the passage?I have known the fact that…3. Did you hear any news about Britain recently?I heard the news that …b. Collect answers as many as possible, reminding students of sentence structure if find errors.Step 3. Grammar Explanationa. Get students to identify the clauses.c. Try to make students tell the differences between appositive clause and attributive clause by comparing the sentences.1. The news that the plane would take off on time made everybody happy.2. The news that is spreading around the airport is that a heavy storm is coming.3. The suggestion that students should learn something practical is worth considering.4. The suggestion that they are considering is that students should learn something practical.c. The teacher offers explanation if necessary.Step 4. Tell the function of the following sentences.1. The idea that Great Britain is made up of three countries’ Corner ,Big Ben and the Tower of London is past.2. The fact that Great Britain is made up of three countries is still unknown to many.3. The result of so much French influence was that the English language ended up with many French words such as table, animal and age.4. Some people feel that Wales is an ancient fairy land.5. That most of these are now threatened and may disappear is a serious matter to the people in Britain.6. They realize that it is of great value to record and teach them to the younger generation.Step 5. ConsolidationConsolidate what have been learned by doing further exercises.Period six Integrative SkillsTeaching Goals:1. Learn to describe the countryside, the cities, the people and their life by reading the passage.2. Learn things about the city Salisbury.3. Know more about Britain.4. Cultivate the students’ abilities of concluding and reasoning.Teaching procedures:Step 1. Lead inTeacher plays the video clip from Robinson Crusoe and asks the students. Have you ever seen this film?Who wrote the story?Do you know something about Daniel Defoe?Step 2. Extension1. More to know about life in Britain: When talking about life in England, we just can’t miss one thing---pub. Pubs play an important part in people’s lives. It is a good place to meet friends and talk and drink beers. English villages are small and cozy. Lots of pubs can be found with names like: the Red Lion, the Black Horse, the Rose and Crown, the King and Queen, and the George and Dragon. Lots of gorgeous food like pies, steaks, chips, big sandwiches, sausages and mash (potatoes!) and lots of different types of beer: bitter, lager (a light-colored beer), ale (a type of beer made from malt), etc(A video clip is presented about a pub.)About football: Football is Britain’s national game. It was invented in Britain as far back as the 12th century, became an organized spectator sport in 19th century, and is now played in vast stadiums watched by tens of thousands of fervent supporters. Football is one of the few things that obsessed the British. And David Beckham is one of the most famous football stars. In the video we can see many college students playing football very early in the morning.2. Let the students say something about the British Isles as far as they know.Step 3. Homework:Now you know how to describe a city’s landscape, the people and their lives after reading this passage. And today’s home work:1. Choose any place you know or you like and write a short passage about it.2. With the help of the Internet, try to collect as much information as possible and make a PowerPoint presentation in the next period.。
