人教版英语高中必修五Unit2TheUnitedKingdompart1教案
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第 1 页 人教版英语高中必修五Unit2TheUnitedKingdompart1教案
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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
Skimming & scanning methods to make the Ss get a good understanding of the text.
1. Discussion methods to make the Ss understand what they’ve learned in class.
2. Pair works of group to get every student to take part in the teaching-and-learning activities.
3. Competition and role-play method to arouse the Ss’ interest
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Warming up
Ss compete in answering the questions as quickly as possible.
Step 2 Pre-reading
Q: England can be divided into three main areas. Do you know what they are?
The south, the Midlands and the north
Step 3 Introduction of the UK.
Area: 244,820sq.km.
Population: 59,113,439
Languages: English, Kymric, Gaelic
Religion: Catholicism
Composing countries: England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
Capitals: London Cardiff Edinburgh Belfast
Step 4 Reading 第 2 页 1. Fast-reading
Ask the students to read the map and the text on P10 and answer the following the questions
1）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.
2）What three countries does British Airways represent?
England, Scotland and Wales
3）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 the four countries.
6th paragraph
The greatest historical treasure of all is London.
Ask the students to divide the passage into three parts and write down the main idea of each part
Part1 (para1-4) What the UK includes and how the UK formed and more detailed information
about the four countries in the UK
Part2 (para5) The geographical division of England into three zones: their similarities and
differences
Part3(para6) The cultural importance of London
3. Careful reading
1）Have the students put the events happening to the form of the UK into the right order.
2）Have the students identify the invaders and their influences on The United Kingdom—the UK. First there
was England.
In the 13th century
AD, Wales was
linked to England. In 1603 England and Wales
were joined to Scotland.
The name Great Britain Three centuries later Northern
Ireland joined with England,
Wales and Scotland to become 第 3 页 The Romans in the
1st century AD The Anglo-Saxons in the
1060s The Vikings The Normans
Towns and roads Language and
government Vocabulary and
place-names Castles and words for food
3）Have the students look at the map of England and Wales. Draw lines across to show the zones
of the South, Midlands and North of England.
North: Leeds, York, Sheffield, and Manchester
Midlands: Coventry, Birmingham
South: Reading, London, Brighton, Plymouth
Step 5 Teaching new words and structures
Step 6 Homework
Write a short summary of the passage.
