Learning about Language教案设计（一等奖）

高二英语研训一体化课程

教案

教师：赵维萍

2018-3-14

Book 5 Unit2 The First Period Reading Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

unite, kingdom, consist, divide, puzzle, clarify, relation, legal, convenience, attraction, collection, construct, influence, consist of, divide ... into, break away (from), leave out b. 重点句式

1. Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.

2. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government.

3. You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom worthwhile!

2. Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to learn about the United Kingdom (the UK). 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Enable the students to know the UK in geography and history. Teaching important & difficult points

教学重难点

How to understand the geographic puzzle of the UK.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Skimming and task-based activities.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A recorder, a computer and a projector. Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step ⅠWarming up Task 1: Free talk about the topic: The United Kingdom.

Reference topic:

1. Have you ever been to the UK?

2. What is the capital of the UK? And what is the language? 3. Does England, Britain or the Great Britain mean the same as the UK? If not, tell the

difference between them. 4. What else do you know about the UK? Step II Pre-reading Answer the first question in the Pre-reading Step III While-reading Task 1: Ask the students to talk about the different flags of the countries of the UK.

Cross of St George (England)

Cross of St Patrick (Ireland)

Union Jack Task 3: Scanning

1. Look through the passage as fast as possible;

2. Try to find the answers to the questions given in the Comprehending. Task 4: Skimming Skim the passage to get the general idea of the whole passage. While reading, try to divide the whole passage into proper parts and find out the main idea of each part (helping the students fulfill the task if necessary). Sample answers: Part 1 (Para. 1-2): What England includes; about Great Britain; the UK. Part 2 (Para. 3-4): The geographic division of England into zones, their similarities and differences. Part 3 (Para. 5-6): The cultural importance of London. Step Ⅳ

Post-reading Task 1: Ask the students to write down a short summary of the passage.

The passage mainly clarifies how the UK developed as an administrative union and shows how England is divided into different zones according to its geographical position. It also explains how London was influenced by some invaders and turned out to be the cultural capital of England as well as the UK. Task 3: Ask the students to answer the following questions. 1. How did the UK come about? 2. What is the relationship between the Republic of Ireland and the Northern Ireland?

3. Why is London the capital of England, Great Britain and the UK as well?

4. What else do you know about London? 5. How do the four countries of the UK work together and how do they differ? 6. What does the Union Jack show to you? 7. What is the typical geographical feature of England? 8. Where can you find more about British history and culture? 2. Ask some of the students to retell the text.

Step Ⅴ

Exercises I. 根据提示写出单词的正确形式。

1. Could you c________ the first point please? I don't understand it completely. 2. These flowers are brightly colored in order to a________ butterflies. 3. The c_________ is land which is away from towns and cities. 4. The students a___________ the difficult task in less than ten minutes, which made me surprised. 5. The bank can supply you with foreign ________ (货币). 6. The rising number of car crimes is a(n) __________ (全国范围的) problem. 7. It was one of the richest towns in the ________ (王国). 8. The policy was unpopular and caused lots of _______ (矛盾) within the party. II. 选用合适的单词并用其正确形式填空。

willing, collect, convenient, enjoy, rough 1. Ready meals sell well because of their __________. 2. The lady was unable, or ________, to give me any further details. 3. The Art Gallery has the world's largest ________ of sculptures by Henry Moore. 4. There has been an increase of _______ 2.25 million. 5. We spent a(n) _________ evening talking about old times. III. 根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子。

1. As is known, the Chinese nation _______________________ (由……组成) 56 nationalities. 2. __________________ (留心看) if you want to find the boy in red sweater.

3. ____________ (值得赞扬的是), Emma passed such a difficult examination. 4. The class _________________ ( 被分成) three groups as usual. 5. Mary tried to _______________ (挣脱) the cruel man. 6. The word is wrongly spelt; you’ve _______ (遗漏) a letter. 7. _________ (很遗憾) that David didn’t remember to give me the message.

Keys: I. clarify, attract, countryside, accomplished, currency, nationwide, kingdom, conflicts II. convenience, unwilling, collection, roughly, enjoyable,

III. consists of / is made up of, Keep your eyes open, To her credit, is / was divided into, break away from, left out, It’s a pity

Step Ⅵ

Homework Ask the students to:

1. Get ready to retell the text in your own words. 2. Go over “Learning about Language” 1, 2 and 3 on pages 12.

3. Do “Discovering useful structures” 1 and 2 on pages 13.