Unit 2 The United Kingdom
Reading教案
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn some new words and expressions.
2. Know something about the UK.
Difficult and Important Points:
1)Word study
2)The knowledge of the geography of the UK.
Teaching Methods:
Inductive method
Pair work & group work
Word Study according to the situations given (Do exercises)
Teaching Procedures:
Pre-class task:
1. Preview new vocab ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ulary of Unit2, and especially pay attention to the pronunciation of the new word 2. Finish the quiz in Warming up( p9) in groups of four by referring to books or surfing the net.
Step 1 Learning Goals
Get Ss to go through ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the summing up form on p16 in order to have a general idea of the learning goals of Unit 2
Step 2 Word Study
1. (Pair work) Get S ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s to read aloud the new words and phrases on p93-94 within 3-4 mins; then get Ss to read aloud the words in pairs by turns.
2. Practice ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Use the correct form of the words to fill in the blanks.
n. v. adj.
(consistency) consist consistent
(clarification) clarify X
(education) (educate) educational
convenience X (convenient)
(industry) X industrial
(history) X historical
attraction (attract) (attractive)
collection (collect) X
influence (influence) influential
(construction) construct (constructive)
(debate) debate X
(arrangement) arrange X
wedding (wed) X
delight (delight) delighted
suggestion (suggest) X
thrill thrill (thrilling)
Fill in the blanks using the correct form:
It was a thrilling story of violence and murder. (thrill)
The railway is under construction at the moment. ( construct)
We have been invited to their daughter’s wedding. ( wed)
Her marriage was arranged by her parents.(arrangement)
The dustmen collect the rubbish once a week. (collection)
I hope that what I say will clarify the situation. (clarification)
Fill in the blanks using the new words in this unit
Don’t let me i__________ your decision. I know you’ve made up your mind. (influence)
Her story p_______ me; I find it hard to believe. (puzzles)
A mistake in the map led the traveler into e______. (error)
He showed me his stamp c_______. (collection)
During the summer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) holiday, they did a lot of _______ in Guilin.(sightseeing)
In the park there ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) is a s_______ of a king, made of stone not of metal. (statue)
The a_____ of the moon for the earth causes the tides.(attraction)
Step 3. Warming up
Check the answers to t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he quiz( P9 ). Introduce the UK by showing pictures while Ss giving the correct answers.
Step 4 Pre-reading
(Pair work) What are the four countries of the UK
What are the capital cities of the countries of the UK
What are the three main areas in England
Get Ss to com ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e up to tell their location on the map ( showed on screen)
See the map on P9
Talk about the different flags of the countries of the UK
( the flags are showed on the screen)
The flag of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )England is a cross, the flag of Scotland and Ireland are both like a fork, the flag of the Union Jack is the flag of the UK, which is the combination of the three flags.
Step 5. Summary and Speaking
To get Ss to summar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ize the general knowledge they learned about the UK in class by using given sentence pattern:
A brief introduction of the UK
The official / full ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) name of the UK is The United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but it’s usually known as the United Kingdom or the UK or Great Britain or Britain.
The United Kingdo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )m is made up of four countries, they are England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The national flag of the UK is called the Union Jack.. The official language is English. The capital city of the UK is London. Tony Blair is the Prime Minister and his office is located in Downing Street .
Step 6 Homework
1. Preview the readi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng passage Puzzles In Geography”(p9), try to do Ex.1, 2 on P11
2. Read notes 1-10 on p79-80
Go over the new words(“unite”—“leave out”)
Speaking task: a b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rief introduction or background knowledge of the UK(check in next class)