Unit5 The British Isles
I. Brief Statements Based on the Unit
How much do you know about the UK Do you want to know more about the British Isles After you have learnt Unit5, you’ve sure to find that you’re learned more about this topic.
The whole unit is arranged to be taught in six periods. In the first period, we will deal with Warming up and Speaking. In warming up, by talking about English cities, food, sports, places of interest, school education, geography, etc., the students’ desire to know more about Britain can be raised. Speaking includes three topics, and the students can express various opinions freely. Each topic can be discussed from different sides. Is English easy or difficult to learn How can we learn geography well What’s your opinion about the development of a country The students can reach an agreement on the points. Meanwhile, their ability to speak English can be greatly improved. The Whole text, including Pre-reading, Reading and Post-reading, is dealt with in the second period. The students will learn some useful information which may perhaps be unknown to them before. The students are required to read the text and do different kinds of exercises, in the course of which their reading ability will be improved. In the third period, Word Study and language points are arranged for the students. They can practice using some useful words and get a good command of them. In the fourth period, Grammar Noun Clause (1), teacher will give some more exercises in addition. Integrating Skills, including Reading and Writing, are arranged in the fifth period. Reading is a passage about Daniel Defoe’s visit to Salisbury in southern England, where he saw rural scenery as well as a large and fine city. The sheep in the field, beautiful rivers, high hill, old relics, high towers and local products gave him a deep impression. At last, students are required to read the passage and write a passage about his hometown, introducing the landscape, cultural relics, people’s life, trade etc. They can use what they they’ve learned from the text to describe what they want to say so as to improve their writing ability. Besides, the students will learn plenty of useful words and expressions from the unit.
The last period, we will deal with Listening and other exercises in this unit. The listening material provides detailed information for the students to catch. While listening, the students’ ability to listen will be improved. And last, teacher will do a conclusion with students about this unit.
Ⅱ. Teaching Goals
1. Talk about the UK and Ireland
2. Practice expressing agreement and disagreement
3. Learn about Noun Clauses(1)
4. Write a description of a town and the countryside
Ⅲ. Teaching Time: Six periods
Unit5 The British Isles
(说课稿)
Teaching Plan:
1. Warming up and Speaking(one lesson)
2. Reading(two lessons)
3. Language points and language study(one lesson)
4. Grammar and grammar exercises(one lesson)
5. Integrating Skills and Writing(one lesson)
6. Listening (9.10B English Weekly\ 5.6B listening material which is from outside)and Exercises
7. Exercises(two or three lessons)
Lesson on: Warming up and Speaking
In this class, I plan to divide Ss into seven groups, give each group task and let them discuss the task.
Group1’s task: Name several important cities in the United Kingdom and find the reason why they are important.
Group2’s task: What is the UK famous for Think about sport and art (name them)
Group3’s task: What is the UK famous for Think about literature, film.
Group4’s task: What is the UK famous for Think about food and people’s life.
Group5’s task: Find information as much as you can about the geography, history of UK and Ireland.
Group6’s task: Find something about the language, culture of UK and Ireland.
Group7’s task: Find something about the famous people, buildings and other things in the UK and Ireland.
After they tell their opinions about UK, I’d show them some more information about their task. Then we begin to discuss something about the Speaking, I will explain the useful expressions for them and then ask them to give their reports about the speaking.
Through this class, Ss can know the general things about UK and learn to argue with others.
Lesson two: Reading (1)
Teaching Aims:
1. Further develop the students’ reading ability and reading skills
2. Get the students to know more about the British Isles
Teaching Important Points:
1. Train the students’ reading ability and develop their reading skills
2. Enable the students to understand the text better
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. Understand the following sentences:
(1) The idea that England stands for Fish and Chips, the Speakers’ Corner and the Tower of London is past.
(2) The fact that the mainland of Great Britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many.
2. Master the following sentence patterns:
(1) A is in\on\to the north\east\……of B
(2) Be of great value
Teaching Methods:
1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text
2. Question-and answer activity to get the detailed information in the text.
Teaching Aids:
1. a computer and a courseware
2. a tape recorder
3. a projector
Teaching Procedures:
Step1: Greeting
Greet as usual
Step2: Revision and led-in
1. Do you know how many parts the UK is made up of
(Britain and Northern Ireland)
2. What about the British Isles
(UK and Ireland and other some Isles there)
Step3: Pre-reading
1. Write the right numbers in the correct places(post-readingQ1)
Step 4: While-reading
Fast-reading
(Six questions about this passage)
Careful reading
(Explain the passage from one to one)
Step5: Homework
1. revise the paragraph we learned today and preview the rest paragraphs
2. finish the word study in page 37 & page 111
Lesson three: Reading (2)
In this class, I plan to explain the passage more detail and make a conclusion about the last two periods and explain some useful words and phrases.
Lesson four: Language Study
In this class, I plan to check the exercises I ask Ss to do in the last three periods.
Lesson five: Grammar (Noun Clause (1))
In this class, I plan to explain what Noun Clauses are for Ss:
从句:1.名词性从句★→→→①主语从句
②宾语从句
③表语从句
④同位于从句
2. 定语从句
3. 状语从句
Ask Ss to find the Noun Clauses in Reading, so they can understand the grammar and reading better.
Lesson six: Integrating Skills and Writing:
In this class, I plan to let Ss know how to write journey writing. Introduce the Salisbury for them and ask them to do writing about their homework.
Landscape→Historical relics→what we see→the people and their life→people’s work and culture→Wider landscape.
Lesson seven: Listening
In this class, I plan to train Ss listening ability, (9.10B)I will let them listen to the English Weekly while (5.6B) I will find some materials from outside.
Lesson eight to ten: Exercises
In these three classes, I will check some paper I handed down to check that whether they have mastered this unit well.
The Second Period
Reading1
(初教案)
Teaching Aims:
3. Further develop the students’ reading ability and reading skills
4. Get the students to know more about the British Isles
Teaching Important Points:
3. Train the students’ reading ability and develop their reading skills
4. Enable the students to understand the text better
Teaching Difficult Points:
3. Understand the following sentences:
(1) The idea that England stands for Fish and Chips, the Speakers’ Corner and the Tower of London is past.
(2) The fact that the mainland of Great Britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many.
4. Master the following sentence patterns:
(1) A is in\on\to the north\east\……of B
(2) Be of great value
Teaching Methods:
3. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text
4. Question-and answer activity to get the detailed information in the text.
Teaching Aids:
4. a computer and a courseware
5. a tape recorder
6. a projector
Teaching Procedures:
StepⅠ Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual
StepⅡ Revision and led-in
1. Do you know how many parts the UK is made up of
2. What about the British Isles
StepⅢ Pre-reading
2. Write the right numbers in the correct places(post-readingQ1)
3. T: You’ve known the geography of the British Isles very well, but if you want to know a country or a place better, what other things do you have to know
Ss: Language
History
Climate
People’s life
……
T: Yeah, you’re right, we have learned the geography of the British Isles in the last period, and now let’s go the see some other information about it. Please turn to page 35. First, please tell me how many paragraphs in this passage
Ss: Seven
T: Quite good, now look at the text more carefully and answer the pre-reading questions in page 35 Scanning
Scan the text and answer the following questions.
1. What are the most important facts about the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is made up of four parts. They are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
2. Which countries make up the British Isles
Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
3. What are the most important facts about Ireland
Ireland is a large island in Europe. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, while the rest makes up the Republic of Ireland.
Ss: ……
T: Right, now please look at the screen and do a match. I’ll give you two minutes to finish it.
Step Ⅳ While-reading
1. Fast-reading
Ask students to answer it and then show them the answers.
2. Careful reading
Para.1: Brief introduction (Explain what is English Speakers’ Corner)
Para.2: Geography
Para.3: Climate.
ⅤHomework:
3. revise the paragraph we learned today and preview the rest paragraphs
4. finish the word study in page 37 & page 111
The Second Period
Reading1
(教案)
Teaching Aims:
5. Further develop the students’ reading ability and reading skills
6. Get the students to know more about the British Isles
Teaching Important Points:
5. Train the students’ reading ability and develop their reading skills
6. Enable the students to understand the text better
Teaching Difficult Points:
5. Understand the following sentences:
(1) The idea that England stands for Fish and Chips, the Speakers’ Corner and the Tower of London is past.
(2) The fact that the mainland of Great Britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many.
6. Master the following sentence patterns:
(1) A is in\on\to the north\east\……of B
(2) Be of great value
Teaching Methods:
5. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text
6. Question-and answer activity to get the detailed information in the text.
Teaching Aids:
7. a computer and a courseware
8. a tape recorder
9. a projector
Teaching Procedures:
StepⅠ Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual
StepⅡ Revision and led-in
1. Do you know how many parts the UK is made up of
2. What about the British Isles
StepⅢ Pre-reading
1. Write the right numbers in the correct places(post-readingQ1)
2. T: You’ve known the geography of the British Isles very well, but if you want to know a country or a place better, what other things do you have to know
Ss: Language
History
Climate
People’s life
……
T: Yeah, you’re right, we have learned the geography of the British Isles in the last period, and now let’s go the see some other information about it. Please turn to page 35. First, please tell me how many paragraphs in this passage
Ss: Seven
Step Ⅳ While-reading
1. Scanning
T: Right, now please look at the screen and do a match. I’ll give you two minutes to finish it.
2. Fast-reading
Ask students to answer it and then show them the answers.
A1: The British Isles are a group of islands that lies off the west coast of Europe.
A2: The climate of the British Isles is mild with a lot of rain. Scotland is colder throughout the year. It also has plenty of rain.
A3: The European mainland
A4: The French. The result was that there were many French words in the English language.
A5: England and Wales.
A6: English
3. Careful reading
Para.1: Brief introduction (Explain what is English Speakers’ Corner)
Speakers’ Corner
For over 150 years, Speaker's Corner has been one of London's most unique
attractions. On any given Sunday morning, anyone who has an opinion to air and anyone who will listen will gather at the point where Oxford Street and Hyde Park meet, in the shadows of Marble Arch and carry on an oral tradition that is becoming somewhat lost to a modern culture of email and online chat rooms.
Para.2: Geography
Position of Britain: off the west coast of Europe
①England: in the south and east
②Scotland: in the north
③Wales: in the west
Position of Ireland: west of Britain
Position of the Isle of Man: in the Irish Sea / between Britain and Ireland
Para.3: Climate.
The climate of British Isles: mild
Scotland: colder, more rain
The coldest months: January, February
The warmest months: July, August
England and Wales: It rains a lot
ⅤHomework:
1. revise the paragraph we learned today and preview the rest paragraphs
2. finish the word study in page 37 & page 111
The Second Period
Reading1课后反思
这堂上的总体上自我感觉还可以,学生基本上可以了解学过的三段内容。但也存在着一些问题。下面我做一个简单的分析。
在课文的内容的处理上,我首先用了三幅图同时作为复习跟导入,第一幅是一个关于英国这个国家组成的图,随后第二幅是关于整个英伦群岛的图,让学生在知道英国国家的地理位置的基础上,继续了解并记住英伦群岛的地理位置。此后,立即让学生做课后的练习一,即第三幅图,让学生在知道英伦群岛的基础上,试试他们的能力。同时给他们信心继续学下面的Reading。因为第三幅图他们基本上都是会做的。接下去的Match 跟Fast-reading是一个不可分割的部分。我把他作为让学生基本了解课文内容的前奏,在完成了这两部分之后,学生就可以基本上了解这篇文章在描述什么。Match里面有七个单词,每个单词是对课文的每段的概括,随后的Fast-reading里有六个问题,每个问题均出自每段的首句,是中心句。因此,在抓住关键单词后又让学生去寻找相应的关键句。这样,学生就可以很快的抓住课文的关键大意。可是在这个操作方面,我在上课的时候出现了点失误,我觉得我在展现六个题目的答案的时候,应该让学生说一个然后马上展现一个,然后让学生跟着把这句话大声的朗读一下。这样不但有利于活跃课堂的气氛,而且还有利于把学生的注意力更加的集中起来。在学生把握了课文的大致脉络后,学生跟我开始一起做Careful reading。再对文章进行解析。这里我觉得做的还可以,因为我抓出了最主要的杆子,剩下的地方以填空的方式出现,让学生在课文中找出相应的答案。
总体上来说,这堂课有好的方面也有不好的方面,我希望我在以后的上课当中可以尽量保留我在上课当中好的方面然后尽量避免不该出现的错误,努力让学生跟我在愉快的气氛中度过每一个四十分钟。
邵 建 丹
2005.11.
(附课件Unit5)
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