TeachingPlanUnit5TheBritishIslesReadingTHEBRITISHISLESTeachingobjectives1.Knowledgeobjectives:Tohelpthestudentsknowaboutthehistory,geography,climate,languagesandcultureoftheBritishIsles.2.Abilityobjectives：Enablethestudentstodescribeaplacetoothersintheirclass,usingtargetlanguage.3.Moralobjectives：ToletStudentshaveabriefunderstandingofcultureoftheBritishIsles.4.Learningstrategies：Tosomeextend,studentsdeveloptheabilitiesofstudy,effectivecommunication,dealingwithinformationandthinkingandexpressinginEnglish.Teachingimportant&difficultpoints1.Toimprovethestudents’readingability.2.Howtoletthestudentsmastertheknowledgeofnounclause.3.Todevelopsomebasicskillsofdescribingaplace.TeachingmethodsListening,skimming,groupwork,task-basedapproachTeachingproceduresStep1:WarmingupShowsomepicturesofUK.Step2:Answeringquestions:1.WhatdoesUKstandfor?(TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland)2.DoyouknowhowmanypartstheUKismadeupof?(Scotland/England/Wales-----Britain+NorthernIreland-----theUK+theRepublicofIreland----theBritishIsles)3.WhatisthenationalflowerofUK?(Rose)4.WhatisthecapitalofUK?(London)Step3:Pre-readingListentothetapeanddiscussthesequestionswithyourpartnerandreportyourwork.1.WhatarethemostimportantfactsaboutUK?2.HowmanycountriesmakeuptheBritishIsles?（Two.Scotland/England/Wales—UK/Ireland）3.WhatisGreatBritain?GreatBritainisreallyanationofdifferentcountriesheldtogetherbyacommonlanguageandculture.4.What’stheweatherintheBritishIsleslike?TheclimateoftheBritishIslesismildwithalotofrain.Scotlandiscolderthroughouttheyear.Italsohasplentyofrain.5.FromwheredidthecultureofthepeopleintheBritishIslesreceivemuchinfluence?TheEuropeanmainland6.WhoconqueredGreatBritainin1066?What’stheresultofitsinfluence?French.TheresultwasthatthereweremanyFrenchwordsintheEnglishlanguage,suchastable,animalage.7.WhicharethefirsttwocountriesthatjoinedtheUK?EnglandandWales.8.WhatlanguagedopeoplethroughouttheBritishIslesspeaknow?EnglishStep4:While-readingGetthestudentscomprehendthepassagequicklyandaccurately,andmeanwhiledividethewholepassageintoseveralpartsandfindoutthemainideaofeachpart.Part1(Para.1-2)GeneralintroductiontotheUK(showthemapandletthestudentspointdoexercise1)Part2(Para.2)TheclimateoftheBritishIslesismildwithalotofrain.Part3(Para.4-5)ThecultureofthepeopleintheBritishIsleshasreceivedmuchinfluencefromtheEuropeanmainland.Part4(Para.6)TheUnitedKingdomhasalonghistory.Part5(Para.7)SixspokenlanguagesareconsideredtobenativetotheBritishIslesaswellastwolocalaccents.Step5:Languagefocus:1.TheideathatEnglandstandsforFish&Chip,theSpeakers’Corner,BigBenandtheTowerofLondonispast.“standfor”means“tobeasignorshortformof,represent,mean”e.g.ThelettersNBCstandforNationalBroadcastingCompanyInc.2.ThefactthatGreatBritainismadeupofthreecountriesisstillunknowntomany.e.g.Ourclassismadeupoftwentygirlsandtwenty-fiveboys.3.…therehasbeenagrowingmovementtomakethemostofitsculturaldiversity.“makethemostof”means“putsomethingtothebestpossibleuse”e.g.Hedoesn’tdowellbecausehedoesn’tmakethemostofhisability.4.TheBritishIslesisagroupofislandsthatliesoffthewestcoastofEurope.“lieoff”means“tostaynotfarfromtheshoreoranothership”e.g.Wecouldseetheshiplyingofftheharbor.5.ThelargestislandiscalledBritain,whichisseparatedfromFrancebytheEnglishChannel,whichareatonepointisonly20mileswide.e.g.Sheisatthepointofthedeath.6.Therearesi...
