高中英语Unit2TheUnitedKingdom(第5课时)Usingl

Unit2TheUnitedKingdomPeriod5

.Teachingaims:

Helpthestudents

learnsomekeywordsandphrases:sightseeing,

available,

tower,

uniform,royal,splendid,makealistof,toone’ssurprise,onspecial

occasions,inmemoryof,setthetime,onshow,beproudof

Helpthestudentslearnsomeusefulsentencepatterns:

Worriedaboutthetimeavailable,ZhangPingyuhadmakealistofthesitesshe

wantedtoseeinLondon.

Itseemedstrangethatthemanwhohaddevelopedcommunismshouldhavelivedand

diedinLondon.

Helpthestudentsimprovetheextensivereadingabilityaswellaslistening

andspeakingability.

.Teachingimportantpoints:

Theimportantwords,phrasesandsentencepatternsinthisperiod.

Improvethestudents’extensivereadingability.

Improvethestudents’speakingability,esp.theabilitytodealwithsome

problemsinunderstandingeachother.

Trainthestudents’abilitytocooperatewithothers.

.Teachingdifficultpoints:

Howtohelpstudentsdealwithsomeproblemsinunderstandingeachother.

Howtohelpstudentscooperatewithotherswellandefficiently.

.Teachingprocedures:

Step1.Warmingupandlead-in

T:Morningeverybody!Well,doyoustillremembersomethingthatwe’velearnedin

thepassagePuzzlesinGeography?

Ss:Yes!

Good!SowhatarethefourcountriesintheUnitedKingdom?

TheyareEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.

Thankyou!You’vedonewell.Next,whatarethethreezonesinEngland?

TheyaretheSouth,theMidlandsandtheNorth.

Yes!AndweallknowthatmostoflargeindustrialcitiesareintheMidlands

andNorthofEngland,whilethecapitalcity,whichisintheSouth,hasthegreatest

historicaltreasure.Bytheway,howmanyhistoricalsitesinLondondoyouknow?

ThetowerofLondon

BuckinghamPalace

BigBen

Wow,youreallyknowalot.ThenIwillshowyoumorepicturesofhistoricalsitesinLondon.

(Theteacherwillshowallthepicturesofhistoricalsitesmentionedinthe

passage.)

Step2ExtensiveReading

OK!Afterenjoyingsomanybeautifulpictures,doyoudreamofgoingthereonedayandseeingallthescenerieswithyourowneyes?

Ss:Yes!

T:Great!NextwearegoingtohaveasightseeinginLondon,togetherwithaChinese

girlZhangPingyu.Pleasereadthepassagequicklyandsilently,thenwritedown

alltheplacesthatZhangPingyuvisitedduringhertrip.

(Thestudentaregivenseveralminutestoreadthepassageandfinishthetask.)

S:ShevisitedtheTower,StPaul’sCathedral,WestminsterAbbey,BuckinghamPalace,

Greenwich,HighgateCemeteryandtheBritishMuseum.

T:Welldone!Bytheway,what’sthefullnameoftheTower?

S:IsitcalledtheTowerofLondon?

T:Youareright.NowpleasereadthepassageagainandfindoutZhangPingyu’s

commentoneachplaceshevisited.

(Teachergivesthestudentsseveralminutestofinishthechartbelow.)

Day1CommentsDay2andcomments

Day3andcomments

(afterreading,theteacherwillonestudenttofillinthechart)

Youdidaverygoodjob.WhatdoyouknowabouttheTowerofLondonfromthispassage?

TheTowerissolid,stoneandsquare.Ithasalonghistoryandispartofaroyalpalaceandprisoncombined.

T:Yes!

It

ispartof

aroyal

palace

andprison

combined.Actually,

this

place

once

evenkeptsomeprincesandprincessesinit.Nextwearegoingtolistentoa

dialogueaboutthisfamousTower.

Step3.

Listening

T:This

dialogue

is

betweenZhangPingyu

andtheguide.While

listen

for

the

first

time,try

tofinish

Ex1onP15,that

is

,tick

thekings

andqueensyouhearabout.

(thestudentsaregivenseveraltimetolistentothedialogue,thencheckthe

answers.)

T:Soaltogetherhowmanykingsandqueensarementioned?Andwhoarethey?

S:Six.TheyareKingEdward

Ⅳ,KingEdward

Ⅴ,KingRichard

Ⅲ,KingHenry

Ⅷ,

QueenMaryandQueenElizabeth

Ⅰ.

T:Good!Bythe

way,haveyounoticed

that

while

talking

with

the

guide,

ZhangPingyu

sometimeshaddifficultiesinunderstanding?

S:Yes!

T:Sohowdidsheexpressherselfwhenhavingsomedifficultiesinunderstanding?

Nowpleaselisteningonceagainverycarefullyandtrytofindoutalltheexpressions,

thenfillintheblanks.

(thestudentsareexpectedtolistenonceagain,thenfillintheblanks.)

G:TheTower---ahomefortheKingbutalsoaprison.Manyimportantpeoplewerekepthere.

ZP:__________________________?Canyou___________________?Then

tounderstandyou

I’llbeable

2.G:Shewentinthroughaspecialgatecalled“TraitorsGate”.Thatonly

happenedtoverybadpeople.

ZP:_______________________________.HowdidElizabethbecomeQueenifshewas

aprisoner?

Answers:Ibegyourpardon;speakmoreslowlyplease;I’msorryIdon’tunderstand

Step4Speaking

T:Inourhometown,therearealsosomeinterestingbuildingsorattractions.Would

youpleaseworkinpairsandchooseoneofthem.Oneofyouisthetouristand

theotheristhetourguide.Thetouristmayhaveafewproblemsunderstanding

theguide.Ifso,youmayusesomeexpressionsonP15tohelpyou.Nowworkin

pairsandfiveminuteslater,Iwillaskpairsofyoutoactout.

(thestudentsworkinpairs,makingdialogue.Whiletheteachergoesroundthe

classroomandhelpsthestudentstodealwithanyquestionthattheymaymeetwith.)

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