人教版高二英语必修五 unit 2 The united kingdom 教案

Unit2TheUnitedKingdom

Period1&2Warmingup&Reading

Teachingaims:

1.GetthestudentsinterestedintalkingabouttheUK,andatthe

sametimeimprovetheirspeakingability.

2.EnablethemtogetsomebasicinformationabouttheUK.

throughreading.

3.ImprovingSs'readingskillssuchasprediction,scanning,

skimming.

Teachingdifficultandimportantpoints:

1.ExpresstheideasfreelyinEnglish

2.UnderstandthehistoryandthegeographyoftheUK..

3.Improvethereadingskills.

Teachingprocedures:

Step1Warmingup&lead-in

1.Gameplaying

T:Morningeverybody!Yousee,nowadays,travellingabroadare

becomingmoreandmorepopular.Soifyouhaveachancetogoaboard,

whichcountrydoyouwanttogomost?Howmuchdoyouknowabout

thatcountry?

T:Verygood!Justnowsomeofyousharedyourideas,andnowlet'splay

ashortgame:Guesswhichcountryitis!Altogetherthereare8groups,

youareaskedtochooseoneitemandguesswhichcountryitisaccording

totherelatedinformationofferedtoyou.

1.People——America

2.Music——Argentina

3.Video——Australia

4.FoodItaly

5.Shooping——France

6.ArchitectureChina

7.PoetrytheUK

Step2Pre-Reading

1.Brainstorming:

T:NowyouhaveachancetogototheUK.,beforeyougothereyou'd

bettergotothelibrarytosearchforsomeinformationaboutthe

country.Whatkindofinformationaboutityouwanttofindout?

S:geography,literature,politics,sports,sightseeings,cultures,ethnic

groups,famous

cities,food,history,language,fashion,lifestyles

T:Howmuchdoyouknowaboutthese?

Step3Reading

1.Fast-reading.

1)Taskl:Question:Whatkindsofinformationarementionedinthe

text?

(sports,geography,history,flag,London,ThebiggestcountryEngland,

flag,invasions).

2)Task2:Howmanypartscanthispassagebedividedintoandwhatthe

mainideaofeachpartis?.

Parti(para1-4):HowtheUKcameintobeing

Part2(para5):Englandisdividedinto3zones.

Part3(para6):ThereasonwhyLondonbecametheculturalcapitalof

England.

2.Carefulreading

Part1

1)T:Verygood!SocouldyoutellmehowmanycountriestheUK

consistsofandwhattheyare?

S:TheUKconsistsoffourcountries,thatisEngland,Wales,Scotland

andNorthernIreland.

2)T:Exactly!Thendoesthesefourcountriesunitedinoneday?

S:No.

T:ThenhowcantheUKcomeintobeing?

S:FirsttherewasonlyEngland,theninthe13thcenturyAD,Waleswas

linkedtotheEngland,andin1603,thetwowerejoinedtoScotlandto

maketheGreatBritaincomeintobeing.Later,NorthernIrelandwas

unitedtotheGreatBritaintoformtheUK.

T:Wonderfuljob!Actuallythehistorycanbeshowninthenationalflag

calledtheUnionJack.

CrossofStGeorge(England)CrossofStAndrew

(Scotland)

CrossofStPatrick(Ireland)UnionJackorUnionFlag

3)T:Bytheway,yousee,theflagUnionJackonlyunitesEngland,

ScotlandandNorthernIreland,withWalesleftout.Sodoyouknow

why?

S:BecauseitisusuallyassumedtobepartofEngland.

T:Yes!Andaccordingtothepassage,althoughthefourcountriesbelong

totheUK,theyarestillquitedifferentinsomeaspects,soinwhatways

arethefourcountriesdifferent?

S:Theyaredifferentininternationalrelations.Theyhavedifferent

educationalandlegalsystemsaswellasfootballteams.

Part2

T:Amongthefourcountries,Englandisthelargest,andforconnivanceit

isdividedinto3zones.Whatarethey?

S:TheSouthofEngland,theMidlandsandtheNorth.

T:Good!Andnowcouldyoutellmewhatthefeatureofeachzone?

MostpopulationsettledinTheSouthofEngland.

MostofthelargeindustrialcitiesareintheNorthandtheMidlands.

Manycitieshavefamousfootballteams.

Part3

1)T:SoweallknowtheUKhasalonghistoryandofcourserichculture,

andtheculturalcenteris,obviously,thecapitalcityLondon.So

whycanLondonbecometheculturalcenter?

S:BecausetherearealotofhistoricaltreasureinLondon.

T:WhytherearesomanyhistoricaltreasureinLondon?

S:Londonhasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvaders.

2)T:Actually,intheEnglandhistory,altogethertherearefourinvasions,

doyouknowwhattheyare?

S:TheRomans;TheAnglo-Saxons;theVikings;theNormans.

T:WhatdidtheyleftinEngland?

S:theRomanslefttownsandroads,theAnglo-Saxonslanguageand

government,theVikingsinfluencethevocabularyandplace-namesofthe

NorthandtheNormanscastlesandwordsforfood.

Step4.Post-Reading

1.Task1Role-play

Twostudentsactastouristguides,andtwostudentsactasthetourists

whowanttogototheUK.Beforetheystart,theyasktheguidessome

backgroundinformationoftheUK.

2.Task2Discussionofideas

Thisisanopportunitytoallowstudentstodrawconnectionsinthe

historyandthegeographyofEngland.Askstudentsworkingroupsof4,

andeverygroupchoose1topic.Atlastthegroupleadershouldgivea

representationoftheirideas.

1)WhatsimilarityistherebetweentheinvasionsoftheRomansand

theNormans?

2)WhatsimilarityistherebetweentheinvasionsoftheAnglo-Saxons

andtheVikings?

3)WhydoesLondononlyhaveevidencefromthreeofthefour

invaders?

4)WhatgeographicalfactorsmakeitdifficulttoinvadeEngland

successfully?

2.Task2Debate

InthehistoryoftheUK.,therearesomeimportantinventions.Those

invadersruledthecountryforsometime.Theybroughtpainstothe

localpeople,butatthesametime,theyalsobroughtsomethingnewto

thecountry,whichisimportantforthemakingupofitshistory.

“IstheinventionsgoodorbadtothecountryBritain?^^

Step5Homework

1.Readthetextandtrytofindoutsomeimportantordifficultwords

andexpressions.

2.Writeashortsummaryofthepassage.

(ThewriterexamineshowtheUKdevelopedasanadministrative

unit.ItshowshowEnglandisalsodividedinto3zones.Itexplains

whyLondonbecametheculturalcapitalofEngland.)

3.Preview''LearningaboutLanguage—Discoveringusefulwordsand

expressions^^.

Period3GrammarandLanguagestudy

Teachinggoals:1.Learnabouttheappositiveclause.

2.Identifynounclauses.

3.Enablestudentstousenewwords.

Teachingprocedures:

Step1.Reviewthevocabularyandcompletethesentences.

a.Studentsworkinpairsfirst.

b.Theteacherchecktheanswers.

Step2.Brainstorming

a.Reviewthetextandpresenttheappositiveclausebyaskingquestions:

1.Whatimpressesyoumostinthepassage?

Thefactthatimpressesmemost.

2.Whathaveyoualreadyknownbeforereadingthepassage?

Ihaveknownthefactthat...

3.DidyouhearanynewsaboutBritainrecently?

Iheardthenewsthat...

b.Collectanswersasmanyaspossible,remindingstudentsofsentence

structureiffinderrors.

Step3.GrammarExplanation

a.Getstudentstoidentifytheclauses.

c.Trytomakestudentstellthedifferencesbetweenappositiveclauseand

attributiveclausebycomparingthesentences.

1.Thenewsthattheplanewouldtakeoffontimemadeeverybodyhappy.

2.Thenewsthatisspreadingaroundtheairportisthataheavystormis

coming.

3.Thesuggestionthatstudentsshouldlearnsomethingpracticalisworth

considering.

4.Thesuggestionthattheyareconsideringisthatstudentsshouldlearn

somethingpractical.

c.Theteacheroffersexplanationifnecessary.

Step4.Tellthefunctionofthefollowingsentences.

1.TheideathatGreatBritainismadeupofthreecountries'Comer,Big

BenandtheTowerofLondonispast.

2.ThefactthatGreatBritainismadeupofthreecountriesisstill

unknowntomany.

3.TheresultofsomuchFrenchinfluencewasthattheEnglishlanguage

endedupwithmanyFrenchwordssuchastable,animalandage.

4.SomepeoplefeelthatWalesisanancientfairyland.

5.Thatmostofthesearenowthreatenedandmaydisappearisaserious

mattertothepeopleinBritain.

6.Theyrealizethatitisofgreatvaluetorecordandteachthemtothe

youngergeneration.

Step5.Consolidation

Consolidatewhathavebeenlearnedbydoingfurtherexercises.

Period4Usinglanguage

Teachingaims:

l.Helpthestudentslearnsomekeywordsandphrases:sightseeing,

available,tower,uniform,royal,splendid,makealistof,toone's

surprise,onspecialoccasions,inmemoryof,setthetime,onshow,be

proudof

2.Helpthestudentslearnsomeusefulsentencepatterns:

Worriedaboutthetimeavailable,ZhangPingyuhadmakealistofthe

sitesshewantedtoseeinLondon.

Itseemedstrangethatthemanwhohaddevelopedcommunism

shouldhavelivedanddiedinLondon.

3.Helpthestudentsimprovetheextensivereadingabilityaswellas

listeningandspeakingability.

Teachingimportantpoints:

Theimportantwords,phrasesandsentencepatternsinthisperiod.

1.Improvethestudents'extensivereadingability.

2.Improvethestudents'speakingability,esp.theabilitytodealwith

someproblemsinunderstandingeachother.

3.Trainthestudents5abilitytocooperatewithothers.

Teachingdifficultpoints:

4.Howtohelpstudentsdealwithsomeproblemsinunderstandingeach

other.

5.Howtohelpstudentscooperatewithotherswellandefficiently.

Teachingprocedures:

StepIWarmingupandlead-in

T:Morningeverybody!Well,doyoustillremembersomethingthat

we'velearnedinthepassagePuzzlesinGeography?

Ss:Yes!

T:Good!SowhatarethefourcountriesintheUnitedKingdom?

S:TheyareEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.

T:Thankyou!You'vedonewell.Next,whatarethethreezonesin

England?

S:TheyaretheSouth,theMidlandsandtheNorth.

T:Yes!Andweallknowthatmostoflargeindustrialcitiesareinthe

MidlandsandNorthofEngland,whilethecapitalcity,whichisinthe

South,hasthegreatesthistoricaltreasure.Bytheway,howmany

historicalsitesinLondondoyouknow?

S:ThetowerofLondon

S:BuckinghamPalace

S:BigBen

T:Wow,youreallyknowalot.ThenIwillshowyoumorepicturesof

historicalsitesinLondon.

(Theteacherwillshowallthepicturesofhistoricalsitesmentionedinthe

passage.)

Step2ExtensiveReading

T:OK!Afterenjoyingsomanybeautifulpictures,doyoudreamofgoing

thereonedayandseeingallthescenerieswithyourowneyes?

Ss:Yes!

T:Great!NextwearegoingtohaveasightseeinginLondon,together

withaChinesegirlZhangPingyu.Pleasereadthepassagequicklyand

silently,thenwritedownalltheplacesthatZhangPingyuvisitedduring

hertrip.

(Thestudentaregivenseveralminutestoreadthepassageandfinishthe

task.)

S:ShevisitedtheTower,StPaul'sCathedral,WestminsterAbbey,

BuckinghamPalace,Greenwich,HighgateCemeteryandtheBritish

Museum.

T:Welldone!Bytheway,what'sthefullnameoftheTower?

S:IsitcalledtheTowerofLondon?

T:Youareright.NowpleasereadthepassageagainandfindoutZhang

Pingyu'scommentoneachplaceshevisited.

(Teachergivesthestudentsseveralminutestofinishthechartbelow.)

Day1CommentsDay2andDay3and

commentscomments

(afterreading,theteacherwillonestudenttofillinthechart)

T:Youdidaverygoodjob.WhatdoyouknowabouttheTowerof

Londonfromthispassage?

S:TheTowerissolid,stoneandsquare.Ithasalonghistoryandispart

ofaroyalpalaceandprisoncombined.

T:Yes!Itispartofaroyalpalaceandprisoncombined.Actually,this

placeonceevenkeptsomeprincesandprincessesinit.Nextweare

goingtolistentoadialogueaboutthisfamousTower.

Step3Listening

T:ThisdialogueisbetweenZhangPingyuandtheguide.Whilelisten

forthefirsttime,trytofinishEx1onPl5,thatis,tickthekingsand

queensyouhearabout.

(thestudentsaregivenseveraltimetolistentothedialogue,thencheck

theanswers.)

T:Soaltogetherhowmanykingsandqueensarementioned?Andwho

arethey?

S:Six.TheyareKingEdwardIV,KingEdwardV,KingRichardIII,

KingHenryVID,QueenMaryandQueenElizabethI.

T:Good!Bytheway,haveyounoticedthatwhiletalkingwiththeguide,

ZhangPingyusometimeshaddifficultiesinunderstanding?

S:Yes!

T:Sohowdidsheexpressherselfwhenhavingsomedifficultiesin

understanding?Nowpleaselisteningonceagainverycarefullyandtryto

findoutalltheexpressions,thenfillintheblanks.

(thestudentsareexpectedtolistenonceagain,thenfillintheblanks.)

1.G:TheTowerahomefortheKingbutalsoaprison.Many

importantpeoplewerekepthere.

ZP:?Canyou?

Thenrilbeabletounderstandyou

2.G:...Shewentinthroughaspecialgatecalled“TraitorsGate”.That

onlyhappenedtoverybadpeople.

ZP:.HowdidElizabeth

becomeQueenifshewasaprisoner?

Answers:Ibegyourpardon;speakmoreslowlyplease;I'msorryIdon't

understand

Step4Speaking

T:Inourhometown,therearealsosomeinterestingbuildingsor

attractions.Wouldyoupleaseworkinpairsandchooseoneofthem.

Oneofyouisthetouristandtheotheristhetourguide.Thetourist

mayhaveafewproblemsunderstandingtheguide.Ifso,youmayuse

someexpressionsonP15tohelpyou.Nowworkinpairsandfive

minuteslater,Iwillaskpairsofyoutoactout.

(thestudentsworkinpairs,makingdialogue.Whiletheteachergoes

roundtheclassroomandhelpsthestudentstodealwithanyquestion

thattheymaymeetwith.)

(Afteraboutfiveminutes,asksomepairstoactout)

Step5Homework

1.Enjoythebeautifulwordsandsentencesthatusedtodescribethe

sceneriesinthepassage.

2.FindasmuchinformationaspossibleofWindsorCastle,trytoshare

ittotheclassinthenextperiod.

3.Getreadyforwriting

Period5Writing

Teachingaims:

Analysisofthisperiod:Inwritingpart,thestudentswillbeasked

tomakeapostertointroducethechosencityinChina-Beijingtoattract

visitorsbothfromhomeandabroad.Whilewriting,thestudentsshould

payspecialattentiontothewords.especiallysomeverbsandadjectives.

Thistaskishelpfulforthestudents5creativityandimagination.Itcan

alsoimprovetheirwritingskills.

Teachingprocedures:

SteplRevision

T:DoyoustillrememberalltheplacesthatZhangPingyuvisitedduring

thetrip.

S:ShevisitedtheTower,StPaul'sCathedral,Westminster

Abbey.BuckinghamPalace,Greenwich,HighgateCemeteryandthe

LibraryoftheBritishMuseum.

T:WhataboutZhangPingyu'scommentsoneachplaceshevisited.

S:

DaylCommentsDay2andDay3and

commentscomments

1TheTower1fancyGreenwichHighgate

Cemetery

2StPaul's2splendidinterestingstrange

Cathedral

3Westminster3interestingtheLibraryof

AbbeytheBritish

Museum.

4Buckingham4/proud

Palace

T:Youdidaverygoodjob.

Step2Writing(lead-in)

T:InChina,therearealsosomeinterestingbuildingsandattractions.In

2008,OlympicGameswillbeheldinBeijing,millionsofpeoplefrom

abroadwillcometoBeijing.Doyouthinkitisagoodchanceto

introducesomeplacesofinteresttoforeignersnow?

S:Yes,wecan'twaitto.

T:Andwhatattractionsorbuildingswouldyouliketointroduce?

Whatdoyouthinkofthem?Wouldyoupleasealsogiveyour

commentsoneach?

Sl:TheGreatwallisalwaysthefirstplaceforpeopletovisit.You

reallyhavetoseefantastic,amazingandbreath-takingscenery.

S2:TheForbiddenCity,calledGuGong

inChinese,1guess,isreallyworthvisitingandthePalaceMuseumis

nowoneofthemostpopulartouristattractionsworld-wide.Ancient

Chinesepeopledisplayedtheirveryconsiderableskillsinbuildingthe

ForbiddenCity.Thebuildingsaresplendidandthetreasuresinthemare

rare.

S3:1feelthatitisnecessarytoremindvisitorsoftheMingTombs.It

wasoriginallybuiltonlyasChangling,thetombofEmperorZhuDiand

hisempresses.Thisisthemostmagnificentofthetombs.Theentire

constructionisstableandbeautiful!

S4:PeoplesaythattherealcultureofBeijingisthe'cultureofthe

Hutong'andthe'cultureofthecourtyard'.Howtruethatis.Often,itis

Beijing'swindingHutongsthatattracttouristsfromhomeandabroad

ratherthanthehigh-rise

buildings.

S5:

Step3whilewriting

T:Good,nextusetheinformationyouhavecollectedaboutthebuildings

orattractionsinBeijingandwriteaboutitintheguidebook.Youwant

toencouragepeopletovisititsoyoushouldwriteinanexcitingway.

Thinkabouttheverbsandadjectivesyoucan.(thestudentswritethe

introduction,andtheteachergoesaroundtheclassroomandhelpsthe

studentstosolveanyproblemthattheymaymeetwith)

Examples:

WhynotvisitBeijing'sHutong?

PeoplesaythattherealcultureofBeijingisthe'cultureoftheHutong'

andthe'cultureofthecourtyard'.Howtruethatis.Often,itis

Beijing'swindingHutongsthatattracttouristsfromhomeandabroad

ratherthanthehigh-risebuildings'Hutongisatypicalsmallstreetin

BeijingthatoriginatedduringtheYuanDynasty(1271-1368).During

thattime,waterwellisthesettlementaroundwhichpeoplelived.There

aretensofthousandsofhutongssurroundingtheForbiddenCity.As

thesymbolofBeijingCity,ahutonghasitsownstructure,whichmakes

itawonderintheworld.Whentakingabird'seyeviewofBeijing,you

willfindthecombinationofhutongsandcourtyardsjustlikeanorderly

chessboardwithdelicategardens,finerockeries,andancientruins.

HutongshavewitnessedthedevelopmentofBeijing.Wherethereisa

hutong,thereisastory.

Writingtips:

•Sslookatthemodelonpage16.

•Ssmakeawritingplan.

•Sscollectthewordstheywilluse.

•Ssbegintowritetheirguidebook.

•Readthroughtheirguidebookandcorrectthemistakes.

•Rewriteitagain.

Step4.Homework

1.Getmoreinformationfromtheinternetandfinishthewriting

“Beijing'sHutong”.

2.MakeapostertointroduceacityinChinatoattractvisitorsboth

fromhomeand