The British Isles（The Second Period）
the second period
teaching aims:
1. learn and master the following words and expressions:
words: form, influence, basis, inland, mountainous, narrow, diversity, republic, wales, mild, union, strength, welsh, scofish
phrases: be made up of, make the most of, hold together, lie off, at one point, the atlantic ocean, run over
2. further develop the students' reading ability and reading skills.
3. 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.
3. master the following phrases:
stand for, be made up of, be unknown to, make the most of, hold together, lie off, be separated from, at one point, in general, as much as, run over, end up with
teaching difficult points:
1. master the following sentence patterns:
(1)a is in/on/to the north/east/…of b
(2) be of great value
2. 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.
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.
3. explanation for students to master some language points.
teaching aids:
1. a computer and a courseware
2. a tape recorder
3. a projector
teaching procedures:
step i greetings
greet the whole class as usual.
step ii revision
t: in the last period, we summed up the expressions for agreement and
disagreement. now i'll check your homework. i'll ask some pairs to act out the dialogues they have made up before the class.
(teacher asks two pairs to come to the front to act out their dialogues. )
sa and sb:…
step iii lead-in
t: yesterday we talked much about the united kingdom and you know a lot about it. (teacher shows a picture on the screen.)
t：now look at the picture. it is the most famous clock in england. do you know its name?
ss:大本钟
t: yes. do you know big ben? in what part of england is it? volunteer?
s1: it is on the river thames in the north of the houses of parliament. it's one part of the houses of parliament.
