高二英语The british isles教案
Teaching Plan
Unit 5 The British Isles
Reading THE BRITISH ISLES
Teaching objectives
1. Knowledge objectives: To help the students know about the history, geography, climate, languages and culture of the British Isles.
2. Ability objectives：Enable the students to describe a place to others in their class, using target language.
3. Moral objectives：To let Students have a brief understanding of culture of the British Isles.
4. Learning strategies：To some extend, students develop the abilities of study, effective communication, dealing with information and thinking and expressing in English.
Teaching important& difficult points
1. To improve the students’ reading ability.
2. How to let the students master the knowledge of noun clause.
3. To develop some basic skills of describing a place.
Teaching methods
Listening, skimming, group work, task-based approach
Teaching procedures
Step1: Warming up
Show some pictures of UK.
Step2: Answering questions:
1. What does UK stand for? (The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
2. Do you know how many parts the UK is made up of? (Scotland/ England/ Wales-----Britain + Northern Ireland-----the UK + the Republic of Ireland---- the British Isles)
3. What is the national flower of UK? (Rose)
4. What is the capital of UK? (London)
Step3: Pre-reading
Listen to the tape and discuss these questions with your partner and report your work.
1. What are the most important facts about UK?
2. How many countries make up the British Isles? （Two. Scotland/ England/ Wales UK / Ireland）
3. What is Great Britain? Great Britain is really a nation of different countries held together by a common language and culture.
4. What’s the weather in the British Isles like? 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.
5. From where did the culture of the people in the British Isles receive much influence? The European mainland
6. Who conquered Great Britain in 1066? What’s the result of its influence?
French. The result was that there were many French words in the English language, such as table, animal age.
7. Which are the first two countries that joined the UK? England and Wales.
8. What language do people throughout the British Isles speak now? English
Step4: While-reading
Get the students comprehend the passage quickly and accurately, and meanwhile divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea of each part.
Part 1(Para. 1-2) General introduction to the UK (show the map and let the students point do exercise 1)
Part 2 (Para. 2) The climate of the British Isles is mild with a lot of rain.
Part 3 (Para. 4-5) The culture of the people in the British Isles has received much influence from the European mainland.
Part 4 (Para. 6) The United Kingdom has a long history.
Part 5 (Para. 7) Six spoken languages are considered to be native to the British Isles as well as two local accents.
Step 5: Language focus:
1. The idea that England stands for Fish & Chip, the Speakers’ Corner, Big Ben and the Tower of London is past.
“stand for” means “to be a sign or short form of, represent, mean”
e.g. The letters NBC stand for National Broadcasting Company Inc.
2. The fact that Great Britain is made up of three countries is still unknown to many.
e.g. Our class is made up of twenty girls and twenty-five boys.
3. …there has been a growing movement to make the most of its cultural diversity.
“make the most of” means “put something to the best possible use”
e.g. He doesn’t do well because he doesn’t make the most of his ability.
4. The British Isles is a group of islands that lies off the west coast of Europe.
“lie off” means “to stay not far from the shore or another ship”
e.g. We could see the ship lying off the harbor.
5. The largest island is called Britain, which is separated from France by the English Channel, which are at one point is only 20 miles wide.
e.g. She is at the point of the death.
6. There are six spoken languages that are considered to be native to the British Isles plus two local accents.
“be considered to be” means “be regarded as”
e.g. He is considered to be a weak leader.
7. They realize that it is of great value to record and teach them to the younger generation.
“be of great value” means “be very valuable”
e.g. A college education is of great value in one’s life
Step 6 Post-reading
True or False
(F)1. Many people around the world study English, and they know a lot about British culture.
(F) 2.Great Britain is made up of four countries.
(T) 3.The island of Britain is separated from France by the English Channel.
(F) 4.Scotland is colder throughout the year, but receives less rain.
(T) 5. People from different parts of northern Europe settled in England, so the culture of the people of the British Isles was influenced by them.
(T) 6. The southern part of Ireland is now an independent republic.
(F) 7. In modern time, people throughout the British Isles only speak English.
Read the passage again and try to fill in the blanks. Work in groups..
The British Isles
consist ofTwo large islands: One is called Ireland and the other Britain
weatherThe climate of the British Isles is mild with a lot of rain.
cultureThe culture of people has received many influences from the European mainland, such as in English language you can find many French words.
historyThe United Kingdom has a long history. The first two countries forming the Union were England Wales in 1536. In 1707 Scotland is part of the United Kingdom.
languageIn modern times, people speak English throughout the British Isles. There are still people speak the older European languages.
Welsh and Irish. There are six spoken languages that are considered to be native to the British Isles plus two local accents.
Check the answers, and then let students finish another group work:
Imagine that you are going on a four week trip through the UK. Make a traveling plan in which you describe where you will go and what clothes and things you will take.
Step 7 Homework
1. Complete the exercises.
2. Find the clauses led by “that” and analyze those sentences after class.
3. Write a composition about describing a place and hand it in next week.
