Unit2 The United Kingdom Period 1 & 2 Warming up & Reading Teaching aims: Get the students interested in talking about the UK, and at the same time improve their speaking ability. Enable them to get some basic information about the UK. through reading. Improving Ss’ reading skills such as prediction, scanning, skimming. Teaching difficult and important points: Express the ideas freely in English Understand the history and the geography of the UK. . Improve the reading skills. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Warming up& lead-in 1. Game playing T: Morning everybody! You see, nowadays, travelling abroad are becoming more and more popular. So if you have a chance to go aboard, which country do you want to go most? How much do you know about that country? T: Very good! Just now some of you shared your ideas, and now let’s play a short game: Guess which country it is! Altogether there are 8 groups, you are asked to choose one item and guess which country it is according to the related information offered to you. 1. People--America 2. Music--Argentina 3. Video--Australia 4. Food--Italy 5. Shooping--France 6. Architecture--China 7. Poetry--the UK Step2 Pre-Reading 1. Brainstorming : T: Now you have a chance to go to the UK. , before you go there you’d better go to the library to search for some information about the country. What kind of information about it you want to find out? S: geography, literature, politics, sports, sightseeings, cultures, ethnic groups, famous cities, food, history, language, fashion, life styles ……. T: How much do you know about these? Step 3 Reading 1. Fast-reading. 1)Task 1:Question: What kinds of information are mentioned in the text? (sports, geography, history, flag, London, The biggest country England, flag, invasions). 2) Task 2:How many parts can this passage be divided into and what the main idea of each part is?. Part1(para1-4): How the UK came into being Part2 (para5): England is divided into 3 zones. Part3 (para6): The reason why London became the cultural capital of England. 2. Careful reading Part 1 1) T: Very good! So could you tell me how many countries the UK consists of and what they are? S: The UK consists of four countries, that is England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 2) T: Exactly! Then does these four countries united in one day? S: No. T: Then how can the UK come into being? S: First there was only England, then in the 13th century AD, Wales was linked to the England, and in 1603, the two were joined to Scotland to make the Great Britain come into being. Later, Northern Ireland was united to the Great Britain to form the UK. T: Wonderful job! Actually the history can be shown in the national flag called the Union Jack. ??? Cross of St George (England)??????? Cross of St Andrew (Scotland) ???? Cross of St Patrick (Ireland)? Union Jack or Union Flag 3) T: By the way, you see, the flag Union Jack only unites England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with Wales left out. So do you know why? S: Because ... ...
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