1、人教版高中英语 必修 5 NEW SENIOR ENGLISH FOR CHINA STUDENTS’ BOOK 5 Unit 2 The United Kingdom 年 级: 高三 课 时: 1课时 任课老师: 王 爽 Unit 2 The United Kingdom Ⅰ、 Material analysis The topic of this unit is the United Kingdom, which helps students to gain a better understanding of history and
2、 geography of the UK and its constitution as well as some sights and historic ruins、 The reading part of this unit talks about how the four countries bined into the UK, which makes students have a clear clue of its history、 And it also tells us about the UK’s main sights、 All of these will help stud
3、ents know more about the UK、 Ⅱ、 Teaching objectives 1. Knowledge objective: to share the information about the United Kindom、 2. Ability objective: to foster students’ reading ability(prediction, skimming, scanning)、 3. Emotion objective: to stimulate the students’interest for learning more abou
4、t the UK、 Ⅲ、 Teaching points and teaching difficulties 1. Key vocabulary: consist of, clarify, conflict, unwilling, break away, to one’s credit, currency, institution, convenience, roughly, attract, architecture, administration, enjoyable 2. Key points: to show the position, direction and distanc
5、e 3. Difficult points: Wales was linked to… England and Wales were joined to… England is devided into three zones、 Ⅳ、 Teaching aids Text book, blackboard, pictures about the UK’s map Ⅴ、 Teaching method Task-based language teaching Ⅵ、 Teaching procedures Step
6、1 Pre-reading (10 mins) Task 1 Warming up ① Ask the students to work in pairs and do the quiz on page 9、 Keys: 1、 C 2、 B 3、 B 4、 A 5、 B 1. The United Kingdom consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland、 2. It takes ten hours to fly from Beijing to London Heathrow Airport、 3.
7、The Prime Minister together with his most important ministers and Member of Parliament make the important political decisions and laws、 And the UK is a constitutional monarchy country, which means that the Queen doesn’t have the real right、 4. The counties of Britain are much more smaller than prov
8、inces in China、 They have local government powers for their areas、 5. The River Thames is 338km, which is the longest in England、 ② Show the four countries’ map to students and ask them to put the pictures together to make a map of the UK、 Task 2 Prediction Ask the students to predict what the r
9、eading passage talks about according to the title and the picture of the passage、 Design a simple match、 England Cardiff Wales Belfast Scotland London Northern Ireland
10、 Edinburgh Step 2 While-reading(20 mins) Task 1 Fast-reading Ask the students to read the map and the text and answer the following questions、(Devide students into three groups and each group answer one question) Question 1: The Union Jack flag unite the flags of t
11、hree countries in the United Kingdom、 Which country is left out? Why? Wales、 It is usually considered to be part of the England、 Question 2: What three countries does British Airways represent? England, Scotland and Wales、 Question 3: Which group of invaders did not influence London? The Viking
12、s did not influence London、 Task 2 Text structure analysis 1. Have the students find out the topic sentences of each paragraph、 1st paragraph The reason why different words are used to describe England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland、 2nd paragraph The procedure how four countries joined
13、 together to be the UK、 3rd paragraph The four countries are still very different、 4th paragraph England is the largest of the four countries、 5th paragraph The greatest historical treasure of all is London、 6th paragraph Keep your eyes open if you are going to travel to the UK、 2. Ask the
14、students to devide the passage into three parts and write the main idea of each part、 Part 1 (para、1-3): What the UK includes and how the UK formed and more detail information about the four countries in the UK、 Part 2 (para、4-5): The geographical division of England into three zones; their simila
15、rities and differences and the cultural importance of London、 Part 3 (para、6): When you visit the UK, keep your eyes open、 Step 3 Post-reading(15 mins) Task 1 Have the students put the events happening to the form of the UK into the right order、 In 1603 England and Wales were joined to Scotlan
16、d、 The name Great Britain came into being、 Three centuries later Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to bee the United Kingdom、 First there was England、 In the 13th century A、D、, Wales was linked to England、 Task 2 Have the students identify the invaders and their influenc
17、es on the United Kingdom、 The Romans in the 1st century A、D、 The Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s The Vikings The Normans Towns and roads Language and government Vocabulary and place-names Castles and words for food Task 3 Have the students look at the map of England and Wales on page 11、 Draw l
18、ines across to show zones of South, Midlands and North of England、 North: Leeds, York, Sheffield and Manchester Midlands: Coventry, Birmingham South: Reading, London, Brighton, Plymouth Step 4 Homework 1、 Finish exercise 1 on page 11、 2、 According to what you like, find more information about
19、the UK and share it with your classmates next class、 Ⅶ Teaching reflection Clear clues will help students to grasp the important information easily and they can also give a right direction to the students、 And teachers’ task is not only to teach the language point but also to cultivate their inter
20、ests and their ability to learn something、 Ⅷ Blackboard design Unit 2 The United Kingdom Match England Cardiff Wales Belfast Scotland London NorthernIr
21、eland Edinburgh Questions 1. Which country is left out? Why? 2. What three countries……? 3. Which group… not…? Structure Part 1 (para1-4): What the UK includes and how the UK formed and more detail information about the four countries in the UK、 Part 2 (para5): The geographical division of England into three zones; their similarities and differences、 Part 3 (para6): The cultural importance of London、 Chart






