By Zhang Wei
Teaching Aims:
1. To improve the Ss’ reading comprehension
2. To help the Ss to learn more about the British Isles
3. To teach the Ss how to describe a country or a region.
Teaching Aids:
Computer, overhead projector
Teaching Procedures:
Pre-reading:
Step 1 Students do a small quiz about the UK
Step 2 Students guess what will be mentioned in the text by looking at the title “The British Isles”.
Reading:
Step 1 Skimming: Students go through the text and try to find out what are mentioned in the text and match the paragraphs with the topics.
Step 2 Scanning: Students scan the whole text to complete the form and the geography exercise:
Language study:
Ask the student to pick out the useful expressions for describing a country from the text.
Class Activity: Guess the country
Students work in groups to describe a country from different aspects (geography, climate, culture, history, languages, etc) and others guess which country it is.
Homework: Students write a short passage about the country they described.
Para Main Idea Detailed information
Para. 1 Introduction The UK is a nation of _different_ countries held together by a common _language_ and _culture_.
Para. 2 Geography The British Isles is a group of islands that _lies_ _off_ the _west_ coast of Europe.
Check the geography Exercise
Para. 3 Climate Climate：__mild__ with a lot of _rain_.
Scotland: _colder_, more __rain____
England and Wales：_rain__ a lot, temperatures are more __pleasant__.
Coldest months: _January_ and _February__
Warmest months: _July_ and _August_
Para. 4-5 Culture European mainland influence：
In the 5th century, people from _northern_ Europe settled in England. Their languages formed the basis for __English_.
French influence：
In 1066, England was conquered by _French _. Result: English language ended up with many __French__ words.
Para. 6 History 1536：_England_ and _Wales_ made up the UK
1707: _England_ ,__Wales_ and _Scotland_ made up the UK
The southern part of Ireland is a _independent_ country.
The Isle of Man is ruled by _the King of England_.
Para. 7 Languages 6 languages and 2 local accents
Main language：_English_
Other languages: Welsh, Irish and Scottish.
1.North Sea
2.Atlantic Ocean
3.English Channel
4. Scotland
5.Wales
6.England
7.Northern Ireland
8. Ireland
9.Isle of Man
10. Irish Sea
11.London 12. Dublin