英语必修5人教版新课标Unit 2教案（Warming up 及阅读）
Unit2 The United Kingdom
Period 1 Warming up and reading
Teaching important points
1.Let students learn about the countries of the United Kingdom and the Union Jack.
2. Get students to read the passage and know about how the UK was formed and the four groups of invaders.
3. Have students learn different reading skills.
Teaching difficult points
1. Develop students’ reading ability.
2. Enable students to talk about the United Kingdom and the Union Jack.
3. Let students learn how the UK was formed geographically and historically.
Teaching goal
Develop students’ reading ability.
Have students read the passage and know about the UK was formed and the four groups of invaders.
Teaching methods
Task-based teaching and learning
Discussion
Practice
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Ask and answer the following questions.
1.Which country will hold the 30th Olympiad in 2012? The UK
2.What is the full name of the UK?
UK——The United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Step 2 Warming Up
1.Ask students do the quiz on Page 9 and find out how much they know about the UK.
2. Stimulate their interests about the lesson by enjoying some pictures.
Step 3 Pre-reading
Let students discuss and answer the question.
Can you name the capital cities of the countries of the UK?
England London伦敦
Wales Cardiff加迪夫
Scotland Edinburgh爱丁堡
North Ireland Belfast贝尔法斯特
Step 4 Reading
Listen and answer
Ask the students to listen the tape and divide the passage into three parts and match the main idea of each part.
Part 1(Para 1-3) the cultural importance of London (About London)
Part 2(Para 4) How the UK came into being. (About the UK)
Part 3(Para 5-6) England is divided into 3 zones. (About England)
Part1 About the UK(Para 1-3)
1. Analyze how the UK came into being.
2. Ask the students to answer the question.
The Union Jack flag unites the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why?
Suggested answer:
Wales. Because it is usually considered to be part of England.
3. Using the information of part 1 to fill in the blanks
The full name of England is the ______ ________ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .It consists of four parts ,they are __________,__________,_________ and ________________, people always think ______is a part of England. The flag of the UK is called the __________ ______.The four countries have different ___________and ______ _______as well as different _________ ______.
Suggested answer:
United Kingdom England Wales Scotland North Ireland Wales Union Jack
educational legal systems football teams
Part2 About the England(Para 4)
1. Ask the students to read the Para 4 and tell the three zones.
the South of England the Midlands the North of England
2. Using the information of part 2 to fill in the blanks.
Most population settled in ___________________.
Most of the large industrial cities are in ___________________.
Nationwide, many cities have ________________________.
Suggested answer:
the South of England
the North and the Midlands
world-famous football teams
Part3 About the London(Para 5-6)
Ask the students to read the Para 5 and tell the four sets of invaders.
They are the Romans the Anglo-Saxons the Vikings the Normans
The last part tells us about the invaders’ influence on England and London.
Read it and try to fill in the table below, and answer a question.
London
England
The Romans
built the oldest port in the 1st century AD
left their towns and roads
The Anglo-Saxons
built the oldest building in the 1060s
left their language and government
The Vikings
None
influenced the vocabulary and place-names
The Normans
constructed the oldest castle in 1066
left castles and words for food
Which group of the invaders did not influence London?
The Vikings
3. True or False
The oldest castle in London was constructed by Norman rulers in 1066.
London has the oldest port built by the Normans in the 1st century AD.
The oldest building in London was begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s.
The first invaders Normans left their towns and roads.
The Vikings influenced the vocabulary and place-names of the North of England.
Suggested answer: TFTFT
Step4 Summary
Using the information from the reading passage, complete the following form.
The UK
consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In the 13th century
Wales was linked to England.
In the 17th century
England and Wales were joined to Scotland.
In the early 20thcentury
Southern Ireland broke away and Northern Ireland joined with England , Wales and Scotland to become the UK .
England
the largest of the four countries, consists of the South, the Midlands and the North of England.
London
the greatest historical treasures of all, has museums, art collections, the theatres, parks and buildings.
The four groups of invaders
are the Romans, Anglo-Saxons , Vikings and Normans.
Step5 Homework
1. Learn the useful words and expressions in this part by heart.
2. Read the reading passage again and try to retell it in your own words.
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