Unit 2 The United Kingdom 教案2 (PEZZLES IN GEOGRAPH)Teaching Goals1. Get the students to know the information about the United Kingdom.2. Encourage the students to talk out what they know about the UK and Ireland.3. Help the students learn to get information by listening.Teaching methodsSkimming & scanning methods to make the Ss get a good understanding of the text.1. Discussion methods to make the Ss understand what they’ve learned in class.2. Pair works of group to get every student to take part in the teaching-and-learning activities.3. Competition and role-play method to arouse the Ss’ interestTeaching proceduresStep 1 Warming upSs compete in answering the questions as quickly as possible.Step 2 Pre-reading Q: England can be divided into three main areas. Do you know what they are? The south, the Midlands and the northStep 3 Introduction of the UK.Area: 244,820sq.km.Population: 59,113,439Languages: English, Kymric, GaelicReligion: CatholicismComposing countries: England Wales Scotland Northern IrelandCapitals: London Cardiff Edinburgh BelfastStep 4 Reading 1.Fast-reading Ask the students to read the map and the text on P10 and answer the following the questions1）The Union Jack flag unite the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which countryis left out? Why? Wales. It is usually considered to be part of the England.第 1 页


2）What three countries does British Airways represent?England, Scotland and Wales3）Which group of invaders didn’t influence London? The Vikings didn’t influence London.2. Text structure analysis1st paragraph Why are different words used to describe England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?2nd paragraphFirst there was England.3rd paragraphGreat Britain was the name given when England and Wales were joined to Scotland.4th paragraphThe four countries are still very different.5th paragraphEngland is the largest of the four countries.6th paragraphThe greatest historical treasure of all is London. Ask the students to divide the passage into three parts and write down the main idea of each partPart1 (para1-4) What the UK includes and how the UK formed and more detailed informationabout the four countries in the UKPart2 (para5) The geographical division of England into three zones: their similarities anddifferencesPart3(para6) The cultural importance of London3. Careful reading 1）Have the students put the events happening to the form of the UK into the right order.2）Have the students identify the invaders and their influences on The United Kingdom—the UK.The Romans in the1st century ADThe Anglo-Saxons in the1060sThe Vikings The NormansTowns and roadsLanguage andgovernmentVocabulary andplace-namesCastles and words for food3）Have the students look at the map of England and Wales. Draw lines across to show the zonesof the South, Midlands and North of England.North: Leeds, York, Sheffield, and ManchesterMidlands: Coventry, BirminghamSouth: Reading, London, Brighton, Plymouth第 2 页First therewas England.In the 13th centuryAD, Wales was linkedto England.In 1603 England and Waleswere joined to Scotland.The name Great Britaincame into being. Three centuries later NorthernIreland joined with England,Wales and Scotland to becomethe United Kingdom.


Step 5 Teaching new words and structuresStep 6 HomeworkWrite a short summary of the passage.第 3 页