The United Kingdom（Period 6 Reading and Writing）
s: have/get/find/see/feel/notice/hear/etc +object +past participle t: you are right.so let’s first check your homework on page 51.i will ask one of you to read the passage. (one student reads the passage.) (teacher corrects the mistakes if there are any.) t: we also compared the present participle and the past participle.can you tell me the differences between them? s: they are different when they are used as the attributive, object complement, predicate and adverbial. t: yes.i also gave you some sentences to finish.now let’s check your answers. ss: 1) caught 2) seated 3) being taken 4) to have made 5) heated 6) to write 7) compared 8) to leave t: you did a very good job. step 3 reading t: when talking about a country, besides its geography, historical attractions and leaders, what should we also talk about? s: its people. s: its climate. s: its holidays. s: ... t: yes.so now let’s talk about some british celebrations.do you know any holidays in britain? s: new year’s day on january 1st. s: valentine’s day celebrated on february 14th. s: april fools’ day on april 1st. s: ... t: yes, you know a lot of british holiday.but there is one celebration that happens only in britain and nowhere else in the world.it is called guy fawkes night or bonfire night. is the 400th anniversary of the gunpowder plot.today we will learn about its origin.look at a poster of the celebration first.bonfire night
5th november “remember, remember, the fifth of november, gunpowder, treason and plot. we see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!” words to guy fawkes rhyme t: what information did you get from the poster? s: the celebration takes place on november 5th. s: it has something to with a person named guy fawkes. s: people celebrate the day by letting off a lot of fireworks. t: you are very clever.now read the passage“a particular british celebration”on pages 51-52 and try to fill in the following timeline. october 10 november 1 27 2 28 3 29 4 30 5 31 6 (students read the passage and try to finish the task.) (teacher asks one student to come to blackboard and fill in the timeline.) (after several minutes, teacher checks the answers with the class.) october 10 plan to change the government november 1 wait 27
buy a house close to the house of parliament 2 wait 28
buy large containers of gunpowder and store them in the cellar