Unit 5 The British Isles

a: it may be true. do island nations have more advantages than other countries?
b: certainly. island countries have more convenient traffic and they also have more sea resources.
a: i agree with what you said.
step 4 summary and homework
t: today we've practiced speaking english a lot. we've also learnt many useful
expressions to express our own opinions. (pointing to the blackboard and the screen. ) after class, write a short paragraph about what you have debated in class and carry out the task in talking part on p109 .

the third & fourth period

teaching goals:
1. learn and master the following words and expressions:
words: form, influence, basis, inland, mountainous, narrow, diversity, republic, wales, mild, union, strength, welsh, scofish
phrases: stand for, be made up of, be unknown to, make the most of, hold together, lie off, be separated from, at one point, in general, as much as, run over, end up with
2. further develop the students' reading ability and reading skills.
3. get the students to know more about the british isles.

teaching procedures:
step 1. lead-in
t: in the first period, we talked much about the uk and you know a lot about it. (teacher shows pictures of big ben, the speaker’s corner in hide park, buckingham palace, tower bridge, stonehenge, shakespear, national flags of scotland, ireland ,wales and england on the screen for them to enjoy and describe.)
step 2.pre-reading
t: now open your books at page 35. look at the questions in pre-reading(shows these questions on the screen) and have a discussion about what you know about these questions.
(a few minutes later, teacher asks three students to answer them.)
step 3. reading
listening practice:
play the tape for the students to listen to get the general idea.
true or false statements:
the tower of london is very famous in britain.
the uk is made up of britain island and ireland island
scotland is warmer throughout the year.
the european mainland has had a great effect on the culture of the people in the british isles.
french was considered a noble language in the 12th century in britain
ireland has been an independent republic since the ancient time.
the welsh have the language of their own besides english.
choose the best choices :
1).according to the passage, what do you know about the isle man?
it lies between britain and ireland.
it’s run over by the king of uk.
the king of england is in charge of it.
both a and c
2).how many spoken languages are considered as native language in the british isles?
a. 2 b. 8 c. 1 d. 6