Unit 5 The British Isles

the sixth period

teaching goals:
do some reading and writing to improve the students' integrating skills.
enjoy a travel passage written by the famous english novelist daniel defoe.
practise describing a place
step 1 revision
revise the reading ‘the british isles’ by filling in the blanks in the following passage, which can be used as the summary of the text:
it is not right to think that the british isles means the united kingdom. the british isles is a group of islands that ¬¬______ ¬¬¬_____the west cost of europe. the largest island is called britain, which ________ ________three kingdoms :______ in the north, ______ in the west and ________ in the east . the island just west of britain is called ireland. ireland island is _____ _____ ____two countries. _____ ______ _______ is an independent country, while the northern ireland ______ ______ the uk. between britain and ireland, in the _____ _____, lies the small isle of man. to the southeast of britain lie the _______ ________.
the climate of the british isles is _____ with a lot of rain. the culture of the people in the british isles has received many _________ from the european mainland . in _____ all of great britain and ireland was _____ ____ by the french. as a result, the english language ____ _____ ____ many french word. the uk has a long history. england and wales formed the union in _____. scotland joined later in 1707. in modern times, people throughout the british isles speak english.
answers:
lie off; consists of; scotland; wales; england; make up of; the republic of ireland; belongs to; irish sea; channel islands.
step 2. reading
1. lead-in
teacher shows some beautiful pictures.
t： as you see, through the internet, we're got much information about englishmen, their culture, food, sports, places of interest and so on. from the passage we read, we've also known something about the british isles, the united kingdom and ireland. from these pictures, we all know england is a good place to travel to. even since the eighteenth century, englishmen started to develop an interest to travel around the british isles and describe the countryside, the cities, the people ,their life and culture. today we'll read a passage. it's about daniel defoe's experience. (brief introduction to daniel defoe ). he visited salisbury in southern england. what did he see there？what places did he visit? let's listen and read the passage to find the best answers to the questions bellow.
1). sheep are fed _____.