(PEZZLES IN GEOGRAPH Teaching Goals 1. 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 methods Skimming & 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’ interest Teaching procedures Step 1 Warming up Ss 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 north 第1页/共4页 Step 3 Introduction of the UK. Area: 244,820sq.km. Population: 59,113,439 Languages: English, Kymric, Gaelic Religion: Catholicism Composing countries: England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Capitals: London Cardiff Edinburgh Belfast Step 4 Reading 1. Fast-reading Ask the students to read the map and the text on P10 and answer the following the questions 1）The Union Jack flag unite the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why? Wales. It is usually considered to be part of the England. 2）What three countries does British Airways represent? England, Scotland and Wales 3）Which group of invaders didn’t influence London? The Vikings didn’t influence London. 2. Text structure analysis Have the students find out the topic sentences of each paragraph 第2页/共4页 1st paragraph Why are different words used to describe England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland? 2nd paragraph 3rd paragraph 4th paragraph 5th paragraph 6th paragraph Ask the students to divide the passage into three parts and write down the main idea of each part Part1 (para1-4) What the UK includes and how the UK formed and more detailed information about the four countries in the UK Part2 (para5) The geographical division of England into three zones: their similarities and differences Part3(para6) The cultural importance of London 3. Careful reading 1）Have the students put the events happening to the form of the UK into the right order. 第3页/共4页 First there was England. Great Britain was the name given when England and Wales were joined to Scotland. The four countries are still very different. England is the largest of the four countries. The greatest historical treasure of all is London. First there In the 13th century the In 1603 England and Wales Three centuries later Northern 2）Have the students identify invaders and their influences on The was England. AD, Wales was linked to England. United Kingdom—the UK. were joined to Scotland. The name Great Britain Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become The Romans The Anglo-Saxons The Vikings The Normans in the 1st in the 1060s century AD Towns roads and Language government and Vocabulary and place-names 3）Have the students look at the map of England and Wales. Draw lines across to show the zones of the South, Midlands and North of England. North: Leeds, York, Sheffield, and Manchester Midlands: Coventry, Birmingham South: Reading, London, Brighton, Plymouth Step 5 Teaching new words and structures Step 6 Homework Write a short summary of the passage. Castles and words for food 第4页/共4页 因篇幅问题不能全部显示，请点此查看更多更全内容