Unit4HistoryandTraditions——Readingandthinking

Teachingdesign

Theanalysisofteachingmaterials

Thisreadinglessonisselectedfromunit4inBook2fromtheneweditionofpeople’sEducationpublishingHouse.Thetextmainlyintroducesthehistory,geographyandcultureoftheUK,throughwhichittrytoshowtheimportanceofacountry’shistorytounderstandacountry.

Thetextstartswithapuzzle:WhytheUKhassomanynamesandwhatisthedifferencebetweenthem?Usingthisquestioninspiresreaders’curiositytofindtheanswers.Then,itdescribestheformationofitsfullnameandthefourcountries’similaritiesanddifferencesinsomeareasandbrieflyexplainsthatfourgroupsofinvadershaddifferentinfluencesatdifferenttimesinthehistory,suchasthegovernment,town,road,languageandfood.Next,itintroducesLondonanditslonghistory.Finally,Itemphasizesthesignificancetolearnitshistoryandculturebeforelearningthecountry.

Theanalysisofstudents

Thestudents’Englishgradesareonaverage80points,andtheyarewillingtotrytoexpresstheiropinionsandviewsinEnglishthoughtheyhavesomedifficultyindescribingsomethingprecisely.

Teachingobjectives

Afterthisclass,studentscan

LearnaboutthehistoryoftheUKandgetthedetailedinformationbyansweringsomequestionsandfinishingsometasksofit.

Learntousethereadingstrategy---readingmapsandpredicationfromthetitle.

Retellthepassageafterfinishingthetimelineandmindmap.

Teachingkeyanddifficultpoints

Studentslearntoreadamapandpredictthemainideaofatextaccordingtothepicturesandtitle.

Studentsretellthepassageafterfinishingthetimelineandmindmap.

Teachingmethods

Observationmethod,Tasked-basedteachingmethod，Inductivemethod

Teachingaids

Multi-media,blackboard,chalks

Teachingprocedures

Step1.Leading-in:AsksomequestionstheUKtoshowthetopicandlearningobjectives.

Question1:WehavelearntEnglishsincewewenttoprimaryschool,doyouknowaboutsomehistoryandcultureoftheUK?Whatarethey?

Question2:WhenwetalkabouttheUK,whatorwhowillyouthinkof?

Teachingprocedures

Step2.Pre-reading:

Question1:Lookatthemap,whattypeofmapisit?

Atrafficmap

Aweathermap

Aresourcemap

Anadministrativezoningmap

Question2:Whatinformationcanweinferfromthismap?

Question3:Whatcanweknowfromthetitle?

Question4:Whatcanweinferfromthetitleandthemap?

Step3.Fastreading(3mins)

Task1.Readthetextquicklyandanswerthequestions:Underlinetheanswersonyourbooks.

1WhatarethefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdom?Whichtwowerethefirsttobejoinedtogether?

2Accordingtothetext,whoaretwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountry?

Task2Readthetextquicklyandmatchthemainidea.

Part1(Para1－2)A.Thehistory,traditionsandcultureoftheUnitedKingdom．

Part2(Para3)B.TheoriginofthenameoftheUK．

Part3(Para4－5)C.Thefourcountriesworktogetherinsomeareas．

Task3.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?

AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutthe__________ofitsdifferentnames,its__________,________,________,and_________

Step4.Carefulreading

ReadParagraph1andanswerthefollowingquestionsandfillintheblanks.(2mins)

HowmanynamesareusedtorefertotheUKandwhatarethey？

Whatdoestheauthorsuggesttosolvethispuzzle？

Para.2Fillintheblanksaccordingtothetext(4mins).

Teachingprocedures

Para3.Whatarethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthesecountries?(3mins)

Para4(3mins)FourdifferentgroupsofpeoplewhotookovertheUKinturnthroughouthistoryandtheirinfluenceonthehistoryoftheUK.

Peoplestimeachievements

Para5.Fillintheblanksaccordingtothetext.(2mins)

Step5.Post-reading

ReviewthemaintimeandthingsUsingthetimeline

Pairwork:Makeconversationswithyourdeskmatesbyaskingquestionsonthetimelineabove.Forexample:

A:Inthispassage,whathappenedinthehistoryoftheUKinthe1stcentury?Andwhatchanged?

B:Inthe1stcentury,Romansarrivedthereandbuilttownsandroads.

A:Whataboutinthe5thcentury?Andwhatchanged?

B:Inthe5thcentury,……

Drawamindmapofyourselfaboutthepassage.Youcanadddetails,ifnecessary,thenretellitforus.

Step6.Homework:Thinkingandwriting

hatimportantthingsshouldvisitorsknowaboutbeforetheyetoChina?

Forexample,HongKongofChina.

FindmorematerialsandinformationaboutthehistoryofHongKongofC