Book 3 教案 U2 Reading 1.doc

M3U2 English and its historyTeaching aims: 1. Get to know more about the development of the English language.2. Get further understanding of the text and be able to retell some important elements in the development of English.3. Practice more skills in reading a history article.Something about the text:1 what are the old ,middle and modern English? What are their differences?Teaching procedures:Step 1 Reading strategyWhy is a history article different from a normal article? _Step 2 SkimmingStudents are allowed several minutes to skim the text. Their skimming is based on the task of questions on page 22 concerning the general idea of the text.1.What is the article about?_ 2.What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?_3 .In what way is English still changing?_Step 3 Skanning1.Where did the word English come from? _2.Why can words with similar meanings be found in the English language?_3.Why does the English language have so many rules that confuse people?_4.who made the greatest contribution to the development from Old English to Middle English?_5.Why are many of the words for animals different from those for meat in English?_Step 4 Careful reading How is the English language developed?Old English 1.Before the middle of the_, people in Britain did not speak English. their language called _2.The original language spoken in Britain was_.3.The _, the Saxons and the Celtic spoke languages that made up Anglo-Saxons.Middle English1.Three groups of people came to Britain from the _ mainland.2. By the _, Old English was the official language of EnglandAnswer the questions:What are the factors that contributed to the development of middle English?_1.Almost everyone in England began to speak Middle English in the _2 .The Normans entered England in _.3 Normans spoke _.Modern EnglishWhen did Modern English appear?_What new factors are included in Modern English?_Step 5 Text analysisTimeEventsBefore the mid-5th centuryAfter the mid-5th centuryAt the end of the 9th centuryBy the 10th centuryTimeEventsIn 1066The latter half of 14th centuryIn 1399During the RenaissanceStep 6 RetellingThe key words are presented on the screen. Students are allowed 5 minutes to prepare retelling the text in