Unit 2 Language Reading 2 导学案

Unit 2 Language Reading 2 导学案导学案 I Questioning Reflecting Get familiar with the new words of Reading by doing the spelling 1 He asked me so many questions that I got c 2 Reading will increase your v 3 His breakfast c of dry bread and a cup of tea 4 Having no children of their own they decided to a an orphan 5 He has r Mr Brown as president of the company 6 Government promises to 创造 more jobs for young people 7 He offered to 捐款 to the poor family 8 Stress is a major problem of 现代的 life 9 I m afraid getting things changed will be a slow 过程 10 He tried to 提高 his voice to make himself heard II Discussion Cooperation including Self checking Step 1 Revision and lead in 1 Check the homework exercises 2 Ask the students to talk about language and different ways of communication then learned last period Step 2 Warm up Questions How long have you been learning English What have you learned Tell students that they will learn a passage dealing with English and its history Step 3 Skimming Students 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 Step 4 Listening for the details Present the questions on page 24 Let the students keep them in mind and listen to the text carefully to find the answers Check the answers 1 Where did the Angles the Saxons and the Jutes come from 2 Why can similar pairs of words be found in the English language 3 What was the German plural form replaced by 4 Which King of England used English for all official occasions Step 5 Intensive comprehension 1 Ask the students to pay attention to the subtitles and divide the text into several parts 2 Read the four parts and answer the questions one by one 1 Part1 Introduction Why English is a language with a lot of confusing rules 2 Part2 Old English Present a flow chart according to the development of Old English The teacher can choose to tell the students some basic facts as well as to ask some detailed questions with reference to the chart And after completing the chart students will be encouraged to give a short summary of Old English If necessary the teacher can give an example as follows Today we have learned the development of Old English And let me tell you something about it Before the middle of the 5th century people spoke Celtic Then 3 Germanic tribes the Angles the Saxon and the Jutes invaded Britain Their language mixed with Celtic and became the base of Old English Anglo Saxon At the end of the 9th century the Vikings people from the Scandinavian countries including Denmark and Norway invaded Britain And their language mixed with Anglo Saxon and became what we now call Old English By the 10th century Old English was the official language of England 3 Part3 Middle English Discuss the answer to the question What are the factors that contributed to the development of Middle English Have a further discussion within groups about the influence resulting from the factors and make a summary of the factors and the effects 4 Part 4 Modern English Students are asked to finish reading the last part and find answer to the following two questions When did Modern English appear What new factors are included in modern English Step 6 Reading strategy Now we have found out the most important information and have got the main idea of the article but I want the method you use when you are reading the article This passage is a history article Do you know what we should notice when we are reading a history article And why Step 7 Post reading consolidation 1 Say something about English and its history Students can refer to the timetable 2 Students are asked to fill in the blanks of a short passage related to the text on page25 I