Book5Unit2 The United Kingdom.doc

Unit 2 The United KingdomPuzzles in geographyTeaching Aims: Enable the students to know the foundation and development of the UK .Teaching Important Points and Difficult Points: How to understand the geographic puzzle of the UK.Teaching Methods: Skimming and task-based activities.Teaching Procedures:Step I Warming up1. Background knowledge: Name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCountries: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern IrelandCapital: LondonLocation: Western Europe2.Finish the quiz in Warming Up. Step II. While-reading Task 1: Read the title and predict what the text will tell you.Task 2: Read the text quickly and get the main idea of the reading passage. What is the text mainly about?A brief introduction to the UK about its foundation and development based on geography, history and culture, etc.Task 3. Scanning. According to the text, join lines to the right answer.Para. 1. Explains the joining of England and Wales.Para. 2. States topic to be examined in the reading.Para. 3. Explains the importance of London as a cultural and political center in the UK. Para. 4. Explains what the term “Great Britain” means and how it came about.Para. 5. Explains differences in the four countries. Para. 6. Explains how England is divided into three zones.Task 4. Careful reading.Read the text carefully and see how many parts the passage can be divided into.Three parts.Part 1(Paragraph 1-3):What England include; about Great Britain; the UK.Part 2(Paragraph 4 ): The geographic division of England into zones, their similarities and differences.Part 3(Paragraph 5 & 6):The culture importance of London.Step III. After-reading Tell the sentences true or false.1. The UK includes England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.2. The three countries were united by war instead of peacefully.3. Northern Ireland , England and Scotland have developed different educational and legal systems but they do work together in some areas as well.4. The Romans left their language and their government to London.Step IV Summary.Step V. Homework assignment1. Read the text again and find out some words, expressions and sentence structures that seem