Unit 5 The British lsles (warming up ＆ speaking)
Brief Statements
The topic is about the British Isles.
. In the first period, we will deal with Warming up and Speaking. In warming up, by watching a video about the Britain and talking about English cities, food, sports, places of interest, school education, geography, famous people ,etc. the students' desire to know more about Britain can be raised. Speaking will includes three topics: Is English easy or difficult to learn? How can we learn geography well? What's your opinion about the development of a country?, and the students can express various opinions freely. Each topic can be discussed from different sides. The students can reach an agreement on the points. Meanwhile, their ability to speak English can be greatly improved. I provide two topics: Do you agree that Shangwenjie is a beautiful singer? Do you agree that Zhoujielun is a good singer? Which are their favorite topics. Then ask them to make a dialogue by using the expressions of agreements and disagreements. After that, I prepare a discussion for the students. The topic is: Imagine that you are going on a four-week trip through the UK. Make a travel plan for it. Include: Where you will go? What clothes and things you will take? At last, I will consolidate a map of UK. I will ask a student to explain the map for all the students. Then , I will show some famous attractions of UK to please the students. If there is enough time, I will prepare a video about Ireland again.
Teaching Aims:
1.Enable the students to talk about the UK and Ireland in English and express agreement and disagreement about some opinions.
2.Help the students learn how to describe a place.
3.Let Ss learn to use the structures of expressing agreement and disagreement.
Teaching Procedures:
Step1 Lead-In
Show the class the maps of the United Kingdom. Play the video about the Britain. Show some pictures about the United Kingdom.
Step 2. Warming Up
By asking: How to say “英国” in English? Then correct the students’ mistakes. Today we'll learn a new unit--the British Isles. In the last period, I told you to search for as much information as possible about the UK and Ireland through the Internet. I'm sure you've got a lot.
References for teachers:
Food and dishes: roasted beef, steak kidney pie, English fish chip, chicken ala king, sandwich and so on.
Sports. walking, swimming, playing football, playing tennis, bicycling, skating, hiking and so on.
Way of life: DIY. They often fix up a house, plant their gardens, and make furniture by themselves. Even they build their houses themselves.
Important cities are: London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dublin, Cardiff, Belfast and so on. London is the biggest city and the capital of England. It lies on the River Thames. London is also a cultural and political center. In it there are many world-famous places of interest.
Places of Interest: St. James Park, Hyde Park, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace. National westminster and so on.
Geography : four parts. They are England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. There are many kinds of natural resources, such as coal, iron, oil and natural gas.
Languages: English is the official language in the UK. It is also widely used in the world.
Rreligion & beliefs : People in the UK mostly believe in Christ. Some of them believe in Islam, and Buddhism.
Schools :Two kinds. One is private school and the other is public school. Schooling is free of charge in public schools while it costs much in private ones. There are many world-famous universities in the UK, like, Cambridge University, Oxford University, London University and so on.
Famous people Shakespear / Franscis Bacon
Step 3 Speaking
Presentation: So far, we have known so much about the UK and Ireland . Please answer my questions: Do you agree that David Bekham is a basketball player?(Shows a picture of David Bekham )The teacher is showing the tips of agreements and disagreements. Such as:
Don’t you think that...?
I don’t think that’s right...
I don’t think so.
You must be mistaken...
No, you are wrong thinking about...
I’m afraid you’re wrong...?
Aren’t you confusing...?
I’m not so sure about that...
Surely it must be...
Yes, you are right, but...
I believe that you’ve got it right.
Yes, I agree with you.
Then show a picture of Shangwenjie and Zhoujielun, ask the students to talk about these two super stars by using the expressions above.
Make up dialogues
Ask the Ss to use these expressions to make up a dialogue in pairs
Sample dialogues:
1. A: Do you agree that Shangwenjie is a beautiful girl?
B: Very badly. I find it difficult to say. I don’t think so.
A: Why do you think so?
B: As you know, I think she looks like a boy more like a girl.
A: But I can't completely agree with you. In my opinion, she is very beautiful, I like her very much.
2. A: What are you doing?
B: I'm reading the poster of Zhoujielun..
A: Well, do you agree that Zhoujielun is a good singer?
B: Yes! I think so. I like his music style very much.
A: Yes! I agree with you, I like his perfect voice, too.
I will ask several pairs to show their dialogues. Then add their points.
Step 4 Discussion
Imagine that you are going on a four-week trip through the UK. Make a travel plan for it. Include: Where you will go? What clothes and things you will take?
Sample dialogue:
1. A: Hello, Fenlan
B: Hello, Zhuanglin, have you decided which country you will go?
A: Er, I think I will choose England.
B: Why?
A : Because I like the London Bridge, the River Thames , I would like to know some cultural about it.
B: OK! Well, what clothes and things you will take?
A: I will take my poetry shirts and skirts. And I will also take my umbrella there. Because I heard that weather is rainy often.
B: OK! It’s very late, my mother is waiting for me. Bye-bye.
2.A: Hello, This is Yangjin. Can I speak to Linjing?
B: Hi, Yang jing. This is Linjing speaking.
A: Long time to meet you. Why didn’t you go to school last week?
B: I went to England last week.
A: Really? I want to go next holiday. What do you think about England?
B: It is a beautiful country with many interesting places, if you go there you can take a camera with you.
A: Certainly! But could you lend your camera to me?
B: No problem! Have a nice holiday!
A: Thank you! Bye-bye
B: Bye.
Step 5 Consolidate
Ask one of the students to finish the explanation of the map.
Show some pictures of famous attractions of UK to the students.
Step 6 Homework
1. Preview the next lesson-reading.
2. Do TALKING. Each one will be asked:“ where you’ll go and what you’ll do.”
Step 7 Let’s know more about :”UK” Play the video about the Ireland (The time permits)