Learning Methods:（学习方式）
1）Surfing the Internet to get necessary information.（学会利用因特网获取必要的信息）
2）Asking-Answering on line to understand the text better.（利用网上问答学会更好地理解课文）
3）Discussion on line to practice their ability of communicating.（通过网上讨论学会交际）
Teaching Procedures（教学过程）
Task 1 Warming- up（任务1 热身）
T: Hello, everybody, so long we have learned English for more than four years. But do you know the country the language came from? Ok, at first, let's make our brain and body warm by expressing our own opinions. ( Ask the questions about the British's Isles and let students discuss freely on line to make them concentrate on as much information as they can)
(要求学生根据英国地图,回答有关英国的地理位置的问题,作为教学热身和教学的铺垫)
1.Does British Isles equal the United Kingdom?
2. How many countries make up the British Isles?
3. What do you know about the United Kingdom?
4. What do you know about the Ireland?
Task 2. Scanning
T: From your words, I know some of you are puzzled with the geography of the United Kingdom. Yes, it is a little hard to make it clear. But don't worry; today we are going to learn the introduction of British Isles. Ok, first, please scan the map of the British Isles and the text on line quickly, and then do the following exercise.(迅速扫描地图和网上相关文本,晚成下列正误判断题:)
Decide whether the following statements are true or not.
⒈ The British Isles is made of 3 parts.
⒉ The British Isles lies off the west of Europe.
⒊ The English Channel is only 20 miles wide.
⒋ The British Isles is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east
⒌ There's much rain in the British Isles.
⒍ Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
⒎ There are 6 languages that are considered to be native to the British Isles.
(Students show their answers on the BBS . Keys: F T T F T F T)(学生在BBS上交流他们的答案,教师通过BBS数据统计了解学生的理解正确率。)
Task 2. Skimming（任务2 浏览）
T: Just now, we quickly read the text and did some exercises, then let's read it more carefully and get some information about the British Isles. Please read the text or you can choose to listen to the tape on the net, and take these questions in mind. First of all, you should do your best to catch the main idea of the text for each paragraph.（仔细浏览电子教材或听读网上的课文录音获取英国的相关文化信息。首先请同学们找出每段的中心思想）
Paragraph（段落） Main Idea（中心思想）
Para 1. General idea about England.
Para 2. Position of the British Isles.
Para 3. The climate of the British Isles.
Para 4. The culture of the people in the British Isles.
Para 5. The language spoken in Great Britain and Ireland.
Para 6. The history of the United Kingdom.
Para 7. The languages spoken throughout the British Isles.
Second, answer some questions （其次，回答以下几个问题）:
1. How much do people know about the British Isles?
2. What kind of country is the UK?
3. What is the BI made of?
4. What's the relationship between different parts in geography?( map filling)
5. What's the main type of climate?
6. What're the climates in different parts?
7. How did the European mainland influence the culture of BI?
8. How did the French influence the language of BI?
9. What was the UK made up of in 1536 and 1707?
10. Is Ireland one part of the UK? What about the Isle of Man and Channel Island?
11. What are the languages for the British people in the different parts?
12. What is a serious matter happening to people?
Task 3. Consolidation （任务3 巩固与应用）
T: Since we knew the text well, then please fill the map of the British Isles on the line. And then prepare for retelling the text with the help of the information supplied on line.（利用网上的地图填地图，并利用地图进行有关英国地理位置方面的复述。）
Task 4.Post - Reading （任务4 课后阅读）
T: Imagine that you are going to have a four-week a summer camp in the UK. Make a travel plan in which you describe where you will go and what clothes and things you will take. You can discuss with your partners on line and search more information about the British culture by surfing the Internet. And then make a plan according to your own situation.（想象一下，你们将要英国参加夏令营，需要制定一个游览计划。在计划中要决定游览的地点、穿着的服装和随身携带的东西。你们可以通过网上搜索的方式,通过和同伴合作的方式获取更多关于英国的文化信息，然后根据你们的研究指定一个合适的计划或方案。）
Task 5. Extra-reading（任务5 泛读）
T: Since we have learned the text on the book, maybe you want to learn more about British Isles, then please do the reading comprehension and do the exercise related. The material is on the " test on line". Please test yourself and then write down your reading speed and the result on BBS.
(请浏览“网上阅读测试”栏目,阅读相关文章，然后完成相关阅读理解测试练习。最后从BBS处进行自我检测，并记录好你的阅读速度和测试成绩。)
Task 6.Discussion（任务6 讨论）
1. It is possible to swim from the European mainland to England. How far is it and where would be the best place to do so?
2.Why is it of great value to record and teach local languages to the young generation?
Task 7. Homework（任务7 回家作业）
1. Write a summery of the British Isles and e-mail it to your friends and your English teachers.（写一篇关于英国的概况，并通过电子邮件发送给你的朋友们和英语教师们。）
2. Collect the information about any part of United Kingdom in a group of four and then present it to us in the next period.（四人一组合作学习，通过网络搜集关于英国文化的任何一类信息， 在下节课上呈现给同学们。）
Task 8. ASSESSING （任务8 教学评价）
In this lesson, you have learned about the British Isles. How comfortable do you feel doing each of the skills below?（在这节课里，你已经了解了关于英国的一些情况。你觉得在以下哪几种技能方面掌握得如何？）
1=Not comfortable（不好） 2=Need more practice（有待提高） 3=Comfortable（好） 4=Very Comfortabl（很好）
Comfortable level（教学目标评价水平表）
Talk about UK and Ireland （谈论英国） 1 2 3 4
Practice expressing agreement and disagreement（表达赞成或反对） 1 2 3 4
Use new word and expressions （使用生词和词组） 1 2 3 4
Write a description of landscape（撰写英国地理位置） 1 2 3 4
Reflection（反应）
I learnt（我学会了）________________________________________________________________.
I would like to know more about （我想更多地了解）___________________________________________________.
I’m still not sure about（我仍对。。。。。了解不够）___________________________________________________________.
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