Hello , everyone .I’m very pleased to have an opportunity to talk to you about some of my teaching ideas .My topic is the British Isles taken from Unit 5 in Senior Two.There are 5 parts.Part 1 1.The analysis of the teaching material
This leon is a reading paage .It plays a very important part in the English teaching in this unit .In this paage we should help the students get some knowledge about the British Isles , such as general idea about England , position of the British Isles , the climate of the British Isles , the lauguage , the history and so on .At the same time , the students are required to read the text and do different kinds of exercises .And the teacher should let the students to understand some difficult words,phrases and sentences .Of course the students should receive some moral education .The teacher lets the students know that everybody has his own country and should love it by learning the history , culture of Britain .2.teaching aims a.learn and master the following words and expreions Words:form,influence,basis,inland,narrow,diversity,republic,mild,unionstrength, lie
Phrases: be made up of , make the most of , hold together , lie off, at the point , stand for , as much as b.Further develop the students’ reading ability and reading skills.c.Get the students to know more about the British Isles.3.Teaching important points a .Train the students’ reading ability and develop their reading skills.b.Enable the students to understand the text better.c.Master the following phrases
Stand for
be made up of
be unknown to
make the most of hold together lie off
be separated from at one point in general as much as
run over end up with 4.Teaching difficult points Understand the following sentences: The idea that England stands for Fish&Chips , the speakers’corners and the Tower of London is past. The fact that the mainland of Great Briten is made up of three Kingdoms is still unknown to many
Part2. Something about the students (1).They are lack of geography knowledge.(2).They have known something about England .(3).They can’t tell the differences between England and U.K.(4).Some stedents are not active in the cla,and some students
don’t like English.
Part 3
Teaching methods and teaching aids
Teaching methods: 1.Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.2.Question-and-answer activity to get the detailed imformation in the text.3.Explanations for students to master some lauguage points.
Teaching aids:
1.a computer and a courseware
2.a tape recorder
3.a projector
Part 4
Teaching procedures preparation for reading ------ do fast reading ------ do careful reading ------ listening and reading ------ retelling ------ explain the language points ------ further discuion ------ homework
Step 1
preparation for reading
(This step wants to arouse the students’ interest )
I’ll use the computer and screen , and show some pictures of the places of interest of England and try to say something about them . Such as : Big Ben
the Tower of London
Cambridge University and Oxford University
London Bridge Hyde Park ---
Step 2
Do fast reading
Give the students several minutes to do fast reading and then get them to tell whether the following sentences are ture or false and correct them. 1) The British Isles is made up of 3 parts .2) the Brithish Isles lies off the west coast of Europe .3) The English Channel is only 20 miles wide .4) The British Isles are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east .5) There is much rain in the British Isles .6) Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.7) There are 6 languages that are considered to be native to the British Isles .Step 3 Do careful reading
This step can train their reading ability .
Give the students some time to do careful reading , and then find out the main idea of each paragraph .and give some detailed information .1.Get the students to find out the main idea of each paragraph.2.Read the second paragraph once again .And then use the courseware a map of Britain to do some explanations .esp the position of England , Scotland , Wales , Ireland and their capital cities .After that , ask the students to write the numbers of the following place names in the correct places on the map .At last , I’ll ask one student to come to the front and point them out on the screen .
“ North Sea , Atlantic Ocean , English Channel , Scotland , Wales
England , Northern Ireland , Ireland , Isle of Man , Irish sea , London
Dublin”
3.Use question – and – answer activities to let the students understand the detailed information .Answer the following questions .( This time the students should finish them very quickly ) 1) What is the UK?
2) What’s the weather in the British Isles like?
3) Has the culture of the people in the British Isles received many influences ? From where ? 4) Who conquered the Great Britain in 1066 ? 5) What’s the result of French influence ?
6) Which are the first two countries that joined in the United Kingdom ? 7) What do people throughout the British Isles speak now ? Step 4 Listening and reading
Teacher plays the tape for students to listen .After that , teacher gives the students a few minutes to read aloud the paage .Meanwhile teacher asks the students to try to remember some details .
Step 5 Retelling
Teacher Writes down some important words and numbers .Ask the students to retell this paage .
position ------ lie------ weather ------ culture ------ language ------
history ------ in 1066 ------ 1536 ------ 250 ------ 1707
Step 6
study the language points
Teacher says there are some important words , p hrases and sentences .Now let’s study them 1.stand for
USA stands for the United States of America .stand by
stand out
2.be made up of
This team is made up of 10 members . Phrases : be made of
be made from
be made into
be made out of
3.make the most of
One should make the most of one’s opportunity . make the best of
make use of
4.hold together
We always hold together in times of danger .Phrases : hold up
hold on
hold back
hold out
5.lie
lie -----lied ----- lied -----lying
lie ----lay ------lain -----lying lay ----laid ----laid -----laying
A black hen lays a whit egg .The mother laid the baby on the bed .Don’t lie to me .
6.as much as
as many as
as well as
as far as/ so far as
as long as
7.The two difficult sentences :
The idea that England stands for fish & chips , the Speakers corner , and the Tower of London is past .The fact that the mainland of Great Britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many .The news that he won the game is exciting . The news that he gave me is exciting .
Step 7.Further discuion
We know that England is separated from European mainland by the English Cdhannel .
“Is it poible to swim acro the channel ?”
Step 8 Homework
Please make a travel plan for going on a trip through the UK? Part 5
Blackboard designs
Unit 5
The British Isles
( Reading paage ) phrases : stand for
be made up of ,
make the best / most of
hold together
hold up
hold out
hold back
Sentence patterns :
The idea that England stands for fish& chips , the Speakers Corner and the Tower of London is past .The fact that the mainland of Great Britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many .
