Learning Methods:（學習方式）
1）Surfing the Internet to get necessary information.（學會利用因特網獲取必要的信息）
2）Asking-Answering on line to understand the text better.（利用網上問答學會更好地理解課文）
3）Discussion on line to practice their ability of communicating.（通過網上討論學會交際）
Teaching Procedures（教學過程）
Task 1 Warming- up（任務1 熱身）
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)
(要求學生根據英國地圖,回答有關英國的地理位置的問題,作為教學熱身和教學的鋪墊)
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.(迅速掃描地圖和網上相關文本,晚成下列正誤判斷題:)
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)(學生在BBS上交流他們的答案,教師通過BBS數據統計了解學生的理解正確率。)
Task 2. Skimming（任務2 瀏覽）
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.（仔細瀏覽電子教材或聽讀網上的課文錄音獲取英國的相關文化信息。首先請同學們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，回答以下幾個問題）:
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 （任務3 鞏固與應用）
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.（利用網上的地圖填地圖，并利用地圖進行有關英國地理位置方面的復述。）
Task 4.Post - Reading （任務4 課后閱讀）
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，你們將要英國參加夏令營，需要制定一個游覽計劃。在計劃中要決定游覽的地點、穿著的服裝和隨身攜帶的東西。你們可以通過網上搜索的方式,通過和同伴合作的方式獲取更多關于英國的文化信息，然后根據你們的研究指定一個合適的計劃或方案。）
Task 5. Extra-reading（任務5 泛讀）
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.
(請瀏覽“網上閱讀測試”欄目,閱讀相關文章，然后完成相關閱讀理解測試練習。最后從BBS處進行自我檢測，并記錄好你的閱讀速度和測試成績。)
Task 6.Discussion（任務6 討論）
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（任務7 回家作業）
1. Write a summery of the British Isles and e-mail it to your friends and your English teachers.（寫一篇關于英國的概況，并通過電子郵件發送給你的朋友們和英語教師們。）
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.（四人一組合作學習，通過網絡搜集關于英國文化的任何一類信息， 在下節課上呈現給同學們。）
Task 8. ASSESSING （任務8 教學評價）
In this lesson, you have learned about the British Isles. How comfortable do you feel doing each of the skills below?（在這節課里，你已經了解了關于英國的一些情況。你覺得在以下哪幾種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（教學目標評價水平表）
Talk about UK and Ireland （談論英國） 1 2 3 4
Practice expressing agreement and disagreement（表達贊成或反對） 1 2 3 4
Use new word and expressions （使用生詞和詞組） 1 2 3 4
Write a description of landscape（撰寫英國地理位置） 1 2 3 4
Reflection（反應）
I learnt（我學會了）________________________________________________________________.
I would like to know more about （我想更多地了解）___________________________________________________.
I’m still not sure about（我仍對。。。。。了解不夠）___________________________________________________________.
浙江省溫州市第十四中學 沈永銘（中學高級教師、溫州市外文學會理事）
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