Unit 2 The United Kingdom Period 1 优秀一中.docx

1、Unit 2 The United Kingdom Period 1 优秀一中Unit 2The United KingdomBrief Statements Based on This UnitThis unit centers on the United Kingdom, including its geography, especially the historical influence on geography, historical attractions and traditional festivals.The students should be encouraged to

2、practice talking about countries. The whole unit can be divided into seven parts: warming up, reading, listening and speaking, language focusing, reading and writing, grammar, and assessment. In Warming up, there is a quiz for the students to do, which will arouse the students interest in knowing ab

3、out the detailed information about the United Kingdom.While checking the answers, the teacher can add more knowledge about the UK, to prepare the students for the following processes.In this part, the teacher should also help the students to deal with the new words and expressions that will appear i

4、n the Reading passage.Group discussion and brainstorming will be used in this period to help the students to communicate with each other using their previous knowledge. In Pre-reading, the students are provided with three questions related to the UK, which can act as an introduction to the Reading p

5、assage. In the Reading passage, the students will learn about the historical influence upon geography in the UK and get a general idea about the process of the combination of the UK.They will also learn about the historical attractions left by the invaders in England and London.In reading the passag

6、e the students should also pay special attention to the techniques of writing a passage of human geography. In Post-reading part, the students will do three activities.The first one is to answer three questions according to the Reading passage.Secondly, the students are asked to divide England into

7、three districts on a map, which is based on the deeper understanding of the passage.Thirdly, after getting the general idea of the passage, the students should write a summary of the passage in about 50 words. In Learning about language, the students are encouraged to learn some important words and

8、expressions in the passage and try to use them in the specific contexts.In this unit the students will learn to use the past participle as the object complement, through some examples and exercises.While practising using the language, the students will learn about Sightseeing in London. And their sk

9、ills of reading, speaking, listening and writing will be improved. In Listening and Speaking, more chances will be given to the students to learn about some famous kings and queens in the history of the UK, and their achievements.The students are encouraged to get more information about the country

10、in order to understand it as a whole.The topic of Speaking is about the historical attractions in the UK.The students should learn to introduce to visitors one tourist attraction in his or her own hometown.While speaking, the students should try to use some useful expressions while you cannot follow

11、 others. Then in Writing part, the students will be asked to make a poster to introduce the chosen tourist attraction to attract more visitors.While writing, the students should pay special attention to the words, especially some verbs and adjectives.This task is helpful for the students creativity

12、and imagination.It can also improve their writing skills. Assessment will help the students to look back what they have learned and focus on the difficult and important points. So, this unit will be divided into seven periods as follows: Period 1Welcome to the Unit Period 2ReadingPeriod 3Reading and

13、 Writing Period 4Language Focusing Period 5 Grammar Period 6Reading and Writing Period 7AssessmentKnowledge aims: Key words in this unit: unite, kingdom, consist, divide, puzzle, debate, clarify, relation, educational, legal, convenience, roughly, industrial, historical, attraction, collection, cons

14、truct, influence, project, arrange, wedding, fold, sightseeing, available, site, delight, tower, royal, occasion, uniform, splendid, statue, longitude, navigation, communism, original, thrill, pot, unfair, smart, suggestion, tense, consistent, error Key phrases in this unit: consist of, divide.into,

15、 break away from, leave out, take the place of, break down, be linked to, to ones surprise, look around, keep ones eyes open, on special occasions, in memory of, have a photo taken, on show, be proud of, as well as, be known as, on the other side of, make a list of, be worried about, leave sp.for sp

16、., be rude to sb., be at war with, be friendly to sb., change ones mind, take flight, hear about, keep ones promise, feel sympathy for, feel strongly about Key sentence patterns: 1.There is no need to do sth. 2.You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom worthwhile. 3.It seemed strange that the man who had developed communism should have lived and died in London. Grammar in th