Period2ReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisperiodisthehighlightofthewholeunit.Itlaysemphasisonreadingandunderstanding.Firsttheteachershouldcheckifthestudentshavemasteredthenewwordsandexpressionsbyaskingthemtofillintheblanksofsomesentencesbyusingsomeofthewordsandphrasesthatwillappearinthereadingpassage.Thispartcanhelpthestudentstolearnwordsandexpressionsbyheartinacertainlanguagesituation.TheninPre-readingpart,thestudentsareaskedtodistinguishthedifferencesbetweentheUK,GreatBritainandEngland.Hence,theteachercanleadtothetopicofthehistoricalinfluenceongeographyinthecountry.Providedwithtwosimplequestions:“DidthecountriesoftheUKunitepeacefullyorbywar?WhereshouldwegoifwewanttoappreciatesomehistoricalattractionsoftheUK?”,thestudentswillreadthepassagefastandfindtheanswersdirectlyinthepassage.Next,thestudentswillfirstlistentothetapewiththeirtextbooksclosed.Inordertomakethisstepefficient,theteacherwillprovidethemwithfivestatementsbasedonthepassage.Whilelistening,thestudentsshouldjudgewhetherthesestatementsaretrueorfalse.Ifitisfalse,thestudentsshouldcorrectit.Thenthestudentswillbegivenseveralminutestoreadthepassagesilently.Theyshoulddividethepassageintothreepartsandwritethemainideasofeachpart.Inordertohelpthestudentsunderstandthepassagebetter,theteachercanprovidesomecomprehendingexercises,includingansweringsomequestions,paraphrasingsomedifficultsentences.Astothesecond,thirdandsixthparagraphs,thestudentswillfinishtwotables,analyzingthedetails.Thepurposeofthisstepistotrainthestudents’abilityofreadingcomprehension,whichisaveryimportantskill.Atlast,thestudentswilldoaspeakingtaskinpairs.OneactsasavisitortoEnglandandtheotheractsasanativeEnglishman.ThevisitorisaskingthenativesomequestionsaboutthegeographytheUnitedKingdom.ThispartnotonlyhelpsthestudentstorevisewhatthehavelearnedinthispartbutalsoprovidesthemwithanopportunitytospeakinEnglish.TeachingImportantPointsImprovethestudents’readingability.Trainthestudents’abilitytograspkeyinformationwhilelistening.TeachingDifficultiesKnowabouttheUK’shistoricalinfluenceonthegeography.Knowaboutthehistoricaltreasuresleftbytheinvaders.TeachingAidsataperecorderaprojectortheblackboardThreeDimensionalTeachingAimsKnowledgeAimsdebate,clarify,legal,relation,convenience,attraction,influence,collection,construct,puzzle,educational,roughly,industrial,historicalbreakawayfrom,leaveout,divide...into...,belinkedto,toone’ssurprise,aswellas,beknownas,lookaround,keepone’seyesopen,makeone’stripworthwhileThereisnoneedtodebateanymoreaboutwhydifferentwordsareusedtodescribethefourcountries:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.YoumustkeepyoureyesopenifyouaregoingtomakeyourtriptotheUnitedKingdomworthwhile!AbilityAimsLearnsomedetailedinformationabouttheUnitedKingdom.Improvethestudents’readingability.Trainthestudents’abilitytograspkeyinformationwhilelistening.Trainthestudents’speakingability.EmotionalAimsTrainthestudents’abilitytocooperatewithothers.KnowabouttheUK’shistoricalinfluenceonthegeography.Knowaboutthehistoricaltreasuresleftbytheinvaders.TeachingProcedureStep1GreetingsGreetthestudentsasusual.Step2RevisionT:Atthebeginningofthisperiod,Iwillcheckifyouhavemasteredthenewwordsandphrasesinthisunit.Pleasefinishthefollowingsentencesusingsomewordsandphraseinthisunit.Pleasepayattentiontotheformsofthewor...