1、Period 3 Reading and WritingThe General Idea of This PeriodThis period lays emphasis on extensive reading and writing.At first the teacher will check the students homework, by asking some individual students to read out their summaries of the reading passage “Puzzles in Geography”.Then the teacher w
2、ill ask the students some detailed questions based on the reading passage.This step has two goals.One is to help the students to consolidate what they have learnt during the last period.The other goal is to lead the topic to“Sightseeing in London”.In the next step the students are asked to read the
3、passage fast and write down the places that Zhang Pingyu visited.After reading the passage again, the students will write down the comments on these places.This will be done by filling in a chart.Since it is an extensive reading passage, there is no need to understand it in detail.But the students s
4、hould pay special attention to how the writer described these places, because they will undertake a similar task next.As is well known, language can only be mastered by being used.So, the students will next undertake a rather challenging task, that is, to introduce one of the famous buildings or att
5、ractions in their hometown or home village to a tourist.They should practice in pairs by asking and answering questions.Then the students will organize the information from the dialogue into an introduction to the attractions in their local guide book.While doing this, the students should pay specia
6、l attention to wording, especially verbs and adjectives.Teaching Important PointsThe important words, phrases and sentence patterns in this period.Improve the students extensive reading ability.Train the students ability to cooperate with others.Teaching DifficultiesTrain the students speaking abili
7、ty, especially the ability to deal with some problems in understanding each other.Train the students writing ability.Teaching Aidsa tape recorder a projectorthe blackboardThree Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge Aimssightseeing, available, tower, uniform, royal, splendid, statue, communism, thrill,
8、pot, smart, site, delight, occasion, longitude, navigation, original, unfair, suggestionbe worried about, make a list of, to ones great surprise, on special occasions, in memory of, ring out the hour, set the time, have a photo taken, stand on either side of the line, on show, be proud of, leave sp.
9、for sp., fall asleepWorried about the time available, Zhang Pingyu had make a list of the sites she wanted to see in London.It seemed strange that the man who had developed communism should have lived and died in London.Ability AimsLearn some rough information about the attractions in London.Improve
10、 the students extensive reading ability.Train the students speaking ability, especially the ability to deal with some problems in understanding each other.Train the students writing ability.Emotional AimsTrain the students ability to cooperate with others.Stimulate the students love of their hometow
11、nKnow that London is a place greatly influence by invaders.Teaching ProcedureStep 1 GreetingsTeacher greets the students as usual.Step 2 RevisionT: In the last period, we learned some basic information about the United Kingdom, especially the historical influence on the geography and its historical
12、attractions.First, whod like to read your summary of the passage?S: The United Kingdom consists of four countries, which joined together little by little in history, and this can be seen from the Union Jack.But the four countries dont work together in every area.England is the largest of all and it
13、can be divided into three zones.Both London and England were greatly influenced by different invaders.T: Excellent.T: I will ask you some general questions about the UK.While answering them, you cant refer to your textbooks. T: No.1 What are the four countries in the United Kingdom?S: They are Engla
14、nd, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.T: No.2 When did Great Britain come into being?S: It came into being in 1603, when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.T: No.3 What are the three zones in England?S: They are the South, the Midlands and the North.T: No.4 Do the fou
15、r countries in the UK work together in every area?S: No.They work together in some areas, but they have developed different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!T: No.5 Which group of invaders did not influence London?S: The Vikings.T:
16、 What did the invaders left in London?S: The Romans built the oldest port in the 1st century AD, the Anglo-Saxons built the oldest building in the 1060s and the Normans constructed the oldest castle in 1066.T: So there must be very beautiful sceneries to see if we go to London one day.Step 3 Extensi
17、ve ReadingT: Do you still remember the pictures of some beautiful buildings in the United Kingdom shown at the beginning of this unit?Have you dreamed of going there one day and seeing all the sceneries with your own eyes?Ss: Yes.T: So today we will learn a passage with the title“SIGHTSEEING IN LOND
18、ON”.T: First read the passage silently and write down all the places that Zhang Pingyu visited during her trip.(Teacher gives the students several minutes to read the passage and finish the task.)S: She visited the Tower, St Pauls Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Greenwich, Highgate
19、Cemetery and the Library of the British Museum.T: Do you know the full name of the Tower?S: Is it called the Tower of London?T: You are right.Then what did Zhang Pingyu hear when she came out of the Westminster Abbey?S: She heard the sound of the clock, Big Ben, ringing out the hour.T: Now read the
20、passage again and find out Zhang Pingyus comment on each place she visited.(Teacher gives the students several minutes to finish the chart below.)Day 1 Comments Day 2 and comment Day 3 and comment1 12 23 34 4T: Who would like to come to the blackboard to fill in the chart?S: Let me have a try. Day 1
21、 Comments Day 2 and comment Day 3 and comment1 The Tower 1 fancy2 St Pauls Cathedral 2 splendidHighgate Cemetery:strange3 Westminster Abbey 3 interesting4 Buckingham Palace 4 /Greenwich: interestingThe Library of the British Museum: thrilling, proudT: You did a very good job.T: What do you know abou
22、t Greenwich from this passage?S: In Greenwich there is a longitude line.It is an imaginary line dividing the eastern and western halves of the world and is very useful for navigation.T: Is the original Library of the British Museum used as a library today?S: No.It is used to display wonderful treasu
23、res from different cultures, including some beautiful old Chinese pots.Step 4 Speaking and WritingT: In our hometown, there are also some interesting buildings or attractions.Work in pairs and choose one of them.One of you is the tourist and the other is the tour guide.The tourist may have a few pro
24、blems understanding the guide.If so, you may use some expressions on Page 15 to help you.Now work in pairs and five minutes later, I will ask pairs of you to come to the front to demonstrate your dialogues.(Ss work in pairs, meanwhile, the teacher goes round the classroom and helps the students to d
25、eal with any question that they may meet with.)(After about five minutes.)T: Are there any volunteers?Ss: Let us have a try.T: Good.A: Welcome to Xishan Town.B: Thanks.Would you please recommend some famous scenery in your hometown?A: I suggest you should go to Linwu Cave in our town.It is in the ea
26、st of our town.B: Why is the cave famous?A: The cave, which is also known as Dragon Cave, is faced to Taihu Lake.In the cave staglites stand like a forest under smooth ceilings.B: Pardon?What did you mean by“staglites”?A: I mean, in the cave there are lime rocks.It is said that the cave is below the
27、 bottom of Taihu Lake.The cave is acclaimed by Taoist believers as No.9 Cave under Heaven.There are also some Taoist cultural relics in the cave.B: How deep is the cave?A: It has a depth of more than hundreds of meters.B: I feel like going there at once.Then whats the price of the ticket?A: Its abou
28、t 30 yuan including the Plum Blossom Garden.B: Really?You mean I can also visit the Plum Blossom Garden?A: Yes.Wish you a pleasant journey in our town.B: Thanks.T: Excellent.You have done a very good job.T: Next use the information you have collected about this building or attraction and write about
29、 it in your local guide book.You want to encourage people to visit it so you should write in an exciting way.Think about the verbs and adjectives you can use.Now I will give you several minutes to finish writing the introduction.(The students write the introduction, and the teacher goes around the c
30、lassroom and helps the students to solve any problem that they may meet with.)Example: Why not visit our Linwu Cave?Linwu Cave, which is also called Dragon Cave, is located in the east of West Hill, an island in Taihu Lake.The Cave has a long history.In the cave staglites stand like a forest under s
31、mooth ceiling.There are also some Taoist cultural relics in it, and the cave was acclaimed by Taoist believers as No.9 Cave under Heaven.On the way here, you will also cross Taihu Bridge, the longest bridge over the inland lake in China.It is the lake that has linked the island with Suzhou.Having bo
32、ught a ticket of 30 yuan, you can also enjoy the Plum Blossom Garden.Step 5 HomeworkIf the students havent finished writing the introduction to one of the attractions in their hometown, they can go on to do it after class.Even if the students have finished writing, they should try to beautify the wo
33、rds and sentence structures that they have used.The Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 2 The United KingdomPeriod 3 Reading and Writing.Places visited and comments: .Useful expressions: Day 1 Comments Day 2 and comment Day 3 and comment1 12 23 34 41.Excuse me.Im afraid I cant follow you.2.I
34、 beg your pardon？3.Please, can you speak more slowly?4.What did you mean by.?5.Im sorry but could you repeat that?6.I didnt understand.Research and ActivitiesAdvertisement-competitionAfter class, each pair should try to finish their introduction to the chosen attraction and make it into an advertise
35、ment.They can go to the library or surf the Internet for some further information or pictures.Then each pair should put up their advertisement on the wall.Every student will act as a tourist and choose one place that he or she wants to visit most after reading the advertisements.And everyone is aske
36、d to put one flag under the advertisement that he or she has chosen.The one that gets the most flags will be the best advertisement and the makers will be supplied with a prize.Reference for TeachingThe City of LondonNearly all the old City of London was burned down in the fire of 1666.It started on
37、 a Sunday evening in a bread shop.On Tuesday evening, a quarter of a million people had no homes, and the fire was still burning.The old St.Pauls Cathedral, there for a thousand years before that, went in the fire.The Cathedral you see today was built by Sir Christopher Wren.There is also a monument
38、 to the fire, near Eastcheap, where there fire started, and you can climb up it and look down on the city.Or, if you feel like climbing, you can go up the 627 stairs to the top of St Pauls and look at the new city from there.After the fire of London, some Londoners made new homes in new parts of Lon
39、don.Others wanted to come back, but found the new houses too expensive.The city started to lose its people and then, when the railways came, it was even easier to work in the city and live outside it.In the Second World War, many homes in the city were destroyed by bombs.So now the city has very few
40、 shops and homes.The streets are full of thousands of offices, and only the street names make you think of the people who used to live there, and bought their food in Fish Street and Bread Street and Milk Street.Some people do live in the new big blocks of flats near the Barbican (one of the old Rom
41、an gates), but often they only sleep there, and go away for weekends.The shops are shut on Saturdays, and the restaurants and pubs shut at six oclock in the evening.If you go into the city at eight oclock at night, you feel you are in dead city, while a kilometer away; the streets of the West End ar
42、e full of people.It seems a sad end.The CockneyAlmost everyone who has heard of London has heard of the term“Cockney(伦敦佬)”.Strictly speaking, in order to call oneself a Cockney, one should have been born“within the sound of Bow bells”, that is to say, within the sound of the bells of the church of S
43、t Mary-le-Bow, which stands nearly in the centre of the city of London.But, in fact, all Londons citizens who were born and bred in the city may call themselves Cockneys if they like.However, the term is generally reserved for the Londoner with a“Cockney accent”.They Cockney accent is not a particul
44、arly pleasant or melodious（悦耳的）one, and the Cockneys distortion（扭曲, 变形） of the English language is such that the foreigner often finds it impossible to understand the speaker until his ear has become acclimatized（适应） to the peculiar tones.The principal characteristics of the Cockney accent consist i
45、n a general slurring of consonants and a distortion of vowel sounds.The best known example of Cockney speech is modern English literature is that of Eliza Doolittle, the heroine of Bernard Shaws play, “Pygmalion”and of the musical adapted from, “My Fair Lady”.But if Cockney speech is unpleasant, the
46、 Cockney himself is usually far from being so.The average Cockney is distinguished（区分, 辨别） by his quick wit, his ready sense of humor, his ability to“carry on”under unusual or difficult conditions and by his willingness to be of help if he can.The Cockneys humor is often satirical（讽刺的） but it is nev
47、er vicious（邪恶的）; he is always ready to laugh at other peoples peculiarities（怪癖） but he is equally ready to laugh at his own.He often makes jokes under the most difficult conditions, a quality that was very apparent during World War .This rather lugubrious type of humor is well exemplified（举例证明） by t
48、he title of an old Cockney music hall song: “Aint It Grand To Be Blooming Well Dead.”Nowadays, as the tempo of life in big cities grows ever faster (although the Cockney opposes this process when he can), the opportunities for the Cockney to exercise his wit and humor diminish(减少, 变小).But if one kee
49、ps ones ears open on buses, in railway stations, in street markets and similar places, it will soon become evident that the spirit of Cockney humor is still very much alive, although the old Cockney pronunciation is less common until now.Most people who call themselves Cockneys usually do so with some pride.And, by and large, they are justified.Famous Buildings in London Hyde ParkCovering an area of 350 acres (140 hectares) Hyde Park
