Type of lesson: Word study

Teaching Contents: key words of this unit

Teaching Aims：Help the students grasp the usages and meanings of the key words or phrases.

Teaching Procedures:

Part1 Learn about “be made up of , consist of , form, make up”

Step1 leading in

Help Ss review what they learned about Great Britain.

Step2 Presentation

The teacher shows Ss the following sentences and asks them to pick out the verbs or verb phrases, and then sum-up their meanings and structures.

1. Great Britain is made up of three countries.

2. Wales is one of the countries making up the United Kingdom.

3. It (Britain) forms the mainland of Great Britain and consists of three countries.

Step3: Practice

Task1:Ask Ss to fill in the blanks with correct forms of “ be made up of , consist of , form, make up”. There may be more than one correct choice.

1. Each grade in our school __________ eight classes. And about fifty-three students ___________ each class.

2. Thirty-four provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions ______________ the People’s Republic of China. The capital Beijing _________ of eight districts and counties.

3. A football team __________ eleven players.

4. Farming and mining ___________ most of South Africa’s industry.

Task2: Ask Ss to explain the pictures below with “ be made up of, make up, form and consist of”

A siheyuan is made up of north rooms, south rooms, east and west wing-rooms and a yard.

North rooms, south rooms, east and west wing-rooms and a yard make up a siheyuan.

North rooms, south rooms, east and west wing-rooms and a yard form a siheyuan.

(2)

North Island and South Island form New Zealand.

North Island and South Island make up New Zealand.

New Zealand is made up of two islands.

New Zealand consists of two islands.

The world is _______ 7 continents and 4 oceans.

A. made up of B. made out of C. made from D. made into

PartⅡ Help Ss learn about “separate”

Step1 leading in

Teacher shows Ss a map and asks them to look at France, Britain and the English Channel . Then Ss are asked to complete the sentence.

English Channel _______________ Britain from France.

Step2 Ss learn more about how to use “separate” by reading the following sentences.

1. Jack is separated from his parents, because they have gone abroad.

2. The Yangtze River separates Jiangsu Province into two parts. People living in southern part are richer.

3. My son still shares the same room with me, but he is sleeping in a separate bed.

Sum-up

Separate vt separate … from…; separate … into …

Adj.

Step3 Practice

Ask Ss to answer the following questions, using “separate”.

1) What should be done towards SARS patients? Can they stay with their family?

SARS patients have to be separated from their family.

2)

What are the boys doing?

Two boys are fighting. The boy in white T-shirt is trying to separate them.

3) A small river goes across the town. If using “separate”, we say________________________________________________.

A small river separates the town into two parts.

PartⅢ Help Ss learn about “join”.

Step1 leading in

Ask Ss talk about the bridge.

The bridge joins the two parts of the town together.

Step2 Ss read the following sentences and match each sentence with the proper meaning of “join”.

1) Beijing and Shanghai are joined by three transportation means: railway, high way and airline.

2) Will you join me for a drink?

3) Membership is free, so join today!

4) Little Tom wanted to join in the game, but was refused.

A. connect, unite, bring together

B. take part in (an activity)

C. to come together with, meet

D. to become a member (of)

Step3.Practice

Ask Ss to complete the sentences.

1) The island ____________ (由一座大橋相連)to the mainland.

2) I really want you to _____________ (和我們一起) for lunch.

3) The place where __________________ ( 兩河交匯)is rich in rice.

4) His parents wants him_____________ (參軍), but he is only interested in drawing.

Part Ⅳ Practice

.Fill in the blanks with the newly learned words.

Two large islands __________ the UK. The smaller one is Ireland, and the bigger one is Britain. Britain __________ three countries, with Scotland in the north, which ______ the UK in 1707, Wales in the west and England in the south. Not the whole Ireland belongs to the UK. The southern part of it __________ another__________ state, the Republic of Ireland.

Part V Help Ss learn：

1. stand for

The idea that England stands for Fish & Chips, the Speakers’ Corner and the Tower of London is past. (P.35)

1) stand for: be a sign or short form fo; represent; mean 象征、代表、意味著

–His name is James B Clarke?

--What does the B stands for?

2)stand for: be in favour of sth./ sb.; support贊同、支持、主張

The Socialists stands for nationalization of the basic industries, whereas the Conservatives stands for free enterprise. 社會黨人主張基礎工業國有化，而保守黨則主張企業自由經營。

3) bear(用于否定句、疑問句)忍受、容忍。

I won’t stand for that sort of treatment. = I won’t stand for being treated like that. 我不能容忍被那樣對待。

2. at one point在某處，一度

The largest island is called British, which at one point is only 20 miles wide. (P35)

At one point, he was very week. 他一度很虛弱

A traffic accident happened at one point yesterday. 昨天在某地發生了一起車禍。

3. some time, sometime, some times, sometimes

…which Ireland was only part of the UK for some time, and is now an independent republic. (P36)

I’ll stay here for some time.

Will you com again sometime next week?

I met him some times in the street last month.

The factory is some times larger than that one.

Sometimes he goes to school by bus, sometimes he goes by bike.

Practice:

He said he would stay there for ______.

A. sometime B. sometimes C. some time D. some times

4.They realize that it is of great value to record and teach time to the younger generation. (P36)

be of + n. (value, use, help, importance/ an age, the same age, a size, a kind)

歸納：

of + 抽象名詞 = 形容詞

of + no+ 抽象名詞 = not + 形容詞

of + great / much等+ 抽象名詞 = very + 形容詞

of + one kind/ color size等 = of +a/the same kind/ color/ size等

of + a different color / size等 = of +different colors/ sizes等

The book is of much value/ use. = The book is very valuable/ useful.

This paper is of great help to us. =This paper is of great help to us.

A writing task:

Ask Ss to make a brief introduction of their own school by using words and phrases learned in the class.