m3unit2Reading.pptVIP

Learning aims 1. To learn more about the development of English. 2.To use the skills of reading a history article to understand the passage further. 1. Notice ______ and _______  Discussion * * 丹徒高级中学 于连香 What do you think is difficult when learning English? difficult grammar too many words with similar meanings confusing rules … Why does English have so many similar words and confusing rules? Free talk Are you good at English? Hwaelig;t we garde na ingear dagum thorn;eod cyninga thorn;rym ge frunon hueth;a aelig;thorn;elingas ellen fre medon. Sonnet 18（十四行诗） Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summers lease hath all too short a date. 我能否将你比作夏天？ 你比夏天更美丽温婉。 狂风将五月的蓓蕾凋残， 夏日的勾留何其短暂？ you You are has 1. What is the article about? 2. How many kinds of English are there discussed in the article? What are they? Skimming English and its history. Three. Old English, Middle English and Modern English. title subtitles Please go through the Reading strategy on page 23 and tell me how to read a history article. 2. Make a _________, listing________________ dates years Reading strategy (P23) time chart important information a ______ article history 3. Help you understand the ________of events and how pieces of information ____________ the rest of the text. order relate to Kind Time Events Old English Before the middle of the 5th century Then At the end of the 9th century By the 10th century People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic. The Vikings began to move to Britain and brought their languages. Old English had become the official language of England. Two Germanic groups, the Angles and the Saxons, occupied Britain. Find and underline the dates in Old English and finish the table. occupied languages At the end of the 9th century Old English was made up of: only a few Celtic words for places a mixture of the language