教学目标 1. get to know more about the development of the english language. 2. get further understanding of the text and be able to retell some important elements in the development of english. 3. practice more skills in reading a history article. 重难点: 1. how to understand a history article. 课前准备:multimedia 板块 教师活动 step1 lead-in step2 fast reading step3 careful reading 1. enjoy shakespeare’s sonnet 18 2. help the students make sense of the poem. 3. lead the students to the new teaching. lead the students to read the text part by part. part1: answer the question: why does english have so many difficult rules? part2: 1.ask the students to read this part and fill in the following form: time events before the middle of the 5th century then at the end of the 9th century by the 10th century 2. lead the students to go over this part again. part3: 1.ask the students to read this part and fill in the following form: time events in 1066 by the latter half of the 14th century in 1399 2. ask the students to read this part again and answer: what are the factors that contributed to the development of middle english? part4: ask the students to read this part again and answer: 1).when did modern english appear? 2). what new factors are included in modern english?