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Unit5 Canada— “The True North”Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
rather than, baggage, scenery, eastward, chat, surround, harbor, measure, aboard, have a gift for, within, manage to do, catch sight of, eagle, acre, urban
b. 重点句子
2. Ability goal 能力目标
Learn how to describe the places that Li Daiyu and Liu Qian visit in Canada.
Understand the noun clause used as appositive.
Enable the students to understand the details of the passage about Canada and find the correct answers to the questions in the post-reading.
3. Learning ability goals学能目标
Improve the students’ reading ability - guessing words, searching for information.
Learn the information about Canada.
Master the expressions for describing directions and locations.
Teaching important points 教学重点及难点
a. Find the answers to the questions in post-reading.
Learn the methods of writing a traveling report about.
b. Understand the use of noun clause - appositive clause.
Learn to read the traveling report according to the traveling route.
Teaching methods 教学方法
1． Skimming and scanning;
2． Asking-and-answering activities;
3． Listening method.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A computer, a projector and a tape recorder.
Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式
Step 1 Revision
Check the students’ homework.
T: Before we come to the new lesson, let’s check your homework.
The teacher checks the assignment of the last class.
Step 2 Lead-in and Warming Up
Show the students the maple flag and ask them some questions.
T: Do you know which country uses this national flag?
Ss: Canada.
T: Which continent is Canada in?
Ss: It is in North America.
T: How large is it?
Ss: I only know it is the second largest country in the world. I don’t know the exact number.
T: Canada occupies an area of 9, 978, 4670 square kilometers. It is a bit bigger than China. Which country is its neighbor?
Ss: The United States.
(The teacher shows a map of Canada to the students.)
T: Right. The United State is its neighbor. Canada is a beautiful country.
Step 3 Pre-reading
T: How much do you know about Canada? let’s do some Quiz.
1. What is the capital of Canada?
A.Vancouver B.Toronto C. Calgary D. Ottawa
2. Which is the national flower of Canada?
A. cherry B. rose C. maple D. daffodil(水仙花)
3. What language(s) do Canadians speak?
A. English B. English and German
C. English and French D. English and Spanish
4. What is the national animal of Canada?
A.Beaver B. Grizzly bear
C. Polar bear （北极熊） D.Penguin
5. Canada is the ______ largest country
in the world.
A. 2nd B. 3rd C. 4th D. 5th
T:I want to ask you a question. Do you like traveling?
Ss: Yes, we like traveling very much. (No, I don’t like traveling. It is tiring.)
T: I know most of us like traveling. Have you ever been abroad?
Ss: No / Yes.
T: Few of us have ever been abroad. Then what is the longest trip you have ever taken?
Sa: Beijing (Shanghai / Hainan / Harbin).
Sb: I have never been out of my hometown.
T: If you get a chance to go abroad, which three countries would you like to visit most? Why?
Sc: I would like to go to French, Australia and Ireland. I think French is full of romantics and there are many beautiful buildings. Australia is famous for its beautiful scenery and people are very friendly. Ireland is also beautiful. I want to walk along the roads of the countryside.
Sd: I think I will travel in china first, because China is my motherland and she is very beautiful. I would also like to go to Canada so that I can see the large and beautiful lakes, and there’s the wonderful snow scenery. I also feel like paying a visit to Australia because there are many sheep and rare animals there.
T: Very good. We love our motherland, but if we want to make our country more beautiful and more developed, we should know more about the other countries. Now.today we are going to learn something about Canada. Please turn to Page34, read “A Trip on the True North”.
Step 4 Fast reading
Get the students read the passage quickly and carefully. Meanwhile, help the students form a good habit of reading. T: Do you feel puzzled when you read the title? What is “the True North”? Now, read the passage quickly and get the general idea of the passage. Underline the main places mentioned in the text.
Task1Skim the passage and then answer the following questions.
1) What is the passage mainly about?
It is about _____ of two girls; and it tells us some information about _______.
2) What is “The True North”?
The True North is a name of _____________________.
Give the Ss two minutes for reading.
two minutes later.
T: Time is up. Have you finished?
Ss: Yes, we have.
T: The first question is what the passage is mainly about?
Sa: The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada.
T: Right. It mainly tells us the information about Canada. What are the main places mentioned in the text?
Sb: They are the Atlantic coast, Vancouver, Rocky Mountains, Calgary, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior and Toronto.
T: Look at the map on Page33. Draw the traveling route of the two girls on the map.
Give the students one minute to draw the route.
T: You did a good job. Do you have any difficulty in reading? Let’s look at the difficult points together.
The teacher explains some important or difficult points to the students.
Task2 Read the text quickly and match the main idea of each part.
Part 1 What they really saw and felt after boarding the train
para(s)1
Part 2 brief introduction of their trip
para(s)2
Part 3 Their chat on their way to the station
para(s)3-5
check the answer.
Step 5 Reading aloud
Let the students read the passage again and find the details from the passage.
T: Now you read the questions on Page35 first, and then read the text aloud to find the answers to the questions. After a while, answer the questions in complete sentences without looking at your books.
Give the students a few minutes to read and find answers. Then ask some students to give their answers.
Suggested answers:
1. Which continent are the cousins crossing?
They are crossing North American.
2. Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?
They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to take the train from west to east across Canada./ They want to see Canada./ They want to travel across Canada.
3. What is “The True North”?
“The True North” is the train that runs through Canada.
4. Why is the population of Vancouver growing so rapidly?
The population of Vancouver growing so rapidly because it is beautiful.
5. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wild horses for thousands of dollars.
6. How are ocean ships able to reach the centre of Canada?
Ships are able to reach the centre of Canada because they can follow the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes.
7. What are some of Canada’s greatest natural resources?
Canada has water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests.
Step6 Summary
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from ___ to ___ . Their cousins’ friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “ ___ ____ _____ ”. Canada is the ______ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from ____ to ____. As they go ______, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is __________ by mountains on the north and east.
When the cousins _____ ____ in the seats, they looked out of the window. They saw mountain goats and even a ______ bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North America ____ ____ ___ ___ working with animals. Then they ____ _______ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is ____ __ the center of the country.
Suggested answers: 1.west 2.east 3.The True North 4. second 5 coast 6. coast
7. eastward 8. surrounded 9. settled down 10. grizzly 11. have a gift for
12. went through 13. close to
Step 7 Homework
1.Find three appositive clauses from the reading passage.
2. Finish Exercises 2and 3 on p. 36.