Unit 5  Canada—“The True North”

 Reading:  A Trip on “ The True North ” 

Teaching goals:

1. Improve the students’ reading ability: guessing words, searching for

information.

2. Master the expressions to describe a country.

3. Improve the students’ writing ability .  

Teaching important points:

Understand the details of the passage about Canada and find the correct answers to the questions.

Teaching methods:    

1．Skimming and scanning;

2．Asking-and-answering activities;

Teaching aids:  A computer and a projector

Teaching procedures & ways:

Step 1. Warming Up

Show the students some pictures and ask them some questions about Canada.

Step2. Reading

I. Fast-reading

Questions:  1. What is “ The True North ”?

           2. What is the passage mainly about?

II. Careful- reading: Answer questions and get some detailed information.

   ( Comprehending Ex1 on P 35 )

Ⅲ. Consolidation:

1) Basic facts about Canada ( Comprehending Ex2 on P 35 )

2) Retell the passage:  ( Fill in the blanks )

Li Daiyu and Liu Qian decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train  _____ to _____ across Canada. Their friend, Danny Lin,  took them to catch “ _____________ ”, the cross- Canada train. Canada is the ______ largest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from ______ to ______ . As they went _________, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. In Canada’s _______ part, Vancouver is Canada’s most_________ city, __________ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. When they ________ the Rocky Mountains, They saw some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. Their next stop was Calgary, _______is famous for the Calgary Stampede. Many of the cowboys from all over the world come to ____________ in riding wild horses. Then they ___________ a wheat-growing province and arrived in Thunder Bay, a very busy _____ city. It  is at the top of the Great Lakes, where ocean ships can _______. In a word, Canada is a beautiful and rich country.

Step 3. Post-reading (discussing)

Question: If someday you go to Canada, where will you go? Why?

Step 4. Homework

1. Writing 写一篇介绍加拿大概况的短文，主要包括：

1．位于北美洲，是世界上第二大国；

2．首都渥太华，主要城市有温哥华，多伦多，蒙特利尔等；

3．东临大西洋，西临太平洋，西部太平洋沿岸是落基山脉；

4．拥有全世界五分之一的淡水，是世界上淡水储量最大的国家，其中大部分集中在美加交界的五大湖区；

5. 总之，加拿大是一个美丽富饶的国家。（ 要求：100 字左右 ）

2. Read the passage again and find the difficult language points in it.