Unit 5 Canada---“The True North”
教学重点
1. Let students read the passage and learn about the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural resources of Canada.
2. Get students to learn different reading skills.
教学难点
1. Develop students’ reading ability.
2. Enable students to learn about some basic information and talk about Canada.
三维目标
知识目标
1. Get students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part.
2. Let students learn the knowledge of Canada.
能力目标
1. Develop students’ reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.
2. Let students learn how to read a traveling report and how to use a map.
3. Enable students to learn about some basic information and talk about Canada.
情感目标
1. Stimulate students’ interest in learning about foreign countries.
2. Develop students’ sense of cooperative learning.
教学过程
→Step 1 Leading-in and warming up
Show the students two pictures, and ask them who are they and where are they from?
Mark Rowswell 大山
Norman Bethune 白求恩
T: Today we will learn something about Canada. To check how much do you know about Canada, now we will do a small quiz. Please do the quiz on your paper.
What language (s) do Canadians speak ?
English
English & German
English & French
English & Spanish
2. What is the capital of Canada?
A. Vancouver
B. Toronto
C. Calgary
D. Ottawa
3.What is the national animal of Canada?
A. Beaver B. Grizzly bear C. Polar bear D. Penguin
4. What is the Canadian leader called?
President
B. Prime Minister
C. Governor
D. King
5. How many Great Lakes are there in Canada?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6
T: Through the quiz, I think you have known something about Canada, now let’s follow two persons’ step to enjoy the Canada’s beautiful scenery.------present the title Canada---“The True North” on the blackboard.
II. Fast reading
Read the whole passage quickly, and finish the following two activities on your paper.
【学生活动1】快速阅读文章,将各部分大意与其段落配对。
Part 1 para(s)_1__ The plan to cross the continent
Part 2 para(s)_2__ What they really saw and felt after boarding
the train
Part 3 para(s)_3-5__ A chat about the trip on their way to the station
Reading skill: If you want to find the main idea of each paragraph, you can read the first sentence of the each paragraph. If not, you can try to find the key words of each paragraph. They can also summary the main idea.
【学生活动2】 How many cities are mentioned in the text? What are they? Five, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Thunder Bay, Toronto
学生在地图上指出旅游路线
Montreal is the second-largest city in Canada.
Vancouver ranks third largest in Canada.The 2010 Winter Olympics were held there.
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and as one of the world's most livable cities.
Calgary is well-known as a destination for winter sports and ecotourism.
III. Careful reading
【学生活动1】读课文第1段,然后回答下列问题
(1) Which continent are the cousins crossing?
North America
(2) Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?
They think taking the train across the continent is more exciting.
【学生活动2】读课文第2段,选择最佳答案并完成下面的表格。
(1) That so many people want to live in Vancouver is not because________.
A. Vancouver is the most beautiful city in Canada.
B. skiing in the Rocky Mountains makes Vancouver one of the most popular cities to live in.
C. some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days.
D. sailing in the harbor makes Vancouver one of the most popular cities to live in.
(2)Fill in the form according to the second paragraph.
climate:
scenery:
population:
entertainment:
【学生活动3】读课文第3-5段,然后完成下列任务。
做笔记,找出有关沿途城市特点的重点词
(1)Vancouver is Canada’s ______and _____. It is also one of Canada’s_______ to live in. Vancouver has some of________ in the world.
(2) Calgary is famous for______. Cowboys come to ______ and many can win thousands of dollars.
(3) The Thunder Bay is ____________ at___________.
【学生活动四】:
Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks from the text.
Canada is _____ than the United States. It is the _______largest country in the world. It is _____ kilometers from coast to coast in Canada. The population of Canada is only slightly over________. Canada has _________ of the world’s fresh water, much of which is in the ___________. On the coast north of Vancouver some of the oldest and most beautiful _______ in the world still remain. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely ______.
【学生活动五】:总结
The main idea of the passage is to ______
A. introduce the girl’s travelling
B. introduce Canada through the girls’ travelling
IV. Post reading
讨论与展示:
Suppose, here is Canada’s international airport and a tourist from abroad just gets off the plane. Now 3 guides separately from Vancouver, Calgary and Thunder Bay rush to surround him and every one of them wants to attract him. Which one can succeed?
Refer to the information in the passage if you like.
Pay attention to your role and its characteristics(特征).
Use your body language if necessary.
【学生活动】学生分组讨论,然后上台展示讨论结果。一人为游客,另外三人分别是来自三个城市的导游。
V. Conclusion
In this class, we follow two girls’ steps to enjoy the Canada’s beautiful scenery. And we also know its famous cities, population, climate, entertainment way, and so on. So we know if we want to write a passage about a trip, we can write down all of these aspects, maybe also we can write its location, transportation, local food and so on.
VI.Homework:
Write an essay about your trip.
Blackboard design
Unit 5 Canada---“The True North”
climate:
scenery:
population:
entertainment: