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Journey across a Vast Land
Yuanyuan Li
Nov. 25th, 2021
OCB2U4 Reading and Thinking
How much do you know about Canada
Area: the _______ largest country in the world.
Official language: _________ and _________
Capital city: ________.
Alternative name: _______________
second
English
French
Ottawa
Warm-up
2. What do you know about rail journeys
Take a long time
Designed routes
See more and experience more
The True North
Predict
Based on the picture and the title, what can you know about the journey
Brief introduction about the trip who
why
where
how First by________, then via _______
feeling
Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian
To visit their cousins
Halifax on the Atlantic Coast
air
Excited
Main idea: Li Daiyu and Liu Qian were excited to take a rail journey from Vancouver to visit their cousins in Halifax.
Read the 1st paragraph, and find out the basic information about the trip.
Read for main idea
rail
What is the genre of the text
A travel journal
How is the text organized
In time and space order
By discourse markers!
discourse markers
Read for travel route
Based on the discourse markers, find out the places they have travelled.
China--Vancouver--Lake Louise--Jasper--Edmonton--Canadian Prairie--Winnipeg--Ontario--Toronto
Read for the travel experience
Read the 2nd paragraph and find out:
what they saw/learnt/did
how they felt (if any)
China
Vancouver
Take a boat ride
Visit an island
Take a hike in a forest
Shops selling crafts and antiques
Beautiful mountains looking out…
pleased
It’s your turn!
China
Read para. 3-6. Draw a mind map about their travel experience. Your map should include the following information:
What they saw/did/learnt
How they felt (if any)
Vancouver
Lake Louise
Jasper
Edmonton
Canadian Prairie
Winnipeg
Ontario
Toronto
_________________
pleased
_________________
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G1-3: Lake Louise—Edmonton (para. 3-4)
G4-6: Canadian Prairie—Toronto (para. 5-6)
China
Read para. 3-6. Draw a mind map about their travel experience. Your map should include the following information:
What they saw/did/learnt
How they felt (if any)
Vancouver
Lake Louise
Jasper
Edmonton
Canadian Prairie
Winnipeg
Ontario
Toronto
_________________
pleased
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
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G1-3: Lake Louise—Edmonton (para. 3-4)
G4-6: Canadian Prairie—Toronto (para. 5-6)
Lake Louise
Jasper
Edmonton
Canadian Prairie
Winnipeg
Ontario
discuss
Based on what they saw and learnt, what do you think they have gained from the journey
What did they see/do What did they gain
Wonderful shops selling crafts and antiques
Beautiful mountains looking out over the city A forest a short distance away Massive mountains and forests Blue water with exceptional beauty Spectacular mountain peaks and forests; Highlight: different creatures Center of Canada’s oil and gas drilling industry Home to many shopping malls An amazing open country 2 wheat-growing provinces; a bunch of large farms A land of forests and lakes; Rolling hills; red, gold, orange bushes and maple trees A wide stretch of Lake Huron
enjoy a land with grand sceneries;
Admire the nature power and beauty.
Discover a land highly developed in agriculture and industry.
Satisfy needs for shopping
Experience a land where human and nature live in harmony
Share with your partner your travel experience of a long journey, including following information:
the places you visited
what you saw/did/learnt
how you felt
What you have gained
Share in pairs
Travel far enough,
you meet yourself.
——David Mitchell
“It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books. ”
Write down your travel experience of a long journey, including following information:
the places you visited
what you saw/did/learnt
how you felt
What you have gained.
The rail journey across the vast land really makes a difference to me. _______________________________________________________________________
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Assignment
The rail journey across the vast land really makes a difference to me. While I spent only a few hours in Toronto, an economic centre of Canada, it has left a profound impression on me. (topic sentence) It is a city with breath-taking natural scenery, where I admired the astonishing shores of Lake Ontario and misty clouds rising from the Great Niagara Falls. After that, I got a chance to witness the modern buildings and old-fashioned cars speeding by at the same time, glancing the combination of traditions and advance of this city. At dusk, we met your old friend Lin Fei over dinner in downtown Chinatown, the largest one in Toronto. Not only did she take us to taste delicious Chinese food, but she also introduced a lot about the Chinatown to us .
It is in Toronto that we felt at home with tasting Chinese food and meeting Chinese people. It also allowed me to appreciate the works served by nature as well as made by humans in one city. If I have another chance to travel to Toronto, I will definitely plan more time on it to have a better visit.
Sample
Read the whole passage again. Draw a map about their travel experience. Your map should include the following information (if any).
where they travelled
what they did
what they saw
how they felt
Read for the travel experience
Vancouver
China
First day:
take a boat ride out into the bay
visit an island
shops selling crafts and antiques
The next day:
beautiful mountains looking out over the city
take a pleasant hike in a forest
Vancouver
Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies:
massive mountains and forests
the blue water
took their breath away
the most awesome journey
Jasper
spectacular mountain peaks and forests
different creatures: deer, mountain goats, a grizzly bear and an eagle
Edmonton
the center of Canada’s huge oil and gas drilling industry
is home to many shopping malls
Canadian Prairie
an open country
two wheat-growing provinces
a bunch of farms
Winniepeg
amazed
Ontario
a land of forests and lakes
rolling hills
bushes and maple trees
Lake Huron
Toronto