UNIT 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND
Reading and thinking:
Seeing the True North Via Rail: Vancouver and the Heart of Canada
Step 1: Lead-in: Quiz time about Canada
Step 2: Learning objectives
Step 3: Pre-reading
Predict: look at the title and the picture to answer the following questions.
Q1: What does the “True North” and “the Heart of Canada” in the title refer to
True North: the Heart of Canada :
Q2: What do you think the text is about
The text is about in Vancouver and the heart of Canada by and what they saw during the journey.
Step 4: While-reading
Read for genre
What kind of genre is this text
A. Exposition
B. Travel journal
C. Feature
D. Argumentation
Read for structure
What’s the writing order of this passage in / order.
Read for features
The writer will mention:
Read para1to finish brief introduction about this trip
Skim through para 2-6 and draw the travel route on the map.
Read para 2-6 to find out the transportation that they used to go on different places
Read para 2-6 again and finish the table
Step 5: Post-reading
Group discussion: Would you like to take a long journey as Li Daiyu and Liu Qian Give your reasons.