人教版（2019）选择性必修 第二册Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land Reading and writing 课件（34张PPT）
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Journey Across A Vast Land
Lesson 5 Reading for Writing
In this class, you will:
1. read about a rail journey across Canada.
2. gather information about Canada’s geography, culture
and nature.
3. learn the features of a travel journal.
4. write an email about a rail journey across Canada.
What’s the relationship between these two passages
The next leg of Li and Liu’s trip
Activity 1. Read to complete the route on the map of the girls’ trip.
Reading
Activity 2. Divide the passage into three parts and figure out the general idea of each part.
Para. 1-4 Li Daiyu and Liu Qian’s experience in Toronto
Para. 10 Their time spent on the train towards Halifax
Para. 5-9 Their experience in Montreal
Reading
Activity 3. Review the two passages and make notes about what the girls saw, did and felt at each place.
Place Saw Did Felt
Toronto misty clouds rising from the Niagara Falls skyscrapers of glass and steel old-fashioned cars went up the CN Tower met Lin Fei in Chinatown astonished
Reading
Place Saw Did Felt
Vancouver bay scenery beautiful mountains looking out over the city took a boat ride out into the bay visited an island took a hike in a forest pleased
Lake Louise Massive mountains and forest blue water took the train took a taxi took their breath away
Jasper spectacular mountain peaks different creatures took a coach awesome
Edmonton freezing cold in winter large shopping malls caught the train to Toronto
Reading
Place Saw Did Felt
The Canadian Prairie the open country two-wheat growing provinces a bunch of farms on the train beyond anticipation
amazed
Winnipeg on the train
Ontario rolling hills; bushes and maple trees; the wide stretch of Lake Huron on the train
Reading
Place Saw Did Felt
Toronto misty clouds rising from the Niagara Falls skyscrapers of glass and steel old-fashioned cars went up the CN Tower met Lin Fei in Chinatown astonished
Montreal signs and ads in French people spoke English with an accent unique Quebec culture and traditions visited lovely shops visited artists in their workplaces along St Paul Street met Jean-Philippe in a restaurant Surprised
Reading
What’s the type of the passages
Travel journal
What are the features of a travel journal
Features of a travel journal
Q1: What is the order of a travel journal
Before starting out
During their first day
The next day
The next morning
…
*in the order of time
Features of a travel journal
Q1: What is the order of a travel journal
After Li Daiyu and her cousin arrived in Toronto
early the next morning
…
elements
who —— people
when —— time
where —— places
what —— scenery/ activities
how —— feeling
Features of a travel journal
Q2: What does a travel journal usually include
In addition to spectacular mountain peaks and forests, one highlight of their trip was being able to see many different creatures.
... the blue water literally took their breath away with its exceptional beauty.
The bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold, and orange, and there was frost on the ground....
Montreal is a city with wonderful sights and sounds. Most of us speak both English and French, and the city has unique Quebec culture and traditions. There are fantastic restaurants and clubs around, too.
Features of a travel journal
Q3: How can we make the description of the travel appealing
language features
—descriptive language
In addition to spectacular mountain peaks and forests, one highlight of their trip was being able to see many different creatures.
... the blue water literally took their breath away with its exceptional beauty.
The bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold, and orange, and there was frost on the ground....
Montreal is a city with wonderful sights and sounds. Most of us speak both English and French, and the city has unique Quebec culture and traditions. There are fantastic restaurants and clubs around, too.
Features of a travel journal
Q3: How can we make the description of the travel appealing
Use accurate and picturesque adjectives
... the blue water literally took their breath away with its exceptional beauty.
The train thundered on, through the rolling hills.
The girls saw hundreds of skyscrapers of glass and steel, and old-fashioned cars rolling by.
That night the train was speeding along the St Lawrence River.
Features of a travel journal
Use vivid verbs
Q3: How can we make the description of the travel appealing
descriptive
language
accurate and picturesque adjectives
vivid verbs
Features of a travel journal
to describe the characteristics or state of the subject
or to show subjective feeling
to describe activities and actions
Read for appreciation
(While reading, please pick out descriptive expressions and appreciate them.)
Language features of a travel journal
Language features of a travel journal
Writing Task
Imagine that you are Li Daiyu. Using the map and your notes, write an email to your parents telling them about the trip.
Structure How many parts do you plan to write
What are their functions
What order would you follow when describing the journey
Content What do you learn about Canada from the journey
What impressed you most in Li and Liu’s journey
How do you feel about the journey
Which experiences are you going to write about Why
Before you write, please think:
We started in ...
The next day ...
We arose early the next morning ...
Then ...
Now ...
love,
Li Daiyu
Dear Mum and Dad,
beginning
body
ending
Canada
major cities
geography
weather
culture
agriculture
transportation
language
What do you learn about Canada from the journey
What impressed you most in Li and Liu’s journey
A: Canada is a country of diversity. We can experience different culture and enjoy scenic beauty of lakes, mountains, plains.
B: Chinese have been coming to Canada for a hundred years, and they have settled down and built Chinatown.
How do you feel about the journey
A: I enjoy the journey cross Canada very much because it broadens my horizon.
B: I think the journey was a bit tiring. Most of the days were spent on the train.
Which experiences are you going to write about Why
A: I am going to write about the splendid scenery when passing through the Canadian Rockies because we can rarely see this in modern cities.
B: I will write about the photographer Jean-philippe because it’s unforgettable if a foreigner comes to talk to you when you’re in a foreign country.
Time to write.
Does the writer start the email with an appropriate greeting
Is the email well-organized and coherent
Does the writer make use of discourse markers to express different relationships between ideas
Are the descriptions of people and places interesting
Does the writer end the email in a natural way
Using the checklist to help you assess your partner’s work.
Assessment
If you were Li Daiyu’s parents, what would you want to know most
Does she enjoys the journey or not
Is she safe
Where is she
When does she plan to come back
natural ending
appropriate greeting
remove parents’ worries
tell them your current situation
express thanks
summarize your opinion of the trip
tell them your plan
express your hope for next trip
natural ending
appropriate greeting
You can imitate the language features of a travel journal to make your email more appealing and interesting.
possible expressions:
I was astonished/amazed to see ...
What impressed me most was ...
... left a deep impression on me.
... literally took my breath away.
... was beyond my anticipation.
spectacular, exceptional, fantastic, breath-taking ...
roll by, thunder on, take one’s breath away ...
Are the descriptions of people and places interesting
Reference on P39
Use correct discourse makers to express different relationships between ideas.
How to polish
Reference on P41
Transform clauses into past participles or the -ing form to make your sentence patterns more various.
How to polish
Reference on P42
Use idioms and similes to make your description more interesting.
For example:
Words fail me when I saw the blue water.
The prairie is as flat as a pancake.
There are maple trees as far as the eye can see.
How to polish
Summary of the lesson
In this lesson, we have learnt
1. geography, culture and nature of Canada’s major cities.
2. a travel journal often follows a time order.
3. a travel journal often includes people, place, scenery, activities and feelings.
4. to make your description of travel experience more appealing by using accurate adjectives and vivid verbs.
Journey Across A Vast Land
Lesson 5 Reading for Writing
In this class, you will:
1. read about a rail journey across Canada.
2. gather information about Canada’s geography, culture
and nature.
3. learn the features of a travel journal.
4. write an email about a rail journey across Canada.
What’s the relationship between these two passages
The next leg of Li and Liu’s trip
Activity 1. Read to complete the route on the map of the girls’ trip.
Reading
Activity 2. Divide the passage into three parts and figure out the general idea of each part.
Para. 1-4 Li Daiyu and Liu Qian’s experience in Toronto
Para. 10 Their time spent on the train towards Halifax
Para. 5-9 Their experience in Montreal
Reading
Activity 3. Review the two passages and make notes about what the girls saw, did and felt at each place.
Place Saw Did Felt
Toronto misty clouds rising from the Niagara Falls skyscrapers of glass and steel old-fashioned cars went up the CN Tower met Lin Fei in Chinatown astonished
Reading
Place Saw Did Felt
Vancouver bay scenery beautiful mountains looking out over the city took a boat ride out into the bay visited an island took a hike in a forest pleased
Lake Louise Massive mountains and forest blue water took the train took a taxi took their breath away
Jasper spectacular mountain peaks different creatures took a coach awesome
Edmonton freezing cold in winter large shopping malls caught the train to Toronto
Reading
Place Saw Did Felt
The Canadian Prairie the open country two-wheat growing provinces a bunch of farms on the train beyond anticipation
amazed
Winnipeg on the train
Ontario rolling hills; bushes and maple trees; the wide stretch of Lake Huron on the train
Reading
Place Saw Did Felt
Toronto misty clouds rising from the Niagara Falls skyscrapers of glass and steel old-fashioned cars went up the CN Tower met Lin Fei in Chinatown astonished
Montreal signs and ads in French people spoke English with an accent unique Quebec culture and traditions visited lovely shops visited artists in their workplaces along St Paul Street met Jean-Philippe in a restaurant Surprised
Reading
What’s the type of the passages
Travel journal
What are the features of a travel journal
Features of a travel journal
Q1: What is the order of a travel journal
Before starting out
During their first day
The next day
The next morning
…
*in the order of time
Features of a travel journal
Q1: What is the order of a travel journal
After Li Daiyu and her cousin arrived in Toronto
early the next morning
…
elements
who —— people
when —— time
where —— places
what —— scenery/ activities
how —— feeling
Features of a travel journal
Q2: What does a travel journal usually include
In addition to spectacular mountain peaks and forests, one highlight of their trip was being able to see many different creatures.
... the blue water literally took their breath away with its exceptional beauty.
The bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold, and orange, and there was frost on the ground....
Montreal is a city with wonderful sights and sounds. Most of us speak both English and French, and the city has unique Quebec culture and traditions. There are fantastic restaurants and clubs around, too.
Features of a travel journal
Q3: How can we make the description of the travel appealing
language features
—descriptive language
In addition to spectacular mountain peaks and forests, one highlight of their trip was being able to see many different creatures.
... the blue water literally took their breath away with its exceptional beauty.
The bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold, and orange, and there was frost on the ground....
Montreal is a city with wonderful sights and sounds. Most of us speak both English and French, and the city has unique Quebec culture and traditions. There are fantastic restaurants and clubs around, too.
Features of a travel journal
Q3: How can we make the description of the travel appealing
Use accurate and picturesque adjectives
... the blue water literally took their breath away with its exceptional beauty.
The train thundered on, through the rolling hills.
The girls saw hundreds of skyscrapers of glass and steel, and old-fashioned cars rolling by.
That night the train was speeding along the St Lawrence River.
Features of a travel journal
Use vivid verbs
Q3: How can we make the description of the travel appealing
descriptive
language
accurate and picturesque adjectives
vivid verbs
Features of a travel journal
to describe the characteristics or state of the subject
or to show subjective feeling
to describe activities and actions
Read for appreciation
(While reading, please pick out descriptive expressions and appreciate them.)
Language features of a travel journal
Language features of a travel journal
Writing Task
Imagine that you are Li Daiyu. Using the map and your notes, write an email to your parents telling them about the trip.
Structure How many parts do you plan to write
What are their functions
What order would you follow when describing the journey
Content What do you learn about Canada from the journey
What impressed you most in Li and Liu’s journey
How do you feel about the journey
Which experiences are you going to write about Why
Before you write, please think:
We started in ...
The next day ...
We arose early the next morning ...
Then ...
Now ...
love,
Li Daiyu
Dear Mum and Dad,
beginning
body
ending
Canada
major cities
geography
weather
culture
agriculture
transportation
language
What do you learn about Canada from the journey
What impressed you most in Li and Liu’s journey
A: Canada is a country of diversity. We can experience different culture and enjoy scenic beauty of lakes, mountains, plains.
B: Chinese have been coming to Canada for a hundred years, and they have settled down and built Chinatown.
How do you feel about the journey
A: I enjoy the journey cross Canada very much because it broadens my horizon.
B: I think the journey was a bit tiring. Most of the days were spent on the train.
Which experiences are you going to write about Why
A: I am going to write about the splendid scenery when passing through the Canadian Rockies because we can rarely see this in modern cities.
B: I will write about the photographer Jean-philippe because it’s unforgettable if a foreigner comes to talk to you when you’re in a foreign country.
Time to write.
Does the writer start the email with an appropriate greeting
Is the email well-organized and coherent
Does the writer make use of discourse markers to express different relationships between ideas
Are the descriptions of people and places interesting
Does the writer end the email in a natural way
Using the checklist to help you assess your partner’s work.
Assessment
If you were Li Daiyu’s parents, what would you want to know most
Does she enjoys the journey or not
Is she safe
Where is she
When does she plan to come back
natural ending
appropriate greeting
remove parents’ worries
tell them your current situation
express thanks
summarize your opinion of the trip
tell them your plan
express your hope for next trip
natural ending
appropriate greeting
You can imitate the language features of a travel journal to make your email more appealing and interesting.
possible expressions:
I was astonished/amazed to see ...
What impressed me most was ...
... left a deep impression on me.
... literally took my breath away.
... was beyond my anticipation.
spectacular, exceptional, fantastic, breath-taking ...
roll by, thunder on, take one’s breath away ...
Are the descriptions of people and places interesting
Reference on P39
Use correct discourse makers to express different relationships between ideas.
How to polish
Reference on P41
Transform clauses into past participles or the -ing form to make your sentence patterns more various.
How to polish
Reference on P42
Use idioms and similes to make your description more interesting.
For example:
Words fail me when I saw the blue water.
The prairie is as flat as a pancake.
There are maple trees as far as the eye can see.
How to polish
Summary of the lesson
In this lesson, we have learnt
1. geography, culture and nature of Canada’s major cities.
2. a travel journal often follows a time order.
3. a travel journal often includes people, place, scenery, activities and feelings.
4. to make your description of travel experience more appealing by using accurate adjectives and vivid verbs.