Unit 5 warming up and reading(浙江省杭州市)

Unit 5 Canada-“The True North”
I. Teaching content: Unit 5 Module 3 warming up and reading
II. Teaching aims:
To learn about Canada—its geography, main cities, scenery, customs, resources and so on;
To be able to find detailed information about Canada in the reading material;
To be able to express direction and location according to maps;
To be able to talk about main cities of Canada.
III. Teaching emphasis: to learn about Canada—its geography, main cities, scenery, customs and so on.
IV. Teaching difficulties: To be able to talk about main cities of Canada.
V. Teaching procedure:
Step 1 Warming up
1. Show a map of the world: Where is Canada
2. How much do you know about Canada First. Let’s watch a short video about Canada.
3. Answer the following questions to test how much you know about Canada:
How large is Canada
What’s the capital of Canada
What is the largest city of Canada
What languages are officially spoken in Canada
What is the national flag of Canada
What is the national plant of Canada
What is the national animal of Canada
What is the Canadian leader called
Who is the person that came from Canada, helped China a lot and gave his life to China
Step 2 Leading-in
Now two girls from China are visiting Canada. Where did they get to and what did they see there Ok, let’s turn to the text “A Trip on ‘the True North’”.
Step 3 Reading activities
Question: What does “The True North” refer to in the topic (line 5 & 6)
Activity 1: Circle the places that the two girls arrived at and draw the trip route on the map on P33, then compare with your partner.
Answer: Vancouver --- Rocky Mountains --- Calgary --- Thunder Bay --- The Great Lakes ---Toronto--- Montreal
Activity 2 : Listen to the tape. Underline key points about the main places while listening.
Vancouver: climate ; surroundings ; population .
the Rocky Mountains: skiing, forest, mountains goats, grizzly bear, eagle
Calgary: Calgary Stampede, cow boys...compete in...riding horses....
Thunder Bay: a busy port city
the Great Lakes: fresh water
Activity 3: When the girls got to Montreal, their cousin asked them about the trip. One acts as Li Daiyu, while the other as her cousin. Complete the following dialogue.
C: Why didn’t you fly directly here, but by train
L:
C: Who met you at the airport in Vancouver
L:
C: What do you think of Vancouver
L:
C: What did you see while crossing the Rocky Mountains
L:
C: Did you stop at Calgary to see the Stampede
L:
C: Why is Thunder Bay a port city because it’s so far from the sea How can ocean ships get there
L:
C: What three words would you use to describe Canada
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Activity 4: After Liu Qian got to Montreal, she wrote to her parents to tell them about the trip and Canada. Please complete the letter for her.
Dear mum,
Li Daiyu and I took the train in Canada from _____ to __ __ rather than by . Our friend, Danny Lin, took us to the train station to catch “__ _ _ __ __ __”.
Canada is the ______ biggest country in the world. It is kilometers from _____to _____. As we go _______, we saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is _________ by mountains on the north and east. When we crossed _____ ____, we saw ____ and even a _____ bear and an . Calgary is famous for . Many cowboys from all over ____ compete for in prizes. We also went through a ____province and saw farms of square acres Thunder Bay is a busy port ____ ____ ____ ____ the Great Lakes which offer ____ of the world’s fresh water. Then we ran through the ____ ____ and ____ towards ____.
I had a very pleasant trip in Canada. Don’t worry about me.
Yours,
Qianqian
Activity 5 Discussion: If someday you have the chance to go to Canada, where will you visit Why
Homework: 1. Download the national anthem(song) of Canada
2. Download the software “google earth” to look for Canada.