人教版必修三Unit5 Canada The True North Reading（Teaching design） 教案

Teaching design
Reading: A Trip on “ the True North”
Analysis of Teaching Materials
The material is from New Senior English For China Students’ Book 3, Unit 5 Canada---“The True North”. A Trip on the True North is a travel journal, introducing the travel experience of Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian. Through this passage, students can have preliminary understanding of some basic information about Canada, including geographical environment, ecological environment, characteristics of major cities and related cultural activities. The reading plays a great role to illustrate this wonderful country and it offers good material to practice students’ reading skills.
Analysis of students
The students of this class are Class 4, Senior 2. They have commanded a certain number of English words. Students?love?traveling. For them, traveling abroad can be an exciting thing and Canada can be an attractive country. However, not all of them have the experience of traveling by train.
Teaching Objectives
Knowledge aims：
1. Master the key words, expressions and sentence structures．
2. Understand the main idea of the passage.
Ability aims：
1. Develop the students’ reading skills, such as skimming, scanning, and careful reading.
2. Cultivate students’ cooperative learning ability.
Emotional aims:
Get students to learn more about Canada，broaden students’ international view and develop their interests in western culture.
Teaching Key Points and Difficulties
1. To understand the passage and find out the travel route.
2. Find the cities they crossed.
Teaching Methods
1.Task-Based Teaching Method
2.Situational Teaching Method
3.Cooperation Study Method
Teaching aids
A Multimedia computer
Teaching Procedure
Step 1 Lead in (1’)
My friend Lucy asked me to give her some suggestions on traveling in Canada. Can you help me? How much do you know about Canada?
( The purpose of design: arouse students’ knowledge of Canada.)
Step2 Warming up (7’)
Watch a short video and after that answer questions.
1. Canada is in ___________
A. North America B. South America C. Australia D. Asia
2. Canada is the ______ largest country in the world.
A. 2nd B. 3rd C. 4th D. 5th
3.Which is the national flag of Canada?
A. B.
C. D.
4. What language (s) do Canadians speak?
A. English B. English and German
C. English and French D. English and Spanish
5. What is the capital of Canada?
A. Vancouver B. Toronto C. Calgary D. Ottawa
6.Which is the national flower of Canada?
A. cherry B. rose C. maple D. lily
7. What is the national animal of Canada?
A. Beaver B. Grizzly bear C.polar bear D. penguin
( The purpose of design: Students can know more information about Canada through the video.)
Step3 Pre-reading (1’)
Q1. What is the style of the passage?
A. Narrative B. Argumentation C. Exposition
Q2. What the basic elements of the narrative?
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
( The purpose of design: to know the elements of a narrative, and then understand the passage form these six elements.)
Step4 While reading
Task1 Skimming(3’)
Read para.1 quickly and quietly and finish the following questions.
Brief introduction about the trip
Who ______ and her cousin ______
Where
Why to __________________
How first by______ , then by______
Q1. Fill the table



Q2. Why did they decide to take the train instead of the airplane?

Q3. What scenery can they see while going eastward?
( The purpose of design: to find out the elements “When, Why, Where, How, What”.)
Task2 Scanning (5’)
Find the main stops and draw the travel route.
China Montreal

( The purpose of design: Find out the cities they crossed and then they can have can get a clear travel route.)
Task3 Careful reading (12’)
Vancouver
1. What are the features (“most”s )?
2. Fill in the chart.



Vancouver
Location surrounded by __________ and the_____________
Climate _______and wet
Entertainment ________and_________
Scenery the oldest and most beautiful ________






3. What could they see when they crossed the Rocky Mountains?
Calgary
Q1. What is Calgary famous for?
Q2. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
Thunder Bay
1. What kind of city is Thunder Bay?
Thunder Bay is a busy ______city.
2. Where is the Thunder bay?
3. Canada has ________ of the world’s total fresh water.
( The purpose of design: to understand the feature and more detailed information of the big cities: Vancouver, Calgary, Thunder Bay)

Task3 Reflection (1’)
What's your impression on Canada?
( The purpose of design: to ask students to brainstorm their impression on Canada. )
Step5 Post reading
Group work: If you were me, what places in Canada do you want to recommend(推荐)? Why?
Useful sentences:
1. The place I want to recommend is ________. /
My favorite place is______. /
I think/ believe _____is a good choice.
2. Because it is_____. /
The reason why you can go there is that______
( The purpose of design: Through dialogue activities, students' English communication skills are exercised, their understanding of Canada is deepened, and their international vision is expanded)
Step6 Homework
To search for more information about Canada on the Internet and replace me to write a letter to Lucy ( at least 100 words)
? The places/ route you recommend.(推荐地方/ 路线)
? Reasons ( 原因)
? Blessing/ wish（祝愿)
( The purpose of design: to write a letter according to what they learned, respond to the task that the teacher gives at the beginning of the class.)
Analysis of the blackboard design.
The blackboard will be divided into two parts. The left part is used to write words, expression and the information of the passage; the right, for flexible writing.