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Questioning Strategies In Writing --Introduce and describe a Place Book 3 Unit 5

Canada- “The True North”

Teaching goal: 1，The Use of Questioning Strategies in improving students’ writing ability . 2,

How to Introduce and describe a Place Step one: find out how to introduce a place

1.Ask students to fill in the blanks with the given words and phrases and then underline useful words and expressions that can introduce a place

Pacific Ocean; surround; settle down; fresh water; population; compete; cover;

consider; locate

Canada, which is ____________ as the second largest country in the world, ______ an area of 9.98million square kilometers with a _________ of over 30million. Canada is _____ in the northern part of North America and faces the ___________

on the east and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. It borders America on the south. As Canada's warmest and the most beautiful city, Vancouver is a popular place to live in, ___________ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Besides, Calgary, another famous city in Canada, is known for the Calgary Stampede, therefore, Cowboys from all over the world come to ___________in Calgary. Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is not only one of the most beautiful capitals in the world, but also a good place for people to ___________. Moreover, Canada, which is rich in natural resources, has more _________ than any other country in the world for it has one-third of the world's total fresh water. 2.Ask students to discuss how to introduce a place and give the first two letter of each word

Step two: writing practice 1.Show pictures and ask students to fill in the blanks using the above expressions 1).Location: in the east of Asia Area: 9.6 million K㎡

Population: 1.3 billion __________ the east of Asia, China ________________ 9.6 million square kilometers __________________1.3 billion. 2).Guangzhou History: over 4,000 years Symbol: Five Goats Culture: Lingnan Culture _________________over 4,000 years, Guangzhou, ____________ is the “Five Goats”, ___________ Lingnan Culture. 3).Climate: warm, Plenty of sunshine

the average temperature: 25.5℃

Sanya in Hainan Province, has _______climate ____________sunshine and _____________________ is 25.5℃. 4).Sichuang ____________bamboo and _________________the giant pandas. 2. ask students to write the composition in groups The requirement of the writing:

假如你是Li Hua，你的笔友Albert听说你家乡在汕尾，想过来汕尾，于是来信说想了解下汕尾市的相关情况。请你给他回一封信，内容包括：

提示：

1.位于广东省东部，东临汕头，西接惠州市、深圳、东莞市、广州市。

2.总面积5271平方千米，总人口359.23万人。

3.自然资源如矿产、森林、农产品等非常丰富。

4.有许多著名的旅游胜地，如凤山祖庙Fengshan Temple旅游景区，红海湾Red Bay旅游景区等。

5. ......

要求: 1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2. 词数100左右。（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）

Dear Albert，

I am glad to know that you are planning to visit my hometown and now I would like to tell you something about it.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Looking forward to your coming. Yours, Li Hua

Homework:

1. Improve your own writing and hand it in.

2. Recite the useful expressions.