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Unit 5 Canada -- “The True North”

Warming up, pre-reading and Reading 一、教材内容分析

本单元的Leading in 和Warming Up部分通过听加拿大国歌引课，介绍真北方是来自加拿大的国歌指的就是加拿大，是今天学习的内容。帮助学生唤起对加拿大原有知识的重现，再通过短片帮助学生唤起更多对加拿大的已知的信息并介绍一些新的知识。本单元阅读是“在旅途中看加拿大”，因此，Warming Up通过几个关于加拿大的问题的测试，目的是激活学生已有的知识，为介绍加拿大做好准备。Pre-reading部分通过两个问题让学生在阅读中有预测意识，同时产生了解加拿大的兴趣，为阅读做好准备。Reading部分是“在旅途中看加拿大”，沿着从西向东的旅游路线向我们介绍了加拿大的面积、地貌、主要城市、人口、生态环境等。两位女孩在旅途中看到了自然美景及野生动物，文章还介绍了加拿大的自然资源，让学生对加拿大的美丽、富饶、幅员辽阔、地广人稀有了更深的了解。学生可以通过学习课文掌握新的词汇、句型和游记的写法，提高学生的阅读能力。

二、学生分析

教学对象为高一学生,智力发展趋于成熟。他们的认知能力有了进一步的发展，渐渐形成用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力，因此在教学中我特别注重提高学生用英语进行思维和表达的能力。逐渐由大量输入信息转向试着自己输出信息，形成自己学习技能和策略，学会把语言和现实生活联系起来。通过任务型课堂活动和学习，让学生自主参与课堂活动，形成主体。勇于表现自己和阐述自己的观点。

三、教学策略选择与设计

高中英语新课程标准要求教师的教学必须以学生为中心，以问题为出发点，教师在课堂教学中起主导作用。因此我采用任务型教学方式，每一部分都设有一定的任务，引导学生自主或者合作完成。

四、教学环境及资源准备

学习环境：多媒体教室；教学工具：制作相关课件，运用多媒体。

五、教学目标（知识，技能，情感态度、价值观）

知识与技能：

1. Get students to learn the useful words and expressions in this part.

2. Enable students to learn about some basic information and talk about Canada. 过程与方法：

Communicative approach, task- based approach，interactive and cooperative learning.

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情感态度价值观：

1. Stimulate students' interest in learning about foreign countries.

2. Develop students' sense of cooperative learning.

3. Get students to understand the meaning of travelling. 六、教学重难点

Teaching Important Points:

1. Let students read and learn some basic information of Canada.

2.Get students to improve different reading skills：skimming &scanning. Teaching Difficult Points:

1. Develop students’ reading ability.

2. Enable students to talk about their Canada. 七、教学过程

Main Task: Read the passage and finish some tasks Step 1 Lead-in and warming up

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Let students talk about Canada and then play a video about Canada to help students know more about this country. Finish the questions in warming up. Ask students what is “the true north”,which is mentioned in the Canadian national anthem listened before class. （设计意图：通过本单元的标题引入本节课的话题，先提问，后通过视频材料让学生获取更多关于加拿大的信息完成问题，也训练了听力。同时借助课前的加拿大国歌引出了对“the true north”的思考。）

Step 2 Pre-reading

Have a prediction: 1. What kind of an article is the text?

A. travel journal B. news report

C. novel 2. What does “The True North” refer to?

(设计意图：培养学生预测文章内容的能力，也对阅读材料有整体的感知。) Step 3 Reading

1．Skimming (6 mins) Read the passage as quickly as you can and find out the answers to the following questions. (1)What is the passage mainly about? It is about _____ of two girls，and it tells us some information about _______. (2)What is “The True North” ? 2

学法指导：How to skim? 1) Read the title.

读标题。

2) Read the first and last paragraph completely.读首尾段落。

3)Read the first sentence of remaining paragraphs.读其余段落的首句。

4)Look for clue words that answer who, what, when, where,why, how. 寻找能回答“5w1h”的线索词。

(设计意图：让学生重视文章标题，思考题目的含义，从而更好地把握文章内容和情感，同时也能培养学生通过快速阅读抓中心思想的能力。另一方面，发散学生思维，从多个角度思考问题。) 2.

Scanning

Scan the reading passage while listening and underline the numbers and main places mentioned in the text.

学法指导：

1）In scanning you have a question in your mind and you read a passage only to find the answer, ignore unrelated information. 寻读时，只为心中的问题寻找答案，忽略无关信息。

2）Try to anticipate how the answer will appear and what clues you might use to help you locate the answer. 预测答案的形式，以便知道哪些线索会帮助你锁定答案。

Basic Facts about Canada(Page 35)

Distance from east to west coast

Oceans on east and west

Population

Where most Canadians live

Location of large fresh water supply

Some greatest natural resource

Ask Ss to draw the travelling route of the two girls at the map on page 33.

1.China→2. ______→3. ________→4. ________→5. _______→6. Toronto →

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(设计意图：这篇阅读文章的地名较多，学生通过scanning带着阅读目的找出主要地点，把旅游路线图画出来，并找出加拿大的基本信息，对文章的框架和脉络就有了整体性的了解，同时也培养了按时空顺序梳理文章的阅读策略。) 3.

Careful reading. 1.According to the text,the route of Li Daiyu and Liu Qian’s journey is __. A.Vancouver→Calgary→Thunder Bay→Toronto→Montreal B.Calgary→Vancouver→Thunder Bay→Toronto→Montreal C.Toronto→Calgary→Thunder Bay→Vancouver→Montreal D.Thunder Bay→Calgary→Toronto→Vancouver→Montreal 2.“The whole continent”

in Paragraph 1 refers to________．

A.Canada B. the Atlantic coast

C.the American continent

D. Montreal 3.Why are the cousins not flying direct to Montreal on the Atlantic coast? A.Because they have not got so much money. B.Because they want to take the train to have a good view of Canada. C.The aeroplane is so fast. D.The distance from the west coast to the east isn’t so long.

4.Which is NOT true about Vancouver? A.It is a very beautiful city.

B. Its population is increasing rapidly. C.The trees are very tall in the north of Vancouver. D.It is surrounded by rivers. 5.The sentence “Canada is quite empty”

tells us that________．

A.Canada has few resources B. farms in Canada are extremely large in size C. Canada has a small population for its large size D. Canadians travel around a lot 6. Which of the following statements about Canada is NOT true? A. Vancouver is the warmest part of Canada. B. Canada has the largest amount of fresh water in the world. C. The cousins are able to cross Canada in less than five days. D. Most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometers of the USA border. (设计意图：通过设置高考阅读理解的题型进一步训练本节课的阅读技巧，并通过相应问题再次巩固课文中的细节。) Step 4 Group work

If someday you have the chance to go to Canada, where will you go?

Why?

Interview your partners.

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e.g. A：

…Do you like travelling? …

If you have the chance to travel to Canada, where do you want to go?

B: I hope to visit……/

I am not interested in Canada. My favorite place is ……

A: Why do you choose…？

B: ……attracts me most.

A: What do you think is the meaning of travel? B: Open my eyes. relax……

Q: What is the meaning of travelling ? Life is like a journey.

We should care more about the scenery on the way, not the end. Enjoy all the beauties on the way, taste different things in your life. (设计意图：让学生互相采访，一方面加深对加拿大的了解，表达个人的喜欢程度，同时也设置了灵活的采访内容，以免使得学生的思维局限。另一方面也训练了他们的英语表达能力，并将本节课的内容联系生活，得到升华。)

Step 5 Summary What have we learned today? 1. Basic facts about Canada. Canada’s population, location , size, famous cities, attractions, natural resources…

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Reading skills --- predicting, skimming and scanning. (设计意图：通过summary让学生再次强化本节课的任务，也对自身的学习成果有所评价。) Step 6 Homework 1. Write a passage to introduce your travel experience. 2. Search for more information about Canada.

Blackboard design:

Unit 5 Canada--- “The True North”

Travel journal

A Trip on “The True North”

Introduction to Canada

Distance from east to west coast location:

: population: natural resources: famous cities:

travel route: 1.China→2. Vancouver→3. Rocky Mts→4. Calgary→5.Thunder Bay

→6. Toronto → …

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