Learning about Language优秀公开课教案

Unit 5

“The True North” from Toronto to Montreal

Learning Goals: 1. To train the ability to skim for the main idea of each paragraph and to scan for the detailed

information 2. To develop the ability to apply the newly-learnt information to expressing their ideas 3. To learn some basic knowledge about Canada 一

Revision (fill in the blanks with the correct form) 1. They could see the ______ (mist) cloud.

2. I’m a student at the university ______ (near). 3. The city has French culture and ___________ (tradition). 二

Read for main idea (3 minutes) (1) Divide the reading-passage into two parts. (2) What city is mainly talked about in each part?

Part 1 ( Para. ____—Para. ____)

_________

Part 2 ( Para. ____ —Para. ____)

_________ 三

Read for detailed information 1. (Para1) The next morning, the bushes and maple trees were ___, _____ and ______. There was ____on the ground.

____ had arrived in Canada. 2. (Para2) Around noon, They arrived in ______, the _____ and most ______ city in Canada. They _______the tall CN Tower and ____________the lake. In the distance, they could see the ____ cloud. The water of the lake flows into __________, finally, it flows into the ____.

3. (para3) The stadium is the ____ of several famous ____________.Li Daiyu said she should _____her mother’s __________ Lin Fei from a telephone _____.

4. (para4) Around dusk, they met _____ in __________. Lin Fei said: “We can get

_________food here because many people come from ___________, especially _________. Ottawa is the _______ of Canada. 5. (para5) At dawn the next morning, they arrived in _________. At the station, people everywhere speak ______. Old Montreal is _____ to the water.

6. (para6) The man is called ______, who is a _______. He said:“ Most people of

the city speak both ______ and ______, but the city has French culture and _________. 7. (para7) That night, the train _____ and the cousins dreamed of French _________ and red ___________.

四Summary

From the maple trees and the ______ on the ground, they know that ___ had arrived in Canada.

Around noon, they ______(arrive) in Toronto, the most________(wealth) and biggest city in Canada, they went on a tour of the city. In the _______ (distant), they could see _____(mist) cloud from Niagara Falls, _____ flows into the sea. They saw the _______ (cover) stadium. They were invited to have dinner and knew _______ is the capital of Canada. Then the train arrived in Montreal at _____. At the station, people were speaking French. The city has French culture and _________(tradition).

When the train was _______(leave) for the next stop, the cousins ________ (dream) of French restaurants and red maple leaves. 五Discussion Which city do you like best? And why? Then write it on your notebook.