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Book 3 Unit 5 Canada---“The True North”

Warming up & Reading Wang Qiqi

March 14th, 2019 Teaching objectives: After learning this lesson,

1. students will be able to get some general information about Canada; 2. students will be able to get their reading skills improved, such as skimming and scanning; 3. students will be able to know how to draw a travelling route and fluently describe their travel plan in English; 4. students will be willing to help others and be able to admire the beauty of nature. Teaching important points:

1. To help students get some general information about Canada. 2. To get students’ reading skills improved, such as skimming and scanning.

3. To cultivate students’ emotional qualities, such as willing to help others and able to admire the beauty of nature. Teaching difficult points: 1. To train students to use different reading skills and get their reading skills improved.

2. To get students know how to draw a travelling route and fluently describe their travel plan in English. Teaching methods: Fast reading and careful reading, questions and answers, discussing and speaking.

Teaching procedures: Step 1 Warming up and lead-in

Introduce myself, a frog who likes travelling to students and do a quiz with them to see how much they know about Canada. Quiz:

1. What language(s) do Canadians speak? A. English.

B. English and German.

C. English and French.

D. English and Spanish. 2. What is the capital of Canada? A. Vancouver

B. Toronto C. Calgary

D. Ottawa

3. What is the national animal of Canada? A. Beaver.

B. Grizzly bear.

C. Polar bear.

D. Penguin. 4. What is the Canadian leader called? A. President.

B. Prime Minister.

C. Governor.

D. King. 5. How many Great Lakes are there in Canada? A. 4.

B. 3.

C. 5.

D. 6.

Step 2 While-reading Task 1 Skimming

Please skim the passage quickly and answer 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”?

The True North is a name of _____________________. Task 2 Scanning Read this passage again and help me solve these problems. 1. Please help me find out characters and their travelling places.

Characters: _____________________________

Travelling places:_____________________________

2. Do you know what these numbers refer to?

5,500 - ________________________________

thirty - ________________________________

one-third - _____________________________

Task 3 Careful reading Please read the passage carefully to find some useful information for our travel plan. 1. Please help me find more details about the travelling places and finish the blanks. Place Vancouver

Information ●It is __________ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

●People can _____ in Rocky Mountains and sail in the ________.

●Wet climate makes the trees extremely tall, some _________ over 90 metres. The Rocky Mountains Calgary ●The cousins and their friend managed to ____________ some mountain goats, a grizzly bear and an eagle. ●It is famous for ____________________.

●Many cowboys _____________ riding horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes. A wheat-growing Province Thunder Bay

●It is a busy port city at the top of the Great Lakes in an ______ area.

●Ocean ships can sail up ______________.

●Farms cover thousands of square ____________.

2. Could you please help me figure out the answers to these questions? ①

Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?

_____________________________________________ ②

How do you understand “Canada is quite empty.”?

_____________________________________________ ③

How are ocean ships able to reach the centre of Canada?

_____________________________________________ ④

What are some of Canada's greatest natural resources?

_____________________________________________

Step 3 Post-reading

Group work: It’s time for us to make our own travel plan. Please work with your group members to draw your own travel route. Then let’s share the travelling routes together!

In this part, you are supposed to: 1. Give a general introduction of Canada. (Location, population...)

2. Draw your own travelling route and explain your reasons. (Cities, scenery, activities...)

Step 4 Homework Write a short passage to report what Li Daiyu and Liu Qian saw in Canada.