Learning about Language第二课时教案

What：是一篇游记，介绍了两姐妹乘火车从温哥华市西向东横跨加拿大到大西洋沿岸的旅行文章，按照旅行的时间顺序和自习向东的方位顺序，依次介绍了沿途经过的主要城市和地区，并以每个地点为依托，通过两姐妹的所见和感悟，以及同行人的讲述，介绍了加拿大的自然和人文地理概况，如人口数量，国土面积，农业种植，气候特点，体育活动特有动物，城乡差异淡水资源和森林资源等，文中包含了丰富多样的加拿大大自然和人文信息以及旅行者的内心感受。

Why：从中国学生的视角，以邮寄的形式介绍到了加拿大概况。

How：本文是一篇典型的游记，其名剑是按照时间路线见闻感受的线索展开，通过两姐妹亲密加拿大的旅行见闻及朋友介绍呈现的这次旅行，暗线则是对加拿大的主要地理概况，著名景点气候以及风土人情等进行介绍，使读者了解加拿大的地理，经济文化，农业体育，人口交通等方面的主要概况。

Unit 5 Canada----“The True North”

教学内容分析

本单元的中心话题是加拿大——李黛予等人在加拿大的旅游经历。学生通过本单元学习，可以初步了解加拿大的一些基本情况，包括地理环境，各大城市特点以及人文活动等。

“热身”（Warming Up）部分是一个小测验，看看学生对加拿大这个国家了解多少。采用小测验活动，一来是为了激起学生的学习兴趣，另一目的是让学生联系自己已有知识，为整个单元的学习做准备，温故而知新。

“读前”（Pre-reading）部分是三个问题，设计自身的旅行经历和对加拿大的了解，这些问题与文章紧密相关。学生通过谈论这些问题，为更好的理解这篇文章打好铺垫。

“阅读”（Reading）部分是篇游记，记述了李黛予和刘倩去加拿大看望表兄妹的旅途见闻。乘火车横穿加拿大之前，他们的朋友林丹尼向他们介绍了加拿大的概况，包括面积、地貌、城市、人口、生态环境等。一路上，他们看到了加拿大的自然美景和野生动物。她们中途停靠卡尔加里（Calgary），谈到卡尔加里大赛马会（Calgary Stampede）。加拿大地广人稀，多数人住在美加两国边境。本文还提到了桑德湾（Thunder Bay）,五大湖（the

Great Lakes），温哥华（Vancouver），多伦多（Toronto），还介绍了加拿大的淡水资源。

“理解”（Comprehending）部分又三个练习。考查学生找文章具体信息的能力.

语言学习”（Learning about Language）部分包括“词汇学习”和“语法学习”这两部分内容。“词汇学习”部分首先介绍构词法，加前缀或后缀而组成派生词；然后通过各种有意义的练习形式，帮助学生更好的记住和运用单词。“语法学习”部分呈现了大量的例子，让学生归纳同位语从句的特点。

“语言应用”（Using Language）部分综合训练听说读写的能力。

“小结”（Summing Up）部分让学生归纳、梳理本单元所学内容，包括有关加拿大的信息，基本的语言知识和语法内容。

“学习建议”（Leading for Fun）部分是一首咏叹自然美景的诗歌。通过对韵律的美的语言，可让学生感受诗歌所传达的美的意境，加强对学生的审美情趣的熏陶。

本单元涉及的要点是：

（一）了解加拿大的概况——地理位置、主要城市、风土人情等；了解多元文化现象和多元文化国家的特点

（二）学会阅读和使用地图

（三）学会方向与位置的表达法

（四）掌握同位语从句的用法

单元目标: 1.

知识目标

1) 教学重点

To grasp the following useful important words and phrases of this unit: minister, rather than, continent, eastward, surround, measure, extremely, settle, settle down，catch sight of, eagle, have a gift for, within, border, slightly, port, figure, figure out, official, maple, frost, wealthy, tour, distance, flow, downtown, approximately, as far as, dawn,

near-by, tradition, terrify，pleased, impress, impressive 2) 教学难点

(1)Talk about the basic information about Canada. (2)Master the noun clauses-appositive clause. 3) 目标语言

To learn about how to express locations and directions.

Where is…?

in the north /south/of…

along the coast.

How far is…?

to the south /east/northwest of…

east/west of…?

How does one go to…

within…kilometers of…

away from…

In what direction is…?

on the west/east

go northward

Is…close to/far from…?

On the border

2. 能力目标

(1) To develop the students’ reading ability.

Get the students to learn to use some reading strategies such as guessing, key sentences, skimming, scanning and so on so as to get the main idea an find some detail information of the reading ability. (2) Practice listening and speaking ability. (3) To learn the writing style of this passage. 3. 情感目标

(1) Learn how to read a traveling report and use maps. (2) Learn to love the nature.

Period 1 Warming-up, Reading and Comprehending

Teaching aims: 1. Talk about Canada.

2. Learn the geography, population, main cities, and natural beauty, natural resources of Canada. 3. Learn how to read a traveling report and pictures. Teaching important points

To develop the students’ reading ability. Teaching aids:

A computer and pictures. Teaching steps: Step 1. Lead-in

1. Ss discuss the following questions.

1) Do you like to go traveling? 2) Which countries do you like to visit? Why? 3) What can you see in these countries? 2. T shows some pictures of winter and invites Ss to describe them. 3. Get Ss to talk what they know about Canada. 4. T shows a map of Canada and asks:

1）Which continent is Canada in? 2）Which country is its neighbor? 3）What are the Oceans’ Canada faces?

4）

How large is Canada? Step 2. Warming up

Have a quiz in Warming up.

Step 3. Pre-reading. T:

1. Look at the map in your textbook, and think what do you expect to see if you are going to travel around Canada? 2.

What kind of transportation will you choose, why? 3.

What does “the true north”

in the title mean? （Answer：It means the name of a cross-Canada train. Also, “the true north”

is an expression taken from the national anthem(国歌) of Canada, which describes the fact that Canada is located on the

north part of the continent.）

Step 4. Reading Skimming: 1.

Get Ss to read the passage quickly and fill in some blanks.

2.

Ask them some questions: what is the type of writing of this passage? Do you know what are the features of a travel journal? Intensive reading 1.

Read, and mark the places on the map of your textbook. 2.

Find out the key words describing these places. Vancouver:

the warmest part of Canada；

the most beautiful city in Canada many Asian want to live there；the trees are extremely tall. the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world

Calgary: famous for Stampede

Cowboys come to compete in riding wild horses. good at working with animals ,

they can win a lot of money in prizes. Thunder Bay: at the top end of the Great Lakes；very busy port

close to the centre of the country ,so that ocean ships can go there. 3.

Have a summary of the information about Canada.

Step 5. Post-reading Fill in the blanks : features of a travel journal

Step 6. Homework

Make a travelling guidebook/poster on Canada according to this passage and what you know about Canada.