Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教案3

While reading Skimming: 1. Look through the passage and complete the sentence.

________________________ had a trip on “the true north”, which is a train _____________________, because they thought ____________________________.

2. List the cities and the places in Canada mentioned in the passage and then find them on the map.

Scanning: 1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (课本第35页第一题) 2. Use the information in the passage to fill in the table below. (课本第35页第二题) Part 1 Distance from east to west coast Oceans on east and west coasts Population Where most Canadians live Location of largest fresh water supply

Part 2 1) What did they see when they crossed the Rocky Mountains? 2) What do you know about Vancouver? ★

in the _______ of Canada

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Canada’s _______ part

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Canada’s most beautiful city, surrounded by __________ and the Pacific Ocean

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having some of the oldest and most beautiful ________ in the world 3) What do you know about Calgary? ★

famous for __________ 4) What do you know about Thunder Bay? ★

a busy port city ____________ the Great Lakes ★

because of the Great Lakes Canada has more ____________ than any other country in the world 5) What do you know about Toronto? in the ________ of Canada

3. Now try to retell Li Daiyu’s trip on “The True North” with the help of the key words and the map.

Post reading 1. Discussion

Which part of the reading passage interests you most? If someday you go to Canada, where will you go? Why?

2. Fill in the blanks to finish the Summary of the text and then try to retell it. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their cousins. They took their trip from west to east ________ Canada by train ___________by plane all the way. Their friend, Danny Lin, took them to catch “The True North”, the cross Canada train. They first visited Vancouver, _______ is Canada’s

warmest part. Vancouver is one of Canada’s most popular cities _________ for its skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour. ________, it has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests. When crossing the Rocky Mountains, the girls ___________ catch sight of some wild animals. Their next stop was Calgary, _______ the Calgary Stampede _______ every year. After two days’ travel, the girls felt that Canada is an ______ country. In fact, most

Canadians live within a few hundred kilometers of the USA border. Canada has _________ of the world’s total fresh water because of the Great Lakes. The train ran southward towards Toronto when the girls were asleep.