Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending优质课一等奖教案

Book 3 Unit 5

Canada- “The True North”

Warming up&reading 学案

Teaching procedures: Step 1. Lead in. ( present some pictures of Canada to the students to draw their attention) Step 2: Warming up. ( Do a small quiz to Check how much the students know about Canada, adding to some common knowledge at the same time.) Step 3: Reading. I.Pre-reading. 1. What kind of passage it is?

A.

a story

B.

a piece of news C.

an advertisement

D.

a travel journal 2. What does “The True North” refer to in the text?

II.Fast-reading. Read the passage fast and finish the chart below.

who why Where (destination) How (means of transportation) What Route(the stops) __________ and her cousin ____________ To _______________________ Montreal, on the Atlantic coast First by _________, then by _________ They stopped at _________places

The route: Vancouver-__________-________-_________-_________-_________ They went _________ across the whole_________. III.Careful reading. Para. 1: Q. Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast? _______________________________________________________________________. Para.2: Q: What did they see during the journey? ________________________________________________________________________. The first stop: Vancouver location Climate entertainment scenery _________________________ ________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Its population is increasing ___________. Para. 3: the second stop:

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They crossed______________________ . They managed to catch sight of ____________ and____________ and___________.

The next/third stop: Calgary Q:what is Calgary is famous for? The _________ have a gift for _____________ and they can win thousands of dollars in ______. Para.4: the fourth stop: Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay is a ________ city. It lies _____________ the Great Lakes. Canada has __________ the world’s total fresh water; and much of it is in _________.

Characteristics(特点) of Canada :_______ Q:Why did they begin to realize that Canada is quite empty? Because there are only slightly ________________ people living on such a huge land and most of them live within the areas of ______________. Para.5: the last stops: Lake Superior and Toronto. IV.True or false. ____ 1. They will take the train across Canada westward. ____ 2. You can cross Canada in less than five days. ____ 3. Vancouver is the coldest part in Canada. ____ 4. It is so wet in Vancouver that the trees are tall. ____ 5. Canada is a large country with a small population. ____ 6. The ocean ships cannot go to Thunder Bay. V.Post reading:Brainstorming:

＊Can you use some adjective words to describe Canada?

＊Which part of the reading passage interests you most? If someday you go to Canada, where will you go? Why? ___________________________________________________________________________ .VI.Summary.VII

Li Daiyu and Liu Qian _____(take) the train _____(call) “ The True North” across Canada from west ____east. Canada is ______ second biggest country in the world,______ is 5,500 kilometers from coast to coast. As they go eastward ,they saw beautiful scenery as well ____ cities. Vancouver is Canada’s _____(much) beautiful city, _________(surround) by mountains. When the _____(cousin) settled down in the seats, they saw mountain goats and even a bear. Calgary is famous _____ the Calgary

Stampede. Cowboys will come, many of _____ have a gift __ riding wild horses. Then they went through ____ wheat-growing province and saw the Thunder Bay, _______ is a busy port. They were _______(surprise) at the amount of the fresh water from the Great Lakes. Their next stop _____(be) Toronto.

Step 4: Language points: 1.

(1).The thought_______ they could cross the whole continent was exciting.

(2).Some people have the idea _______ you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact _____ Canada is 5500 kilometers from coast to coast.

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(3).The girls were surprised at the fact _______ ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes.

(4). He often asked me the question _______ the work was worh doling or not.

(5). I have no idea _______ you are talking about.

(6).There is some doubt _______ he will come.

(7). There is no doubt ______ he will come. 2. proof-reading. He was going to take them and their baggages to catch “ The True North”, the cross-Canada Train.

3. (1). On the way to the station, he _______(chat) about their trip.

(2). _____ (go) eastward, you will pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests.

(3).______(go) eastward, and you will pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests. 4. (1). It is so wet there that the trees are __________( extreme) tall, some _________(measure) over 90 meters. (2). The girl ________( stare) at him, he didn't know what to say. (3). There

________(be) nothing else to do, we went home. (4). Weather ______(permit), we will have a picnic tomorrow. (5). His homework _______(finish), he began to play games. (6).The problem _______( solve), the quality has been improved. (7). They said goodbye to each other, one _____(go) home, the other to go to the bookstore. 5.proof-reading. （1）. Many of them have a gift in riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.

（2）. At school, they had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometers of

the USA border, and Canada's population is only slight over thirty million.

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