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Unit 5 Canada--- “The True North” (Book 3) Period 1 Warming up &Reading：A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”

授课人：

宾阳县开智中学

黎珍

Teaching aims

Knowledge aims 1.

Students are able to master useful words and expressions, rather than, surround, measure, manage to do, catch sight of..., have a gift for, Canadian, slightly, be amazed to do, ...which... 2.

Students are able to extract the general idea of the passage, sort out the routine of a trip to Canada. 3.

Students are able to summarize some basic information about Canada and talk about Canada. Ability aims 1.

Students are able to develop their reading ability with the help of mind mapping method. 2.

Students are able to learn how to read a traveling report and how to use a map. Emotional aims 1.

Students are able to have interest in learning about foreign countries. 2.

Based on independent learning and cooperative learning, students are able to further integrate the information, analyze and deeply interpret the passage. Teaching important points & difficult points 1.

Students are able to master useful words and expressions, rather than, surround, measure, manage to do, catch sight of..., have a gift for, Canadian, slightly, be amazed to do, ...which... 2.

Students read the passage and learn about the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural resources of Canada. 3.

Students are able to summarize some basic information about Canada.

Teaching methods 1.

Mind Mapping Method思维导图法

2.

Task-based Language Teaching Teaching procedures Step 1 Greetings & Warming up 1. Show a song and some pictures of Justin Bieber to students and talk about where he comes from. 2. Show a video about Canada’s beautiful scenery to students and ask students to use three words to describe it. 3.Make a quiz to see how much students know about Canada.

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

Step 2 Fast reading

1. Skim the passage and then answer the following questions: What is the passage mainly about?

It is about _____ of two girls; and it tells us some information about _________.

What is “The True North”? The True North is a name of________________.

2.

Passage structure

Fill in the blanks and match the main idea of each part.

Part 1

A.What they really saw and felt on the trip. para(s)____ Part 2

para(s)____ Part 3

para(s)____

B.Brief introduction about their trip.

C.Their chat about Canada and Vancouver. Read through the passage and draw out the route of their trip according to the following map.

Step 3

Careful reading

Complete mind maps of information about the places they went through

Step 4 Role- play

Suppose you’re a tour guide to Canada or other cities in China like Guilin. Give a brief introduction to your destination (目的地) according to the route you have drawn.

Step 5 Summary

Complete the passage in correct forms or proper words.

Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada.1. ______ than take the Calgary Thunder Bay Toronto Montreal Vancouver aeroplane, they decided to fly to Vancouver, 2._________

(surround) by mountains, lakes, forests and rivers, and trees are extremely tall, some 3._________

(measure) over 90 meters. When the cousins crossed the Rocky Mountains, they 4._______ (manage) to catch sight of goats, a bear and an eagle. Their next stop was Calgary, 5._____ is famous for the Calgary Stampede. Many cowboys have a gift 6._____riding wild horses. After two days' travel, they had learned that most 7._______

(Canada) live 8. _____(with) a few hundred kilometers of the USA border and its population is only 9.______(slight) over thirty million. They were 10._______(amaze) to see such an empty country.

Step 6 Make a travel plan If you have the chance to Canada, where will you go? Why? Make your travel plan. For example: 1. I want to meet Justin Bieber in Canada. 2. I can ski in the Rocky Mountains. 3. I hope to see grizzly bears there. Step 7 Homework Write a short passage about your travel plan.