Unit 5 Canada -“The True North” 教案1.doc

Unit 5 Canada -“The True North” 教案1(A TRIP ON THE TRUE NORTH)IntroductionIn this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to imagine and share their views about Canada. They will then be helped to read a narration entitled A TRIP ON THE TRUE NORTH. Its a trip about Canada.Examples of Warming Up designs are presented in this book for teachers reference. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning. Objectives To help students read a trip on the true North To help students better know Canada in English To help students understand and use some important words and expressionsFocusWordscontinent, baggage, chat, scenery, surround, aboard, Expressions rather than, settle down, manage to, have a gift forPatterns Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats.They managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.Most of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.AidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Procedure1. Warming upThis quiz is intended to find out how much general knowledge your students already have about Canada. 1. What language(s) do Canadians speak?A. English B. English and German C. English and French D. English and Spanish2. What is the capital of Canada?A. Vancouver B. Toronto C. Calgary D. Ottawa3. What is the national animal of Canada?A. Beaver B. Grizzly bear C. Polar bear D. Penguin4. What is the leader of the country called?A. President B. Prime Minister C. Queen5. How many Great Lakes are there in Canada?A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6You score two points for each correct answer. 10 is best, 8 is good and 6 is OK.2. Pre-reading by answeringThe pre-reading questions encourage students to reflect on their personal experiences and information and their own ideas.1. What is the longest trip you have ever taken?2. Would you like to take a trip to Canada? What do you expect to see there?3. Reading aloud to the recordingToday were going to read a passage about A TRIP ON THE TRUE NORTH. Please listen and read aloud about the recording of the text A TRIP ON THE TRUE NORTH on page 34. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too.4. Reading by understandinga. Show a picture and ask: What is The True North?-The True North is the train that goes across Canada/the cross-Canada train.b. Fast reading: Ask students to read through the text fast and find the places mentioned in the text on the map and draw the route of the two girls travailing across Canada.c. Careful reading and comprehending: Questions1. Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast?2. What is the continent they are crossing?3. Why do many people want to live in Vancouver?4. When they crossed the Rocky Mountains, what wild animals did they see?5. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?6. Where does wheat grow in Canada?7. Name two natural resources that Canada has. Find the answer in the reading passage.Answers:1. They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to take the train from west to East across Canada/ they want to see Canada/they want to travel across Canada.2. They are crossing North America.3. People want to live in Vancouver because it is beautiful; because it is surrounded by mountains and ocean; because they can ski in the mountains and sail in the harbor.4. They saw mountain goats and even a grizzly bear.5. At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wild horses; they can win thousands of dollars for riding wild horses.6. Wheat grows in the center of Canada.7. Canada has water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests.d. write sentences with correct information1. The girls went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal.2. Danny Lin was going to drive them to Vancouver.3. You can cross Canada in less than five days by bicycle.4. The girls looked out the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.5. Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada, near Toronto.5. Reading and summing up(1) Ask students to read the topic and ask: What two places will we go to today?Have you heard about Toronto and Montreal?(2) Fast reading Read fast and divide the text into two parts. Part 1-4 Toronto Part 5-6 Montreal(3) Careful reading 1. Read Part 1-4 careful and find out What is the season? How do you know?(fall red maple trees frost) Places they have visited place informationCN TowertallNiagara Fallsmisty cloud rose from it covered stadiumhome of several famous basketball teamsdowntown Chinatownone of the threeThe Pink Pearlhave good Cantonese food 2. Read Part 5-6 and find out Do you find anything special in Montreal? (Its a French city) What show that its a French city? (speak French signs and ads in French) Which places did they visit in Montreal? downtown lovely shops artists in workplaces St Lawrence River broad(4) Fill in the blanksToronto is the most wealthy and biggest city in Canada. There is the tall CN Tower and the famous Niagara Falls, which is beautiful with misty cloud that rises from it. There is also covered stadium and three China towns where you can get good Cantonese food.Montreal has a French culture. People speak both French and English. There were signs and ads in French. Its nice to sit in a caf, looking over the broad St Lawrence River.6. Language points1. wealthy /wealthOne percent of the people owned more than fifty percent of the wealth.He has earned a great deal of money and is now very wealthy.2. notuntilThey worked until 5:00 P.M. and then quit.They didnt stop working until 5:00 P.M. and then quit.他们等着(不离开)直到雨止.They waited until the rain stopped.They didnt leave until the rain stopped.3. go on a tour / a trip / a visit /a picnic4. in the distanceThe distance from my house to school is two blocks.A ship could be seen in the distance.It looks beautiful from a distance.5. rise/raisePrices have risen quickly.He raised his voice and shouted at the boy.He rose from his chair when the doorbell rang.I was raised by my aunt.6. downtownHe works in a downtown office.Lets go downtown today.7. as far asA young girl like her can only go as far as the river side.As far as I know, Toronto is a beautiful city.8. Its about four hundred kilometers northeast of Toronto我们学校位于公园南面500米处.Our school is 500 meters south of the park.塔位于城市东南1000 米处The tower is 1000 meters southeast of the city.9. at dawnat daybreak at sunrise at sunset at noon at dusk at night at midnight10. in small letters 用以He expressed his idea in simple English.A message w