Book3unit5德育教案.doc

Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Period 2 Intensive Reading Teaching aims:Knowledge aims:Let students read the passage and learn about the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural resources of Canada.Skill aims:Develop students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.Moral aims:Stimulate students to learn more about foreign countries and develop their sense of cross-cultural communication.Teaching important points:Get students to understand this passage and learn about some basic information about Canada.Teaching difficult points: 1. Enable students to understand the passage and talk about Canada.2. Develop students reading abilities.Teaching aids: A computer and a projector.Teaching procedures & ways:Stage 1: Leading in.Step 1: The teacher raises the topic - travel by asking the students some questions:Do you like to go sightseeing? What is the longest trip you have ever taken?Whats the best city in China for sightseeing in your opinion?Which country do you want to go for sightseeing if you have enough money?Step 2: Give them a suggestion about where to go by showing some pictures of Canada and make them interested in the places and eager to find out what places they are.Step 3: Give them the answer by showing the students the maple flag and a map of Canada.Step 4: Check whether the students have known something about Canada by filling the form.(学生抢答完成，以小组为单位计分)Full country nameCanadaLocation_ America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the_, North Pacific Ocean on the_, and the Arctic Ocean on the_, the United States on the _ Total area/ sizeabout 9,984,670 kPopulationabout 32,270,500(July,2005)Capital city_The leader of the country_Languages_Climatevaries from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north Natural resourcesforests, fishing, water, wildlife, coal, natural gasGeographical featuresmountains, lakes, rivers, prairieNational animal_Answer key :northern; east; west; north; south; Ottawa; Prime Minister; English, French; beaverStage 2: Pre-reading.Step 1:Look at the title of this unit and ask students to guess why the title is given as Canada-“The True North” and imagine what topics will be talked about in the passage. Step 2: Ask one or two students to give their opinions.Stage 3: While-reading.Step 1: Skimming and Scanning.Give students 5 minutes to scan or skim for the answers to the following questions: What is the main idea of the passage? Why is the title given as Canada- “The True North”? Which topics in the form in Warming Up are mentioned in the text? Suggested answers: The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada. Because the two girls took a trip across Canada by taking the cross-Canada train called “The True North”. name, size, natural resources, population, geographical featuresStep 2: Detailed reading.Task 1: Give students several minutes to read the passage carefully, and answer the following questions: (Comprehending 1 on Page35) (Before students read the passage, tell them that attention should be paid to the hints of the main places mentioned in the text.)Task 2: Finish the following true or false questions.1. They will take the train across Canada westward. (F)2. You can cross Canada in less than five days. (F)3. Vancouver is the coldest part in Canada. (F)4. It is so wet in Vancouver that the trees are tall. (T)5. Canada is a large country with a small population. (T)6. The ocean ships cannot go to Thunder Bay. (F)7. Toronto is to the south of Thunder Bay. (T)8. Their trip across the whole continent was exciting because of some great scenery. (T)9. Their cousins took them and their baggage to catch “The True North”. (F)10. Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. (T)Step 3: Understanding some important and difficult sentences. (小组合作学习; 小组竞赛）1. Ask students to go over the passage and find out their own difficult points in reading. Then discuss in groups of four trying to solve the problems together.2. The four teams try to find some difficult points of the text and take turns to ask the other teams to solve these problems. (全班分为四组，各组依次就课文内容提出一个问题让其他组回答，答对组得分。)3. The teacher offers help at last if necessary. Stage 4:Post-reading.Step 1: Ask the students to use three words to describe Canada and explain the reason according to what they have read in the text.Suggested answer: big; empty; beautiful(It is the second biggest country in the world; The idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days is just wrong.; The population of Canada is only slightly over thirty million; You will see mountains and pass thousands of lakes, forests and wide rivers as well as cities.)Step 2: Discussion. Both China and Canada are very important multi-cultural countries in the world. But how much do you know about them? Now please discuss in group of four and list the similarities and differences between them as mu