Unit 5 Canada—The True North公开课教学设计

1、Unit 5Canada“The True North”（公开课教学设计）教学重点1. Let students read the passage and learn about the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural resources of Canada.2. Get students to learn different reading skills. 教学难点 1. Develop students reading ability. 2. Enable students to learn ab

2、out some basic information and talk about Canada. 三维目标 知识目标 1. Get students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part. 2. Let students learn the knowledge of Canada. 能力目标 1. Develop students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills. 2. Let students learn how to re

3、ad a traveling report and how to use a map. 2. Enable students to learn about some basic information and talk about Canada. 情感目标 1. Stimulate students interest in learning about foreign countries. 2. Develop students sense of cooperative learning.教学过程Step 1 Leading-in and warming up 1. Show a map of

4、 Canada to students and talk about Canada. Then ask them the following questions: 1)What kind of country is Canada? 2)How large is it? 3)What else do you know about Canada? Suggested answers: 1)Canada is a multicultural country. 2)Its the second largest country in the world. It covers an area of 9 9

5、84 670 square kilometers. It is a bit bigger than China. 3)(Students answer may vary. Encourage them to tell more information. ) 2. Make a quiz Show the following on the screen. How much do you know about Canada? 1. What language(s) do Canadians speak? A. English. B. English and German. C. English a

6、nd 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.

7、D. King. 5. How many Great Lakes are there in Canada? A. 4. B. 3. C. 5. D. 6. Let students work in pairs and answer this quiz. Then have them compare their answers with another pair. Give them the correct answers and see how many students got 80% or better.Step 2 Pre-reading1. Let students discuss t

8、he following questions: 1)What is the longest trip you have ever taken? 2)If you take a trip to Canada, what do you think you might see there? 3)What three words would you use to describe Canada? 3. Have students turn to Page 34 of the text book, look at the title of the reading passage and the pict

9、ures and predict what the passage is about. Then have them read the passage quickly to see if they are right.Step 3 Reading1. Fast reading Ask students to skim the reading passage and then answer the following questions: 1)What is the passage mainly about? 2)What is “The True North”? 3)How many citi

10、es are mentioned in the text? What are they? Three minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. Suggested answers: 1)The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada. 2)“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada/the cross-Canada train.

11、 3)Five. They are Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Thunder Bay and Toronto. 2. Intensive reading Allow students to read the passage carefully this time to understand the main ideas of each paragraph and get the important details, and then finish the following: 1)Choose the best answer to each question

12、according to the text. (1)As you go eastward, you can see the following things except _. A. mountains B. thousands of lakes C. forests and wide rivers D. cows (2)Who will take part in the Calgary Stampede? A. Cowboys from Stampede. B. People from Canada. C. Anyone who has a gift for r

13、iding. D. Cowboys from all over the world. (3)Which of the following statements is true? A. One can cross Canada in less than five days by train. B. Many people think Calgary is the most beautiful city in Canada. C. In fact, the population of Canada is more than thirty million. D. Ocean sh

14、ips cannot reach Thunder Bay. (4)Which of the following shows the right route of the cousins travel? A. TorontoCalgaryVancouverThunder Bay B. VancouverCalgaryThunder BayToronto C. VancouverThunder BayCalgaryToronto D. TorontoThunder BayCalgaryVancouver Suggested answers: (1)D(2)D(3)C(4)B 2)Use the i

15、nformation from the reading passage to fill in the table below. Basic Facts about Canada Distance from east to west coast  Oceans on the east and the west coast  Population  Where most Canadians live  Location of the largest fresh water supply 

16、Key points about Vancouver  Key points about Calgary  Key points about Thunder Bay  3)Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (1)Which continent were the cousins crossing? (2)Why were they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast? (3)Why is the population of Vancou

17、ver growing so rapidly? (4)What happens at the Calgary Stampede? (5)How are ocean ships able to reach the center of Canada? (6)What are some of Canadas greatest natural resources? 3. Reading and discussing Read the passage a third time and then work in pairs to discuss these questions. 1)Which part

18、of the reading passage interests you most? 2)If someday you go to Canada, where will you go? Why? (Let students have enough time to read the passage carefully and discuss the questions with their partners. Encourage them to expand their answers according to their own experiences. ) 4. Dealing with l

19、anguage points Help students analyze some difficult, long and complex sentences and guess the meanings of some new words and expressions. Encourage them to try to deal with the language points in the context. Give them explanations if necessary. 5. Listening and reading aloud Ask students to read th

20、e passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new word and the pauses within each sentence. Tell them to pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them to the notebook after class as homework. Read them aloud and

21、 try to learn them by heart. Collocations: be on a trip to, rather than, take the aeroplane, all the way, take the train, at the airport, on the way to, chat about, as well as, less than, aboard the train, settle down, manage to do, catch sight of, be famous for, have a gift for, thousands

22、 of, in prizes, be amazed to do, at the top of, be surprised at, because of, fresh waterStep 4 ConsolidationGive students 10 minutes or so and let them do the following:1. Work in pairs and fill in the table about the type of writing and summary of the idea.A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH” Type

23、of writing  Main idea of the passage  Main idea of Paragraph 1  Main idea of Paragraph 2  Main idea of Paragraph 3  Main idea of Paragraph 4  Main idea of Paragraph 5 Suggested answers: A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH” Type of writing This is a piece of narrative writing

24、. Main idea of the passage Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went on a trip to Canada, visiting their cousins and enjoying the beautiful scenery across the whole continent of Canada from west to east. Main idea of Paragraph 1 Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Cana

25、da. Main idea of Paragraph 2 Having arrived in Vancouver, the most beautiful city in Canada, they were to be taken to catch “The True North”, the cross-Canada train. Main idea of Paragraph 3 Settling down in their seats in the train, they enjoyed the wild scenery whilecrossing the Rocky Mountains to

26、 Calgary. Main idea of Paragraph 4 While arriving at Thunder Bay, they learn more about Canada, its population, resources, etc.Main idea of Paragraph 5 The train rushed towards Toronto while they were sleeping. 2. Complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank and then retell the whole story. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian were on a _ across Canada. Instead of taking the aeroplane _ the way, they would cross the whole continent of Canada in a _ after arriving Vancouver by air. Danny Lin waited _ t