高中必修3unit5canada-thetruenorth教案

1、教学重点Let students read the passage and learn about the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural resources of Canada.Get students to learn different reading skills.教学难点Develop students reading ability.Enable students to learn about some basic information and talk about Canada.三维目

2、标知识目标Get students to learn the useful newwords and expressions in this part.Let students learn the knowledge of Canada.能力目标Develop students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.Let students learn how to read a traveling report and how to use a map.Enable students to learn abou

3、t some basic information and talk about Canada.情感目标Stimulate students interest in learning about foreign countries.Develop students sense of cooperative learning.教学过程f Step 1 Leading-in and warming upShow a map of Canada to students and talk about Canada. Then ask themthe following questions:1)What

4、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)It s the second largest country in the world. It covers an area of 9984 670 square kilometers. It is a bit bigger than China.3)(Students answer mayvary. Encourage

5、them to tell more information. )Make a quizShow the following on the screen.How much do you know about Canada?What language(s) do Canadians speak?A. English.B. English and German.C. English and French.D. English and Spanish.What is the capital of Canada?A. Vancouver.B. Toronto.C. Calgary.D. Ottawa.W

6、hat is the national animal of Canada?A. Beaver.B. Grizzly bear.C. Polar bear.D. Penguin.What is the Canadian leader called?A. President.B. Prime Minister.C. Governor.D. King.How many Great Lakes are there in Canada?.Let students work in pairs and answer this quiz. Then have them compare their answer

7、s with another pair. Give them the correct answers and see how many students got 80% or better.f Step 2 Pre-reading1. Let students discuss the 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 w

8、ould you use to describe Canada?3. Have students turn to Page 34 of the text book, look at the title ofthe reading passage and the pictures and predict what the passage is about. Then have them read the passage quickly to see if they are right.f Step 3 ReadingFast readingAsk students to skim the rea

9、ding passage and then answer the following questions:1)What is the passage mainly about?2)What is “ The True North ”?3)How many cities 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, an

10、d it tells us someinformation about Canada.2)“ The True North ” is the train that goes across Canada/the cross -Canada train.3)Five. They are Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Thunder Bay and Toronto.Intensive readingAllow students to read the passage carefully this time to understand the main ideas of

11、each paragraph and get the important details, and then finish the following:1)Choose the best answer to each question according to the text.(1)As you go eastward, you can see the following things exceptmountainsthousands of lakesforests and wide riverscows(2)Who will take part in the Calgary Stamped

12、e?Cowboys from Stampede.People from Canada.Anyone who has a gift for riding.Cowboys from all over the world.(3)Which of the following statements is true?One can cross Canada in less than five days by train.Many people think Calgary is the most beautiful city in Canada.In fact, the population of Cana

13、da is more than thirty million.Ocean ships cannot reach Thunder Bay.(4)Which of the following shows the right route of the cousin s travel?Toronto fCalgary fVancouverfThunder BayVancouver fCalgary fThunder Bay fTorontoVancouver fThunder BayfCalgary fTorontoToronto fThunder Bayf Calgary f VancouverSu

14、ggested answers: (1)D(2)D (3)C (4)B2)Use the information from the reading passage to fill in the table below.Basic Facts about CanadaDistance from east to west coastOceans on the east and the west coastPopulationWhere most Canadians liveLocation of the largest fresh water supplyKey points about Vanc

15、ouverKey points about CalgaryKey points about Thunder Bay3)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 Vancouver growing so rapidly?(4)What happens at the Calg

16、ary Stampede?(5)How are ocean ships able to reach the center of Canada?(6)What are some of C anada s greatest natural resources?Reading and discussingRead the passage a third time and then work in pairs to discuss these questions.1)Which part of the reading passage interests you most? 2)If someday y

17、ou 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. )Dealing with language pointsHelp students analyze somedifficult, long and co

18、mplex 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.Listening and reading aloudAsk students to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunc

19、iation 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 try to learn them by heart. Collocations: be on a trip to, rather th

20、an, 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 of, in prizes, be amazed to do, at the top of, be surprised at, because of, fr

21、esh waterfStep 4 ConsolidationGive students 10 minutes or so and let them do the following:Workin pairs and fill in the table about the type of writing and summary of the idea.A TRIP ON “ THE TRUE NOR”THType of writingMain idea of the passageMain idea of Paragraph 1Main idea of Paragraph 2Main idea

22、of Paragraph 3Main idea of Paragraph 4 Main idea of Paragraph 5 Suggested answers:A TRIP ON “ THE TRUE NOR”THType of writing This is a piece of narrative writing.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 scen

23、ery 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 Canada.Main idea of Paragraph 2 Having arrived in Vancouver, the most beautiful city in Canada, they were to be taken t o catch “ The True North ” , the cross-Canada

24、 train.Main idea of Paragraph 3 Settling downin their seats in the train, they enjoyed the wild scenery while crossing the Rocky Mountains to 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 tra

25、in rushed towards Toronto while they were sleeping.Complete the summaryof 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 oftaking the aeroplane the way, they would cross the wholecontinent of Canada in a after arriving Vancouver by air.Danny Lin waited them at the airpor