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班级：姓名：学习小组：Unit 5 Canada- “The True North”教学设计I.Teaching content: Reading: A trip on “The True North”II.Teaching aims1.To learn about knowledge about Canada, such as geography, main cities,multicultures.2.To develop students’ reading ability on a travel journal and use the map.3.To learn how to write a short travel journal.III.Key points and difficulty1.How to grasp different reading skills and understand the information of Canada.2.How to get the students to master the writing skills or writing a travel Journal.IV.Teaching procedure:Step 1 Preparations before our trip1.Fill the blanks with the help of the following tips.温哥华多伦多蒙特利尔企鹅灰熊渥太华海狸1)What is the official symbol of Canada?A. Bamboo.B. Maple.C. The Great Wall.D. The Statue of Liberty.2)What language(s) do Canadians speak?A. EnglishB. English and GermanC. English and FrenchD. English and Spanish3)What is the national animal of Canada?A. BeaverB. Grizzly bearC. Polar bearD. Penguin4)What is the capital of Canada?A. VancouverB. TorontoC. CalgaryD. Ottawa5)What is the leader of the country called?A. PresidentB. Prime MinisterC. ChairmanD. King6)H ow many Great Lakes are there in Canada?A. 4.B. 3.C. 5.D. 6.Let’s begin our magical trip!Step 2 Plans for the trip1.The writing style of this passage is .2.A brief introduction about the tripFirst, we will fly to and then take thetrain from west to east across Canada. Going eastward, we will cross the. The next stop is . After two days' travel, we will pass the busy port city of .That night, the train will take us to . Our final stop is.4.Please retell our trip route to your classmates.5.Can you draw our route(路线) from west to east across Canada?Step 3 Adventure on the way1. Three of our foreign friends, John, Sam and Lily, want to visit Canada. However, they only have one day off because of their busy work. Pleaserecommend(推荐) one place for each of them and give your reasons. (1).John, a Western-lover, who always watches horse riding programs on TV. He is anxious for a chance to enjoy it on the spot.Place:Reasons：(2).Sam, a geographic knowledge (地理知识) lover, who learns a lot about the Great Lakes and wants to be there to admire the beauty.Place:Reasons：(3).Lily, a photographer（摄影师）good at taking photos of the nature, who enjoys water sports. Besides, she wants a warm place.Place:Reasons：Step 4 Off the beaten pathTip 1: When we describe a place, we’d better focus on different aspects.a)Here in Vancouver, you’re in Canada’s warmest part.b)People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city, surrounded by mountainsand the Pacific Ocean.c)Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour makeVancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities to live in. Its population is increasing rapidly.d)The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautifulforests in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,some measuring over 90 metres.Tip 2 : When we describe different places, we’d better highlight(突出) the features of each one.Vancouver：Thunder Bay:Calgary:According to the information below and the description of Vancouver, please introduce Toronto to us.Homework:Write a passage to introduce your hometown to others. You can write mark buildings, unique customs, well-known celebrities and so on. The passage should include at least 120 words.For you:Life is a Journey, not a Destination.There is such a lot of world to see!。
Unit 5 Canada -“The True North”教案1(A TRIP ON "THE TRUE NORTH"<PART 1>)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". It's 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 expressions FocusWords continent, 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 bearand an eagle.Most of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands ofdollars in prizes.AidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagramsProcedure1. 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. EnglishB. English and GermanC. English and FrenchD. English and Spanish2. What is the capital of Canada?A. VancouverB. TorontoC. CalgaryD. Ottawa3. What is the national animal of Canada?A. BeaverB. Grizzly bearC. Polar bearD. Penguin4. What is the leader of the country called?A. PresidentB. Prime MinisterC. Queen5. How many "Great Lakes" are there in Canada?A. 4B. 3C. 5D. 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 we're 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 readingRead fast and divide the text into two parts.Part 1-4 TorontoPart 5-6 Montreal(3) Careful reading1. Read Part 1-4 careful and find outWhat is the season? How do you know?(fall red maple trees frost)Places they have visitedplace informationCN Tower tallNiagara Falls misty cloud rose from itcovered stadium home of several famous basketball teamsdowntown Chinatown one of the threeThe Pink Pearl have good Cantonese food2. Read Part 5-6 and find outDo you find anything special in Montreal? (It's a French city)What show that it's a French city? (speak French signs and ads in French)Which places did they visit in Montreal?①downtown lovely shops artists in workplaces②St 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. It's nice to sit in a café, 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. not…untilThey worked until 5:00 P.M. and then quit.They didn't 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 didn't 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.Let's 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. It's 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 was written in pencil.He paid me in dollars.The room is painted in bright colors.11. be close to12. Montreal is a city with wonderful restaurants and clubs.有条小溪，两边都是树。
Book3 Unit5 Canada ----“The True North”教学设计In this period, let students watch a short video to know about Canada. And then they will be guided to read the journal “A Trip on ‘The True North’”. This passage is a journal that two sisters traveled to Canada and shows the general situation of Canada, including the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural resources.Warming Up is a short video to attract students’ inter est, which can prepare students to learn the new knowledge about Canada to arouse the curiosity to enjoy the reading.教学目标：1.To talk about Canada.2.To help students learn the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural re-sources of Canada.3.To enable students to know how to read a journal and use maps.教学重点：1.Learn how to read a journal and use maps.2.Learn to express locations and directions.教学难点：Learn how to write a travel journal.教学过程：Step l Lead in（设计意图：通过短片，欣赏美景，引出旅游的话题。
