Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”Using language: Extensive reading教材分析This is the fifth teaching period of this unit. As usual, the teacher should check students’ homework and offer chances for them to go over what they learned in the last period at the beginning of the class. Then lead in the new lesson.In this period, the teaching emphasis will be put on developing students’ reading ability by reading extensively. We will deal with two parts: “THE TRUE NORTH” FROM TORONTO TO MONTREAL in Using language on Page 38 and IQALUIT—THE FROZEN TOWN in Reading Task on Page 74. While reading, get students learning to use some reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and so on. As to new words and phrases, the teacher can first find those students feel most dif ficult and help them to understand. That’s enough here. The reading passage “THE TRUE NORTH” FROM TORONTO TO MONTREAL takes the visitors on a visit to Toronto and Montreal, two of Canada’s major cities. The functional items dealing with direction and position are further introduced in the text, as there are further descriptions of Canada. The teacher can ask some students to retell the passage A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH” or ask some questions to lead in the topic and then ask students to read the passage and do some comprehending exercises. And meanwhile let them find out the expressions dealing with direction and position and try to keep them in mind. While checking their answers with the whole class, deal with language problems students can’t work out by th emselves. This is an extensive reading lesson, so the teaching steps should be simple. As to the passage IQALUIT—THE FROZEN TOWN, it gives students information about the Inuit people in Northeastern Canada. Ask students to read through the passage and try to know more and finish their reading task.At the end of the class, ask students to retell the two passages. In order to arouse students’ interest, the teacher can hold a competition among them.教学重点1. Develop students’ reading skills by extensive readin g.2. Let students read and understand the two passages.教学难点1. Enable students to learn to use reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and so on.2. Get students to understand some difficult long sentences in this part.三维目标知识目标1. Get students to learn some useful new words and expressions in this part: topic, mix, mixture, bush, maple, frost, confirm, wealthy, distance, mist, misty, schoolmate, booth, downtown, approximately, dawn, buffet, broad, nearby, tradition, terrify, terrified, impress, impressive, in the distance2. Get students to read the two passages about Canada.能力目标1. Develop students’ reading skills by extensive reading and enable them to learn how to use different reading skills to read different reading materials.2. Have students learn to use the useful new words and expressions correctly.3. Enable students to understand the passages and know more about Canada.情感目标1. Stimulate students’ interest in traveling and enjoying the beautiful Canadian scenery.2. Develop students’ sense of group cooperation and teamwork.教学过程→Step 1 Revision1. Check the homework exercises.2. Ask some students to talk about the major similarities and differences between China and Canada.→Step 2 Leading-in1. Have some students retell the reading passage A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”.2. Show students some pictures of Toronto and Montreal and let them describe what they can see from the pictures.3. Tell students: Turn to Page 38. We are going to read another reading passage, “THE TRUE NORTH” FROM TORONTO TO MONTREAL and learn more about Canada.→Step 3 Reading1. Ask students to read the passage quickly and then do the following as soon as possible.1)Tick out the things mentioned in the text.(1)the climate in Canada(2)the population in Toronto(3)the CN town in Toronto(4)Toronto’s economic(5)a lake which is on the north side of Niagara Falls(6)good Cantonese food(7)famous restaurants in Toronto(8)the old Montreal(9)the location of Montreal(10)brief introduction to MontrealSuggested answers: (1), (3), (5), (6), (8), (10)2)How many parts can the passage be divided into? Write out the main idea of each part.Suggested answers: It can be divided into 4 parts as follows:Part 1 (Paragraph 1): Fall had arrived in Canada.Part 2 (Paragraphs 2-4): Their tour of the city Toronto.Part 3 (Paragraph 5): Their travel in Montreal.Part 4 (Paragraph 6): They left for the east coast.2. Ask students to read the passage carefully and then do the following:1)Answer the following questions:(1)What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?(2)Why is there good Cantonese food in Toronto?(3)Which direction is the train going from Toronto?(4)What three things show that Montreal is a French city?Suggested answers:(1)Sometimes the misty cloud that rises from Niagara Falls can be seen from the CN Tower.(2)There is good Cantonese food in Toronto because most of the Chinese people there camefrom South China, especially Hong Kong.(3)The train is going east (northeast) from Toronto.(4)Good coffee, good bread and good music show that Montreal is a French city. Also the signs and ads were in French.3. Ask students to read the passage aloud to the tape and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage.Collocations: from. . . to. . . , the next morning, on the ground, around noon, leave for, go on a tour, in the distance, on the south side of, on one’s way to, home of, a telephone booth, around dusk, over dinner, chat with sb. , come from, South China, go as far as, at dawn, be close to, spend. . . doing sth. , be on a train trip, dream ofLet students read the above collocations aloud and copy them down in their exercise book after class as homework. Try to keep them in mind.→Step 4 Important language points1. The next morning the bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold and orange, and there was frost on the ground, confirming that fall had arrived in Canada.第二天早上, 在她们的车窗外到处是灌木丛和枫树, 挂满朱红、赤金和橘黄色的叶子, 地面上覆盖了一层薄霜, 表明秋天已经来到了加拿大。