广东省阳东广雅学校高中英语《Unit5 Canada“The True North”》教案（2）新人教版必修3.doc

unit5 canada-“the true north”年级高一科目英语主备教师日期课题unit5 canada-“the true north” 课时参与人员单元目标:1. 知识目标1) 教学重点to grasp the following useful important words and phrases of this unit:minister, rather than, continent, eastward, surround, measure, extremely, settle, settle down，catch sight of, eagle, have a gift for, within, border, slightly, port, figure, figure out, official, maple, frost, wealthy, tour, distance, flow, downtown, approximately, as far as, dawn, near-by, tradition, terrify，pleased, impress, impressive2) 教学难点(1)talk about the basic information about canada.(2)master the noun clauses-appositive clause.3) 目标语言to learn about how to express locations and directions.where is? in the north /south/of along the coast.how far is? to the south /east/northwest of east/west of? how does one go towithinkilometers of away fromin what direction is? on the west/east go northwardisclose to/far from? on the border2. 能力目标(1) to develop the students reading ability.get the students to learn to use some reading strategies such as guessing, key sentences, skimming, scanning and so on so as to get the main idea an find some detail information of the reading ability.(2) practice listening and speaking ability.(3) to learn the writing style of this passage.3. 情感目标 (1) learn how to read a traveling report and use maps.(2) learn to love the nature.课时安排：period 1 warming-up &new wordsperiod 2 reading and comprehendingperiod 3 language points period 4 learning about languageperiod 5 grammar period 6 the true north from toronto to montrealperiod 7 speaking and writingperiod 8 revisionthe second period: reading and comprehendingteaching goals教学目标1. target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇与短语figure, figure out, terrify, official, maple, frost, wealthy, tour, distance, flow, booth, downtown, as far as, dawn, broad b. 重点句子1. they were not leaving for montreal until later.2. its too bad you cant go as far as ottawa canadas capital. 3. its about four hundred kilometers northeast of toronto, so it would take too long.4. as they sat in a caf looking over the broad st. lawrence river, a young man sat down with them. 5. in the distance, they could see the misty cloud that rose from the great niagara falls, which is on the south side of the lake. 6. i stay as far away from polar bears as possible. 2. ability goal能力目标enable the students to know more information about cities: toronto, montreal and iqaluit.3. learning ability goals 学能目标teach the students how to describe a city with the target language and functional sentences.teaching important points教学重点find the correct information about cities of canada according to the questions.teaching difficult points 教学难点how to write the traveling report. teaching methods 教学方法a. skimming method;b scanning; c.task-based approach listening.teaching aids 教具准备a record, a projector and a computer.teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式answer the questions about the passage.1. how do we know it is fall in canada? we know it is fall in canada because the maple trees are red and gold and oranges, and there is frost on the ground.2. what can sometimes be seen from the cn tower in toronto? sometimes the misty cloud that rises from niagara falls can be seen from the cn tower. 3. where does the water from the lake go?the water from the lake goes into the niagara river and over the falls on its way to the sea. 4.which direction is the train going from toronto?the train is going east ( northeast ) from toronto.5. what three things show us that montreal is a french city? good coffee, good bread and good music show that montreal is a french city. also the signs and ads were in french.teaching procedures:step 1. homework-checkingpurpose: to prepare students for the lesson by reviewing what was learnt in the last period. 1. dictation(1) read the following new words and expressions and ask ss to write them.continent, surround, harbour, extremely, settle down, border, figure out, distance, downtown, as far as(2) ask students to check the answers and read them again.2. actingask two pairs to act out the dialogue made up by themselves in front of the class.step 2. pre-reading purpose: to arouse ss interest in the new lesson. 1. group work(1).ask ss to look at the title of reading and guess the main information given in the text.(2). ask one or two ss to express their opinions.step 3. reading and comprehending1. listeningpurpose: to make ss know about the main information in the text. ask ss to listen to the tape and then find the answers to the questions.(1) what is the main idea of the passage?(2) what does “the true north” refer to?suggested answers: (1) the passage is about a trip of two girls and it tells us some information about canada. (2) it refers to a train named “the true north”.2. fast-readingpurpose: ask ss to find the main idea for each paragraph. ask ss to go through the text quickly and find the main idea for each paragraph and choose the correct letter for each paragraph.a. li daiyu and her cousin liu qian were on a trip to canada. b. setting down in their seats in the train. they enjoyed the wild scenery while crossing the rocky mountains to calgary. c. having arrived in vancouver, they were to be taken to catch “the true north, the cross-canada train. d. the train rushed through the night towards toronto while they were sleeping. e. they learned information about the population, resources arriving thunder bay. main idea for each paragraph:( ) paragraph 1 ( ) paragraph 2( ) paragraph 3 ( ) paragraph 4( ) paragraph 5 suggested answers: a c b e d3. intensive readingpurpose: to make ss know more details in the text. (1) individual workask ss to read the first two paragraphs carefully and find out the answers to the questions. why are the cousins not flying direction to the atlantic coast? why were li daiyu and liu qian on a trip to canada? what will they experience as they go eastward? why do many people want to live in vancouver? suggested answers: they were on a trip to canada to visit their cousins on the atlantic coast. they wanted to see canada on the train. they will see mountains, and pass through thousands of lakes, forests and wide rivers as well as cities. because it is a beautiful place surrounded by mountains and ocean. people also can ski in the mountains and sail in the harbor. (2) discussionask ss to read the last three paragraphs and decide which of the following statements are true and which are false. and get ss to correct the false ones. the girls looked out of the windows and saw native indians and cowboys. ( ) the calgary stampede is a famous train stop. ( ) cowboys can get thousands of dollars in prizes if they win the competition. ( ) wheat is one of the important farm products in canada. ( ) thunder bay is an important wheat-growing area. ( )suggested answers: false. the girls saw mountain goats, a grizzly bear and wild scenery. false. the calgary stampede is a famous western festival. true. true. false. thunder bay is an important port. (3) blank fillingpurpose: ask ss to revise the whole text and get a summary about the text. ask ss to read the whole text and fill in the blanks. li daiyu and her cousin liu qian were on a trip to canada to their cousins on the atlantic coast. having in vancouver, they were to be taken by dannylin to “the true north”, the cross-canada train. as the go eastward, the saw beautiful as well as .vancouver is the most beautiful city in canada by mountains on the north and east. when the cousins in the seats, they looked out of the window and saw mountain goats and grizzly bear while the rocky mountains to calgary. they a wheat growing province and arrived in thunder bay. that night, the train the top of lake superior towards toronto. suggested answers: visit arrived catch scenery cities surrounded settled down crossing went through rushed across(4) key words revision ask ss to revise the main information in the text according to the following key words.be on a trip to, rather than, decide to take ., the true north, as they go eastward, be surrounded by, forest, settle down, look out of, mountain goats and grizzly bear, compete in, a wheat-growing province, after dinner, that night. 讨论记录教学内容分析本单元的中心话题是加拿大李黛予等人在加拿大的旅游经历。学生通过本单元学习，可以初步了解加拿大的一些基本情况，包括地理环境，各大城市特点以及人文活动等。“热身”（warming up）部分是一个小测验，看看学生对加拿大这个国家了解多少。采用小测验活动，一来是为了激起学生的学习兴趣，另一目的是让学生联系自己已有知识，为整个单元的学习做准备，温故而知新。“读前”（pre-reading）部分是三个问题，设计自身的旅行经历和对加拿大的了解，这些问题与文章紧密相关。学生通过谈论这些问题，为更好的理解这篇文章打好铺垫。“阅读”（readin