2010高中英语 Unit5 Canada—“The True North”学案 新人教版必修3

1、Unit 5 Canada“The True North” 学案Teaching goals 1. Target languagea. 重点词汇和短语rather than, baggage, scenery, eastward, chat, surround, harbor, measure, aboard, have a gift for, within, manage to do, catch sight of, eagle, acre, urbanTeaching important points a. Find the answers to the questions in post

2、-reading.Learn the methods of writing a traveling report about.b. Understand the use of noun clause - appositive clause.Learn to read the traveling report according to the traveling route.Step 1 revisionSay something about Canada.Step 2 lead inWhat kind of passage it is? A. a story B. a piece of new

3、sC. an advertisementD. a travel journalStep 3 fast reading1)Read through the passage and find out which places are mentioned in it. Then draw them in circles on your map.2)What does “The True North” mean?_Step 4 careful readingFill in the chart.Basic Facts about CanadaDistance from east to west coas

4、tOceans on east and west coastsPopulationWhere most Canadians liveLocation of largest fresh water supplyKey point about VancouverKey point about CalgaryKey point about Thunder BayIf I would like to go to Vancouver, what can I do there? Can you tell me more about the city?Key words: _Then I would lik

5、e to know something about Calgary. Can you tell something about Calgary?Key words: _How about Thunder Bay? Where is it?The key words: _Step 5 post readingAnswer the following questions:1. Which continent are the cousins crossing? _2. Why are the cousins not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?_3.

6、Why is the population of Vancouver 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?_Step 6 retellingLi Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from _ to _ . Their cousi

7、ns friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “_ _ _” . Canada is the _ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from _ to _. As they go _, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is _ by mountains on the north and east. When the cousins _ _ in the seats,

8、they looked out of the window. They saw mountain goats and even a _ bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North America _ _ _ _ working with animals. Then they _ _ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is _ _ the center of the country.Step 7 Discussion 1.Which part of the country interests you most?2.If someday you go to Canada, where will you go? Why?Homework1. Remember th