高一英语科组 黄锡兰

1、Unit 5Canada“The True North”高一英语科组 黄锡兰教学重点1. Let students read the passage and learn about the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural resources of Canada.2. Get students to learn different reading skills.教学难点1. Develop students reading ability.2. Enable students to learn abou

2、t some basic information and talk about Canada.三维目标知识目标1. Get students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part.2. Let students learn the knowledge of Canada.能力目标1. Develop students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.2. Let students learn how to read a trav

3、eling report and how to use a map.2. Enable students to learn about some basic information and talk about Canada.情感目标1. Stimulate students interest in learning about foreign countries.2. Develop students sense of cooperative learning.教学过程Step 1 Leading-in and warming up1. Show a map of Canada to stu

4、dents and talk about Canada. Then ask them the following questions:1)What 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)Its the second largest country in the world. It covers an area of 9 984 670 square kilome

5、ters. It is a bit bigger than China.3)(Students answer may vary. Encourage them to tell more information. )2. Make a quizShow the following on the screen.How much do you know about Canada?1. What language(s) do Canadians speak?A. English.B. English and German.C. English and French.D. English and Spa

6、nish.2. What is the capital of Canada?A. Vancouver. B. Toronto. C. Calgary. D. Ottawa.3. What is the national animal of Canada?A. Beaver.B. Grizzly bear.C. Polar bear.D. Penguin.4. What is the Canadian leader called?A. President.B. Prime Minister.C. Governor.D. King.5. How many Great Lakes are there

7、 in Canada?A. 4.B. 3.C. 5.D. 6.Let students work in pairs and answer this quiz. Then have them compare their answers with another pair. Give them the correct answers and see how many students got 80% or better.Step 2 Pre-reading1. Let students discuss the following questions:1)What is the longest tr

8、ip you have ever taken?2)If you take a trip to Canada, what do you think you might see there?3)What three words would you use to describe Canada?3. Have students turn to Page 34 of the text book, look at the title of the reading passage and the pictures and predict what the passage is about. Then ha

9、ve them read the passage quickly to see if they are right.Step 3 Reading1. Fast readingAsk students to skim the reading 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 minut

10、es later, check the answers with the whole class.Suggested answers:1)The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information 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 T

11、oronto.2. Intensive readingAllow students to read the passage carefully this time to understand the main ideas of 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 followi

12、ng things except _.A. mountainsB. thousands of lakesC. forests and wide riversD. cows(2)Who will take part in the Calgary Stampede?A. Cowboys from Stampede.B. People from Canada.C. Anyone who has a gift for riding.D. Cowboys from all over the world.(3)Which of the following statements is true?A. One

13、 can cross Canada in less than five days by train.B. Many people think Calgary is the most beautiful city in Canada.C. In fact, the population of Canada is more than thirty million.D. Ocean ships cannot reach Thunder Bay.(4)Which of the following shows the right route of the cousins travel?A. Toront

14、oCalgaryVancouverThunder BayB. VancouverCalgaryThunder BayTorontoC. VancouverThunder BayCalgaryTorontoD. TorontoThunder BayCalgaryVancouverSuggested 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 c

15、oastOceans on the east and the west coastPopulationWhere most Canadians liveLocation of the largest fresh water supplyKey points about VancouverKey points about CalgaryKey points about Thunder Bay3)Answer the following questions in complete sentences.(1)Which continent were the cousins crossing?(2)W

16、hy were they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?(3)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?3. Reading and discussingRead the p

17、assage 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 you 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 the

18、m to expand their answers according to their own experiences. )4. Dealing with language pointsHelp students analyze some difficult, long and complex 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 ex

19、planations if necessary.5. Listening and reading aloudAsk students to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation 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 readi

20、ng 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 than, 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, manag

21、e 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, fresh waterStep 4 ConsolidationGive students 10 minutes or so and let them do the following:1. Work in pairs and fill in the table about the type of writing

22、and summary of the idea.A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”Type of writingMain idea of the passageMain idea of Paragraph 1Main idea of Paragraph 2Main idea of Paragraph 3Main idea of Paragraph 4Main idea of Paragraph 5Suggested answers:A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”Type of writingThis is a piece of narrative wri

23、ting.Main idea of the passageLi Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went on a trip to Canada, visiting their cousins and enjoying the beautiful scenery across the whole continent of Canada from west to east.Main idea of Paragraph 1Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada.Main idea of Para

24、graph 2Having arrived in Vancouver, the most beautiful city in Canada, they were to be taken to catch “The True North”, the cross-Canada train.Main idea of Paragraph 3Settling down in their seats in the train, they enjoyed the wild scenery while crossing the Rocky Mountains to Calgary.Main idea of P

25、aragraph 4While arriving at Thunder Bay, they learn more about Canada, its population, resources, etc.Main idea of Paragraph 5The train rushed towards Toronto while they were sleeping.2. Complete the summary of 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 of taking the aeroplane _ the way, they would cross the whole continent of Canada in a _ after arriving Vancouver by air.Danny Lin waited _ them at the airport and