高中英语新人教版必修3Unit5CanadaThetruenorth

Unit5Canada---Thetruenorth

Teachingaims:

TalkaboutthebasicinformationaboutCanada.

Learnhowtoreadatravelingreportandusemaps.

Learntoexpresslocationsanddirections.

Masterthenounclauses---appositiveclause

Vocabulary:minister,continent,surround,dawn,booth,slightly,settledown,haveagiftfor,figureout,asfar

as,alltheway,ratherthan

Thefirstperiod

StepⅠRevision

Checkthestudents’homework

Checktheassignment.

StepⅡLead-inandwarmingup

Showthestudentsthemapleflagandaskthemsomequestions.

Doyouknowwhichcountryusesthisnationalflag?Ss:Canada.

WhatcontinentisCanadain?Ss:InNorthAmerica.

Howlargeisit?

Ss:Itisthesecondlargestcountryintheworld.

T:Yes.Itoccupiesanareaof9,984,670squarekilometers.

ItisabitbiggerthanChina.Whichcountryisitsneighbor?

Ss:TheUnitedStates.

(ShowamapofCanadatothestudents)

country.

Firstlet’shaveaquizandseehowmuchdoyouknowaboutCanada.

(GivetheSsoneminutetofinishthequiz.)

’schecktheanswers.

StepⅢPre-reading

T:NowIwanttoaskyouaquestion:Doyouliketravelling?

Ss:Yes.

T:Iknowmostofyoudo.Sohaveyoueverbeenabroad?

Ss:Yes/No.

What’sthelongesttripyouhaveevertaken?

T:Verygood.Ifwewanttomakeourmotherlandmorebeautifulandmoredeveloped,weshouldknowmoreaboutothercountries.Herearetwoquestions,youmayaskyourpartnerforanswersandgiveyouranswerstohim/her.

IfyoutakeatriptoCanada,whatdoyouexpecttosee?WhatthreewordswouldyouusetodescribeCanada?(Asksomepairstotelltheirideastotheirclassmates.)StepFastreading

Getthestudentstoreadthepassagequicklyandaccuratelyandmeanwhilehelpthestudentstoformagoodhabitofreading.

Doyoufeelpuzzledwhenyoureadthetitle?Whatisthetruenorth?Nowreadthepassageandgetthegeneralideaofthepassage.Underlinethemainplacesmentionedinthetext.

T:Doyouhaveanydifficultyinreading?Nowlet’sdiscuss

somedifficultpointstogether.

Remembertheunderlinedsentence.

WriteashortpassagetoreportwhatLiDaiyuandLiuQiansawinCanada.

Thesecondperiod

StepRevision

Haveadictation.

Asktwostudentstowriteontheblackboard.

Askonestudenttomakeashortreport.StepLead-in

thenextcityitrunstowards?

Ss:Toronto.

T:Torontoisanimportantcity.Itisthefinancecenter

ofCanada.Ithasrichpopularartsandculture.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutToronto?

Ss:ThereareChinatownswhereyoucanbuyChinesemedicine.

Quiteright.DoyouwanttoknowmoreaboutToronto?Ss:Yes.

StepⅢReading

T:Readthepassageon38.Inthispassage,youcanlearn

alotaboutToronto,andMontreal,whichisCanada’ssecond

largestcity.Iwillgiveyoufourminutestoreadthepassage,

thenanswerthequestionson37—38.

Fourminuteslater,checktheanswerswiththeclass.

StepⅣIntensivereading(readingtask)

T:Readthepassageandfillinthechartusingthe

informationofthetext.

PointsintheWhatBeththoughtInformationin

passagepassage

Youcanhaveadiscussionwithyourpartner.StepⅤDiscussion

T:Wehaveknownalot

aboutCanada.Nowlet’scompareChina

withCanada.

SameasChina

DifferentfromChina

Largeland

Sixtimearea

Weatheris

different

from

Noplacesas

hot

assouth

areatoarea,longandhard

china

winter

Different

people

speak

Canadahas

two

official

differentlanguagesManyriversandlakesMuchcoal,oilgasandothernaturalresourcesStepⅥHomework

languages,smaller

population