學(xué)人教版必修三Unit 5 Canada “The True North”Period1Warming up and reading教案（6頁word版）.docx

2019學(xué)年度人教版必修三unit 5 canada - “the true north”period1warming up and reading教案the unit introduces the students to some basic information about canada, its geography, its culture and its population. canada is a big country. it is the second largest country in the world after russia. it is also a beautiful country, especially in autumn, you can see maple leaves in hundreds of different colors. canada is a multicultural country as well, with citizens from european, asian and african countries.the unit is essentially descriptive, although some questions can be introduced about different cultures.the functional items dealing with direction and locations can be easily applied to descriptions of china and other world geography.four lakes: lake superior (蘇必利爾湖), lake huron(休倫湖), lake erie(伊利湖) and lake ontario(安大略湖).total area: about 9,984,670 square kilometerspopulation: about 32,227,000, very sparsely populated countrylanguages: english 59.3% (official), french 23.2% (official), other 17.5%administrative divisions: 10 provinces and 3 territoriessports: canadas most popular sports include swimming, ice hockey, cross-country and alpine skiing, baseball, tennis, basketball and golf. ice hockey and lacrosse are canadas national sports.the national emblems(標(biāo)志, 徽章) of canada: there are two national emblems of canada. one is the canadian beaver, a clever and hardworking animal that has thick fur and a wide flat tail. it cuts down trees with its teeth. the second emblem is the canadian maple leaf that is in the middle of the national flag which is considered an official symbol of canada. the best time to see the leaves is autumn when the maple leaves turn hundreds of different colors. as the saying goes, “if you have never seen canada in the fall, you have never known the meaning of brightly colored.”niagara falls: it is said that “if you havent been to niagara falls, you cannot be said to have been to canada”. three reasons make niagara falls exceed all the other falls in the world: first of all, it has a very long history as a tourist attraction. secondly, it provides a unique sight to tourists. thirdly, being situated on the canadian-us border, it is very easy for tourists to get there. as a lot of young couples come here to celebrate their honeymoon, it is known as “the honeymoon capital of the world”.the first period: warming up and readingimportant points: let the students read the passage and learn about the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty, and natural resources of canada. get t students to learn different reading skills.difficult points: develop students reading ability and enable them to learn about some basic information and talk about canada.the passage describes a trip across canada by train. the name of the train “the true north” is taken from a line in canas national anthem.step 1 leading-in and warming up1. show them a map of canada and talk about canada. then ask them some questions:1). what kind of country is canada?(canada is a multicultural country.)2). how large is it?(it is the second largest country in the world. it covers an area of 9.984.670 square kilometers. it is a bit bigger than china.)3). what else do you know about canada?(vary answers.)2. make a quiz: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 spanish2). what is the capital of canada? a. vancouver b. toronto c. calgary d. ottawa3). what is the national animal of canada? a. beaver b. grizzly bear c. polar bear d. penguin4). what is the canadian leader called? a. president b. prime minister c. governor d. king5). how many great lakes are there in canada? a. 4 b. 3 c. 5 d. 6answers: cdabastep 2 pre-reading1. let students discuss the following questions:1). what is the longest trip 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?2. have students turn to page 34 and look at the title of the reading passage and the pictures and predict what the passage is about. then have the students read the passage quickly to see if they are right.step 3 readingfast reading: read the passage and answer the following questions.1). what is the passage about? (it is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about canada.)2). what is “the true north”?(it is the train that goes across canada / the cross-canada train.)3). how many cities are mentioned in the text? what are they?(five. they are montreal, vancouver, calgary, thunder bay and toronto.)2. intensive reading: read the text carefully to understand the main idea of each paragraph and important details.choose the best answers to each question.1). as you go eastwards, you can see the following things except-.a. mountains b. thousands of lakes c. forests and wide rivers d. cows2). who will take part in the calgary stampede? a. cowboys from stampede b. people from canadac. anyone who has a gift for riding d. cowboys from all over the world3). which of the following statement is true? a. one can cross canada in less than 5 day by trainb. many people think calgary is the most beautiful city in canadac. in fact, the population of canada is more than thirty milliond. ocean ships cannot reach thunder bay4). which of the following shows the right route of the cousins travel? a. toronto calgary vancouver thunder bay b. vancouver calgary thunder bay torontoc. vancouver thunder bay calgary torontod. toronto thunder bay calgary vancouver (the answers: ddcb) 3. use the information from the reading passage to fill in the table below.basic facts about canadadistance from west to the east coasts5,500kmoceans on the east and the west coastsatlantic-east; pacific ocean-westpopulationslightly over 30 millionwhere most canadians livewithin a few hundred kilometers of the usa borderlocation of the largest fresh water supplythe great lakeskey point about vancouver warmest part; canadians most beautiful city; some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the worldkey point about calgaryfamous for the calgary stampedekey point about thunder baybusy port city at the top of the great lakes 4. answer the following questions. 1). what continent are the cousins crossing?(they are crossing the north america.) 2). why are they not flying directly to the atlantic coast? (they want to take the train from west to east across canada.) 3). why is the population of vancouver growing so rapidly? (it is beautiful with mountains and oceans surrounding.) 4). what happens at the calgary stampede? (cowboys compete in riding wild horses for thousands of dollars.) 5). how are ocean ships able to reach the center of canada? (they can follow the st lawrence river and the great lakes.) 6). what are some of canadas greatest natural resources? (canada has fresh water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests.) 5. reading and discussing: read the passage a third time and then discuss these questions. 1) which part of the reading passage interests you most? (i am most interested in the part about calgary. i hope to visit it someday and see the calgary stampede. i love animals, and i think it will be very interesting to see cowboys who have a gift for riding wild horses.) 2) if someday you go to canada, where will you go? why? 3) 根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容填空charactersli dailyu and liu qianeventto visit their cousins in montreal on the atlantic oceantransporttake the aeroplane first and then take the train the true north, the cross-canada train.canada locationit borders the usa.area 5,500 kilometers from coast to coast.populationslightly over 30 million.the places they visitvancouverit is the warmest part and the most popular city in canada and there are the worlds oldest forests.people can enjoy skiing in the rocky mountains where many kinds of wild animals live.calgaryit is famous for the calgary stampede, where cowboys from all over the world compete to win the prizes.thunder bayit is a busy port at the top of the great lakes, which is an urban area.the great lakesthey have plenty of fresh water. 6. dealing some language points: help them analyze some difficult, long and complex sentences and guess the meaning of some new words and expressions. encourage them to try to deal with the language points in the context. give them some explanation if necessary. 7. listening and reading aloud: ask them to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new words and the pause within each sentence. tell them to pick out the useful collocations: be on a trip to, rather than, take the aeroplane, all the way, take the train, on the way to, chat about, as well as, less than, aboard the train, settle down, manage 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 water step 4 consolidation 1. work in pairs and fill in the table about the type of writing and summary of the idea.a trip on “the true north”type of writingthis is a piece of narrative writing.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 paragraph 1li daiyu and her cousins liu qian were on a trip to canada.main idea paragraph 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 paragraph 3setting down in their seats in the train, they enjoyed the wild scenery while crossing the rocky mountains to calgary.main idea paragraph 4while arriving at thunder bay, they learned more about canada, its population, resources, etc