Unit 5 Canada--“The True North”教案 人教版高中英语必修三 .doc

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1、Teaching PlanNSEFC M3 Unit5 ReadingA Trip on “The True North”Teaching objectives:Students will be able to:1. learn the knowledge of Canada, including geography and important cities.2. use the title to help to read the passage efficiently and improve other reading skills and strategies.3. read and us

2、e a map to properly express locations. 4. learn and use some new words and expressions such as continent, be surrounded by, harbor, manage to do, catch sight of, have a gift for, slightly, aboard, urban, rather than etc. 5. learn to give a definition by means of attributive clauses.6. learn a couple

3、 of writing tips on travel journal.7. appreciate the significance of traveling Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead inActivity 1. Enjoy music “The Red River Valley” before classT: What do you think of the song? Are you familiar with it?T: To which country this song originally belong? T: What do you know

4、about Canada?Activity 2. Show a map with location of Canada and ask students to describe its location. Canada is located in the north of North American continent , surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean on other three sides. Follow up questions:1. What is the capita

5、l of Canada?2. Can you name some other famous cities of Canada?Step 2 Title predictionRead the title A Trip on “The True North”together and ask:1. What does “The True North” mean in the title? Is it the same as Canada?2. If you are going to describe a trip, or to write a travel journal, what will be

6、 included? who, where, when, why, how, what.Step 3 Fast readingActivity 1. Find out what “The True North” refer to in the title.It is the cross-Canada train.T: No wonder the author use the preposition “on” instead of “to” in the title, as we usually say make a trip to some place rather than on some

7、place. Activity 2. Fill in the chart to get a brief introduction to the trip.WhowhyhowwhereFollow up question: T: where did you get the information you need to fill in the chart?S: From paragraph 1.Writing tip 1: Start your travel journal with a short paragraph to introduce the basic information of

8、the trip, such as who, when, where, why, and how. Activity 3. Underline the stops the girls passed during the trip and draw a travel route on Page 33. Vancouver, Rocky Mountains, Calgary, Thunder Bay, and Toronto. Follow up question: T: Judging from the travel route, how do you think the passage is

9、organized? In what order?S: In space order.Writing tip 2: Organize the next paragraphs in space or time order to make your writing clear and reader-friendly.Step 4 Careful readingActivity 1. Read para 2 carefully and figure out why is Vancouver enjoying an increasingly larger population. pleasant cl

10、imatepopular natural scenery exciting outdoor activities rich natural resourcesActivity 2. Read paras 3 and 4 and answer the following questions.1. What did they see when crossing the Rocky Mountains? They managed to catch sight of some wild animals. =succeed in seeing2. What might attract the two g

11、irls attention in Calgary?Calgary Stampede T: Can you give a definition to the Stampede? Calgary Stampede is a famous western festival_ cowboys _have a gift for riding compete fiercely. = be talented in/ have a natural ability to do sth T: Next time if you want to give a definition to a certain item

12、, you can make use of the attributive clauses.3. How did the girls feel after two days travel? Why? Canada is quite empty with a small population living on a vast land. T: There is an example in the passage to show us the emptiness of Canada. Can you find the original sentence? “They went through a

13、wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of acres. 4. What surprised the girls at Thunder Bay?ships sail up the Great Lakes; rich fresh water resourceActivity 3. Review the travel route Follow up question:T: Do you notice that in addition to describing the impressive things of eac

14、h stop, the two girls feelings are also included, such as amazed, surprised and so on?Writing tip 3: Present the impressive thing of each place you visit and include how it made you feel so as to make your writing more vivid and attractiveStep 5 Post readingActivity 1. Describe feelings After finish

15、ing the trip, how did the two feel about Canada? Work in group of 4 and come up with at least 3 different adjectives to describe their impressions and give supporting details if necessary. empty, large, fantastic, attractive, beautiful, .Activity 2. Show your interest If you are going to visit one o

16、f these cities, which one will you choose? Why?Activity 3. SharingRead three famous sayings about travel together.“He who travels far knows much.”“The longest journey begins with a single step.”“The world is a book, and the people who do not travel read only one page.”Step 6 HomeworkSurf the interne

17、t to find more detailed information about Canada, and then make a poster with words and pictures to introduce it, including its geography, cities and activities. Keep in mind that you are required to use at least 6 words and expressions newly learned.Blackboard design:A Trip on “The True North” Vancouver Rocky Mts. Calgary Thunder Bay Torontoemptypopular animals Stampede port city continenttravel journal be surrounded bymaple treescenery