Unit 5 Canada —— “The true North”（Period 1&nb

unit5canada——“thetruenorth”（period1warmingupandreading1）

teachingaims:
1.talkingaboutcanada.
2.learnthegeography,population,maincities,andnaturalbeauty,naturalresourcesofcanada.
3.learnhowtoreadatravelingreportandpictures.
teachingaids:acomputer,aprojectandpictures.
teachingsteps:
step1.warmingup.
1.ssdiscussthefollowingquestions.
1)doyouliketogotraveling?
2)whichcountriesdoyouliketovisit?why?
3)whatcanyouseeinthesecountries?
2.tshowssomepicturesofwinterandinvitessstodescribethem.
3.getsstotalkwhattheyknowaboutcanada.
4.tshowsamapofcanadaandasks:1.whichcontinentiscanadain?
2.whichcountryisitsneighbor?
3.whataretheoceanscanadafaces?
4.howlargeiscanada?
4.haveaquiz.
step2.pre-reading.
t:wouldyouliketotakeatriptocanada?
whatthreewordswouldyouusetodescribecanada?
step3reading
1.shimming:
getsstoreadthepassagequicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions:
1)whatisthepassagemainlyabout?
sample：thepassageisaboutatripoftwogirls,andittellsussomeinformationaboutcanada.
2)whatis“theturenorth”?
sample：“thetruenorth”isthetrainthatgoesacrosscanada/thecross-canadatrain.
3)howmanycitiesarementionedinthetext?whatarethey?
sample：vancouver–calgary—thunderbay—toronto
4)whatdoyouknowabouteachcity?
vancouver:
thewarmestpartofcanada；themostbeautifulcityincanada
manyasianwanttolivethere；thetreesareextremelytall.
theoldestandmostbeautifulforestsintheworld
calgary:
famousforstampede
cowboyscometocompeteinridingwildhorses.
goodatworkingwithanimals
theycanwinalotofmoneyinprizes.
thunderbay:
atthetopendofthegreatlakes；verybusyport
closetothecentreofthecountry,sothatoceanshipscangothere.
2.detailedreading:
1)getsstoreadthepassageagainandcorrectthefollowingsentences.
1.thegirlswenttocanadatoseetheirrelativesinmontreal.
(intheeastofcanada/ontheatlanticcoastofcanada)
2.dannylinwasgoingtodrivethemtovancouver.
(thetrainstationtocatchthecross-canadatrain)
3.youcancrosscanadainlessthanfivedaysbybicycle.
(can’t)
4.thegirlslookedoutthewindowsandsawnativeindiansandcowboys.
(agrizzlybear,mountaingoatsandwildscenery)
5.thunderbayisaportcityinthesouthofcanada,neartoronto.
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