英语Unit5 canada-the true north教案

人教英语必修3高一英语Unit5 canada-the true north教案

Teaching procedures

A trip on “ the true north”

●First step: Warming up

This quiz is intended to find out how much general knowledge your students already have about Canada.

1.What language(s) do Canadians speak?

A. English

B. English and German

C. English and French

D. English and Spanish

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 leader of the country called?

A. President

B. Prime Minister

C. Queen

5. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada?

A. 4

B. 3

C. 5

D. 6

You score two points for each correct answer.

10 is best, 8 is good and 6 is OK.

●Second step: Pre-reading

The pre-reading questions encourage students to reflect on their personal experiences and

information and their own ideas.

1.What is the longest trip you have ever taken?

2. Would you like to take a trip to Canada? What do you expect to see there?

●Third step: Reading

a. Show a picture and ask: What is “The True North”?

----“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada/the cross-Canada train.

b. Fast reading: Ask students to read through the text fast and find the places mentioned in the

text on the map and draw the route of the two girls travelling across Canada.

C . Careful reading and comprehending: Questions

1. Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast?

2. What is the continent they are crossing?

3. Why do many people want to live in Vancouver?

4. When they crossed the Rocky Mountains, what wild animals did they see?

5. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?

6. Where does wheat grow in Canada?

7. Name two natural resources that Canada has. Find the answer in the

reading passage.

Answers:

1. They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to

take the train from west to East across Canada/ they want to see Canada/they want to travel

across Canada.

2. They are crossing North America.

3. People want to live in Vancouver because it is beautiful;

because it is surrounded by mountains and ocean;

because they can ski in the mountains and sail in the harbour.

4. 5. At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wild horses;

they can win thousands of dollars for riding wild horses.

6.

7. Canada has water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests.

d. write sentences with correct information

1. The girls went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal.

2. Danny Lin was going to drive them to Vancouver.

3. You can cross Canada in less than five days by bicycle.

4. The girls looked out the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.

5. Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada, near Toronto.

Fourth step: Using the information and at least ten words from the reading

passage, make a dialogue between Li Daiyu and Lui Qian about

what they have seen and done on their trip. Use at least three

sentences for each person. The first one has been done for you.

Li Daiyu: What did you like best on the trip from Vancouver to Toronto?

Liu Qian: My favourite part was seeing the grizzly bear in the mountains.

Li Daiyu: ….

Liu Qian: …

“The True North” From Toronto To Montreal

Step 1 Ask Ss to read the topic and ask: What two places will we go to today?

Have you heard about Toronto and Montreal?

Step 2 Fast reading

Read fast and divide the text into two parts.

Pa 1-4 Toronto

Pa 5-6 Montreal

Step 3 Careful reading

1.read Pa 1-4 careful and find out

What is the season? How do you know?(fall red maple trees frost)

place

information CN Tower

tall Niagara Falls

misty cloud rose from it covered stadium

home of several famous basketball teams They saw mountain goats and even a grizzly bear.

Wheat grows in the center of Canada.