Unit5Canada—“TheTrueNorth”TeachingaimsSkillGoalsTalkaboutthebasicinformationaboutCanada—location,maincities,customsandculturaldiversity.Learnhowtoreadatravelingreportandusemaps.Learntoexpressdirectionsandpositions.MastertheNounClause-Appositiveclause.Learntowriteareporttoexpresswhatyouhearandseeinaplace.ImportantsentencesWhereis...?Howdoesonegoto...?Inwhatdirectionis...?Is...closeto/farfrom...?Howfaris...?Itis/liesinthenorth/southof...Itis/liestothesouth/east/northwestof...Itiswithin...Kilometersof...Itis/liesonthewest/east.TeachingimportanceNounclauseastheappositiveTeachingmethods:skimming,scanning,discussing.Teachingaids:ataperecorder,aprojectorandacomputer.TeachingproceduresThefirstperiodReading(I)Step1Revision用心爱心专心Checkthestudents’homework.T:Beforewecometothenewlesson,let’scheckyourhomework.Theteachercheckstheassignmentofthelastclass.Step2Lead-inandWarmingUpShowthestudentsthemapleflagandaskthemsomequestions.T:Doyouknowwhichcountryusesthisnationalflag?Ss:Canada.T:WhichcontinentisCanadain?Ss:ItisinNorthAmerica.T:Howlargeisit?Ss:Ionlyknowitisthesecondlargestcountryintheworld.Idon’tknowtheexactnumber.T:Canadaoccupiesanareaof9,978,4670squarekilometers.ItisabitbiggerthanChina.Whichcountryisitsneighbor?Ss:TheUnitedStates.(TheteachershowsamapofCanadatothestudents.)T:Right.TheUnitedStateisitsneighbor.Canadaisabeautifulcountry.Firstlet’shaveaquizandseehowmuchyouknowaboutCanada.PleaseturntoPage33.Iwillgiveyouoneminutetochooseyouranswers.Youcanscore2pointsforeachcorrectanswer.Giveoneminutetothestudentstodothequiz.Oneminutelater.T:OK.Timeisup.Let’schecktheanswers.1.C2.D3.A4.B5.AT:Nowfigureoutyourscoreplease.Ifyouget10points,youdidagoodjob.Didyoudoagoodjob?Ifnot,itdoesn’tmatter.Thereading用心爱心专心passageisaboutatriptoCanada.Itwilltellusmoreinformationaboutthiscountry.Step3Pre-readingT:NowIwanttoaskyouaquestion.Doyouliketraveling?Ss:Yes,weliketravelingverymuch.(No,Idon’tliketraveling.Itistiring.)T:Iknowmostofusliketraveling.Haveyoueverbeenabroad?Ss:No/Yes.T:Fewofushaveeverbeenabroad.Thenwhatisthelongesttripyouhaveevertaken?Sa:Beijing(Shanghai/Hainan/Harbin).Sb:Ihaveneverbeenoutofmyhometown.T:Ifyougetachancetogoabroad,whichthreecountrieswouldyouliketovisitmost?Why?IfyoutakeatriptoCanada,whatdoyouexpecttosee?WhatthreewordswouldyouusetodescribeCanada?Theteachercanasksomepairstotelltheirideasinclass.Step4FastreadingGetthestudentsreadthepassagequicklyandcarefully.Meanwhile,helpthestudentsformagoodhabitofreading.T:Doyoufeelpuzzledwhenyoureadthetitle?Whatis“theTrueNorth”?Now,readthepassageandgetthegeneralideaofthepassage.Underlinethemainplacesmentionedinthetext.GivetheSsfiveminutesforreading.Ask:whatthepassageismainlyabout?Sa:Thepassageisaboutatripoftwogirls,andittellsussome用心爱心专心informationaboutCanada.T:Right.ItmainlytellsustheinformationaboutCanada.Whatarethemainplacesmentionedinthetext?Sb:TheyaretheAtlanticcoast,Vancouver,RockyMountains,Calgary,ThunderBay,LakeSuperiorandToronto.T:LookatthemaponPage33.Drawthetravelingrouteofthetwogirlsonthemap.Givethestudentsoneminutetodrawtheroute.T:Youdidagoodjob.Doyouhaveanydifficultyinreading?Let’slookatthedifficultpointstogether.Theteacherexplainssomeimportantordifficultpointstothestudents.Step5ReadingaloudLetthestudentsreadthepassageagainandfindthedetailsfromthepassage.T:NowyoureadthequestionsonPage35first,andthenrea...
