Unit 5 Canada ―― “The true North”（Period 1 Warming up and Reading 1）
unit 5 canada ―― “the true north”（period 1 warming up and reading 1）
teaching aims:
1. talking about canada.
2. learn the geography, population, main cities, and natural beauty, natural resources of canada.
3. learn how to read a traveling report and pictures.
teaching aids: a computer, a project and pictures.
teaching steps:
step 1. warming up.
1. ss discuss the following questions.
1) do you like to go traveling?
2) which countries do you like to visit? why?
3) what can you see in these countries?
2.t shows some pictures of winter and invites ss to describe them.
3.get ss to talk what they know about canada.
4.t shows a map of canada and asks: 1.which continent is canada in?
2.which country is its neighbor?
3.what are the oceans canada faces?
4.how large is canada?
4. have a quiz.
step 2. pre-reading.
t: would you like to take a trip to canada?
what three words would you use to describe canada?
step 3 reading
1. shimming:
get ss to read the passage quickly and answer the following questions:
1) what is the passage mainly about?
sample：the passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about canada.
2) what is “the ture north”?
sample：“the true north” is the train that goes across canada / the cross-canada train.
3) how many cities are mentioned in the text? what are they?
sample：vancouver calgary―thunder bay―toronto
4) what do you know about each city?
vancouver :
the warmest part of canada； the most beautiful city in canada
many asian want to live there；the trees are extremely tall.
the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world
calgary:
famous for stampede
cowboys come to compete in riding wild horses.
good at working with animals
they can win a lot of money in prizes.
thunder bay:
at the top end of the great lakes；very busy port
close to the centre of the country ,so that ocean ships can go there.
2. detailed reading:
1) get ss to read the passage again and correct the following sentences.
1. the girls went to canada to see their relatives in montreal.
(in the east of canada / on the atlantic coast of canada)
2. danny lin was going to drive them to vancouver.
(the train station to catch the cross-canada train)
3. you can cross canada in less than five days by bicycle.
(can’t)
4. the girls looked out the windows and saw native indians and cowboys.
(a grizzly bear, mountain goats and wild scenery)
5. thunder bay is a port city in the south of canada, near toronto.
(at the top end of the great lakes, near the center of the country)
