1、人教版新课标高一第三模块全部教案Unit 5 Canada-The true north 中学英语教学资源网 2006-02-16Teaching aims: 1. Talk about the basic information about Canada. 2. Learn how to read a traveling report and use maps. 3. Learn to express locations and directions. 4. Master the noun clauses- appositive clause 5. Vocabulary: minister,
2、 continent, surround, dawn, booth, slightly, settle down, have a gift for, figure out, as far as, all the way, rather than The first period Step Revision 1. Check the students homework 2. Check the assignment. Step Lead-in and warming up Show the students the maple flag and ask them some questions.
3、T: Do you know which country uses this national flag? Ss: Canada. T: What continent is Canada in? Ss: In North America. T: How large is it? Ss: It is the second largest country in the world. T: Yes. It occupies an area of 9,984,670 square kilometers. It is a bit bigger than China. Which country is i
4、ts neighbor? Ss: The United States. (Show a map of Canada to the students) T. Right. The United States is . Canada is a beautiful country. First lets have a quiz and see how much do you know about Canada. ( Give the Ss one minute to finish the quiz.) T: OK. Time is up. Lets check the answers. 1.C 2.
5、D 3.A 4.B 5.A Step Pre-reading T: Now I want to ask you a question: Do you like travelling? Ss: Yes. T: I know most of you do. So have you ever been abroad? Ss: Yes/No. T: Whats the longest trip you have ever taken? T: Very good. If we want to make our motherland more beautiful and more developed, w
6、e should know more about other countries. Here are two questions, you may ask your partner for answers and give your answers to him/her. a. If you take a trip to Canada, what do you expect to see? b. What three words would you use to describe Canada? (Ask some pairs to tell their ideas to their clas
7、smates.) Step Fast reading Get the students to read the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading. T: Do you feel puzzled when you read the title? What is the true north? Now read the passage and get the general idea of the passage. Underline the
8、main places mentioned in the text. Give the Ss 5 minutes for reading. a. What the passage is mainly about? b. What are the main places mentioned in the text? c. Draw the traveling route of the two girls on the map. T: Do you have any difficulty in reading? Now lets discuss some difficult points toge
9、ther. Step Homework 1. Remember the underlined sentence. 2. Write a short passage to report what Li Daiyu and Liu Qian saw in Canada. The second period Step Revision 1. Have a dictation. 2. Ask two students to write on the blackboard. 3. Ask one student to make a short report. Step Lead-in T: Li Dai
10、yu and Liu Qian were on the train yesterday. The train rushed across the top of the Lake Superior. Which is the next city it runs towards? Ss: Toronto. T: Toronto is an important city. It is the finance center of Canada. It has rich popular arts and culture. How much do you know about Toronto? Ss: T
11、here are Chinatowns where you can buy Chinese medicine. T: Quite right. Do you want to know more about Toronto? Ss: Yes. Step Reading T: Read the passage on 38. In this passage, you can learn a lot about Toronto, and Montreal, which is Canadas second largest city. I will give you four minutes to rea
12、d the passage, then answer the questions on 3738. Four minutes later, check the answers with the class. Step Intensive reading(reading task) T: Read the passage and fill in the chart using the information of the text. Points in the passage What Beth thought Information in passage The temperature How
13、 to travel Holidays How people live What the Inuit do Daylight hours T: You can have a discussion with your partner. Step Discussion T: We have known a lot about Canada. Now lets compare China with Canada. Same as China Different from China Large land Six time area Weather is different from area to
14、area, long and hard winter No places as hot as south china Different people speak different languages Canada has two official languages, smaller population Many rivers and lakes World famous rivers and lakes Much coal, oil gas and other natural resources Much fresh water, a lot of forest Step Homework 1. Read the two passages again and find the main characters of Toronto, Montreal and Iqaluit. 2. Read fun reading by yourself.