1、2014春季人教版新课标必修3U5精英教案（2）Unit5Canada“The True North”Period 2 Learning about language Important language points优秀教案（新人教版必修3）整体设计教材分析This is the second teaching period of this unit. The teacher can first check students homework and offer chances for students to review what they learned during the first
2、 period.The emphasis of this period will be placed on the important new words, expressions and sentence patterns in the parts Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending. In order to make students understand these important points thoroughly, we can first get students to understand their mean
3、ings in the context, then give some explanations about them, later offer some practice to make students master their usages. Some new words and expressions, such as surround, measure, confirm, impress, rather than, manage to do, and so on are very useful and important. So are the sentence patterns “
4、The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting. ” and “It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 meters. ” We ought to pay more attention to them and design special exercises.At the end of the class, the teacher can make students do more exercis
5、es for consolidation. In doing so, they can learn, grasp and use these important language points well.教学重点1. Enable students to grasp the usages of such important new words and expressions as surround, measure, confirm, impress, rather than, manage to do, etc.2. Get students to master the patterns “
6、The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting. ” and “It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 meters. ”教学难点1. Let students learn the usage of the expression “manage to do”.2. Enable students to learn the sentence pattern “The thought that the
7、y could cross the whole continent was exciting. ”3. Get students to understand some difficult and long sentences.三维目标知识目标1. Get students to learn and grasp the important useful new words and expressions in this part.2. Let students learn the following important useful sentence patterns:1)Rather than
8、 take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada. (rather than. . . )2)The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting. (noun clause as the appositive)3)Going eastward, youll pass mountains and thousands of l
9、akes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. (present participle used as adverbial)4)Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbor make Vancouver one of Canadas most popular cities to live in. (make+O+O. C. )5)It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuri
10、ng over 90 meters. (“pronoun+doing” used as adverbial)6)Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. (more. . . than any other. . . )能力目标1. Get students to use some useful new words and expressions correctly.2. Enable students to make sen
11、tences after the useful sentence patterns.情感目标1. Stimulate students interests in learning English.2. Develop students spirit of cooperation and teamwork.教学过程设计方案(一)Step 1 Revision1. Check the homework exercises.2. Ask some students to retell the passage A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”.Step 2 Reading and
12、findingGet students to read through Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending to underline all the new words and useful expressions or collocations in these parts.Read them aloud and copy them down in the exercise book after class. Try to keep them in mind.Step 3 Practice for useful words a
13、nd expressions1. Turn to Page 36. Go through the exercises in Discovering useful words and expressions with students and make sure they know what to do.2. Give them several minutes to finish the exercises. They first do them individually, then discuss and check them with their partner.3. Check the a
14、nswers with the whole class and explain the problems they meet where necessary.Step 4 Studying important language points（学习语言点）Step 5 Using words, expressions and patternsDo Exercises in Using words and expressions on Pages 70-71.The following procedures may be followed:1. Go through the exercises w
15、ith students and make sure they know what to do.2. Several minutes for students to finish them individually, and then discuss and check them with their partner.3. Check the answers with the whole class.4. If time permits, explain the problems students meet where necessary.Step 6 Homework1. Finish of
16、f the Workbook exercises.2. Learn the new words and expressions by heart.设计方案(二)Step 1 Revision1. Check the homework exercises.2. Ask some students to dictate some useful new words and expressions.Step 2 Vocabulary study1. Let students review the new words and expressions in Warming up, Pre-reading,
17、 Reading and Comprehending and give time to students to ask their own questions.2. Ask students to learn some new words using the word formation.3. Explain some key new words and expressions.Step 3 Practice for useful words and expressionsLet students do the following exercises and check the answers
18、 after most of them finish.1. Find words that mean the same to fill in the blanks.1)_ bags that people take with them when they travel2)_ a government member who is in charge of a government department3)_ a short informal test4)_ to take to someone in a friendly, informal way5)_ on or onto a ship, p
19、lane, bus or train6)_ general appearance of nature around you, especially beautiful nature7)_ in or by a very small amount, so small that it almost cannot be seen8)_ to be all around somebody or something on every side2. Guess the meanings of the words below according to the word formation.multi-=ma
20、ny-ward(s)=in a certain directionmulticulturalmulticoloredeastward(s)forward(s)multinationalmultimediaupward(s)outward(s)multistor(e)ymulti-channeldownward(s)backward(s)3. Make sentences with the useful expressions below.rather thansettle downmanage to docatch sight ofhave a gift forStep 4 Sentence
21、focusAsk students to read through the Warming Up and Reading again to find out the difficult sentences they cant understand and give time to students to ask their own questions. Explain them to the class.Step 5 Workbook exercises for consolidationAsk students to do the exercises in Using words and e
22、xpressions on Pages 70-71 to consolidate what they have learned in this period.Step 6 Homework1. Learn the new words and expressions by heart.2. Finish off the Workbook exercises.3. Do Exercise 3 on Pages 70-71 in the exercise book.板书设计Unit 5Canada“The True North”Learning about language: Important l
23、anguage pointsImportantvocabularyquiz, Canadian, minister, continent, baggage, chat, scenery, eastward, westward, upward, surround, harbor, measure, aboard, eagle, within, border, slight, slightly, acre, urban, prime minister, rather than, settle down, manage to do, catch sight of, have a gift for1)
24、Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada. (rather than. . . )2)The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting. (noun clause as the appositive)3)Going eastward, youll pass mountains and tho
25、usands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. (present participle used as adverbial)4)Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbor make Vancouver one of Canadas most popular cities to live in. (make+O+O. C. )5)It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, s
26、ome measuring over 90 meters. (“pronoun+doing” used as adverbial)6)Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. (more. . . than any other. . . )活动与探究Read books and surf the Internet to find as much information about Canada as you can. Tak
27、e notes and compare it with China, trying to find out their similarities and differences.SAME AS CHINADIFFERENT FROM CHINASuggested answers:SAME AS CHINADIFFERENT FROM CHINA1. vast land2. weather different from area to area; long hard winter in the north3. multicultural4. rich natural resources: lak
28、es, rivers; coal, oil and gas1. two official languages2. six time areas3. smaller population4. no places as hot as South China5. more fresh water and forests6. only one neighboring country作业考虑阅读理解-B (福建省厦门六中2013期中)Vancouver is located in the southwest corner of Canada in the province of British Colu
29、mbia. Vancouver is the largest city in the province and the third largest in Canada. It covers an area of 113 sq km. It is surrounded by water on three sides and overlooked by the Coast Range. Its climate is one of the mildest in Canada. Temperatures average 3C in January and 18C in July. Vancouvers
30、 most rainfall occurs in winter. Archaeological evidence shows that coastal Indians had settled the Vancouver area by 500 BC. British naval (海军的) captain George Vancouver explored the area in 1792. Vancouver was founded as a sawmill settlement called Granville in the 1870s. The city was united in 18
31、86 and renamed after Captain Vancouver. As the main western terminus （终点）of Canadas transcontinental highway and rail routes, Vancouver is the primary city of western Canada, as well as one of the nations largest industrial centers.The Port of Vancouver is Canadas largest and most various port, trad
32、ing more than $43 billion in goods with more than 90 trading economiesevery year. Port activities bring out 69,200 jobs in total with $4 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) and $8.9 billion in economic output. Vancouver is a major tourist place. In addition to the citys scenic location, visitors
33、 enjoy beautiful gardens and world-famous Stanley Park, one of more than 180 city parks, and a combination of natural forest and parklands near the city centre.40. Which of the following description about Vancouver is NOT true, according to the passage?A. Vancouver is the third largest city in Canad
34、a.B. Vancouver is a city close to water.C. Vancouver is not far from the Coast Range.D. The largest industrial centre in Canada lies in Vancouver.41. According to the passage, originally Vancouver is the name of _.A. a British man who explored the cityB. a sawmill settlement called GranvilleC. the leader who controlled the area D. a transcontinental highway 42. The passage mainly tells us _.A. the Port of Vancouver, the largest one in CanadaB. how Vancouver got its nameC. Vancouvers history D. a brief introduction of the city of Vancouver 【参考答案】4042、DAD