Unit 5教案.docx

Unit 5教案Teaching aims Skill Goals Talk about the basic information about Canada location, main cities, customs and cultural diversity. Learn how to read a traveling report and use maps. Learn to express directions and positions. Master the Noun Clause- Appositive clause. Learn to write a report to express what you hear and see in a place. Important sentences Where is.? How does one go to.? In what direction is.? Is. close to/far from.? How far is.? It is/lies in the north/south of. It is/lies to the south/east/northwest of. It is within. Kilometers of. It is/lies on the west/east. Teaching importance Noun clause as the appositive Teaching methods: skimming, scanning, discussing.Teaching aids: a tape recorder, a projector and a computer. Teaching procedures The first period Reading (I) Step 1 Revision Check the students homework. T: Before we come to the new lesson, lets check your homework. The teacher checks the assignment of the last class. Step 2 Lead-in and Warming Up Show the students the maple flag and ask them some questions. T: Do you know which country uses this national flag? Ss: Canada. T: Which continent is Canada in? Ss: It is in North America. T: How large is it? Ss: I only know it is the second largest country in the world. I dont know the exact number. T: Canada occupies an area of 9, 978, 4670 square kilometers. It is a bit bigger than China. Which country is its neighbor? Ss: The United States. (The teacher shows a map of Canada to the students.) T: Right. The United State is its neighbor. Canada is a beautiful country. First lets have a quiz and see how much you know about Canada. Please turn to Page33. I will give you one minute to choose your answers. You can score 2 points for each correct answer. Give one minute to the students to do the quiz. One minute later. T: OK. Time is up. Lets check the answers. 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A T: Now figure out your score please. If you get 10 points, you did a good job. Did you do a good job? If not, it doesnt matter. The reading passage is about a trip to Canada. It will tell us more information about this country. Step 3 Pre-reading T: Now I want to ask you a question. Do you like traveling? Ss: Yes, we like traveling very much. (No, I dont like traveling. It is tiring.) T: I know most of us like traveling. Have you ever been abroad? Ss: No / Yes. T: Few of us have ever been abroad. Then what is the longest trip you have ever taken? Sa: Beijing (Shanghai / Hainan / Harbin). Sb: I have never been out of my hometown. T: If you get a chance to go abroad, which three countries would you like to visit most? Why? If you take a trip to Canada, what do you expect to see? What three words would you use to describe Canada? The teacher can ask some pairs to tell their ideas in class. Step 4 Fast reading Get the students read the passage quickly and carefully. Meanwhile, help the students 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 main places mentioned in the text. Give the Ss five minutes for reading. Ask: what the passage is mainly about? Sa: The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada. T: Right. It mainly tells us the information about Canada. What are the main places mentioned in the text? Sb: They are the Atlantic coast, Vancouver, Rocky Mountains, Calgary, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior and Toronto. T: Look at the map on Page33. Draw the traveling route of the two girls on the map. Give the students one minute to draw the route. T: You did a good job. Do you have any difficulty in reading? Lets look at the difficult points together. The teacher explains some important or difficult points to the students. Step 5 Reading aloud Let the students read the passage again and find the details from the passage. T: Now you read the questions on Page35 first, and then read the text aloud to find the answers to the questions. After a while, answer the questions in complete sentences without looking at your books. Give the students a few minutes to read and find answers. Then ask some students to give their answers. Suggested answers: (Show them on the screen.) 1. They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to travel across Canada. 2. They are crossing the North America. 3. “The True North” is the train that runs through Canada. 4. People want to live in Vancouver because it is very beautiful. They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in harbour. 5. Cowboys compete in riding wild horses, and some of them can win thousands of dollars. 6. Wheat grows in the center of Canada. 7. Ships are able to reach the center because they can follow the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. 8. Canada has water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests. Let the students do Exercise 2 by themselves. Then check the answers with the whole class. 1. The girls went to see their relatives on the Atlantic coast of Canada. 2. Danny Lin was going to drive them to the train station to catch the “the True North”. 3. You cant cross Canada in five days by bike, and you cant cross Canada in less than five days by train. 4. The girls looked out of the window and saw a grizzly bear, mountain goats and wild scenery. 5. Thunder Bay is a port city at the top end of the Great Lakes, near the center of the country. Step 6 Listening and fill in the blanks (1)Listening T: Listen to the tape and underline some important sentences. Pay attention to your pronunciation. You can follow the tape in a low voice. 1. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver. 2. It is the second biggest country in the world. 3. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall. 4. Many of them have a gift for working with animals and can win thousands of dollars in prizes. 5. There is more fresh water in Canada than in any other country in the world. 6. We dont leave until this evening. 7. They were not leaving for Montreal until later. 8. The idea that they would cross the whole continent was exciting. 9. The fact that ocean ships can go there surprises many people. 10. The idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days is just wrong. (2)Fill in the blanks Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from _ to _ . Their cousins friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “_ _ _”. Canada is the _biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from _ to_. As they go_, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is_ by mountains on the north and east. When the cousins_ _in the seats, they looked out of the window. They saw mountain goats and even a bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North America_ _ _ _ _ working with animals. Then they _ _ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is _ _ the center of the country. Suggested answers: 1. west; east 2. The True North 3. second 4. coast; coast 5. eastward 6. surrounded 7. settled down 8. grizzly 9. have a gift for 10. went through 11. close to Step 7 Homework 1. Remember the underlined sentences. 2. Write a short passage to report what Li Daiyu and Liu Qian saw in Canada. The second period Reading (II) Step 1 Warming up Show the map of Toronto and the picture of CN Tower, Toronto from the CN Tower. Niagara Falls, Chinatown Old Montreal, St. Lawrence River Step 2 reading 1. Do the exercises -Fill in the blanks. 2.Answer the questions about the passage 1. How do we know it is fall in Canada? 2. What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto? 3.Where does the water from the lake go? 4.Why is there good Cantonese food in Toronto? 5.Which direction is the train going from Toronto? 6. Why did the girls go to Old Montreal? 7. What three things show us that Montreal is a French city? Step 3 Language points 1. They were not leaving for Montreal until later, so they went on a tour of the city 1) They were not leaving for.屬于過去進行時表示將來的動作。 2) until/till 直到為止 until常與否定句連用, notuntil 直到才 He didnt finish the work until yesterday. 2. We can get good Cantonese food here, because most of the Chinese people here come from South China, especially Hong Kong. especially表示“尤其, 格外,特別”,意思相當于“in particu lar ”或“particularly”。多用在介詞短語或連詞前面。 3. Its too bad you cant go as far as Ottawa. as far as (程度副詞) “遠達，遠至” He walked as far as the railway station yesterday evening. 一些帶有as.as 結(jié)構(gòu)的常見短語： as busy as a bee 像蜜蜂一樣忙碌 as easy as ABC 像ABC一樣容易 as deep as a well 像井一樣深 as light as a feather 像羽毛一樣輕 as soft as butter 像黃油一樣軟 as rich as a Jew 像猶太人一樣富裕 4. The train left late that night and arrived in Montreal at dawn the next morning.火車在那夜晚些時候起程,第二天黎明到達了蒙特利爾。 at, on, in表示時間的用法區(qū)別 at表示時間點,常用來表示時刻,如果一段時間按時間點對待也用at。 Step 4 Reading Task on page 73 1 Read the passage and answer the following questions 1). Why did the reporter arrive there? 2). What did the people use for transportation? 3). Why did it become dark early? 2 Compare China with Canada Step 5 Homework 1. Read the two passages again and find the main characters of Toronto, Montreal and Iqaluit. What can you see and do in the three different cities. 2. Read Fun Reading by yourself. (P75) The third period Learning about language Step 1 Grammar 同位語從句 1. 概念: 2. 功能: 同位語從句對名詞進一步解釋，說明名詞的具體內(nèi)容。 3. 用法: 常跟的抽象名詞有: fact/ idea/reason/ thought/order/ doubt/news/hope/ truth/belief 4. 連詞 that/whether/who/ which/ what /when /where/why/how 同位語從句與定語從句區(qū)別: Then do some exercises I.合并成一句: We were excited at the news. Our football team had won a third match . They have made a new plan. Another experiment building will be put up beside the library. 3. They had the question. Could he pass the final exam? 4. Who did the damaged computer belong to? No one had any idea. 5.The problem has been solved. Why were so many areas flooded during the heavy storm? Step 2 Discovering useful structures 1. The idea that they would cross the whole continent was exciting. The idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days is just wrong. The fact that ocean ships can go there surprises many people 2. The possibility that the weather in winter would be warmer pleased the Canadians. The idea that there will be an earthquake terrifies many people. The hope that we could go to France was exciting. Step 3 Using structures on P71 1. His suggestion that we should take the train from west to east across Canada sounds very exciting. 2. The idea that they would clone the first human being surprised many people at the meeting. 3. He broke the rule that no one is allowed to smoke on the campus. 4. The Chinese basketball fans were wild with joy when they heard the news that Yao Ming had collected forty points for the Houston Rockets in the game. Step 4 Homework on P70 1. Exercise 2. Translate the sentences into English. 2. Exercise 3. Make up a story using the given words and expressions. The fourth period Listening Step 1 Listening 1 Listen to the tape and then Complete these sentences with correct information. 2 Hand out the listening material and listen to the tape ,then ask them to complete the passage Step 2 Listening on 69 Listen to the tape and do the True or False 1. Friends in Canada invited the two cousins to dinner at a restaurant. False 2. They could not talk about all the geography of China because it is too big. True 3. China is over 7,000 kilometres from east to west. False 4. Many rivers in China come from the mountains in the west. True 5. The Gobi Desert is like the grasslands in Canada. False 6. The Great Wall cannot keep the dust of the desert away from Beijing. True 7. Canadian people ca