Unit 5《Canada ---“The True North”》Warming up and Reading教案13（人教版必修3）.docVIP

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