Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”(Period 2　Learning about language: Important language points)

3. explain some key new words and expressions.
→step 3 practice for useful words and expressions
let students do the following exercises and check the answers 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 travel
2)______________ a government member who is in charge of a government department
3)______________ a short informal test
4)______________ to take to someone in a friendly, informal way
5)______________ on or onto a ship, plane, bus or train
6)______________ general appearance of nature around you, especially beautiful nature
7)______________ in or by a very small amount, so small that it almost cannot be seen
8)______________ to be all around somebody or something on every side
2. guess the meanings of the words below according to the word formation.
multi-=many -ward(s)=in a certain direction
multicultural multicolored eastward(s) forward(s)
multinational multimedia upward(s) outward(s)
multistor(e)y multi-channel downward(s) backward(s)
3. make sentences with the useful expressions below.
rather than　settle down　manage to do　catch sight of　have a gift for
→step 4 sentence focus
ask students to read through the warming up and reading again to find out the difficult sentences they can’t understand and give time to students to ask their own questions. explain them to the class.
→step 5 workbook exercises for consolidation
ask students to do the exercises in using words and expressions on pages 70-71 to consolidate what they have learned in this period.
→step 6 homework
1. 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.

板書設(shè)計
unit 5　canada—“the true north”
learning about language: important language points
important vocabulary
quiz, 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 for 1)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, you’ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. (present participle used as adverbial)