Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”

understand the noun clause used as appositive.    enable the students to understand the details of the passage about canada and find the correct answers to the questions in the post-reading.3. learning ability goals improve the students’ reading ability - guessing words, searching for information.learn the information about canada.master the expressions for describing directions and locations.teaching important points a. find the answers to the questions in post-reading.learn the methods of writing a traveling report about.b. understand the use of noun clause - appositive clause.learn to read the traveling report according to the traveling route.teaching methods 1. skimming and scanning;2. asking-and-answering activities;3. listening method.teaching aids a computerteaching proceduresstep 1 revisionsay something about canada.step 2 lead inwhat kind of passage it is? a.  a story b.  a piece of newsc.  an advertisementd.  a travel journallet’s start the trip with li daiyu and liu qian together.what do you expect to see if you take a trip to canada?step 3 fast reading1)read through the passage and find out which places are mentioned in it. then draw them in circles on your map.2)what does “the true north” mean? < “the true north” is the train that goes across canada / the cross-canada train.>step 4 careful readingfill in the chart.basic facts about canadadistance from east to west coastoceans on east and west coastspopulationwhere most canadians livelocation of largest fresh water supplykey point about vancouverkey point about calgarykey point about thunder bayif i would like to go to vancouver, what can i do there? can you tell me more about the city?key words: the warmest; the most beautiful; mountains; the  pacific ocean ; ski & sail; the oldest forests then i would like to know something about calgary. can you tell something about calgary?key words: calgary stampede; cowboys; have a gift for; prizes.how about thunder bay? where is it?the key words: at the top end of…; busy port; close to… the fact …surprise many people.step 5 post readinganswer the following questions:1. which continent are the cousins crossing? <they are crossing north america.>2. why are the cousins not flying directly to the atlantic coast?<they are not flying directly to the atlantic coast because they want to take the train from west to east across canada / they want to see canada / they want to travel across canada.>