Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”(Period 1　Warming up and reading)

→step 4 consolidationgive students 10 minutes or so and let them do the following:1. work in pairs and fill in the table about the type of writing and summary of the idea.

a trip on “the true north”type of writingmain idea of the passagemain idea of paragraph 1main idea of paragraph 2main idea of paragraph 3main idea of paragraph 4main idea of paragraph 5suggested answers:

a trip on “the true north”type of writingthis is a piece of narrative writing.main idea of the passageli daiyu and her cousin liu qian went on a trip to canada, visiting their cousins and enjoying the beautiful scenery across the whole continent of canada from west to east.main idea of paragraph 1li daiyu and her cousin liu qian were on a trip to canada.main idea of paragraph 2having arrived in vancouver, the most beautiful city in canada, they were to be taken to catch “the true north”, the cross-canada train.main idea of paragraph 3settling down in their seats in the train, they enjoyed the wild scenery while crossing the rocky mountains to calgary.main idea of paragraph 4while arriving at thunder bay, they learn more about canada, its population, resources, etc.main idea of paragraph 5the train rushed towards toronto while they were sleeping.2. complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank and then retell the whole story.li daiyu and liu qian were on a ______________ across canada. instead of taking the aeroplane ______________ the way, they would cross the whole continent of canada in a ______________ after arriving vancouver by air.danny lin waited ______________ them at the airport and gave them a brief ______________ about canada, the second ______________ country in the world and vancouver, the most beautiful city of the country, while taking them to ______________ the train, “the true north”.having settled ______________ in the seats, they looked out of the window ______________ the wild scenery, the mountain goats, and grizzly bears. they went by the city of calgary and ______________ in thunder bay, a city at the ______________ of the great lakes, learning more about canada of its population resources and so ______________. their last stop is toronto, one of the southernmost cities in canada.keys: trip; all; train; for; introduction; biggest; catch; down; at; arrived; top; on→step 5 homework1. learn the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.2. read the reading passage again and try to retell the passage.