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

2. finish the exercises in comprehending on page 35.

板書設計

unit 5　canada—“the true north”

warming up and reading

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.

活動與探究surf the internet to find the following information about canada. then make a pocket information card, on which writes the information and try to keep it in mind.full country name:total area:population:capital city:people:languages:religion:government:sample card:full country name: canadatotal area: about 9 984 670 km2population: about 31 485 000 (october, )capital city: ottawapeople: british descent, french descent, italian descent, aboriginal peoples, plus significant minorities of german, ukrainian, dutch, polish and chinese descent.languages: english, french, chinese, italian, punjabi, spanish. . .religion: catholic, protestant and minorities from most of the world’s major religionsgovernment: parliamentary democracy