Book 3Unit 5 教案

Unit 5 A Trip on “The True North”

教材分析

本课的话题是“加拿大”，阅读部分通过主人公的旅程介绍了加拿大的地理位置、人口数量、沿途城市、著名景点等内容，增进学生对加拿大的了解。不同国家、不同地域的文化是不同的，了解加拿大的风土有助于培养学生的多元文化意识。课文内容按照出行背景、途中聊天、沿途见闻的思路撰写，其中描述的加拿大情况、城市介绍等较散杂，有必要对教学内容进行调整，对文中的数字和城市进行阅读整理，并用加拿大地图帮助学生理解本课内容。 教学目标

知识目标

1. Get students to grasp the useful new words and expressions in this part: Canadian, continent, baggage, chat, scenery, be surrounded by, harbor, measure, aboard, settle down, manage to do, catch sight of, eagle, have a gift for, within, border

2. Let students accumulate knowledge about Canada.

能力目标

1. Develop students’ reading abilities and their comprehensive language abilities.

2. Enable students to talk about the trip and introduce Canada and the trip.

情感态度目标

1. Let students keep an interest in learning English, join in class activities and perform themselves.

2. Let students develop the spirit of cooperation and helping each other. 3. Let students develop the multicultural awareness. 教学重点

1. Enable students to understand the trip and find out the specific information. 2. Enable students to master knowledge about Canada and the trip. 教学难点

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1. How to create a suitable situation for class study. 2. How to lead students to introduce Canada and the trip.

3. How to develop students’ comprehensive language abilities in reading class. 教学方法

1. Situational teaching method 2. Task-based teaching method 3. Cooperative learning method 教学工具

The multimedia, a map of Canada, and other common teaching tools 学科素养

英语的学科素养主要包括语言能力，文化意识，思维品质和学习能力。语言能力指在社会情境中，以听，说，读，写，看等方式理解和表达意义的能力，以及在学习和使用语言的过程形成的语言意识和语感。文化意识指对中外文化的理解和对优秀文化的认同，是学生在全球化背景下表现出的跨文化认知，态度和行为取向。思维品质指思维在逻辑性，批判性，创新性等方面所表现的能力水平。学习能力指学生积极运用和主动调适学习策略，拓展英语学习渠道，努力提升英语学习效率的意识和能力。 核心价值

1、 Learn how to read a traveling report and use maps. 2、 Learn to love the nature. 课型设计与课时分配 1st period

Warming up &Reading

2nd period Language points 3rd period Grammar 4th period Using language 5th period Listening 6th period

Writing

Period 1: Warming up &Reading

Step 1 Warming up

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Play a video introducing Canada. Let students pay attention to the information about Canada and write notes while watching. Then ask students to answer the following questions quickly (shown on the handouts). 1. What is the national flag of Canada?

A. B. C. D.

2. Canada is located in ?

A. Europe B. Asia C. Africa D. America 3. There are provinces and 3 territories in Canada. A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11 4. What is the capital of Canada?

A. Vancouver. B. Toronto. C. Calgary. D. Ottawa. 5. What are the three biggest cities of Canada?

A. Vancouver. B. Toronto. C. Calgary. D. Montreal. 6. What is the population of Canada?

A. Over 30 million. B. Over 40 million. C. Over 50 million. D. Over 60 million. 7. What language(s) do Canadians speak?

A. English B. German C. French D. Italian. 8. What can you do in Canada?

A. Enjoy amazing views of Niagara Falls. B. Explore tropical rainforests. C. Take photos by the Great Lakes. D. Ski in the Rocky Mountains. Students give their answers.

Keys: 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. ABD 6. A 7. AC 8. ACD Step 2 A Brief Introduction of Canada

According to the above information, students are encouraged to do an oral introduction of Canada after 2 minutes’ preparation.

Dear friends, welcome to Canada. I’m , your tour guide today.

Located in , Canada is the second largest country in the world. There are

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provinces and 3 territories in Canada. Ottawa is the while Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal are the three biggest cities. It has a population of .

Canadians mainly speak and . Here, you can not only but also . is also a good choice. Step 3 Predicting

Ask students to look at the title and picture and predict what “The True North” means. Have them skip the passage to see if they are right. Then ask them to predict what the passage is going to talk about.

Students give their own answers. Step 4 Skimming

Ask students to skim the passage and finish the following.

1. Find out the main idea of each paragraph and match the following headings with the right paragraph.

Part 1 (Para. 1 ) A. Their chat on the way to the station. Part 2 (Para. 2 ) B. What they really saw after boarding the train.

Part 3 (Para. 3-5 ) C. A brief introduction of the trip.

2. Come to the board and draw a route for the trip on the Canada’s map (put up on the board).

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