him/her.
a. If you take a trip to Canada, what do you expect to see? b. What three words would you use to describe Canada? (Ask some pairs to tell their ideas to their classmates.)
Step Ⅳ Fast reading
Get the students to read the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading.
T: Do you feel puzzled when you read the title? What is the true north? Now read the passage and get the general idea of the passage. Underline the main places mentioned in the text. Give the Ss 5 minutes for reading. a. What the passage is mainly about?
b. What are the main places mentioned in the text?
c. Draw the traveling route of the two girls on the map. T: Do you have any difficulty in reading? Now let’s discuss some difficult points together.
Step Ⅴ Homework
1. Remember the underlined sentence. 2. Write a short passage to report what Li Daiyu and Liu Qian saw in Canada.
The second period
Step ⅠRevision
1. Have a dictation.
2. Ask two students to write on the blackboard. 3. Ask one student to make a short report.
Step Ⅱ Lead-in
T: Li Daiyu and Liu Qian were on the train yesterday. The train rushed across the top of the Lake Superior. Which is the next city it runs towards? Ss: Toronto.
T: Toronto is an important city. It is the finance center of Canada. It has rich popular arts and culture. How much do you know about Toronto? Ss: There are Chinatowns where you can buy Chinese medicine. T: Quite right. Do you want to know more about Toronto? Ss: Yes.
Step Ⅲ Reading
T: Read the passage on 38. In this passage, you can learn a lot about Toronto, and Montreal, which is Canada’s second largest city. I will give
you four minutes to read the passage, then answer the questions on 37—38. Four minutes later, check the answers with the class.
Step Ⅳ Intensive reading(reading task)
T: Read the passage and fill in the chart using the information of the text. Points in the What Beth thought Information in passage passage The temperature How to travel Holidays How people live What the Inuit do Daylight hours T: You can have a discussion with your partner.
Step Ⅴ Discussion
T: We have known a lot about Canada. Now let’s compare China with Canada. Same as China Different from China Large land Six time area Weather is different from No places as hot as south area to area, long and hard china winter Different people speak Canada has two official different languages languages, smaller population Many rivers and lakes World famous rivers and lakes Much coal, oil gas and other Much fresh water, a lot of natural resources forest Step Ⅵ Homework
2. Read the two passages again and find the main characters of Toronto,
Montreal and Iqaluit.
3. Read fun reading by yourself.
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