Unit 5 Canada----“The True North”
教学内容分析
本单元的中心话题是加拿大——李黛予等人在加拿大的旅游经历。学生通过本单元学习，可以初步了解加拿大的一些基本情况，包括地理环境，各大城市特点以及人文活动等。
“热身”（Warming Up）部分是一个小测验，看看学生对加拿大这个国家了解多少。采用小测验活动，一来是为了激起学生的学习兴趣，另一目的是让学生联系自己已有知识，为整个单元的学习做准备，温故而知新。
“读前”（Pre-reading）部分是三个问题，设计自身的旅行经历和对加拿大的了解，这些问题与文章紧密相关。学生通过谈论这些问题，为更好的理解这篇文章打好铺垫。
“阅读”（Reading）部分是篇游记，记述了李黛予和刘倩去加拿大看望表兄妹的旅途见闻。乘火车横穿加拿大之前，他们的朋友林丹尼向他们介绍了加拿大的概况，包括面积、地貌、城市、人口、生态环境等。一路上，他们看到了加拿大的自然美景和野生动物。她们中途停靠卡尔加里（Calgary），谈到卡尔加里大赛马会（Calgary Stampede）。加拿大地广人稀，
多数人住在美加两国边境。本文还提到了桑德湾（Thunder Bay）,五大湖（the Great Lakes），温哥华（Vancouver），多伦多（Toronto二次多项式），还介绍了加拿大的淡水资源。
“理解”给公画眉鸟提性（Comprehending）部分又三个练习。考查学生找文章具体信息的能力.
语言学习”（Learning about Language）部分包括“江苏师范大学分数线词汇学习”和“语法学习”这两部分内容。“词汇学习”部分首先介绍构词法，加前缀或后缀而组成派生词；然后通过各种有意义的练习形式，帮助学生更好的记住和运用单词。“语法学习”部分呈现了大量的例子，让学生归纳同位语从句的特点。
“语言应用”（Using Language）部分综合训练听说读写的能力。
“小结”（Summing Up）部分让学生归纳、梳理本单元所学内容，包括有关加拿大的信息，基本的语言知识和语法内容。
“学习建议”（Leading for Fun）部分是一首咏叹自然美景的诗歌。通过对韵律的美的语言，可让学生感受诗歌所传达的美的意境，加强对学生的审美情趣的熏陶。
本单元涉及的要点是：
（一）了解加拿大的概况——地理位置、主要城市、风土人情等；了解多元文化现象和多元文化国家的特点
（二）学会阅读和使用地图
（三）学会方向与位置的表达法
（四）掌握同位语从句的用法
单元目标:
1. 知识目标
1) 教学重点
To grasp the following uful important words and phras of this unit:
minister, rather than, continent, eastward, surround, measure, extremely, ttle, ttle down，catch sight of, eagle, have a gift for, within, border, slightly, port, figure, figure out,
official, maple, frost, wealthy, tour, distance, flow, downtown, approximately, as far as, dawn, near-by, tradition, terrify，plead, impress, impressive
2) 教学难点
(1)Talk about the basic information about Canada.
(2)Master the noun claus-appositive clau.
3) 目标语言
To learn about how to express locations and directions.
Where is…? in the north /south/of… along the coast.
How far is…? to the south /east/northwest of…
east/west of…? How does one go to…
within…kilometers of… away from…
In what direction is…? on the west/east go northward
Is…clo to/far from…? On the border
2. 能力目标
(1) To develop the students’ reading ability.
Get the students to learn to u some reading strategies such as guessing, key ntences, skimming, scanning and so on so as to get the main idea an find some detail information of the reading ability.
什么是国学(2) Practice listening and speaking ability.
(3) To learn the writing style of this passage.
3. 情感目标
(1) Learn how to read a traveling report and u maps.
(2) Learn to love the nature.
课时安排：
Period 1 Warming-up Reading and Comprehending
Period 2 Language points
垂沙之战Period 3 Learning about language
Period 4 Grammar
Period 5 ‘The True North’ From Toronto To Montreal
Period 6 Speaking and Writing
Period 1 Warming-up, Reading and Comprehending
Teaching aims:保持健康的英语作文
1. Talk about Canada.
2. Learn the geography, population, main cities, and natural beauty, natural resources of Canada.
3. Learn how to read a traveling report and pictures.
Teaching important points
To develop the students’ reading ability.
Teaching aids:
A computer and pictures.
Teaching steps:
Step 1. Lead-in
1. Ss discuss the following questions.
1) Do you like to go traveling?
2) Which countries do you like to visit? Why?
3) What can you e in the countries?
2. T shows some pictures of winter and invites Ss to describe them.半途而废造句
3. Get Ss to talk what they know about Canada.
4. T shows a map of Canada and asks:
1）Which continent is Canada in?
2）Which country is its neighbor?
3）What are the Ocean印象s’ Canada faces?
4） How large is Canada?
Step 2. Warming up
Have a quiz in Warming up.
Step 3. Pre-reading.
T: Would you like to take a trip to Canada?
What three words would you u to describe Canada?
Step 4. Reading
Skimming:
Get Ss to read the passage quickly and answer the following questions:
What is the passage mainly about?
Sample：The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada.
What is “The True North”?
Sample：“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.
How many cities are mentioned in the text? What are they?
Sample：Vancouver – Calgary—Thunder Bay—Toronto
What do you know about each city?
Vancouver:
the warmest part of Canada； the most beautiful city in Canada
many Asian want to live there；the trees are extremely tall.
the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world
