UNIT 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND Reading and thinking: Seeing the True North Via Rail: Vancouver and the Heart of Canada Step 1: Lead-in: Quiz time about Canada Step 2: Learning objectives Step 3: Pre-reading Predict: look at the title and the picture to answer the following questions. Q1: What does the “True North” and “the Heart of Canada” in the title refer to True North: the Heart of Canada : Q2: What do you think the text is about The text is about in Vancouver and the heart of Canada by and what they saw during the journey. Step 4: While-reading Read for genre What kind of genre is this text A. Exposition B. Travel journal C. Feature D. Argumentation Read for structure What’s the writing order of this passage in / order. Read for features The writer will mention: Read para1to finish brief introduction about this trip Skim through para 2-6 and draw the travel route on the map. Read para 2-6 to find out the transportation that they used to go on different places Read para 2-6 again and finish the table Step 5: Post-reading Group discussion: Would you like to take a long journey as Li Daiyu and Liu Qian Give your reasons.
