Unit 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND Period 1 Reading and Thinking Learn about a rail journey across Canada 教学目标 By the end of this period,students will be able to: 1.learn about the geography,history and culture of Canada by reading the passage; 2.focus on discourse markers to show relationships and understand their functions; 3.identify the useful patterns and expressions about how to describe Canada; 4.realise the positive impact of the journey on one's life by discussing related topics. 教学重点 1. Help students to learn some useful expressions to describe Canada. 2. Instruct students to talk about the positive impact of the journey on their life. 教学难点 Enable students to use the useful expressions and discoursemarkers to write a travel journal. 教学资源 教材、多媒体课件、学案、黑板和粉笔。 教学过程设计 Step J Lead-in Use a vidco about the beautiful scenery of Canada to lend in by asking the following questions: 1.Do you want to pay a visit to Canada 2.Which kind of transport do you like best when travelling,by plane, by boat, by train or by bus Why （设计意图：通过视频，开门见山，引出主题。） Suggested answers: 1.Yes,I do. 2.I like to travel by train best. I think it is much safer and I can sce a lot of scencry along the way. Step II Predict for the main idea 1. Read the title and try to guess tho main idea of the passage. 2.From the title,we can also come to the conclusion that the literal form of the passage is Suggested answers: 1. A travel to Vancouver and the heart of Canada. 2.a travel journal Step II Discourse analysis Activity 1 Writing skills. After reading the passage,we can find that the text is written in order of Activity 2 Please underline the time markers in the 1ex1. Suggested answers: Activity 1 time Activity 2 before starting out,during their first day,the next day,the next morning,after another day Step IV Read for details Activity 1 Fill in the table. Route Transport Activities or features of the destination From China to Vancouver By train Arose early and saw the mountains and forests From Louise to Jasper From Jasper to Edmonton By train By train Saw an open country; went through two wheat- From the great Canadian Prairie to Winnipeg An urban area By train By train Saw Lake Huron （设计意图：让学生通过把握主人公旅游的路线及活动和对景点特征的介绍，了解文章的主要内容。） Suggested answers: Route Transport Activities or features of the destination From China to Vancouver By plane Took a boat to the bay; visited an island; saw the mountains and took a hike From Vancouver to Lake Louise By train Arose early and saw the mountains and forests From Lake Louise to Jasper By coach Looked at the scenery; saw mountain peaks and forests;saw creatures From Jasper to Edmonton By train The provincial capital of Alberta; the centre of Canada's oil and gas drilling industry;cold in winter; home to many shopping malls From Edmonton to the great Canadian Prairie By train Saw an open country; went through two wheat growing provinces Fro ... ...
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