Unit4JourneyAcrossaVastLandReadingandThinking学案-高中英语人教版选择性.docx

Unit4JOURNEYACROSSAVASTLAND

Period1ReadingandThinking

LearnaboutarailjourneyacrossCanada

学案设计

学习目标

1.Tolearnaboutthegeography,historyandcultureofCanadabyreadingthepassage.

2.Tofocusondiscoursemarkerstoshowrelationshipsandunderstandtheirfunctions.

3.ToidentifytheusefulpatternsandexpressionsabouthowtodescribeCanada.

4.Torealisethepositiveimpactofjourneyononeslifebydiscussingrelatedtopics.

课堂探究

PartIAquizaboutCanada

1.WhatisthecapitalofCanada?

2.WhatisthepopulationofCanada?

3.WhatisthenationalanimalofCanada?

4.WhatistheleaderofCanadacalled?

5.WhataretheofficiallanguagesofCanada?

6.WhatarethefourGreatLakesinCanada?

PartIIPrediction

ReadthetitleofthetextSEEINGTHETRUENORTHVIARAIL:VANCOUVERANDTHEHEARTOFCANADA.Trytoanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.Whatarethedestinationsofthejourney?

2.Howdoesthejourneybegin?

Readheadlines

Headlinesusuallyincludenotonlykeyideasorinformationfromthetext.Theyoftendonotfollowstrictgrammarrules,becausewritersuseasfewwordsaspossibletocatchtheattentionofthereaders.

PartIIIReadforthemainidea

Readthetextquicklyandgetthemainideabyansweringsomequestions.

1.Whoarethemaincharacters?

2.Wheredidtheygo?Howdidtheygothere?Whatdidtheysee/do?

3.Howwasthejourneylike?

4.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

PartIVReadfordetails

Readthetextagainandtrytopletethetablebelowwiththeinformationfromthetext.

Place

Information

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