Teaching Plan
Class: Class 7, Senior 1
Teaching Material: Module 3, Unit 5 Reading
 Teaching aims:
1. Learn some key words and expressions:
Atlantic, continent, surround, slightly, maple, have a gift for
2. Learn some important sentences:
The idea that they would cross the whole continent was exciting.
The fact that ocean ships can go there surprises many people.
The idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days is just wrong.
3. Enable the students to understand the details of the passage about Canada.
4. Improve the students’ reading ability —— guessing words,searching for information.
5. Learn the information about Canada.
6. Master the expressions for describing directions and locations.
 Teaching important points:
1. Learn the methods of writing a traveling report .
2. Understand the use of noun clause — Appositive clause.
3. Learn to read the traveling report according to the traveling route.
4. Learn the information about Canada.
 Teaching difficult points:
1. Learn the method of writing a traveling report.
2. Understand the use of noun clause —— Appositive clause.
 Teaching methods:
1. Skimming and scanning.
2. Asking- and- answering activities.
3. Listening method.
 Teaching aids:
a computer, a blackboard
 Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Greetings
Step 2. Lead- in and Warming Up
Ⅰ. Lead- in
1. Question: Do you like traveling? In China or abroad?
2. Show the students some pictures and ask some questions.
Questions: Which country uses this national flag?
Which continent is Canada in?
Which country is its neighbor?
Ⅱ. Warming up:
Ask the students to have a quiz and see how much they know about Canada.
1.What’s the capital of Canada ?
A. Vancouver B. Toronto C. Calgary D. Ottawa
2. Canada lies in _________.
A. southern North America B. northern North America
C. southern South America D. northern South America
3. The population of Canada is _______.
A. 30 million B. 5,500 million C. 30 billion D.5,500 billion
4. What language(s) do Canadians speak ?
A. English B. English and German
C. English and French D. English and Spanish
5. What is the national animal of Canada?
A. Beaver B. Grizzly bear C. Polar bear D. Penguin
6. Canada is the ______ largest country in the world.
A. second B. third C. forth D.\
7. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D.6
Step 3. Reading
1. Reading--- Skimming
①Try to find out the main idea of the text( Fill in the blanks).
The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada.
② Draw the traveling route of the two girls.
Vancouver → Calgary → Thunder Bay → Toronto
2. Reading --- Scanning
① Choose the main idea for each paragraph.
② Describe Canada using the following numbers:
Second over 30 5,500 one third
3. Careful reading
Para1. Q1: Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast?
Q2: What is the continent they are crossing?
Para2. The first stop: Vancouver
Q1: What is “The True North ” ?
Q2: According to Danny Li’s words, what can they see in Canada?
Key words:
The warmest; the most beautiful; surrounded by mountains and ocean; the Pacific Ocean ; ski and sail ; the oldest forests
Para3: The afternoon’s activity: wild scenery
Cross the Rocky Mountains; see mountain goat and grizzly bear
The next stop: Calgary
Key words:
Calgary Stampede; cowboys; have a gift for; prizes.
Para 4: Two days later: Thunder Bay
Q1: Where is the Thunder Bay?
Q2: How much fresh water does Canada have?
Key words:
at the top end of; busy port; close to; the fact …surprise many people.
Para 5 : The last stop: Toronto
Step 4. More information : Resources of Canada
fresh water; coal; oil; natural gas; forests fish
* Canada has one third of the world’s supply of fresh water
* Much of the country is covered by forests ; wood is cut and sold all over the world; biggest producer of the kind of paper used for newspapers
Step 5. Discussion
Question: What three words would you use to describe Canada?
large ; beautiful ; empty; rich ; multicultural ; cold…
Step 6. Listening: Listen to the text.
Step 9. Homework:
1. Retell the text.
2. Do the exercises on P36

 Writing design:
The traveling route:
Vancouver → Calgary → Thunder Bay → Toronto
Canada is:
large ; beautiful ; empty rich ; multicultural ; cold…

 Feedback:

公开课教学反思
本次区级公开课，课堂效果好，学生积极配合，达到预期效果，有以下几点体会：
1．学生做好课前预习是关键。此篇课文较长，课堂教学内容的设置有一部分参照预习理解题，学生事先做好准备，有利于课堂教学任务的完成。
2．学生的概括能力不足，概括文章中心思想采用填空形式大大降低了难度，符合学生的实际。
3．每一部分内容给重点词让学生进行复述，既降低了难度又锻炼了学生的口头表达能力。由于是文章按空间顺序来写的，最后以图表的形式全班一起复述课文，既理清了思路，又加深了对课文的理解。
4．讨论题结合实际，但学生的语言表达能力不足，回答简短甚至借助中文。