1、Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Part 1 Teaching Design第一部分 教学设计Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language(“THE TRUE NORTH” FROM TORONTO TO MONTREAL)IntroductionLanguage is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in En
2、glish, making use of the focused words, expressions, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit. Warming up by listening and writing is to be followed by speaking，reading and underlining and acting. The class ends in class having a guided writing. ObjectivesTo enjoy the passage “THE TRUE NORTH”
3、 FROM TORONTO TO MONTREALTo learn to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing 1. Warming up by listening and writingTurn to page 37 and listen to the tape and complete the sentences with correct information.2. SpeakingIn groups of four, talk about the 4 questions on the top of pa
4、ge 38.Bilingualism 双语国家/ 5- 2 -Under the Official Languages Act, Canada is an officially bilingual country. This means that Canadians have the right to get federal government services in English or French, no matter what part of Canada they are living in.New Brunswick is the only province that is of
5、ficially bilingual. New Brunswick residents receive services in both official languages from all of their provincial government departments and agencies.In Quebec, French is the official language and in most cases, provincial and municipal services are provided in French.In the other provinces and t
6、erritories, English is the official language, and the availability of provincial services in both official languages varies.At the municipal level, the availability of services in both official languages varies greatly.Multiculturalism 多元文化Canada is populated by people who have come from every part
7、of the world. Through the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, the government encourages Canadians to take pride in their language, religion and heritage and to keep their customs and traditions, as long as they dont break Canadian laws.3. Reading and underliningNext you are to read “THE TRUE NORTH” FROM
8、TORONTO TO MONTREAL and underline all the useful expressions or collocations youve found in it. Copy them into your notebook after class as homeworkCollocations from “THE TRUE NORTH” FROM TORONTO TO MONTREALfrost on the ground（地上覆盖了一层薄霜）, around noon（中午时分）, the most wealthy and biggest city in Canad
9、a（加拿大最大最富有的城市）, leave for（离开去）, go on a tour of the city（继续在市内游览一番）, go up the tower（登上塔顶）, look across the lake（俯瞰湖面）, flow into（流人）, flow over（流经）, on ones way to（在去的路上）, a covered stadium（加顶的运动场）, walk north（向北走） , phone from a telephone booth（到电话亭给打电话）, have dinner in downtown Chinatown（在市内的中国城吃
10、晚饭）, move to（移居到）, meet at（在迎接）, get good Cantonese food（吃到好吃的广东菜）, come from South China（来自中国南方）, go as far as Ottawa（去到远至渥太华）, about four hundred kilometers northeast of Toronto（距多伦多东北大约有 400 公里）, take too long（花费的时间长）, at dawn（黎明）, at the train station（在火车站）, have English words in small letters（有
11、小字体的英文标注）, go downtown（到市区去）, be close to,（接近） spend the afternoon in the lovely shops （整个下午在可爱的商店）, visit in（在拜访 ）, sit in a caf（坐在咖啡馆）, look over（眺望）, sit down with（和 坐在一起）, on a train trip across（坐着火车上横穿 ）, have a French culture（具有法国文化）, speed along the river toward（沿着河流驶向）, dream of（梦想）4. Acting
12、 a text playActing out the text is a strategy for motivating us to read out loud the text. We need oral practice and help with pronunciation and so acting out the text really helps us.Next we are going to put the text “THE TRUE NORTH” FROM TORONTO TO MONTREAL” on stage. （用原版）A TEXT PLAY OF “THE TRUE
13、 NORTH” FROM TORONTO TO MONTREAL”(on the train)Liu Qian: Look! The maple trees are red and gold and orange. Li Daiyu: Yes, there is even frost on the ground.Liu Qian: I see. Its fall time in Canada./ 5- 4 -(around noon)Li Daiyu: We are coming close to Toronto, the most wealthy and biggest city in Ca
14、nada.Liu Qian: Wonderful! I am so excited that I cant wait to go on a tour of the city.(out of the train station) Liu Qian: What can we visit?Li Daiyu: We shall go up the tower of CN or CN Tower where we can look across the lake and see the misty cloud rising from the great Niagara Falls.Liu Qian: W
15、here does the water flow?Li Daiyu: It flows into the Niagara River and over the falls on its way to the sea.Liu Qian: Look! There is a covered stadium over there!Li Daiyu: It has been home of several famous basketball teams. Oh, by the way, lets stop here. I am going to phone one of my mothers frien
16、ds from a telephone booth. He lives around here, I think.Liu Qian: Where are we going to take our dinner? I am hungry, very hungry.Li Daiyu: For dinner, we shall go to the downtown Chinatown. But first we have to meet Lin Tao at The Pink Pearl. He moved here many years ago.(at The Pink Pearl)Lin Tao
17、: Hi, Li Daiyu! Hi, Liu Qian. Nice to see you here in Canada.Liu Qian: Thank you for coming to meet us. But, I, I am hungry. Id like to have Cantonese food. I dont like Canadian food at all. Li Daiyu: Neither do I. There are many people who came from South China. They cook nice Cantonese food.(after
18、 dinner)Lin Tao: Its too bad you cant go as far as Ottawa.Liu Qian: Where is it? Is it a big city?Lin Tao: Its about four hundred kilometers northeast of Toronto. It is the capital city of Canada.(at dawn the next morning)Lin Tao: Here we are at the train station of Montreal.Liu Qian: They are not s
19、peaking English!Lin Tao: No, they arent. People are speaking French here. But dont worry. All the French signs and ads have English words in small letters.Li Daiyu: Lets go downtown to Old Montreal. Its close to the water, I guess.Lin Tao: I agree. I like spending the afternoon in the lovely shops,
20、visiting artists in their workplaces, sitting in a caf, looking over the broad St Lawrence River.Lin Tao: Are you dreaming?Li Daiyu: Go ahead, lets get started!5. Guided writing Suppose you are Liu Qian now. You are going to write home an imagined report on Canada.After a total flight time of 11 hou
21、rs I should be tired I guess, but somehow I was in a good shape and still willing to have a first sightseeing tour around Cadada.Today we went to Capilano Suspension Bridge, a 13m long and 70m high suspension bridge. I saw quite some totems there, pretty impressing. I could also see how those totems are made by Indians.Today I met my distant cousin Li Daiyu. She is from Beijing and studies in Vancouver. Until we could find arrangements to meet, several phone calls had to go all around the globe from Canada to China and from China to Canada again.
