A trip on “the True North”
Step 1 pre-reading What is the longest trip you have ever taken ? I have taken the longest trip to Hongkong I have taken the longest trip to Kunming I have taken the longest trip to Shanghai ……
Would you like to take a trip to Canada? How would you like to get there ? By bike /ship /train /plane/bus/ … What do you expect to see there ?
Brainstorming Canada Rocky Mts Great lakes cities Grizzly bear waterfall downtown wood
A trip to Canada on the train A trip on the cross- Canada train
Step 2 fast-reading How many people are there in the passage ? What are they ? What places did they pass through on the train ? Li Daiyu, her cousin liu Qian and their cousin’s friend Danny Lin
the traveling route of the two girls. Vancouver Rocky mountain Calgary Thunder Bay Toronto Lake Superior The Atlantic coast
Rocky Mts.
The city of Vancouver
Rocky mountains
Thunder Bay Calgary
Lake Superior
Step3 careful-reading 1.Why do many people want to live in Vancouver ? 2.What happens at the Calgary Stampede ? 3. Look at the map of Canada. Why would ships be able to reach the centre of Canada ?
1.Why do many people want to live in Vancouver ? It is beautiful / it is surrounded by mountains and ocean/they can ski in the mountains and sail in the harbor 2.What happens at the Calgary Stampede ? At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wild horsed/can win thousand of dollars for riding wild horses
3. Look at the map of Canada. Why would ships be able to reach the centre of Canada ? Ship are able to reach the centre of Canada because they can follow the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to go there
Read the passage by yourselves and retell it
Rocky mountains Calgary Thunder Bay Lake Superior Vancouver see Mountain goats and a grizzly bear Calgary Stampede\ festival \cowboys \have a gift for\win Most beautiful\ surrounded\population increasing \harbor\forests At the top end of \ Port \be close to Toronto ship\Fresh water
Fill in the blank and retell the story Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from _____ to _____. Their cousins’ friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “____ _____ ______”. Canada is the ________ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from ______ to _______. As they go ________, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is ___________ by mountains on the north westeast The True North second coast eastward surrounded Retell (5m)
and east. When the cousins ________ _______ in the seats, they looked out of the window. They saw mountain goats and even a _______ bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North America ______ _____ _____ ______ working with animals. Then they ______ _______ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is ______ ____ the center of the country. settled down grizzly have a gift for went through close to
You are asked to tell something about Canada as a tourist guide by a news reporter. Please make a conversation with your group interview
Homework Surf the Internet to find more information Canada.