Book 3 Unit 5 Learning about language教学设计

Book 3 Unit 5 Canada ---“The True North”
Period 3 Learning about language
Teaching Aims ：
1.Knowedge :
1) useful words
2) useful expressions
3) useful structures
2.Ability :
Be able to use the words, expressions and the structures when traveling
3.Emotion :
Love our languages and use them.
Teaching process:
Step 1: revision
1、Let the students retell the cousins’ trip route .
1)China to Vancouver
2)Vancouver to the Rocky Mountains
3)Calgary (Stampede)
4)Thunder Bay
5)The Great Lakes
6)Toronto
2、Let the students review some words and expressions of the reading material .
3、Pairwork to finish some available practice about the words and expressions .
Step 2: word study
1、Give the students some sentences with multi- , and let them guess the meaning of the colored parts . Then tell them that multi- means “many”; and then give them some practice .
When telling about the word “multistory”, ask some students who live on a multistory buildings to express their homes .
multi = many meanings
multicoloured made of many colours
multichannel having many channels
multiform existing in many forms
multinational including many nations
multistorey having many stories / storeys
multimedia using many media
multitrack made of many tracks
multifaith including many religions / faiths
multimember made of many members / people
2、The same process to practice another word formation “--wards”, showing them a map of Shandong Province and try to tell the route from Dongying to other cities .
When learning about the words “outwards ”and ”inwards” , ask a student about his or her home door , let him or her tell the class how his or her home door opens .
-ward(s) = in a direction meanings
forward(s) ahead, to the front
eastward(s) to the east
westward(s) to the west
southward(s) to the south
backward(s) to the rear; to the back
outward(s) out, in a direction away
northward(s) to the north
inward(s) to the inside
toward(s) in a direction to
3、A group of exercises .
Step 3: Language structures: Appositive Clauses
1、Some sentences to show Appositive to the students .
1)Danny Lin was going to take them and their baggage to catch “The True North” , the cross-Canada train .
2) Here you are in Vancouver , Canada’s warmest city .
3)After dinner , they were back in an urban area , the busy port city of Thunder Bay .
2、Some sentences in the reading material to show Appositive Clauses to the students .
1)The thought that they would cross the whole continent was exciting . (P34 line 3)
2)Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days , but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometers from coast to coast . (P34 line 9)
3)The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes . (P34 line 26)
3、Some examples of this language structure .
4、More practice of the language structure .
Step 4: Homework:
Write a passage to introduce traveling in Dongying City, using what we learn today .
location / history / population
scenery / transportation / food …。