Unit 4 Journey across a vast land Reading and thinking教学设计 2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND Teaching Content: This is a reading lesson. It talks about the geography, history and culture of Canada Teaching Objectives: (1)Knowledge Objectives: a) Students will learn some words and phrases like pleasant…… b) Students can understand the passage and learn more about the geography, history and culture of Canada. (2)Ability Objective: Students will be able to use different basic reading strategies like skimming and scanning correctly in their reading process. (3)Emotional Objectives: Students can foster the interest and desire of learning English and be fond of taking part in kinds of class activities. Key and difficult points: Key point:Help students get the details of the passage difficult point:Let students express their opinions on the the geography, history and culture of Canada ; guide students to use the new knowledge in their daily life. Major steps: Understand the quote from the opening page. Travel far enough, you meet yourself. -David Mitchell We do not know who we are until we have travelled some distance from where we come from. Task 1:Prediction 1. What type is this passage? Travel Journal. 2. What do you think this article is about? It is about a travel via rail; and it might tell us some amazing sights about Canada. Task 2:Careful Reading Read paragraph 1 and find out details about the journey. Use the answer to who, where, how, why and their feelings to make a sentence to summarize Paragraph 1. Liu Qian and Li Daiyu went to Canada to visit their cousins via train. What’s their travel plan? Task 2:Careful Reading Read paragraph 2 and finish the table. SIGHT-SEEING IN VANCOUVER Date Weather Activities Day 1 rainy 1. took a boat ride 2. visited an island Day 2 clear and mild 3. took a pleasant hike Read paragraph 3-5 and finish the table. RAIL JOURNEY FROM VANCOUVER TO TORONTO Date Transportation & Destinations Places on route Sights Day 3 Train to Lake Louise 1. Canadian Rockies 2. Lake Louise massive mountains an