Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land Reading and Thinking 学案-2024-2025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 Period 1 Reading and Thinking Learn about a rail journey across Canada 学案设计 学习目标 1.To learn about the geography,history and culture of Canada by reading the passage. 2. To focus on discourse markers to show relationships and understand their functions. 3. To identify the useful patterns and expressions about how to describe Canada. 4. To realise the positive impact of journey on one's life by discussing related topics. 课堂探究 Part I A quiz about Canada 1.What is the capital of Canada? 2.What is the population of Canada? 3. What is the national animal of Canada? 4.What is the leader of Canada called? 5. What are the official languages of Canada? 6. What are the four Great Lakes in Canada? Part II Prediction Read the title ofthe text SEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:VANCOUVER AND THE HEART OF CANADA. Try to answer the following questions. 1.What are the destinations of the journey? 2. How does the journey begin? Read headlines Headlines usually include not only key ideas or information from the text. They often do not follow strict grammar rules, because writers use as few words as possible to catch the attention of the readers. Part III Read for the main idea Read the text quickly and get the main idea by answering some questions. 1. Who are the main characters? 2. Where did they go? How did they go there? What did they see/do? 3.How was the journey like? 4. What is the passage mainly about? Part IV Read for details Read the text again and try to complete the table below with the informationfrom the text. Place Information often rains; a harbour; beautiful mountains looking out over the city;a forest just a short distance away the Canadian Rockies centre of Canada's huge oil and gas industry;cold in winter, with daily temperatures averaging -10℃; home to one of the largest shopping malls in North America the Canadian Prairie a land of forests,lakes and rolling hills; four Great Lakes on its southern border;capital is Toronto Part V Read for discourse markers 1. Brainstorm and classify some discourse markers. Adding something: Showing contrast: Explaining a reason: Emphasis: Time: Concluding: 2. Read the text and underline the discourse markers. Part VI Read for thinking Work in pairs to discuss the question. Would you be interested in taking the same trip as Li Daiyu and Liu Qian? Why or why not? Discuss the questions combining your own experiences.Work in pairs. Have you ever taken a rail journey? What have you learnt from it? Part VII 核心素养专练 Look up more information about the major cities of Canada. Choose one of the cities and write a travel plan. 参考答案 Part I A quiz about Canada 1.Ottawa. 2.Over slightly thirty-seven million. 3.The beaver. 4.The Prime Minister. 5.English and French. 6.Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Part II Prediction 1. Vancouver and other places of Canada. 2.By rail/train. Part II Read for the main idea 1.Li Daiyu and Liu Qian. 2.They went to Canada. By train. They visited many cities of Canada and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Canada. 3. It was a most awesome journey and they enjoyed it very much. 4. It is mainly about what Li Daiyu and Liu Qian have seen and done during the trip from Vancouver to Toronto. Part IV Read for details Place Information Vancouver often rains; a harbour; beautiful mountains looking out over the city;a forest just a short distance away the Canadian Rockies massive mountains and forests;the exceptional beauty of Lake Louise; spectacular mountain peaks and forests; many different creatures,including deer,mountain goats,and even a grizzly bear and an eagle Edmonton centre of Canada's huge oil and gas industry;cold in winter, with daily temperatures averaging -10℃; home to one of the largest shopping malls in North America the Canadian Prairie an open country; two wheat-growing provinces; a bunch of farms that covered a very large area Ontario a land of forests,lakes and rolling hills; four Great Lakes on its southern border;capital is Toronto Part V Read for discourse markers Adding something in addition to,including Showing contrast:however,despite Explaining a reason:since Emphasis:in fact Timo: before, during, later, when, eventually,not...until... Concludingtall in all Part V] Read for thinking I would love to take such a journey. It secms so wonderful and relaxing, and I would got to seo many bcautiful sites. Part M Post-reading I took a journey with my parents by rail last summer.We visited some cities in the south of China, such as Nanjing,Suzhou and Shanghai. We enjoyed beautiful scenery and experienced the local customs. I think it was a good chance to broaden my horizons and it was the most awesome journey I had ever taken. Part WI 核心素养专练 The answer may vary. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$