1、Learning objectives: To learn some discourse markers; To describe one journey according to road map; To develop students interest in travelling.Lead-in: video Which country it tells us? What do you think of the country? Do you want to have a travel in the country?beautifulattractivetourist attractio
2、nsPrediction:What can you get from the title? SEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL: VANCOUVER AND THE HEART OF CANADA the way of their travelthe places they wentWhats the writing style of the passage?Its a travel journal. the thing they didPara 1: Who are the two characters? What did they do? Why did they
3、 do? How did they do? Read for Main Idea._ and _ traveled across _ by_ for visiting their cousin.Liu QiantrainCanadaRead for Main Idea. 3mLi DaiyuMain idea:Chinacommercial airlineVancouvertrain and taxiLake LouisecoachJaspertrainEdmontontrainThe Great Canadian PrairietrainWinnipegtrainOntariotrainTo
4、ronto To fill in the road-map. 3mPara 2-6:Tips: Pay more attention to Capital letters.Para2Para3Para3Para4Para5Para6Para6Read for Details: Para 2: How many days did they spend in Vancouver? What was the weather like during their visit? What did they do in the city? Vancouver 5mPara 2-6:a couple of d
5、aysPara 3: Lake Louise 3m How did they arrive at Lake Louise from Vancouver? What did they think of the water in the lake?They thought the water was so blue that it took their breath away with its exceptional beauty.take ones breath away 令人惊叹exceptional beauty 异常美丽Para 3: JasperWhat did they see whe
6、n passing through Canadian Rockies?one highlight of the trip, they saw many creatures， such as.awesome sceneryspectacular mountain peaksPara 4:EDMONTON 3mWhat are the characteristics of Edmonton? the capital of Alberta; the centre of oil and gas drilling industry in Canada; its very/ freezing cold i
7、n winter; be home to many shopping mall and the largest one in North America is located here. Para 5:The Great Canadian PrairieWhat did they see when passing through the Great Canadian Prairie?two wheat-growing provincesa bunch of/ many farmsPara 6:OntarioTorontoWhich things told the two cousins aut
8、umn had arrived in Canada When they stepped on the territory of Ontario?Torontobushmaplefrostgo across CanadaTask 1: to understand the title again. What does The True North in title refer to? Whats the meaning of the heart of Canada?Post-reading: the heart of CanadaTravel Journalcluesby time order T
9、ask 2: How did the writer organize the passage?by space order discourse markersDiscourse markersDefinition: Discourse markers(语篇标记词) are also known as “linking words”(连接词), which will make sentences and paragraphs connect tightly.Classification: To match each of the discourse markers with correct pu
10、rpose.1 however A to add something2 since B to show contrast3 when C to explain a reason4 in addition to D to show an end point in time5 in fact E to show time _6 later F to emphasise 7 eventually G to describe the order of events8. All in all H to concludeGroup- cooperation: Read the passage again
11、to find out discourse markers.Homework:Level A: To retell the passage using appropriate discourse markers.Level B: To write one travel journal along Chinas silk road, according to what we have learned.Exercise:Li Daiyu and Liu Qian decided to travel across Canada for visiting their cousin by train，_
12、(而不是）by plane.Vancouver was their first stop when they got in Canada, and they spend a c_of days in the city. _ the first day, _ it rained, they took a boat ride out into a bey and landed an island; the next day, it was clear and mild, they saw beautiful mountains and took a pleasure_(远足) in a fores
13、t._(leave) Vancouver, they arrived at Lake Louise _the blue water literally took their _(breathe) away. and _(之后) they got to Jasper by coach. They saw many a_ scenery and s_ mountain peaks. One h_of their trip was being able to see many different creatures. From Jasper, they headed towards Toronto,
14、 passing through Edmonton, the Great Canadian Prairie and at last they landed on the territory of Ontario, where everything_(confirm) Autumn_(arrived) in the country. On the fourth day when they woke up, they finally reached the capital of Ontario, Toronto. rather thancoupleDuringawesomethenhikebreathLeavingliterallydespitespectacularhighlightconfirmedhad arrived
