ReadingandThinking(I)LearningobjectivesBytheendoftheclass,studentswill

beableto:1.locatedetailsabouttherailjourneybyskimmingandscanningthepassage;2.finddiscoursemarkersandunderstandthefunctionofthem;3.retellthefour-dayjourneyandhaveevaluation;4.comparedifferenttravelforms.

JourneyAcrossAVastLand1.Whatisjourney?2.Whatisvastland?3.Wheredoes“vastland”remindyouof?4.Haveyoueverbeentoanyvastland?

How?Travelfarenough,youmeetyourself.

DavidMitchellDoyouhavetheexperienceoftravellingfar?Whatisyourinterpretationofthequote?1.DoyouthinkCanadaisavastland?2.WhatisyouroverallimpressionofCanadaafterwatchingthevideoandappreciatingthepictures?WhatdoestheTrueNorth

referto?Whatcanweseebytakingarailjourneyinthecountry?While-reading(I)Whatkindofarticleisit?2.Whatisincludedinthepassage?

traveljournalwhowhenwherewhathowLiDaiyu;LiuQianfourdaysfromVancouvertoTorontovisitingtheircousinsbyrail---excitingChinaVancouverLakeLouiseJasperEdmontonTheGreatCanadianPrairieWinnipegOntarioTorontotrainandtaxicoachtraintraintraintraintrainFinishthemindmap:Howdidtheygothere?What’stheirfeeling？

happyexcitedastonished,taketheirbreathaway,anawesomejourneyamazedpleasedWhile-reading(II)ReadcarefullyandfinishExercise3onP39InformationbluewaterofLakeLouise,spectacularmountainpeaksandforests,differentcreaturessuchasdeer,mountaingoats,grizzlybearandeagleanopencountry;twowheatgrowingprovinces,abunchoffarmsthatcoveredaverylargeareaPlaceVancouverEdmontonOntarioWhile-reading(III)Usediscoursemarkerstoshowrelationships.Discoursemarkersarealsoknownas“l(fā)inkingwords”.Theyareusedtoshowrelationshipsbetweenideas.Adding:moreover,tooContrast:while,bycontrastReason:as,becauseResult:consequently,accordinglyEmphasis:indeed,aboveallOrderofevents:first,second,nextTime:assoonas,meanwhileGivingexample:forexample,suchasComparing:similarly,likewiseConcluding:toconclude,insummary2.Finddiscoursemarkers(Exercise4).Whataretheeffectsofusingthem?BCEAFGDmakethepassagemorecoherentPost-reading(I)Pair-work：Retell

the

four-day

journeybyreferring

tothemindmapandthechecklist.Checklist:Thefour-dayjourneycanbeintroducedcompletelyandbriefly.Necessarydiscoursemarkersareused.Post-reading(II)Group-work：Whataretheadvantagesoftakingajourneybytrainincomparisonwithotherformsoftravel?OCanada!

Ourhomeandnativeland!Truepatriot(愛國)loveinallthy(=your)sonscommand.Withglowingheartsweseethee(=you)rise,TheTrueNorthstrongandfree!Fromfarandwide,

OCanada,westandonguardforthee.Godkeepourlandglorious(光榮的)andfree!OCanada,westandonguardforthee.OCanada,westandonguardforthee.Homework1.Drawamindmaptoaccumulaterelevantexpressionsabout“journey”.2.Writeashortpassagetovoiceyouropiniononrailjourneyin