Unit4JourneyAcrossAVastLandPeriodI-ReadingandthinkingLearnaboutarealjourneyacrossCanadaLeadin—Which

countryisit？ItisneartheNorthPolesopeoplecallittheTrueNorth.Itisoneofthemostdevelopedcoutriesintheworld.ItsharesRockyMountainsand4greatlakeswiththeUSA.Itiscalledmaplecountryandmapleleafisthesymbolofit.

Unit4JourneyAcrossaVastLand

P38.ReadingandThinking

SeeingtheTrueNorthViaRail:VancouverandtheHeartofCanadaTravelfarenough,youmeetyourself.-DavidMichellAccordingtothetitle,wecanpredictthetextis____.A.atraveladvertisement

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D.atraveljournalGothroughthetitleandpredictthetypeofthetext.PredictionSkimthetextandanwerthefollowingquestions.1.Inwhatorderisthetextdeveloped?2.Whatistheirtravelroute?Skimming

1.Inwhatorderisthetextdeveloped?Intimeorder.beforelaterthenextdayafterwhen...discoursemarkerstomakethetimelinemoreobvious(linkingwords)VancouverLakeLouiseTorontoJasperEdmontonCanadianPrairieOntarioHalifaxCanadianRockies2.Whatistheirtravelroute?Scanthetextandfindoutthedetailedinformationofeachplacetheytravelledto,thenfinishthemind-map.ScanningVancouverLakeLouiseJasperOntarioCanadianprairieEdmontonactivities:tookaboatride

visitedan________tooka________hikefeeling:_________activities:sawthe______mountainsandforestssawthe______waterfeeling:tooktheirbreathawaywithits__________beautyactivities:saw___________mountainpeaksandforestssaw________creaturesfeeling:themost_________journeyfeatures:alandof_______bushesand________thewidestretchof_______activities:sawan______countrysaw___________farmsfeeling:truly_______features:_________capitalcenterof____________hometo_____________

TorontoVancouveractivites:tookaboatridevisitedan________tooka________hikefeeling:_______islandpleasantpleasedactivities:sawthe________mountainsandforestssawthe______waterfeeling:tooktheirbreathawaywithits__________beautymassiveblueexceptionalLakeLouiseactivites:saw_____________mountainpeaksandforests

saw________creatures

feeling:themost_________journeyspectaculardifferentawesomeJasperEdmontonfeatures:____________capitalcenterof________________________hometomany_______________provincialoilandgasdrillingindustry

shoppingmallstheCanadianPrairieactivites:sawan________country

saw__________farmsfeeling:truly________openabunchofamazedOntariofeatures:alandof_________________bushesand_______________thewidestretchof_____________forestsandlakesmapletreesLakeHuronVancouverLakeLouiseJasperOntarioCanadianprairieEdmontonactivites:tookaboatride

visitedan________tooka________hikefeeling:_________activites:sawthe__________mountainsandforestssawthe______waterfeeling:tooktheirbreathawaywithits__________beautyactivites:saw____________mountainpeaksandforests

saw_________creatures

feeling:themost__________journeyfeatures:alandof_______________bushesand_____________thewidestrethof____________activites:sawan______countrysaw___________farmsfeeling:truly_________features:___________capitalcenterof____________________________hometo____________________islandpleasantpleasedmassiveblueexceptionalspectaculardifferentawesomeforestsandlakesmapletreesamazedabunchofopenoilandgasdrillingindustrymanyshopingmallsTorontoprovincialLakeHuronThinkingWhydopeopleliketravelling?Orwhatdoyouthinktheycangainthroughtravelling?Travelfarenough,youmeetyourself.

---DavidMitchell1.Trytousethediscoursemarkersanddescriptivewordslearn