Unit 5 Theme parks
Period 1 Warming up & Reading
Three Dimensional Teaching Aims
Knowledge and Skills
Help the students to achieve a clear idea about theme parks.?
Help the students use scanning and skimming methods to improve their reading skills and speed up their reading.?
Help the students acquire the ability to use the key words and expressions concerning theme parks and useful sentence structures : be familiar with , theme , sword, free fall drop......?
Enable the students to talk about theme parks.?
Process and Strategies
Pair work to make the students involved in class actively.?
Fast reading to get the main idea of the passage.?
Have the students learn about the most famous parks in the world.?
Feelings and Value
Most of the students may have experienced visiting parks in their childhood.So this unit may serve as an extension of what they have known.Through the study of this period the students are sure to learn more about the similarities and differences between ordinary parks and theme parks.?
Teaching Important Points
Help the students to gain a good understanding of the reading passage and use efficient reading methods to improve their reading ability.?
Teaching Difficult Points ?
How to enable the students to talk about theme parks freely.?
Teaching Methods
Scanning to get the general idea of the text.?
Skimming to understand the passage better.?
Discussion to help the students understand better what they’ve learned and to use the knowledge they’ve learned in this period.?
Teaching Aids
A multimedia
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Lead in & Warming up
Queations for students to free talk:
1.Where would you like to go if you want to relax yourself ?
2.Are you familiar with these parks in Hainan?
3. What kind of activities can people do in parks?
4.What is a park for ?
Suggested answers:
1. Parks, library, book shops.....
2.Yalong Bay Tropical Paradise Forest Park; Baishamen park;South China Botanical Garden
3.People can do exercises take photoshave picnics.play chess in parks.
4.Parks provide people with a place to do various kinds of deeds to amuse themselves and escape their busy lives for a while.
Step 2 Pre-reading
A. Let the students discuss the questions:
What is a theme park? Can you list some of them?
Then give the definition of theme park.
B. Guide the students think about why the writer said that theme parks are fun and more than fun.
While-reading?
Reading task 1:Getting general idea ?
The students read and get the main idea of each paragraph.?
(Three minutes )?
Para.1.Different kinds of theme parks.
Para.2.Disneyland
Para.3.Dollywood.?
Para.4.England's Camelot Park.
Reading task 2:Getting detailed information?
Teacher shows the questions on the screen and the students read again and try to find the answers to the questions.?
Paragraph 1(one minute )
1.There are __various______ kinds of theme parks in
the world. Some parks__are famous for___having
the biggest or longest_roller coasters__. _Whichever___and whatever you like, there is a __theme___park for you
Paragraph 2(Two minutes )
2.Complete the table with information from the passage.
Name:__Disneyland______
Location:__________In several parts of the world___________
Theme:__________Fantasy amusement___________
Activities:
Take giant swinging ships.
Meet your favourite fairy tale or Disneyland cartoon character.
Watch the parade.
take free-fall drops Paragraph 3(Two minutes )
Name:Dollywood
Location:
In the Smoky Mountains in the southeastern USA___
Theme:
___American's traditional southeastern culture___
Activities:
a.Listen to music performances.
b.Watch carpenter making wood productions.
c.Try traditional candies.
d.Ride on the steam-engine train.
e.Watch bald eagles.
F. Ride the old wooden roller coasters, Thunderhead.
Paragraph 4(Two minutes later)
Name:____Camelot Park_____
Location:
__________In England___________
Theme:Ancient English history and stories
Activities:
See King Arthur with his sword and Knights of the Round Table.
Watch magic shows.
Visit jousting area and farm area.
Step 3 Post-reading ?
Comprehending activity(P34)?
Come back to the title of the passage THEME PARKS—FUN AND MORE THAN FUN.Why does the writer think that theme parks are places fun and more than fun? Students have a discussion first and then tell us their opinions.?
Suggested answer: Theme parks are more than amusement parks with rides,such as a Ferris wheel,merry-go-round or a roller coaster,they are such huge places that visitors often use shuttles to get around,and they have lot of things to see and do.At the same time they can learn a lot from these theme parks.So they are places fun and more than fun.?
Discussion activity(Five minutes )
The students have a chance to design a new theme park that will attract as many visitors as possible. They will be divide into 4 groups and please discuss with their partners .
The following questions should be included:
What is the name of your park?
What is the theme of your park?
What kind of attractions will you have in your park?
.Step 4 vocabulary and summary
1.Read some of the useful words and expressions are used in the passage.?
be famous for 以...而闻名 various 不同的
cartoon 卡通
roller coaster 过山车
fairy tale 童话，神话
amusement 娱乐
swinging 秋千
attraction 吸引
carpenter 木匠engine 引擎
lenth 长度deed 行动；事迹
2.Three famous theme parks--Disneyland; Dollywood; Camelot parks.
Step 5 Homework?
1.What is the difference between a theme park and an ordinary park?
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The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 5 Theme parks
Period 1 Warming up & Reading
List of famous parks
2.Reading about theme parks?
*General ideas?
*Main ideas of each paragraph?
课件34张PPT。Unit 5
Theme parksWarming upFree talk1.Where would you like to go
if you want to relax yourself?Warming upFree talk2.Are you familiar with
these parks in Hainan?
Yalong Bay Tropical Paradise Forest ParkBaishamen parkSouth China Botanical Garden3. What kind of activities can people do in parks? take photosfly kiteshave picnicsplay chessdo exercises4.What is a park for ?Parks provide people with a place to do various kinds of deeds to amuse themselves and escape their busy lives for a while.
What is a theme park?
Can you list some of
them?
Theme ParkIt is a kind of amusement park which has a certain theme that the whole park is based on.Theme parks —Fun and more than fun
WHY?
Skimming Give the main idea of each paragraph:
Para.1:
Para.2: .
Para.3:
Para.4: Different kinds of theme parks.
Disneyland.Dollywood.England's Camelot Park.Detailed readingParagraph 1There are ________ kinds of theme parks in
the world. Some parks_______________having
the biggest or longest________________________. ______________and whatever you like, there is a _________park for you.various are famous forroller coastersWhicheverthemeParagraph 2I.Complete the table with information from the passage.
Name:________
Location:
_____________________
Theme:
_____________________
Activities:DisneylandIn several parts of the worldFantacy amusement take giant swinging ships. meet your favourite fairy tale or Disneyland cartoon character.watch the
paradetake free-fall drops Paragraph 3
Name:_________
Location:
_____________________
Theme:
_____________________
Activities:DollywoodIn the Smoky Mountains in the southeastern UASAmerican's traditional southeastern culturelisten to music performanceswatch carpenter making wood productionstry traditional candiesride on the steam-engine train wacth bald eagles Dollywood is famous for one of the best old wooden roller coasters, Thunderhead, which has the most length in the smallest space.
ThunderheadParagraph 4
Name:_________
Location:
_____________________
Theme:Ancient English history and stories
Activities:Camelot ParkIn Englandsee King Arthur with his swordKnights of the Round Table wacth magic showsvisit jousting areafarm areaTheme parks —Fun and more than fun
WHY?
They have lot of things to see and do.At the same time they can learn a lot from these theme parks. Design a new theme park that will attract as many visitors as possible. The following questions should be included: What is the name of your park?
What is the theme of your park?
What kind of attractions will you have
in your park?
group workbe famous for 以...而闻名 engine 引擎
various 不同的
cartoon 卡通
roller coaster 过山车
fairy tale 童话，神话
amusement 娱乐
swinging 秋千
attraction 吸引
carpenter 木匠
lenth 长度
deed 行动；事迹sword 剑
homeworkWhat is the difference between a theme park and an ordinary park?
