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Unit 5 Theme parks

The First Period

Intensive Reading Teaching goals

教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

theme park, provide ... with ... , amuse oneself, various, a variety of, shuttle, charge ... for, admission, make a profit, souvenir, base on, involve ... in, athletic, brand, equipment, sneakers, come to life, minority, fantasy, get close to, settlers, take an active part in, experiment, advanced, technique b．

重点句子

As you wander around the fantasy amusement park, you may see Snow White or Mickey Mouse in a parade or on the street. With all these attractions, no wonder tourism is increasing wherever there is a Disneyland. 2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students to know something about the various theme parks all over the world, to understand the difference between a theme park and a traditional park and try to finish the comprehending exercises. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Learn how to generalize and compare the similarities and differences. Teaching important points

教学重点

To solve the questions in Comprehending, and let the students find out the main idea of each paragraph, give a summary of the text. Teaching difficult points

教学难点

How to give a general instruction/ description of a place. Teaching methods

教学方法

Listening; Skimming; Scanning; Task-based. Teaching aids

教具准备

A recorder and a computer. Teaching procedures && ways

教学过程与方式

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Step I Revision T: Good morning/ afternoon, boys and girls! First let’s have a dictation about the words and phrases in Unit 4. Take out a piece of paper, please. major, local, represent, Columbia, introduce, approach, touch, strange, express, be likely to, general, avoid spoken, misunderstand, punish, at ease T: Now, hand in your paper please; I’ll check your work after class.

Step II

Warming up T: Let’s look at the

pictures on P33. Try to match the names of the parks with the pictures. Can you guess which are parks and which are theme parks? T: Which one of these parks would you like to visit most if you have the chance? Sa: Of course I would go to Disneyland. I have watched so much about it on TV and I’ve been dreaming about shaking hands with those lovely cartoon characters and taking pictures with them. Sb: I would like to go to Waterpark, because I like swimming and I like to take part in the activities in water in this park. …

Step III

Reading Skimming T: It’s interesting to listen to your ideas. Today we are going to study a passage about theme parks. The title is THEME PARKS—FUN AND MORE THAN FUN. I would like you to read the passage quickly for the first time to get a general idea of the passage. At the same time, please find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. (3 minutes later) T: Have you got the main idea of the passage? Who can tell me the topic sentences of six paragraphs? Topic sentences Paragraph 1. Different kinds of theme parks. Paragraph 2. Disneyland. Paragraph 3. Dollywood

Paragraph 4.

England’s Camelot Park

Scanning T: After the first reading, we have all got a general idea of the passage. So I would like you 第

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to read it carefully again and try to find the answers to these detailed questions. Teacher shows the questions on the screen. 1.

What is the purpose of Dollywood? What kind of people do you think will visits this theme park? 2.

What do you know about ancient English stories? What other activities do you imagine there are at Camelot Park? 3.

Disneyland is a place to have fun. What will you do if you have a chance to visit Disneyland ? 4. If you have a chance to visit one of these three parks, which will you visit ? Why?

suggested answers 1.

The purpose of Dolly wood

is to show and celebrate America’s traditional

southeastern culture. Probably a lot of Americans will visit this theme park. 2-4 students will give their own answers.

Step V

Discussion T: If you have enough time and money, would you like to go traveling to see the natural beauty of the country or go the theme parks to enjoy the exciting experiences? Give reasons for your choice. a) Teacher divides the class into groups of four. Each group tries to reach an agreement and to collect as many reasons as possible from the group members. b) After the discussion, the teacher asks a student from each of the groups to report the decision of their group and to give their reasons for the decision.

Step VI

Homework work Do the listening again after class. Preview Reading and speaking, Reading task.

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