Unit 5 Theme parks

unit 5 theme parks 　 part one: teaching design teaching goals   1. target language a. 重點詞匯和短語 theme park, provide ... with ... , amuse oneself, various, a variety of, shuttle, charge ... for, admission, make a profit, souvenir, base on, involve ... in, athletic, b. 重點句子 1) in these parks, people sit chatting, play games, listen to birds’ singing, or just relax a bit. 2) they are such huge places that visitors often use shuttles to get around. 3) the big companies that own theme parks expect to make a profit not just by the charges for admission, but also by selling souvenirs in their shops and advertising them on television. 2. ability goals 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. learning ability goals learn how to generalize and compare the similarities and differences. teaching important points  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   how to give a general instruction/ description of a place. teaching methods  listening;skimming;scanning;task-based. teaching aids  a recorder and a computer. the first period  reading 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. these are four pictures of different parks — a garden in suzhou, hyde park in london, world waterpark in canada, disneyland. what kind of parks are they? t: very good. so what about world waterpark in canada? 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. sc: i would go to hyde park. i want to go horse-riding, and above all, have the experience of making a speech in front of a crowd of people like a president. that’ll be really exciting.