theme parks教案

listening;
skimming;
scanning;
task-based.
teaching aids  教具準(zhǔn)備
a recorder and a computer.
teaching procedures && ways  教學(xué)過程與方式

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.
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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 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.