Unit 5 Theme parksPart One: Teaching Design1．A sample lesson plan for reading(THEME PARKS ——FUN AND MORE THAN FUN)AimsTo help students develop their reading ability.To help students learn about Theme parks.ProceduresI. Warming upWarming up by discussingGood morning, class. Today we are going to visit theme parks. But first what do you think a theme park is? With a classmate discuss what you might do in a theme park.(For reference: A large Christmas party is being prepared at our Theme park. Visitors will find a dancing carnival, a European wedding, military band performances, classical Christmas plays and Christmas parades in the theme park. The 108-meter-tall Eiffel Tower will be lit up during the holidays with four types of lights.)Warming up by watching and listeningHi, every one. Today we are going to visit Theme parks. Look at the screen and listen to me telling you about them.This is the Universal's Islands of Adventure which was opened in 1999, making Universal Orlando the nation's second multi-gate theme park resort (after Walt Disney World). IoA was Universal's first non-studio theme park, and was intended to pay tribute to characters from books, comics, cartoons and legend, rather than movies.Of course, that hasn't stopped Universal and other studios from making films about almost every character represented in IoA over the past few years, rendering the park thematically indistinguishable from its sister, Universal Studios Florida.Warming up telling experiencesNice to see you again, boys and girls. As you have all travelled somewhere before I shall ask two of you at random to tell the class about their travel experiences.(For reference: Visiting Disney World was a childhood dream of mine, and I was able to realise it last year. I plan to keep going back, even given the overt commercialism. It is not a place I could live in, but it definitely has magic.One of the best parts was that I was able to interact with most of the Disney characters, even though their appearance and mannerisms varied from the Disney comic books I read.A few select pictures are included here, but my recommendation if you're taking a kid is to make sure they get some time with the characters. I can't think of anything cooler. )II. Pre-reading1. Looking and sayingWork in pairs. Look at the photos and theme parks and predict the contents of the text. When you are ready, join another pair and compare your predictions and the clues that helped you to make the predictions.(For reference: From the photos and title I guess that the text tells about Theme parks where yo u can joy yourselves and have fun with various activities…2. Talking and sharingWork in groups of four. Tell your group mates what you know about theme parks. Then the group leader is to stand up and share your group idea with the class.Boating LakePedaloe boats on ourboating lake with views ofMegafobia. Suitable for upto five people.(For reference: As you wander down Mainstreet USA in the Magic Kingdom Park of Walt Disney World, you might stop and take a peek in the Mainstreet Theatre. Here, Steamboat Willie shows how it all began depicting the first appearance of Mickey Mouse. At this point people usually stop for a bit, perhaps to rest from the hot Florida summer, laugh at Mickey's antics as he uses various animals as musical instruments (long before Beavis and Butthead were throwing cats in drying machines), and walk away amused and entertained.That was Walt Disney's primary goal. Today, people might consider the first cartoon featuring Mickey as art, along with a host of other creative works produced by people who work at Disney. Notable among them are Carl Barks and Don Rosa, whose works sell in the thousands. However, Walt Disney himself never thought that what he, and his employees, did was art: "I don't pretend to know anything about art. I make pictures for entertainment, and then the professors tell me what they mean." )III. Reading1. Reading aloud to the recordingNow please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text THEME PARKS ——FUN AND MORE THAN FUN. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too.2. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.3. Reading to identify the topic sentence of each paragraphSkim the text and identify the topic sentence of each paragraph. You may find it either at thebeginning, the middle or the end of the paragraph.WaterfallA steep shoot sends youskipping across a shallowpool of water on a singlesledge. Beware, you mightget wet on this ride.(For reference: 1st paragraph: Parks provide people with a place to amuse themselves and to escape their busy lives for a while. 2nd paragraph: Many parks have been designed to provide entertainment. 3rd paragraph: Theme parks have a certain idea—a certain theme —that the whole park is based on. 4th paragraph: Some are history or culture theme parks. 5th paragraph: The oldest theme park in the world is Disneyland, built near Los Angeles, California in 1955. 6th paragraph: There are also science theme parks. )4. Reading and transferring informationRead the text again to complete the table.5. Reading and understanding difficult sentencesAs you have read the text times, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me the teacher.Closing down by doing exercisesTo end the lesson you are to do the comprehending exercisesNo. 1, 2 and 3 on page 34.Closing down by having a discussionDo you lake a theme park? Why or why not?(For reference: All over the world people seek stimulating experiences to take their mindaway from everyday troubles, and the United States is definitely no exception to this rule.Most of its residents have the money and time to entertain themselves as it pleases them --and visiting amusement parks certainly does please them. )Closing down by defining a theme parkWhat is a theme park? Define it in your own words.(For reference: How do theme parks differ from ordinary amusement parks? NationalAmusement Park History Association defines a theme park as "an amusement park inwhich the rides, attractions, shows and buildings revolve around a central theme or group of themes. Examples include the Disney parks, the Six Flags Parks and the Paramount parks." An amusement park, according to NAPHA, is "an entertainment facility featuring rides, games, food and sometimes shows." The World of Coasters’ glossary defines a theme park as "an amusement park which has one or more "themed" areas, with rides and attractions keyed to the theme of their location within the park. Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, and Busch Gardens Williamsburg are examples of theme parks." )2．A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language(Word formation)AimsTo help students learn about word formation.To help students discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions.To help students discover and learn to use some useful structures.ProceduresI. Warming upWarming up by discovering useful words and expressionsTurn to page 35 and do exercises No. 1, 2 ,3 and 4 first. Check your answers against your classmates’.II. Learning about Word formationThe basic part of any word is the root; to it, you can add a prefix at the beginning and/or a suffix at the end to change the meaning. For example, in the word "unflattering," the root issimply "flatter," while the prefix "un-" makes the word negative, and the suffix "-ing" changes it from a verb into an adjective (specifically, a participle).English itself does not use prefixes as heavily as it once did, but many English words come from Latin, which uses prefixes and suffixes (you can use the word affix to refer either to a prefix or a suffix) quite extensively. For example, the words "prefix," "suffix," and "affix" themselves are all formed from "fix" by the used of prefixes:∙"ad" (to) + "fix" (attached) = "affix"∙"pre" (before) + "fix" = "prefix"∙"sub" (under) + "fix" = "suffix"Note that both the "-d" of "ad" and the "-b" of "sub" change the last letter.Here are some of the most common Latin prefixes (for the meanings of the Latin roots, look up the words in a good dictionary):ab (away) abrupt, absent, absolvead (to) adverb, advertisment, afflictin (not) incapable, indecisive, intolerableinter (between, among) intercept, interdependent, interprovincialintra (within) intramural, intrapersonal, intraprovincialpre (before) prefabricate, preface preferpost (after) postpone, postscript, postwarsub (under) submarine, subscription, suspecttrans (across) transfer, transit, translateIII. Ready used materials for Word formation了解了英语构词法是迅速扩大词汇量的有效途径之一。
