高中英语Unit 5 Theme parks 人教版必修四

Unit 5 Theme parks

Part One: Teaching Design

1． A sample lesson plan for reading

(THEME PARKS ——FUN AND MORE THAN FUN)

Aims

To help students develop their reading ability.

To help students learn about Theme parks.

Procedures

I. Warming up

Warming up by discussing

Good 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 listening

Hi, 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 experiences

Nice 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-reading

1. Looking and saying

Work 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 you can joy yourselves and have fun with various activities…

2. Talking and sharing

Work 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 Lake

Pedaloe boats on our boating lake with views of

Megafobia. Suitable for up

to 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. Reading 1. Reading aloud to the recording

Now 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 underlining

Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage.

Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.

Collocations from THEME PARKS ——FUN AND MORE THAN FUN

provide sb. With sth., amuse oneself, escape one’s busy life for a while, share

a purpose, find ways to do sth., meet one’s need, sit chatting, play games,

listen to birds’ singing, relax a bit, have picnics, have fun, it costs some money

to do sth., in recent decades, provide entertainment, use shuttles to get