教学设计
Step 1 Pre-reading:
Lead-in:
ϖSharing time
Let the students share some photos which they took in a park.Then the teacher also shares two parks with the students.
They can talk about the experience and the things they can do in the parks.
Think about a question:
What’s a park for?
Answers:have some fun;do some exercise;relax oneself
ϖWatching video
Let the students enjoy the video and guess which park it is?
They can get the information that Disneyland is a theme park.
Think about and discuss the difference between the ordinary parks and the theme parks.
Answers:the theme parks have their own themes.In the theme parks, people can learn some special knowledge and experience a lot.
Step 2. First reading
(Students have one minute to go through the text and find out the answers.)
Task 1.Matching the theme of each park
Disneyland Culture of the southeastern USA
Dollywood History and stories of England
Camelot park Fairy tale stories
Aims:train their reading skill of skimming
They can learn how to use the key words to find out the information as quickly as possible.
Step 3. Second Reading
(Students get four minutes to read the text to find out some detail information in the text)
Task1.Multiple-choice
1.According to the passage,tourists can find Snow White and Mickey M ouse in .
A.World Water Park
B.Disneyland
C.Central Park
D.Camelot Park
2.What’s the Dollywood’s main attraction.
A.Its culture.
B.Its country music.
C.Its candy shops.
D.Its wooden roller coasters.
3.If you want to see fighting with swords or on horseback,which park would you go.
A.Dollywood
B.Hyde Park
C.Camelot Park
D.Disneyland
4.It can be inferred(推断) from the 3rd paragraph that the main purpose of Dollywood is to .
A.entertain
B.make profits
C.show cartoons
cate people
5.The common characteristic of theme park is that they .
A.have famous sights and delicious food
B.introduce science and history
bine fun with the opportunity to learn something
D.supply different rides
Task2.True or false statements
(Students’ critical thinking can be trained in this part, and they can discuss the questions with their group members to find out the answers together)
1.The theme park you are probably most familiar with is Dollywood.
2.Tourism develops where a Disneyland is built.
3.You can meet any cartoon characters you like at Disneyland.
4.The theme parks have their respective characteristics.
Task3. Complete the Mind map
(Students can have a clear idea of the whole passage)
Step 4.post reading
Have a discussion about design a new theme park.
(The students not only can have a good understanding about the conception of the theme park but also can make full use of their imagination, which can stimulate their interest and the language output )
Step 5. Homework
(practise their abilities of speaking and searching information)
Make a survey of the theme parks from all over the world and prepare an oral speech
Find out your favorite one
illustrate the theme and the activities of the park and what you can learn from it.。