高中Unit5 Theme parks教案doc.docx

1、高中Unit5 Theme parks教案docUnit 5 Theme parks Period 1 &2 warming-up and readingTeaching aims:1. Enable the students to know something about the various theme parks all over the world2. to understand the difference between a theme park and a traditional park and try to finish the comprehending exercise

2、s.3. Learn how to generalize and compare the similarities and differences.Teaching important points:1. To solve the questions in Comprehending2. let the students find out the main idea of each paragraph, give a summary of the text.3. To develop Ss reading skills.Teaching difficult points:How to give

3、 a general instruction/ description of a place.Teaching methods:Listening; Skimming; Scanning; Task-based.Teaching aids:A recorder and a computer.Teaching procedures:Step 1 RevisionT: Good morning/ afternoon, boys and girls! First lets have a dictation about the words and phrases in Unit 4. Take out

4、 a piece of paper, please.T: Now, hand in your paper please; Ill check your work after class.Step2 Warming up1. Ask Ss to discuss the following questions.(1) Why were parks originally developed?(2) What uses do parks have?(3) Do you think that parks have something to do with peoples living condition

5、s?2. Divide Ss into six groups to discuss the difference between the theme park and the traditional park.The traditional parkThe theme parkChinese parksWestern parksactivities for visitors to do or to see; a specific idea to attract visitors; owned privately and built for profit;four elements: water

6、, rock, bridges and pavilionsopen grassy areas; benches to sit on; shelters for picnics or playing music; water for sailingQuestion 1: Have you ever compared the fare that the two kinds of parks ask? Which is more expensive?Question 2: There are many activities you can take part in the theme park. I

7、f you have a chance to go, what kind of activities will you take part in?Question 3: What is your idea about some very dangerous activities, such as the following pictures show?Rock-climbing Rafting Bungee jumping Free-fall ridesConclusion: Many countries have theme parks to attract both tourists an

8、d local people, as the visitors also bring some money to nearby hotels and restaurants.Step 3 Reading 1. Leading-inAsk Ss the following questions. They can talk as much as possible.(1) How much do you know about the traditional park?(2) Do you often go to parks?(3) What do you usually do when you ar

9、e in the park?(4) Do you expect to go to the theme park?Suggested answers:The traditional park is a place for people to rest, to have a walking or to do some exercises. It is free during certain time, for example: in the morning before 8:00 oclock. If people have to pay, the fare for it is very low.

10、No, because we are busy in studying.I usually have a walk with my family or watch the mass dancing and singing. Yes. Because I havent been to any of them. 2. Fast Reading(1) Ask Ss to look at the pictures in the text and find out the answer to Ex2 on page 35. Ask Ss to pay more attention to the firs

11、t and the last sentence of each paragraph.(2) Find out the topic sentences of six paragraphsTopic sentencesParagraph 1. Different kinds of theme parks.Paragraph 2. Disneyland.Paragraph 3. Dollywood Paragraph 4. Englands Camelot Park(3) Ask Ss to read the text quickly and try to tell weather the foll

12、owing sentences are right or wrong according to the text.Parks find only one way to meet peoples need.It costs little or no money to go to some parks.Though theme parks are not so huge, they provide more than amusement parks.Theme parks only make a profit from the charge for admission.Disneyland is

13、the oldest theme park, named after Walt Disney.In theme parks,people can only look or watch, they are not allowed to go for activities, let alone eating or buying anything.Suggested answers:F T F F T F3. Intensive reading(1) Ask Ss to read the first paragraph and answer the following questions. What

14、s the theme park? Do you know what kinds of theme parks are? what can you in the theme park? (2)Ask Ss to read the last 3 paragraphs and fill in the form.Park nameThemeExample of ActivitiesDisneylandDollywoodCamelotSuggested Answers:Park nameThemeExample of ActivitiesDisneylandFairy tale storiesTrav

15、el through space, visit a pirate ship, meet fairy tale characters, ride a swinging ship, go on a free-fall dropDollywoodculture of the southeastern USAListen to American country music, see traditional craftsmen and their work, try some traditional candy, ride on an old steam engine, see bald eagles,

16、 ride on Thunderhead and other ridesCamelotAncient English history and storiesWatch magic shows, see fighting with swords or on horseback, visit farm section, learn about farms in ancient EnglandStep 4. Homework 1.Ask Ss to read the text again and finish Ex3 of Comprehending on P35.2. Ask Ss to use

17、the new words to make some new sentences.3. Ask Ss to try to recite paragraph 1 & 2.Period 3&4 Learning about LanguageTeaching goals 1. Enable the students to master the useful words and expressions and to understand the word formation of the English words.2. Learn how to master the compounding and

18、derivation of the English words. Teaching important points To solve the questions in Learning about language and using words and expressions.Teaching difficult points Word formation (Compounding, Conversion, Derivation)Teaching methods Learning and practicing.Teaching aids A recorder and a computer.

19、Teaching procedures: Step I RevisionT: In the last lesson, we study a passage about the different theme parks in the world. Lets try to complete the summary of the passage with the words from the text.Teacher shows the exercise on the screen.Summary: Parks provide people with a place to amuse themse

20、lves and to escape their busy life for a while. In recent decades, however, many parks have been designed to provide entertainment. We call them theme parks. The new parks are usually huge places and have a variety of things to see and do. Theme parks have a certain ideaa certain theme that the whol

21、e park is based on. For example, a sport theme park will offer visitor sports to play or watch; a history or culture theme park will let us see how our ancestors dressed, worked and lived. The oldest theme park in the world is Disneyland. It seemed like a place of fantasy. Besides these, we have the

22、 marine or ocean parks, the science theme parks and so on to let us enjoy totally different experience from the real world.Step 2 Discovering useful words and expressions(Page35)Ask the students to fill in the form with the words from the text.T: So much for the revision, now please turn to Page35 i

23、n your book. Lets study Learning about Language. First, lets do Part 1 Discovering useful words and expressions. (Three minutes later.) T: Let s check the answers. The suggested answers:theme, rides, sneakers, settlers, fantasy, experiment,minority, come to life T: I will give you three minutes to c

24、omplete the passage inPart 2. Please do. 3 minute later, check the answers. The suggested answers:sneakers, rides, theme, experiment, fantasy, settlers,come to life, minorityDo Part 3 and Part 4 in the same way.Step 3 Using words and expressions (Page70)T: Now, please turn to Page 70. Lets do Part 1

25、 and Part 2 USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS. Please finish them in 5 minutes. (Five minutes later.)The teacher checks the answers by asking the students to tell the whole class his/her answers one by one. T: Now lets come to Part 3: Translation. I will ask some students to do their translation on the bl

26、ackboard, and the rest of you please do yours in your exercise books.We will check the answers later. Five minutes later, the teacher corrects the translation with the class.Step 4 Discovering useful structures Get Ss to learn some rules of word forming.In English, according to the form of the words

27、, we can form words in the following ways.(1) Compounding: Words are formed by linking two or more words to make one unit. Compound nouns: fire-engine, green-house, earthquake, downfall, drop-inCompound adjectives: snow-white, firsthand, red-hotCompound verbs: sun-bathe, overcome, typewrite Compound

28、 adverbials: sideways, sky-high, where about(2) Conversion: This is a way which is unnecessary to change a word but only to change its part of speech.from nouns to verbs : house, conduct, digest etcfrom adjectives /adverbials to verbs : brave, wrong, etcfrom verbs to nouns: smoke, bathe etc(3) Affix

29、ation: Words with a prefix or suffix or both attached to a root is formed by affixation. Usually this way the words speech is not changed.Adjectives: unable disloyal irregularVerbs: dislike untie transplantNouns: nonconductor inability autobiographyBut if a suffix is used, the words speech is change

30、d.For example: agreement, inventor, foolish, discovery, failure, sharpen The following prefixes can change the speech of a word, such as en-, be-, em-, a- etc.For example: rich(adj.)enrich (v.); slave (n.) enslave(v.); friend(n.) befriend(v.); etc.2. Ask Ss to finish Ex1, Ex2, Ex3 and Ex4 of Discove

31、ring useful structures on P37 to practice the rules.Step 3. Practice Purpose: to get Ss to have the knowledge of the grammar through exercises.1. Ask Ss to tell the part of speech of each word in italics in the following:(1) Winter has past and spring has come. (2) She is a woman far past her youth(3) Im tired of your ifs and buts (4) She is still but a child. (5) I cant see where I was wrong. (6) Two wrongs dont make a right.(7) He closed his speech with a funny way. (8) Stay close together.Suggested answers:(1) v (2) prep (3) n (4) adv (5) adj (6) n (