How to give a general instruction/ description of a place.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Listening;
Skimming;
Scanning;
Task-based.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A recorder and a computer.
Teaching procedures && ways 教学过程与方式
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.
2-4 students will give their own answers.
Step V Discussion
T: If you have enough time and money, would you like to go traveling to see the natural beauty of the country or go the theme parks to enjoy the exciting experiences? Give reasons for your choice.
a) Teacher divides the class into groups of four. Each group tries to reach an agreement and to collect as many reasons as possible from the group members.
b) After the discussion, the teacher asks a student from each of the groups to report the decision of their group and to give their reasons for the decision.
Step VI Homework
Remember all the new words and phrases in the reading passage.
Write a summary of the reading passage using the new words.
The second period Listening
Teaching goals
1. Target language
cloth, Marine Land theme park, dolphins, polar bears, do tricks, a roller coaster, dugout
2. Ability goals
Enable the students to master the skill of listening for information.
3. Learning ability goals
Help the students learn how to get the skills of listening.
Teaching important points
Listen to the three materials about customs, Sea World and building a dugout boat and answer the questions correctly.
Teaching difficult points
Listen and get the needed information to complete the exercises.
Teaching methods
Listening and cooperative learning.
Teaching aids I
A recorder, a cassette tape and a computer.
Teaching procedures & ways
Step I Revision
Check the students' homework.
Step II Listening (Page37 and 38)
Students are asked to read questions to find out the requirements first, and then listen to the tape three times to complete the matching exercises and answer the eight questions.
T: Please open your books and turn to Page37. Before you listen to the tape, read the requirements and keep them in mind. Pay attention to the important information while listening and you'd better take some notes of it.
T: Different countries have different cultures. Different na?tional groups have different customs too. In Part 1, we are going to hear about the customs of some national groups. Now let's listen to the recording and try to match each group to an example of its customs.
Students listen to the recording for the first time.
T: Have you got the answers? Let' s check.
Check the answers together.
T: Let's listen to the tape again and answer the questions in
Part 2. You may listen to it twice. Students listen to the recording for another two times. Check the answers to the questions by asking some stu?dents to answer them.
Step III Listening (Page69)
T: Let's come to the Listening on Page 69. Here we are going to listen to David Evens and Ji Yang who are visiting the Sea World.
T: Have you ever been to Sea World?
Ss: Yes.
T: What can you do in Sea World?
Ss: We can feed the dolphins.
We can play with the polar bears.
We can watch sea animals do performances.
We can go diving to see fish.
We can see learn about the different kinds of fish and seaweed.
We can go surfing on the sea.
T: Good. Let' s listen to the recording about the Sea World in Australia. After listening, tick the item in the list of what people can do in this park. Are you ready? Let's go. Students listen to the recording for the first time and finish the exercise.