新人教必修4教案 Unit5 Theme parks[Extensive reading]

3． A sample lesson plan for Using Language
(FUTUROSCOPE—EXCITEMENT AND LEARNING)
Aims
To help students read the passage UTUROSCOPE—EXCITEMENT AND LEARNING
To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing.
Procedures

I. Warming up
Read aloud to warm up: Let’s warm up by reading aloud to the recording of the text UTUROSCOPE—EXCITEMENT AND LEARNING
 
Plane Crazy
Our newest family ride.  A circular ride with suspended plane-like pods with rudders for a degree of rider control.

II. Guided reading
1. Reading and translating
Read the text UTUROSCOPE—EXCITEMENT AND LEARNING and translate it into Chinese paragraph by paragraph. Wen Hua, would you have a try?
2. Reading and underlining
Next you are to read the text and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in it. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.
Collocations from UTUROSCOPE—EXCITEMENT AND LEARNING
Take a journey deep into space, pull…into …, survive an airplane crash, go to the bottom of the ocean, see the sunlight, for a break, take part in car racing, end one’s travel, meet with dinosaur, in one day, use the advanced technology, have experiences, a technology-based theme park, provide up-to-date information, provide hands-on learning,
go to the edges of the solar system, fly through the jungle, do things without danger, try science experiments, prepare for a flight into the space, live on the planet, in the solar system, a combination of fun and learning
3. Doing exercises
Now you are going to do exercises No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 on page 38 and 39 following the article.

III. Guided Writing
You are a guide in a theme park. Write an introduction to the park.

Welcome to Gatorland
Welcome to Gatorland, Orlando's Best Half Day Attraction located in sunny Central Florida! Known internationally as the Alligator Capital of the World, Gatorland is a 110-acre alligator theme park and wildlife preserve, located just minutes away from Sea World, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the Orlando International Airport on US 441 near the Orlando - Kissimmee border. Providing affordable family entertainment since 1949, Gatorland has been a vacation destination for millions of visitors from all over the world with its incredible display of huge alligators and crocodiles, train ride, aviary, breeding marsh and bird sanctuary, petting zoo, nature walk, gift shop, and one-of-a-kind shows such as the world famous Gator Jumparoo. So come inside... your adventure awaits!

IV. Acting
Next we are going to put the text THEME PARKS —FUN AND MORE THAN FUN
A text play of THEME PARKS —FUN AND MORE THAN FUN
(Time: A Sunday morning; Place: A theme park in Beijing; People: a tourist guide, Zhao Yannan and I )
Guide: This morning we are going to visit a theme park in Beijing. Its name is Big World.
I: Where is it? Is it close to Beijing?
Guide: Yes, it is north of Beijing, 30 li away from where we are staying.
Zhao Yannan: Wonderful! I like to amuse myself and escape my busy school life for a while.
I: What can we do there? Can we sit chatting, play games and listen to birds’ singing?
Guide: Yow can do much more than that. You may relax a bit, have picnics and have fun there.
Zhao Yannan: How much does it cost to do visit the park?
Guide: 100 yuan each. It is not expensive at this time of the year.
I: I have never been to a theme park. But I think a theme park provides entertainment. In it visitors may use shuttles to get around, and have a variety of things to see and do.
Zhao Yannan: Does it charge any money for providing food and drink there?
Guide: Yes, of course. It makes a profit by selling souvenirs, too.
I: I have seen it advertised on television. The boss of the park does have some nice ideas. He learned that he built a sports theme park there. Visitors may be involved in physical exercise. They may also buy a brand of sports equipment, go for rides on animals, cook cultural foods, have pictures taken in the sports theme park there.
Zhao Yannan: I hope we shall not be chared for admission into the sports theme park.
Guide: No, you won’t. Everything is covered by the 100 yuan.
I: I guess it is a place of fantasy. Let’s take an active park in everything we do there.
Zhao Yannan: I agree with you. And I hope some day we shall go on trips to space, using computer techniques to guide us in our flying to the other planets.

V. Further applying 
Finding information
Go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information about theme park in the world. Take notes of your finding and report to your group mates next Saturday morning.
Writing letters
Write a letter to your parents, telling them about your last visit to a park.
VI. Closing down by filling a form
Make use of the text and others to fill in the form.
UTUROSCOPE—EXCITEMENT AND LEARNING
Where is it: 
How to get there: 
What to do there: 

Closing down by planning a theme park
To end this period, I am going to ask you to plan a theme park of your own. Write down your planning and share it with your partner.