Disneyland

Teaching Aims: 1. Improve Ss’ writing ability
Teaching Aids: 1. OHP
2. Blackboard
Bb Design:
Unit 1 Lesson 4 Writing
1. facts about the place　　 Part 1: A brief introduction of the place
2. what we did　　　　　　　　　　 1) Where/when/with whom
3. what it was like　　　　　　　　2) general appearance of the place
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　3)the importance of it
Part 2: the travel experience there
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Revision
1. Oral work : talking about Disneyland(第5页)
Questions: 1) When was the park open?
　　2) Where was the park?
　　3) How much did it cost to finish building the park?
　　4) What does the park look like?
　　5) How many parts is the park made up of? What are they?
　　6) Do many people go there?
　　7) How do they think of the park?
Step 2 Writing 1
1. Ss fill in the blanks with their partners
Step 3 Presentation
1. T raise questions
1) Are there any places of interest you’ve ever been to?
Which one is your favorite?
When did you go there? With whom?
2) Where is the park?
3) Were there many people in the park?
4) What did you do there?
5) What did you think of the park?
2. T present a ready work
Step 4 Writing 1
1. Ss write in small groups
2. Check their work
3. Ss point out the mistakes in their work and try to correct them by themselves
Step 5 Workbook
1. Do EX.2
2. Ex. 1
3. Ex. 3
Possible answers
1) They didn’t think that the pictures were interesting/anything of interest.
2) I believe that she can/will be strict with herself.
3) She found that everything here was controlled by the computer.
4) We don’t know whether/if she is/will be able to come.
5) He thinks that you’d better go to Guangzhou by train.
6) He asked me to tell you that he was too busy to see you off at the airport.
Assignment: 1. WB Ex.3 (written work )
2. WB. RevisionEx.1-3
3. Additional writing : write about the life of Walt Disney
Born：Chicago, 1901
Died：in 1966
Wish：to be a famous artist
Work：artist, cartoon-maker, film-maker
Cartoon characters：Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck etc.
Became well-known：during 1920s
Successes：to make famous cartoon characters, cartoon films and start studios

探究活动

A Short Play
A plays as the tourist guide, other students act as visitors.
A introduce Disneyland(第5页) Park using pictures ,other students ask questions about the park.
Role-play A Press Conference 记者招待会
A plays as a newspaper reporter. B plays Walt Disney.
A is asking the following questions
1) May I ask you when and where you were born, Mr. Disney?
2) Could you tell me what kind of family you were born in? What was your father's job? What about your mother?
3) What were you most interested in when you were young?
4) Did you think you would be a famous artist as a young man?
5) When did you become well-known as a cartoon-maker?
6) What's your plan for the future?
Thank you very much. Mr. Disney.
Ss work in pairs, trying to remember more about Walt Disney )

Discussion
Topics for discussion
1) How do you think of Walt Disney?
2) What do you think we should learn fro m him?
3) How would you full-fill your own wish?