1. Reading
Theme Parks
----Fun and More Than Fun

2. passage?what are they? How many theme parks are mentioned in the
Camelot Park
Dollywood
Disneyland

3. skimming Task 1 1. Get the main idea of each paragraph: Para. 1:
Different kinds of theme parks.
Para. 2:
Disneyland.
Para. 3:
Dollywood
Para. 4:
England’s Camelot Park

4. Task 2
Find out some characters
and activities in every
theme park

5. A general way to introduce a theme park
Let’s try
A general way to introduce a theme park
Theme: (topic sentence)
Main activities: (especially the words or phases to show the theme)
One sentence used to attract people to visit the theme park: (a slogan)

6. Disneyland Theme: Main activities: magical world
space, a pirate ship, fairy tale or Disney cartoon characters, a swinging ship, a free-fall drop
If you want to have fun and more than fun, come to Disneyland!

7. Disneyland

8. roller coaster
Pirate ship

9. Snow White and seven Dwarfs are Disneyland__________ characters.
cartoon

10. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

11. Free-fall drops

12. Dollywood Theme: Main activities:
traditional culture of the south-eastern USA
American country music, traditional craftsmen and their work, traditional candy, an old steam engine train, bald eagles, Thunderhead and other rides
Come to Dollywood to have fun learning all about … !

13. Country music groups
perform

14. Carpenters and craftsmen and their works

15. Try traditional candy

16. Bald eagles You can see beautiful bald eagles in the world’s largest
________________________________.
bald eagle preserve
Bald eagles

17. _________________________________.
Take a ride on the
only steam-engine
Train still working
_________________________________.
in the southeast USA

18. Dollywood
__________has
one of the best
old wooden roller
coasters, Thunderhead

19. Camelot Park Theme: Main activities:
ancient English history and stories
magic shows, fighting with swords or on horseback, farm area, farms in ancient England
To enter a world of fantasy about ancient England, come to Camelot Park!

20. King Arthur

21. Knights of The
Round Table

22. In __________, you can watch magic shows with Merlin the Wizard.
Camelot Park

23. Fighting with swords
or on horseback

24. Visit the farm area

25. 3 “come to”s, 3 “!”s recommendation
﹡If you want to have fun and more than fun, come to Disneyland!
﹡Come to Dollywood to have fun learning all about America’s historical southeastern culture!
﹡To enter a world of fantasy about ancient England, come to Camelot Park!
3 “come to”s, 3 “!”s
come to !
Come to
recommendation !
come to !

26. What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?
To introduce some information of the three theme parks to readers.
To recommend the three theme parks to readers.
To describe the three theme parks to readers.

27. Theme Parks- Fun and More than Fun
What could be a theme for a theme park?
What could be the various activities in a theme park?

28. Let’s design a theme park
Suggested content:
Name:_________
Theme:___________
Activities:____________
End with a sentence to attract people. (a slogan)
Suggestions for group work:
1 leader (organizes, presents)
1 secretary (notes, draws)
2 idea-providers

29. Let’s present Useful sentence patterns:
It will bring you into…, whether you are traveling...
As you wander around …, you may see…
If you want to experience…, then … is the place for you.
If you want to have fun and more than fun, come to …
Come to … to have fun learning …
To enter a world of …, come to …