Anglia: Theme Park (2)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

The iconic rides

What makes theme park rides stand out?

Why do we want to go on these rides?

Ask the students what they did in the previous lesson.

Goals of this lesson:

• Learning more about iconic rides
• Researching what makes certain rides special
• Describing the experience of a ride

Follow-up Questions:

What does iconic mean? (refer to Dutch word and how it looks similar)

What does certain mean?

What is your favourite ride (and where)?

Follow-up Questions:

Why is it your favourite ride? --> 

Is it the atmosphere, the looks, the thrill, the replayability?

This lesson:

1. Learn more about the most well-known rides
2. Research what makes them special
   
3. Describing what a ride feels like

Iconic Theme Park Rides

Some rides are just very well-known!

They are famous for a reason...

But what are those reasons?

We are going to find out!

Start-up:

Most of you might recognize these logos just by their first letters alone. They are iconic for the theme park. 

When thinking of these theme parks, certain rides should pop into your mind first... Now why is that? Why are these famous?

Doing some research!

Fenix

Give the ride a 

score of 1-5 on:

1. History

2. Story

3. Looks

4. Target audience

AND

What is their biggest selling point?

Do this together with the class first. Afterwards they have to do it on their own.

If the ride does not have any history or story, see if the students look for it themselves. 

Big Thunder Mountain

Dreamflight

Goliath

Give the ride a 

score of 1-5 on:

1. History

2. Story

3. Looks

4. Target audience

AND

What is their biggest selling point?

So... what plays the biggest role?

1. Go to www.menti.com (or click this link)

2. Fill in the code: 33 61 72 3

3. Choose which of the categories had the highest score.

Let's find out what makes these rides so iconic!

Make a Menti with all the categories and have them vote on what they gave the highest score. 

Discuss with the class why those categories got the highest scores. Is there any correlation between them?

Note: The code changes every 2 days.

1. Pick your favourite ride

2. Describe in 20-30 words what the ride feels like or how you 

think it feels like

Is it a unique experience?

Does it make your heart beat faster?

How do you feel afterwards?

Make sure they write complete sentences. This exercise should give them some material for the next lesson; Writing.

Have you learned any
new words or things this lesson?

Ask when and where they learned the word during the lesson.

You are allowed to choose ONE of the following four theme parks. 

Remember, if you choose a theme park, your ride must be in line with the theme of that theme park.

Choosing a Theme Park!

Next time:

We are going to write about our favourite theme park!