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Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.
Section A(1a-1c)
Teaching Aims
| - Students can talk about what a person used to be like.
- straight hair, a couple of days, anymore, blonde, curly
- 1. You used to be short. Didn’t you?
- 2. And you used to be really tall!
- 3. Yeah, it used to be red, didn’t it?
| Teaching Difficulties
| - Ss may have difficulty in using the structure “use to ...”.
| Teaching Aids
| multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
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Teaching Procedures
| Tips
| Step 1 Warming up
| 学生在七年级下册U9和八年级上册U3学习过描述人物外貌和性格的单词。本课1a的任务刚好与之相关,且在这一单学生也会学习从外貌、性格、爱好这些方面对比一个人过去和现在的变化。所以,本课warm up帮助学生对旧知识进行回顾并为学习新知识做铺垫。
| - Show the picture of Unit 9 Grade 7 (volume 2) from the textbook to Ss. Help them to remember the title and the topic of that unit.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs or groups of four and write down words that can be used to describe a person’s appearance.
- (Tip: T can draw a chart on the board and tell Ss that they are going to make an adjective word list. Give Ss a few minutes to discuss and write down the adjectives. When they finished, T can ask one or two groups to write their words on the board.)
- Show PPT P8 to Ss and add more words to the word list.
- T shows the picture of Unit 3 Grade 8 (volume 1) from the textbook to Ss. Help them to remember the title and the topic of that unit.
- T asks each S to take out a piece of paper and write down adjectives to describe a person’s personality. When they finished, T can ask Ss to share their words with their partners. Then, T can show PPT P11 to Ss.
| | Step 2Presentation & Practice
| 学生编对话前的小活动目的在于帮助学生理解图片,并建立图片信息之间的联系。
| Pre-listening
1a
- Ask Ss to open their books and finish the task in 1a.
- Appearance: tall, straight hair, short, fat, thin, long hair, curly hair, glasses ...
- Personality: outgoing, funny, quiet, shy, cheerful, lazy, hard-working, friendly ...
- Ask Ss to think of one aspect of their appearance or personality that has changed since they became teenagers. Write them down and tell their partners.
- (Tip: Ss are required to use the sentence structure “I used to be / have ..., but now I am / have ...”. T can explain the meaning of “used to ...” to Ss if necessary.)
- Ask Ss to look at the picture in 1a and introduce the characters to Ss. Ask Ss to make predictions about the missing words in 1b.
- Ask Ss to close their books and watch a video. Remind them to focus on the details.
- (Tip: Tell Ss they can take notes for some key information.)
- Ask Ss to open their books and finish the task. Tell Ss to check the answers with their partners before giving them the correct answers.
- Play the recording of the first conversation again and ask Ss to answer the questions.
- 1. What did Mario used to be like?
- 2. What did Mario used to wear?
- Show PPT P18&P19 to Ss, ask them to listen to the second and the third conversation again and complete the conversation orally.
- Show Ss listening material if necessary.
- Ask Ss to look at the picture in 1a and make conversations following the example.
- (Tip: Before they make conversations, ask Ss to pick a partner. Next ask each S in a pair to choose a character in the picture. The first S will then tell their partner what has changed about the character he/she has chosen. The partner will then ask the first S, “Are you sure?” The answer to this must be, “Yes, because ...” and the first S should explain his/her answer based on what they see in the picture. They should then repeat the same exercise but this time with the second S and his/her choice of the character in the picture.)
- Activity: Walk around in the classroom
- Ask each S to prepare a small piece of paper, write down their names and their changes in appearance and personality. Tell Ss to change their paper with anyone they want in the class. Ask them to find a new partner, tell their partner whose paper he/she has got. The Ss should take turns to talk about the changes of that person. When both of them have finished, they need to find a different partner and repeat the activity.
- (Tip: T can encourage Ss to talk freely or make conversations following the example in 1c.)
| | Step 3Language points learning
| | - used to do sth. “过去常常做某事”, 表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作或状态,暗指现在已经不存在了,强调过去与现在的对比。
- used to的其他用法:be used to do sth. 被用来做某事;be used to doing sth. 习惯于做某事;be used for doing sth. 被用于做某事
- 反义疑问句指的是在陈述句之后加上一个意思与之相反的简短问句,用以向对方证实所叙述的事情的句子。
- 反义疑问句必须由意思相反的两部分组成,在前一部分(陈述句)之后用逗号,后一部分(简短问句)之后用问号。
- 反义疑问句的否定句必须用缩略形式,同时它的主语必须用人称代词,不能用名词。
- 1. 陈述句和简短问句在人称、数和时态上必须保持一致,且简短
- 2. 陈述部分含有nothing, never, hardly, little等表示否定意义的词
| | Step 4 Summary & Homework
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| - Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P31-32.
- Preview the conversation in 2d.
- Do the exercises in students’ book.
| | Teaching Reflection
| - This is the first period of the unit. We’d better review the words of appearance and personality in the former units because in this unit they are repeated. We focus on the main structure-used to. Students must learn the statement form, and question form. They should practice in listening and make enough oral practice.
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