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Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.
Section A (1a~2d)
教学目标
【知识与技能】
1. .掌握句型：1) —You used to be short，didn't you?
—Yes，I did./No，I didn't.
2) —Did Mario use to be short?[来源:学+科+网]
—Yes，he did./No，he didn't.
3) Tina used to have long and straight hair.
2. humorous，silent，helpful，score, used to，from time to time，get
掌握本课词汇：
good grades
【情感、态度与价值观】
Talk about what you used to be like.
教学重难点
【教学重点】
1. Target language
2. The structure: used to
【教学难点】
The structure: used to
教学过程
Step 1 Revision
1．Check the homework exercises.
2．Ask some individual students their ways of learning English.
Step 2 Presentation
I.1a This activity introduces the key vocabulary. Call students' attention to the chart
with the headlines Appearance and Personality.
Get students to fill in the chart individually.
Check the answers by asking different students to read their lists to the class. Make
1sure that all the students understand what each word means.
II.1b The activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in
spoken conversation.
Write two dates side by side on the blackboard. The first is today's date, including the
year, and the second is the same day, but ten years ago.
Ask a student to stand up. Use words or phrases to describe that student now. Ask
students to suggest words or phrases that describe him/her ten years ago.
Ask some more questions and add more examples to both columns.
Say, we use “used to” to talk about things that have changed.
Write the following on the blackboard:
Liu Chang used to be short, but she is tall now.
She used to have short hair, but she has long hair now. Play the recording for the first
time.
Play the recording again. This time, check the answers.
Step 3 Consolidation and extension
1cThis activity provides oral practice using the target language.
Read the instructions to the class.
Call students' attention to the conversation in the box. Invite a pair of students to read
it to the class.
As students work. Listen in on various pairs checking progress and helping with
pronunciation as needed.
After students have had a chance to practice several exchanges, ask pairs to come to
the front of the room and act out their conversations.
Step 4 Summary
Homework
Call students' attention to the conversation in the box. Invite a pair of students to read
it next class.
教学反思
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