1、Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark SectionA(1a-1c)教学设计教学设计 1. Teaching aims: Knowledge and ability aims: The Ss can review some words of describing people ；Ss will be able to talk about what people used to be like by using the structure “used to” and can talk about their changes. Technical aims:
2、 In this period, the Ss will learn to study with others and how to cooperate in a group.Also, they can learn to conclude what theyve learned. Emotion and attitude aims: By learning this period, the Ss can sense their changes and build their confidence of making some changes; They will be more confid
3、ent and be a better person in the future. 2. Teaching key and difficult points: Key points: the describing words and the sentence patterns related to “used to” Difficult points: the usage of “used to” 3. Teaching methods: Task-based, pair work, group work methods 4. Teaching aids: PPT, projector 5.
4、Teaching procedures: (1) Warming up: The teacher shows the students the warmest greetings by saying hello to them. (2) Leading in: The teacher guides the students to do a guessing game. Show them pictures of three kids and ask them to guess who they are. Then after guessing, the teacher presents the
5、ir pictures. In this way, the students will absolutely be interested in what to be learned and the topic talking about what people used to be like can be easily led in. (3)Presentation: 1The teacher invites several Ss to come to the front and ask the other Ss to describe them from the appearance and
6、 the personality. In this way, the describing words like tall, short, of medium height, outgoing, humorous can be presented. 2Read the describing words together.(大小声朗读) 3An activity for the whole class. The teacher says Chinese, the Ss says English. When the teacher says words about appearance, Ss s
7、it down. But if the teacher says words about personality, the Ss should stand up while reading out words. 4Compare the past and now to present “used to” patterns. Show two pictures of the teacher herself, and the teacher tries to describe the past and now like this: I used to be/have/wear , but now
8、I am/have 5Let Ss describe the changes: Show two pictures of two Ss when they were young, and ask them to describe themselves as the teacher does. After that, ask the other Ss to describe the two Ss. In this way, they will say out the sentences like “ She/He used to be, but now she/he is” (4) Practi
9、ce: Sentence chain game (group work): Give the Ss a model and ask them to do a sentence chain in their groups. Give them two minutes to prepare and then do like this: A: I used to be, but now I am B: He used to be, but he is I used to be, but now I am C: She used to be, but he is I am used to , but
10、now I am This task can activate the activity of the Ss and can also further practice “used to” Listening： Before listening, take a little time to introduce Bob and lead the Ss to look at the picture below 1a so that the Ss can have a prediction of the listening material. Listen for the first time: W
11、hile listening, ask 1 student to write down the answer on the blackboard. Listen for the second time: Check if the answers are right or wrong. After listening: Check together by asking “What did Bob use to be like?” “Did Amy use to be tall?” “Tina used to have red hair, didnt she?” “Whats he like no
12、w?” Do an interview: The teacher interviews one student and asks him to answer several questions as below. Then ask this student to interview anyone he likes. Then interview another one (5) Consolidation: The teacher shares her story with the Ss and shares the changes that happens on herself. As the
13、 model, ask the Ss to write down their changes. They can discuss and make some notes so that they can give us a report in oral. Invite some Ss to report their experiences and changes. (6) Extension: According to their changes, the teacher can tell the Ss to believe in themselves and make some changes and try to be a better person. (7) Summary: Summarize the sentence patterns weve learned and conclude which group is the winner. (8) Homework: To write an article about your changes.
