1、Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark. Section（1a-2c） Part1.Teaching aims 1.To learn to describe people. 2. To know about what Bobs friends used to look like. 3. To practice talking about the conversation by listening. Part2. Teaching Key Points The vocabulary: humorous, quiet ,silent , helpful ,fr
2、om time to time Target language: 1. Did Mario use to be short? -Yes, he did. 2. I used to be short. 3. I used to have curly hair. Part3.Teaching Difficult Points How to describe the expression of what people looke like by using “used to”. Part4.TeachingAids an English book, a tape recorder and PPT P
3、art5Teaching Procedures Step1.Lead in 1.Divide the whole class into six families. And they will compete for the most loving family. If a family member do well in this class, she or he will get a smile face for the family.The family with the most faces at the end of the class will be the most loving
4、family. 2. Guessing game. (Describe two students to let other students to guess) 3. Let Ss think and talk about the question “how do we describe people”? 4. Show Ss some vivid pictures and then ask Ss to fill in a chart with words to describe peoples appearances. 5. Let one student to describe himse
5、lf according to the words in the chart. Step2. Presentation 1. Show a photo of a TV Show called Home with kids and some present Photos of actors and actress. Then Let students compare these photos and find out the changes they have. 2. Show Ss some pictures of characters in Home with kids and then a
6、sk Ss to describe what these characters used to look like 3. Let students change some sentences with “used to be /used to do” 4. Show some pictures and let students say what they used to look like and what they look like now. Eg. She used to be.but now she is Step3 Listening and speaking 1.Activity
7、1b. Listen and complete the sentences of what Bobs friends used to look like with what you hear. Pay attention to “used to be/do sth.” 2. Pair works. Look at the pictures in 1a and ask Ss to make conversations with the sentence structures in 1c. 3. Show some pictures to lead to the changes the chara
8、cters have in personality and hobby.And then let students list the words to describe the personality. 4. Show the new words about the personality. 5. Show some pictures of characters in Home with kids let students speak out what they used to be like in personality and in hobby. 6. Listen and check t
9、he words you hear in 2a. And then ask one student to check the answers. 7. Listen again and complete the chart about how Paula has changed. And then ask students to check the answers. 8. Explain some important and difficult phrases Step4 Consolidation In order to teach students care about their pare
10、nts ,ask each student to write down the changes their parents have in appearance ,personality and in hobby . Then let the family leader makes a report according to the example on ppt. Step 5Summary Challenge yourself, do some exercises to consolidate the knowledge they have learned today Step 6 Homework Survey： Do a survey about group memberschanges. And use “used to ” to write a letter to yourself in the future. Step7: Blackboard design Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark. Section（1a-2c） used to be +adj used to do sth Did sb use to +be /do sth
