1、Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.Section B（3a-Self Check）Teaching Aims Language goals 1.语言能力：能够根据所给的框架描述自己外貌、性格和爱好的变化及其原因。2.文化意识：了解人们过去和现在的不同，感受变化之大。3.思维品质：学习多层次、多角度、多元化地表达自己的变化。在写作的过程中，注意语篇的整体性、结构性和逻辑性。4.学习能力：有意识地运用知识迁移策略来介绍自己的变化并阐述变化的原因。Teaching Difficulties描述自己外貌、性格和爱好的变化及其原因。Teaching Aidsm
2、ultimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching Teaching ProceduresTipsStep 1 Warming up Guess gamestep 1: T thinks of one S in his / her mind and tells everyone the gender of the S.Step 2: Ss ask questions about the chosen one using the sentence structure “Did he / she use to .?”
3、Step 3: T can only answer the questions using “yes” or “no”.Step 4: Ss guess who he / she is.(Tip: T can let Ss know that a person may have a lot of change with the time passing by.)Step 2 Presentation & Practice在warm up的活动中老师可以总结随着时间的推移一个人会发生很多变化，在PPTP7的活动中，老师可以以自身的变化为范例，利用P7的给出的句子作为示范，从外貌、性格和爱好三方面
4、阐述自己的变化，这也是为3b部分的写作给学生做口头示范。Pre-writing T can tell Ss that a lot changes have taken place for himself/herself in the past few years.T can describe his/her changes from three aspects: appearance, personality and hobbies. 3a Encourage Ss to write down three changes (in appearance, personality and hobb
5、ies) that they havent talked about before. Then ask them to talk with a partner about their changes. (Tip: T can also encourage Ss to make a conversation and talk about their changes following the example on PPT P9.)While-writing3b Show and explain the instruction about the writing task to Ss. Encou
6、rage Ss to write two paragraphs. Tell Ss that they can incorporate the three changes from 3a but they can also include more changes to make their piece more interesting.(Tip: T can show Ss the sample writing to give them more idea.)Post-writing Divide Ss into several groups, ask Ss to read their pas
7、sages in the group one by one. Ask each group to vote for the best passage, then invite the S who wrote the “best passage” to read his/her passage for the class.Self CheckExercise 1 Ask Ss to fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.Answers: 1.in person 2.silent, seldom 3.ab
8、sent, fail 4.takes pride in/took pride in 5.influence 6.humorous 7.required, interview 8.are proud of/were proud ofExercise 2 Ask Ss to think about what they used to be like when they were in primary school. Encourage Ss to come up with different answers.Suggested answers: 1.I used to wear smaller s
9、ized clothes. 2.My hair used to be curly. 3.I used to watch cartoons. 4.I used to play hide and seek. 5. I used to be short.Step 3 Summary & Homework Summary Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P17-20.Homework Preview 1a-1c in Unit 5. Do the exercises in students book.Teaching ReflectionIn the last
10、period of the unit, we pay enough attention to writing practice. Try to get the students to use what they have learned in the unit. The teacher should help the students to sum up all the words and expressions they have learned. Give examples to them and let them have enough time to practice. They must do a lot of work to practice words and expressions to talk about how they have changed. They have to finish the work by themselves.4
