英语人教版九年级全册Iusedtobeafraidofthedark.doc

Unit4 I used to be afraid of the dark.SectionA (3a)Teaching aims1. Knowledge objects: Words: background, take up, Asian, deal with, shyness, tons of, interview, dare, private, require, crowd, guardSentences: As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. You have to be prepared to give up your normal life.Only a very small number of people make it to the top.She didnt use to worry about how she appears to others, but now she does.2. Ability objects:(1)Train students reading skills by finding the topic sentences and guessing the meanings of new words from the sentences.(2) Encourage students to describe the changes with “used to”. (3) Make students find out some details in the article based on the given tasks.3. Moral objects: Its normal for people to have some changes. Its important to hold on to our dreams.Teaching important and difficult points1. Key vocabularies2. Use key sentences to describe peoples changesTeaching methodsTask-based teaching method Communicative methodTeaching aidsA tape recorder and a projector.Teaching proceduresStep1 Greetings Step2 New words learningAsk students to look at some sentences and pictures to learn the new words.(take up, Asian, deal with, shyness, tons of, interview, dare, private, require, crowd, guard)Step3 Lead-in1.Let students to look at some photos to lead in the topicPeople sure change.2.Ask students to talk about their own changes.3.Lead in the girl in the article to students.Step4 Before reading1.Ask students to look at the picture and answer the questions.a. Whats in her hands?b. Whats she doing?c. Whats she like? Is she outgoing or shy?2.Ask students to look at the title and answer the questions.a. What was she like in the past?b. What kind of music does she like?c. What does the article talk about?Step5 Fast readingAsk students to look through the article and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.how Candys life has changed (para2)Candys advice to young people (para3)Candys background (para1)Step6 Detailed reading1. Ask students to look at Candys background carefully and correct the following sentences.a. Candy is a 19-year-old African pop star.b. Candy was not outgoing in the past.c. Candy began to dance to get over her shyness.d. Candy dares to sing in front of crowds now.2.Ask students to look at para.2 and make a list of the good things of becoming famous.a. be able to travelb. meet new peoplec. get tons of attention3.Ask students to go on reading para.2 and find out the bad things.a. She didnt use to worry about how she appears to others, but now she does.b. She used to hang out with friends, but it is impossible now.4.Ask students to voice their own opinions about whether they want to be famous.5.Ask students to look at Candys advice to young people and fill in the blanks.“You have to be prepared to _ your normal life. You can never imagine how _ the road to success is. Many times I thought about giving up, but I _. You really require a lot of _ and _ to succeed. Only a very _ number of people make it to the top.”Step7 Moral educationEvery coin has two sides.Everyone has a dream.However, the road to the dream is difficult.But I do hope you can fight on till the dream comes true.Step8 HomeworkRead the passage again and work in pairs. One is Candy, the other is the reporter to ask Candy questions.Blackboard DesignU