英语人教版九年级全册Unit4SectionB1.doc

Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the darkThe fourth period. Teaching Aims and Demands1. Knowledge Objects (1) Key Vocabulary spider, insect, chew, gum (2) Target Language I used to eat candy all the time. Did you? Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot.2. Ability Object Train students ability to talk about what they used to be/do.3. Moral Object People surely change. Students should take good care of the process of their growth. Teaching Key Points1. Key Vocabulary spider, insect, chew, gum2. Target Language I used to eat candy all the time. Did you? Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot. Teaching Difficult PointTalk about what you used to be/do. Teaching MethodPractice method. Teaching Aids1. A tape recorder2. A picture with spiders and a picture with insects.3. A gum. Teaching ProceduresStep 1 RevisionCheck homework. Invite different students to report what his/her grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, or old friends used to be afraid of when they were young.Step2 1aThis activity introduces new vocabulary words and provides practice with the target language.Using pictures, teach students to practice the words spider and insect. Teach theword gum by holding up a gum. And teach the verb chew by chewing the gum. Ask students to complete the work individually.Check the answers by inviting different students to report his/her work like this:When I was a child, I used to like painting pictures and singing in music class.Say each number to the class and ask students to raise their hands for each thing they used to like to do. Then discuss the results with the class.Step 31bThis activity provides practice with the target language.Point out the box under the pictures.Read the instructions to the class. Say,You are to write some other things that you used to like to do when you were a children on the lines in the box. Remind students to write sentences.As students work, move around the room offering language support and helping them with any words they want to use.Get a student to write his/her sentences on the blackboard. Help correct any errors.Sample answers 1. I used to play football with my brother. 2. I used to eat hamburgers a lot. 3. I used to watch cartoons. 4. I used to run with my father in the morning.Step 4 2a 2bThis activity provides listening practice using the target language.Set a time limit of one minute. Ask students to look through the sentences in the box.Say, You will hear a boy and a girl talking about how life used to be when they were much younger on the recording. Listen and check the sentences you hear.Point out the sample answer. Play the recording for the first time. Students only listen.Play the recording again. This time students check the sentences they hear.Check the answers.AnswersChecked sentences: 1,2,3TapescriptGirl 1: My six-year-old brother started school this week.Boy 1: Hes really lucky. Life was great when I was six.Girl 1: Really? Why?Boy 1: Oh, schoolwork was really easy.Girl 1: Not for me. I didnt use to like tests. Now I dont worry about tests.Boy 1: And we used to play every day after school. Now we just study all the time.Girl 1: Yeah, but we used to walk to school. Now we have to take the bus.Boy 1: I remember one thing. I used to hate gym. Now I love gym class.Girl 1: Me, too.Step 5 2cThis activity provides oral practice using the target language.Ask a pair of students to read the sample conversation to the class.Optional activityAsk students to talk about good and bad habits. Then make sentences with “used to”to show which habits they have stopped and make sentences with “still” to show which ones they still have.Step 6 Summary and Homework