英语人教版九年级全册Unit 4 Section A (1a-1c).docx

Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the darkSection A (1a-1c) 【Teaching objectives】Knowledge and skills:(1) Master some words that describe peoples appearance and personality;(2) Be able to talk about peoples changes from the past to now;Process and methods: Warming up, individual work, oral practice, listening practice. ConsolidationEmotion, attitudes and values:Train students ability to talk about changes in our life.【Teaching focus】(1) Master the key structure “used to”;(2) Master key words that describe peoples apperance and personality;【Teaching difficulty】 Be able to talk about changes by using “used to”;【Teaching steps】Step 1 Preparations First, show students some pictures and ask them what the people look like. Then, teach students some words about appearance and personality. Finally, read and review the words. AppearancePersonalitytalloutgoingStraight hairfunnyheavyseriousshortshy.Step 2 PresentationKey point: Learn the use of “used to”Teaching method: compare 2 pairs of pictures of famous people between now and in the past, and then lead to the key structure: “Used to”Teaching process: Sample:T: What does. Look like?S: He/She.T: What did. Look like?S: He/She.T: So we can say: . Used to. After that, learn the use of “used to”(1) used to 意为“过去常常”，暗示现在已不存在。该短语可用于各种人称，其后接动词原形。(2) 具体说来，used to be 表示过去经常性的状态，其后接形容词或名词，而used to do 则表示过去的习惯性动作。(3) Used to 的否定形式为didnt use to.(4) Used to用于疑问句时，要借助助动词did, 将其放在主语之前，即Did+主语+use to+动原+其它。Finally, do some exercise for consolidation.Step 3 consolidationFirst, let students do exercises by themselves.Then, check answers.Step 4 Practice(1) Listening practiceFirst, explain the instructions.Then, listen to the tape and try to write answers.Finally, check answers.(2) Oral praticeUse “used to” and “but now” to describe changes in our life.Teaching method: look at 3pairs of pictures . Then use “used to”. “but now.” to try to talk about changes in our life.Teaching process: Sample: Sentence1: TV used to be.than people. but now people are.than TV.Sentence2: People used to .for communication. but now people use.for communication.Sentence3: Students used to . to school. but now students .to school.Finally, ask 3 students to talk about changes in our life.Step 5 ProductionKey point: Review the structure “used to”Teaching method: according to the pictures of the youth of famous stars, read the tips and try to guess who he/she is.Teaching process: Sample: T: Look at the first picture of a famous star, he used to.but now he.So who is he?S: He is.Finally, ask students to give answers.Step 6 ProgressKey point: Learn to use the structure “used to” to talk about peoples changes.Teaching method: let students talk with each other by using the questions, then, try to give a report.Teaching process: Sample: Hello, everyone. .is my friend. He/She used to be., but now/and now he/she is. He/She used to have., but now/and now he/she has.now. He/She used to wear/play/like., but now/and now he/she wears/plays/likes. People sure change.Step 7 conclusion(1) Learn how to use the structure “used to”;(2)