英语人教版九年级全册Umit 4 SectionA1a——2d.doc

Unit4 I used to be afraid of the darkSectionA1a2d一、Teaching Aims and Demands1Knowledge Objects（1）Key wordsUsed to be dark （2）Target language Mario used to be short.Yes, he did. Now he is tall.2Ability Objects（1）Train Ss listening skill.（2）Train Ss communicative competence3Moral ObjectsDont judge a person by his appearance.二、Teaching Key Points 1Target language2The structure: used to 三、Teaching Difficult PointThe structure used to 四、Teaching Method 1Teaching by induction2Pair work五、Teaching ProceduresStep 1 Revision1Check the homework2Ask some individual Ss their ways of learning English.Step 2 1aThe activity introduces the key vocabulary. 1Call Ss attention to the chart with the headlines Appearance and Personality.Say, the word appearance will describe how people look and the word personality will describe what people are like. Ask two Ss to say the sample answers. Then elicit one answer to each column from the class.2Get Ss to fill in the chart individually.3Check the answers by asking different Ss to read their lists to the class. Make sure that all the Ss understand what each word means.Note: Answers will vary from the sample answers below.Appearance: tall straight hair long hair short hair surly hair short fat thin slim good-looking pretty Personality: outgoing funny quiet kind warm-hearted friendly shy easygoingStep 3 1bThe activity gives Ss practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.1Write two dates side by side on the Bb. The first is todays date, including the year and the second is the same day, but ten years ago.2Ask a student to stand up. Use words or phrases to describe that student now. Ask students to suggest words or phrases that describe him/her ten years ago.T: Liu Chang is tall now. Was she tall ten years ago?S1: No, she is short.T: She has long hair. Did she have long hair ten years ago?S2: No, she has short hair. T: Ensure that the Bb ends up like Sep.2005. Sep.2000tall shortlong hairshort hair3Say, we use “used to” to talk about things that have changed. Write the following on the blackboard:Liu Chang used to be short, but she is tall now.She used to have short hair, but she has long hair now.4Read the instructions to the class. Point out the sample answer. Say, you will hear someone in the recording say that Mario used to be short, listen and fill in the blanks with words you hear. Play the recording for the first time, Ss only listen. Play the recording again. This time, Ss listen and fill in the blanks.Step 4 1cThis activity provides oral practice using the target language. 1Read the instructions to the class.2Call Ss attention to the conversation in the box. Invite a pair of Ss to read it to the class.3Write it on the blackboard. Step52d1.Read the conversation.2.Exercise.Step 6SummarySay, in this class, weve learned the key vocabulary words “used to” and “dark”. And weve also learned the target language: Mario used to be short. Yes, he did. Now he is tall.Step 6 HomeworkRecite Role_play2d.Step 7 Blackboard DesignUnit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.Section A The First Period1 The structure: used to Sep. 2005 Sep. 2000tall shortlong hair short hairLiu Chang us