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Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.The First PeriodTeaching Contents: Section A 1a，1b，1c，2a，2b，2cStep I Organization of class1.Greeting2.Warming upStep II Presentation1.Words CompetitionShow the class many words of appearance and personality. Get them to put the words in the right place.2.Guess: Who is the boy?Show the class some information about Harry Potter:He is a boy. He is not tall. He has curly hair. He is easygoing. He is very smart. He can see strange things and so on.3.Show two photos of the teacher five years ago/ now. Ask the students some questions: What did I look like five years ago? What do I look like now?4.Introduce the new conversations in Unit 2I used to be fat. I am thin now. I used to have long hair. I have short hair now. I used to play basketball. I play ping-pong now.Step lIl Teaching Tasks1.Task One (Pairwork): Listening to the tape(1) Show the students two pictures and say something about the people in the picture. (2) Listen to the tape. Then fill in the blanks in lb，2a，2b.2.Task Two (Groupwork): Describing different persons(1) Show the students a set of pictures, such as a movie star, a sportsman, a teacher. (2) Get the students to discuss in groups and take notes, such as: Jacky Chan used to have big eyes, but now he has small eyes(3) Ask two or three groups to present their answers. (4) Which group does best?The second periodTeaching Contents： Section A 3a，3b，4Step I Organization of class1.Greetings2.Singing an English song.Step II Revision1.Revise the conversations that the students learned in the first period. Ask them to talk about some pictures.2.Check the homework. Talk about what one person used to be like and she/ he is like now. Step IIl Presentation1.Show the class a picture of a big dog，then introduce the new conversations in 3a：I used to be afraid of big dogs.Im still afraid of big dogs.2.Ask the students some questions like this：What did you use to be afraid of?Are you still afraid of.?Step IV Teaching Tasks1.Task One (Pairwork)：Match the pictures with the phrases.(1) Show the students six pictures about the phrases in 3a.(2) Ask the students to talk about the pictures in pairs and match them.2.Task Two：Put checks in the first two columns.(1) Show the students the first two columns about“I”, then get them to put checks.(2) Ask a group of students to read out their answers like this:I used to be afraid of. / Im still afraid of.3.Task Three(Pairwork)：Put checks in the last two columns.(1) Show the students the last two columns about “My Partner”. (2) Get the students to practice the dialogs in 3b. (3) Put checks in the columns. (4) Ask several pairs to present their answers.(5) Choose the best pair.4.Task Four (Groupwork): A survey(1) Show the students a form about the activities. (2) Get the students to fill in the blanks about “I”.(3) Get the students to ask their classmates and fill in the blanks about “My classmate”. (4) Ask the students to ask questions like this:What did you use to