英语人教版九年级全册Unit 4 1a--2d.docx

课题Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.Period 1教学目标1.Knowledge Objects(1)Key Vocabulary：used to, dark(2)Target Language2. Ability Objects(1) Train students listening skill.(2) Train students communicative competence.3.Moral ObjectDont judge a person by his appearance.教材分析1.Teaching Key PointsTarget languageThe structure: used to2. Teaching Difficult PointThe structure: used to实施教学过程设计Step Revision(1) Check the homework exercises.(2) Ask some individual students their ways of learning English.T: How do you learn English, A?SA: I learn English by listening to cassettes.T: What about you, B?SB: I study with a group.T: Do you learn English by practicing conversations with friends, C?SC: Yes, I do. I think it helps.T:Step 1aThe activity introduces tile key vocabulary. Call students attention to the chart with the headlines Appearance and Personality.Say, You are to fill in the chart with words describing people. The words under Appearance will describe how people look and the words under Personality will describe what people are like. Ask two students to say the sample answers. Then elicit one answer to each column from the class.Get students to fill in the chart individually.Check the answers by asking different students to read their lists to the class.Make sure that all the students understand what each word means.Note: Answers will vary from the sample answers below.Sample answersAppearance: tall, straight hair, long hair, short hair, curly hair, short, fat, thin, slim, good-looking, prettyPersonality: outgoing, funny, quiet, kind, warm-hearted, friendly, shy, easygoingStep 1bThe activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.Write two dates side by side on the blackboard. The first is todays date, including the year, and the second is the same day, but ten years ago.Ask 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 was short.T: She has long hair. Did she have long hair ten years ago?S2: No, she has short hair. (You may wish to ask Liu Chang to answer the question)T: Ask some more questions and add more examples to both columns.Ensure that the blackboard ends up like this:Sep. 10,2004Sep. 10,1994Tallshortlong hairshort hairSay, 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.Read 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 other blanks with words you hear.Play the recording for the first time.Students only listen.Play the recording again. This time, students listen and fill in the blanks.Check the answers.AnswersMario used to beshort. He used to wearglasses.Amy used to be tall. She used to haveshort hair.Tina used to haveredandcurlyhair.Step 1cThis activity provides oral practice using the target language.Read the instructions to the class.Call students attention to the conversation in the box. Invite a pair of students to read it to the class.SA: Mario used to be short.SB: Yes, he did. Now he is tall.Write it on the blackboard. Then demonstrate a new conversation with another student.T: Mario used to wear glasses.SC:Yes, he did. Now he wears contact lenses.Say, look at the picture in Activity 1b.Have a conversation with a partner about people in the picture. Talk about how the People look now and how they used to look.As students work, listen in on various pairs checking progress and helping with pronunciation as needed.After students have had a chance to practice several exchanges, ask pairs to come the front of the room and act out their conversations.Step SummarySay, 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. Nowhes tallStep HomeworkTake out the pictures of people cut out from magazines or newspapers. Hand them out to students. Its better to find colorful, full-length p