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Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark
单元教材分析
本单元学习的话题是谈论过去的性格、外貌、特点和喜好，要求学会运用used to这一特有的语言结构来表述过去的经历和习惯。Section A通过人物的性格特点和外貌特征的今昔对比让学生感知这一新的语言内容，学习了解这一结构特征，体会它的用法。学生应该重点掌握并且能够正确运用used to这一语言结构来描述同学曾经的性格特点和相貌；复习和学习新的表现性格和外貌的词汇；学会used to…结构的肯定和否定陈述句、疑问句及其简略回答。Section B在Section A的话题基础上进行延伸和拓展，由描写人物的性格、外貌变化转向谈论人物的行为习惯、爱好的改变；在语言上，除了进一步巩固Section A所学的重点语言内容外，还复习巩固了有关行为习惯及爱好的短语，并且通过语篇呈现了其他词汇；在技能上，由听、说转到综合性的听、读、写的训练；在策略上，训练学生利用上下文线索进行推导判断、确认语句的位置、解读词语含义；在情感上，利用阅读部分所介绍的一位乡村少年的成长故事。对学生进行教育，唤醒学生们的关爱之心，懂得体会亲情的可贵，理解父母的责任，并能在成长的道路上注重心理的健康和成长。
单元目标
1.理解、掌握和运用描写外貌、个性和爱好的生词和短语；理解、掌握和
运用used to结构。
2.能够运用used to描述过去的经历。
3.通过新旧对比，领悟人生转折和把握命运的方法。
4.用略读、跳读、上下文语境猜词等方式进行阅读，提高阅读理解的有效性。
5.设置不同问题，反复训练used to be的不同句式的用法。
6.让学生自己写或说自己过去发生的事，并且在小组中或全班交流。
7.通过适当拓展话题，让学生就生活中某一方面讨论其过去和现在的异同
教法导航
1. 以任务型教学作为课堂教学理念、利用整体语言教学法、情景教学法、交际教学法等。
2. 在教学中创设切实可行的任务型教学活动、突出交际性。
3. 教师为主导、学生为主体、任务为基础，注重实用性。
4. 引趣激趣策略，创设情景调节气氛，引发激发学生兴趣。
学法导航
多读善思，小组合作、探究、学习、交流
课时分配
Period 1: Section A (1a-2d)
Period 2: Section A (3a-3c)
Period 3: Section A (Grammar Focus-4c)
Period 4: Section B (1a-1e)
Period 5: Section B (2a-2f)
Period 6: Section B (3a-Self Check)
课时教案
Period 1 Section A ( 1a--2d)
授课时间______实有人数_______缺席人数______缺席原因______
【课时目标】
1.掌握下列生词和短语：
重点单词：sure, used ,used to ,curly, funny, straight
重点词组：be silent, ask questions,be quiet,get good scores,used to be
2.熟练掌握句型：
1.I used to be short. I don not use to be popular in school.
2.You used to be short,don`t you
Yes, I did. No, I didn't.
3.Did he use to wear glasses
Yes, he did. No, he didn't.
4.能够表达自己现在和过去在外表、性格、娱乐等方面的变化。
5.让学生明白事物是在不断发展、变化的道理，培养学生积极向上的心态。
【教学重难点】
1.used to do sth 的用法
2.Mario, you used to be short, didn't you
【教学过程】
Step 1 Warming-up
1. Show some pictures to Ss to look and describe their appearance and personality .
What does he/she look like
How can we describe the personality
2. Make Ss have a brainstorm and remember the description words about our appearance and personality.
Step2 Lead-in
1.Ask Ss to play a guessing game. Look at the pictures and guess the changes about appearance and personality between the past and now.
2.Lead in “used to be/do” and describe the past with it.
She/He used to be …, but now she/he is…
Step 3 Presentation
Work on 1a.
1. Ss fill in the blanks on their own first.
2. Work in groups.Add more words of describing people.
3. Each group report their words.
4. Read aloud the word lists.
Step 4 Listening
Work on 1b.
1. Play the tape for Ss to listen for the first time.
Bob is seeing some friends for the first time in four years. What did his friends use to look like
2. Listen again and check answers.
3. Play the tape again for Ss to complete the three conversations.
4. Read the three conversations.
Work on 1c.
1.Make Ss look at the picture in 1a and read the conversation .
2. Ask them to make conversations in pairs.
3. Call some pairs to present in class.
Step 5 Listening &Pair work
Work on 2a.
1. Ask Ss to read the words in 2a.
2. Play the tape for the first time for Ss to listen and check.
3. Check answers in class.
Play the tape again and ask Ss to complete the chart about how Paula has changed. Then check answers.
Work on 2c.
Work in pairs. Make conversations about Paula using the information in 2b.
Work on 2b.
Step 6 Role-play
Work on 2d.
1. Play the tape for Ss to read after the conversation.
2. Work in pairs. Practice the conversation in 2d.
3. Read the conversation and fill in blanks.
4.Check answers in class.
Step 7 language points
1. Explain the usage of used to be/ do, silent, from time to time, such...
2. Read the words and examples.
Step 8 Exercises
1.Show some exercises to practice the key words, the target language and key sentences.
2. Check the answers one by one.
Step 9 Homework
1.Describe your changes in appearance and personality.
2.Exchange your description with your partner.
3.Recite the conversation in 2d.
4. Preview the next part.
【拓展延伸】
【板书设计】
Period 2 Section A (3a—3c)
授课时间_______实有人数_______缺席人数______缺席原因_____
【课时目标】
1.重点单词: background, interview, Asian, dare, ton, private, guard, require,
2.重点词组：deal with, take up, be prepared to...
3.重点句式
(1) Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.
(2) As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school.
(3) I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.
(4) Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on.
4.掌握如何表达过去常常做的事情或状态的句型。
5.让学生明白事物是在不断发展，变化的道理，培养学生积极向上的心态。
【教学重难点】
1.掌握重点词汇和短语。
2.能够用used to 叙述过去的事情。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Warming-up
1.Make Ss work in pairs to talk about their changes now than three years ago.
2. Review the target languages of last class.
Step 2 Lead-in
1.Show Ss the pictures of Candy, make them talk about the girl’s past in the picture.
Do you know the beautiful and outgoing girl
Can you guess what she was like in the past
Do you want to know her story
2. Lead in 3a.
Step 3 Pre-reading
Fast reading
1.Help Ss to understand the demand in 3a. Talk about the girl in the picture and discuss the title “From Shy Girl to Pop Star”.
2.Scan the information in the box and learn the new words “article, paragraph and background”.
3.Quickly read the passage about Candy and finish the task. Do not mention the new words and expressions at this time.
4.Check answers.
Step 4 While-reading
Careful reading.
1.Read Paragraph 1 and complete the chart about Candy’s background.
2.Read Paragraph 2 and fill in a chart about how Candy’s life has changed.
3.Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the chart.
Check answers in class.
Step 5 Post- reading
1. Ask Ss to read the passage again and fill in the chart.Then check answers.
2.Think about the following question:
What do you think of being an actor or a singer now
3.Read the article again and complete the sentences about Candy.
4.Suppose you are the interviewer and your partner is Candy. Ask and answer questions.
Step 6 Language points
Explain the language points and ask the ss to read them. Point out the usages of the following:
1. crowd, shyness, whole, prepare
2. take up singing, deal with, whole, dare to do, tons of
Step 7 Summary
1. Ask some Ss to summarize the Lpts.
2. Read them and write them down.
Step 8 Exercises
Practice the language points by these exercises
Step 9 Homework
1. Do you ever find yourself or your friend has changed a lot Write a short passage.
2. Retell the article in 3a.
【拓展延伸】
【板书设计】
Period 3 Section A (Grammar Focus--4c)
授课时间______实有人数_______缺席人数______缺席原因_____
【教学目标】
1.重点单词：
European, African, British, speech, public...
2.重点词组：in public, used to be/ do, be afraid of, give a speech...
3. 重点句型：
（1) I used to be short.
（2) I didn’t use to be popular in school.
（3) You used to be short, didn’t you Yes, I did./No, I didn’t.
（4) Did he use to wear glasses Yes, he did. /No, he didn’t.
4.掌握used to的不同句型用法，并通过不同方式的练习，来熟练运用这些句型。
5.让学生明白事物是在不断发展，变化的道理，培养学生积极向上的心态。
6.学习运用表达过去常常做的事情或状态的句型。
【教学重难点】
掌握重点短语和句型
掌握used to 的用法
【教学过程】
Step1. Lead-in
1.Review the words and sentences of 3a.
2.Review the usage of used to be/do
Step2. Presentation
1. Ask Ss to read the sentences in Grammar Focus . Then explain them , make Ss practice them in pairs.
2.Change it into different patterns.
3.Compare the structures with others.
Step 3. Practice
Work on 4a.
1. Ask Ss to read and then write sentences about the past using used to.
2. Call some Ss read the sentences and then check answers in class.
Work on 4b.
1. Make Ss look at the information in the chart and write sentences about Emily on their own.
2. Call some Ss read their sentences and check answers.
3. Ask Ss to read the sentences in 4a and 4b.
Step 4. Pair work
Work on 4c.
1. Ask Ss to read the instruction of 4c .
Which of these things did you use to be afraid of Which ones are you still afraid of
Check the boxes and then ask your partner.
2. Make Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer like this:
a.I used to be afraid of being alone. I’m still afraid of being alone.
b. -Did you use to be afraid of being alone
-Yes, I used to be afraid of being alone. I’m still afraid of being alone.
Step5. Exercises
Show Ss some exercises to practice the key words, the target language and key sentences.
Step6. Homework
List the things you used to do when you were a child using the structure“I used to…, while, now…”
【拓展延伸】
【板书设计】
Period 4 Section B (1a--1e)
授课时间______实有人数_______缺席人数______缺席原因______
【课时目标】
1.重点单词：ant, insect, spider
2.重点词组：on the soccer team ,all the time , worry about
3.重点句型 :
（1) I used to be on the soccer team
（2) I used to be nervous about tests all the time
4.进一步强化提升学生的听、说、读、写能力，并且学习used to do sth 这一句型结构的变化。
5.让学生明白事物是在不断发展、变化的道理，培养学生积极向上的心态。珍惜父母及亲人对你的爱，努力学习回报社会。
【教学重难点】
能够用used to 句型谈论过去的事情
【教学过程】
Step 1. Warming-up
1. Ask Ss to have a free talk about the things they used to like when they were children.
2. Look at the pictures and learn the new words.
3. Write sentences with used to be/do. Then read the sentences together and lead in 1a.
Step 2. Presentation
Work on 1a.
1. Ask Ss to look at the pictures in 1a.If need help ,Ss describe the pictures using the structure “used to”.
2. Get Ss to write down the things they used to do when they were children.
3. Discuss them with their partners.Then report in English.
Work on 1b.
1. Ask Ss : What other things did you use to like when you were a child
2. Make Ss write sentences in the box above. Then discuss them with a partner.
Step 3. Listening
Work on 1c.
1.Ask Ss to read aloud the sentences in 1c.Make sure they understand the meaning.
2.Play the tape for the first time for Ss to listen and check ( ) the sentences they hear.
3.Check answers in class.
Work on 1d.
1.Ask Ss to look at the chart.
2.Make them listen again.
What do the girl and the boy say about things in the past and now
Ask Ss to fill in the chart.
3. Listen once more and try to answer questions ,then check answers.
Step 4. Practice
Work on 1e.
Ask Ss to work in pairs to compare themselves with their partners.
A: I used to be I used to be nervous about tests all the
time. What about you
B: Yes, me too. And I used to …
Step 5. . Language points
Explain the usage of be nervous about.
Ask Ss to read them.
Step 6. Exercises
Show some exercises to practice the key words, the target languages and key sentences.
Step7. Homework
Make conversations with your partner about what your childhood used to be like.
【拓展延伸】
【板书设计】
Period 5 Section B (2a--2f)
授课时间______实有人数_______缺席人数______缺席原因______
【课时目标】
1.重点词汇： influence , seldom , proud, absent , fail , exactly
2.重点词组： be proud of , make a decision , in person , take care of , take pride in
3.重点句型 :
--He was no longer interested in studying
--He was often absent from classes .
-- He used to break them all the time
4.能够写出自己在外貌、性格与爱好方面的变化。
5.让学生明白事物是在不断发展、变化的道理，培养学生积极向上的心态,珍惜父母及亲人对你的爱，努力学习回报社会。
【教学重难点】
掌握重点短语和句型
根据上下文来理解单词和短语
【教学过程】
Step 1. Warming-up
1.Make Ss have a free talk.
Which things did you use to be afraid of
Which things are you still afraid of
2.Work in pairs then call some to present in class.
I used to be afraid of...
I’m still afraid of...
Step 2. Lead-in
1. Ask Ss to have a discussion about their childhood.
How was your childhood Did you use to have the same experience as the following
2. Show some pictures and make Ss say something about their childhood.
I used to like...
I used to hate...
3.Work on 2a.
Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy from the countryside. His parents are working in the city. Look at the title of the passage and the picture below. What problems do you think he might have
Ask Ss to guess the reason and discuss with partners.
Step 3 .Pre-reading
Fast reading.
1.Make Ss read the passage and put the sentences [A-D] in the correct places and underline the problems that Li Wen used to have.
2.Check answers in class.
3.Make Ss read 3a again and match each paragraph with the main idea.
4. Check answers.
Step 4. While-reading
Careful reading.
Read paragraph 1 and correct the errors.
Read paragraph 2 and underline the problems that Li Wen used to have.
3. Read paragraph 3 and make a conversation.
4. Read Paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks.
Step 5. Post-reading
1.Make Ss think about the questions.
What can we do to help left-behind children
What should those lonely and unhappy children do
2.Think of many ways to solve the problems, and discuss in groups then report in class.
Step 6.Practice
Work on 2c.
Read the passage again and underline the problems that Li Wen used to have.
Work on 2d.
Use clues from the passage to help you guess the meanings of the words in the box.
Work on 2e.
Complete the passage with the proper forms of the words and phrases in the box.
Work on 2f.
What do you think Li Wen and his parents talked about in their conversation Write a conversation and role-play it with your group. Think of the following things:
Step 7 language points
1. Ask Ss to read the language points so that they can understand the language points deeply.
2. Explain the usage of polite, correct, request, lead in to, on time, look forward to, reply, etc.
Step 8 .Exercises
Practice the language points by these exercises.
Step 9 .Summary
Summarize the main phrases.
Step 10 .Homework
Read the story in Activity 2b again for further comprehension.
【拓展延伸】
【板书设计】
Period 6 Section B ( 3a-Self Check )
授课时间______实有人数_______缺席人数______缺席原因______
【课时目标】
Key vocabulary:
in the last few years, the most important thing, remain silent, require doing, have a great influence on sb., give a general self-introduction.
Key sentences:
a. My life has changed a lot in the last few years.
b. The biggest change in my life was…
c. This is the most important change because…
3. Structure: used to do
4.Summarize the key words and very important phrases of Unit 4.
5.Review the patterns.
6. Write a passage about making polite requests.
【教学重难点】
1. 教学重点：
1)能上节所学短文的内容，完成写段落关键词及短文填空的任务。
2)掌握本单元所学used to句型的用法，并能正确运用此句型来进行表达。
3）能综合运用就本单元所学习的语言知识来写作与过去相比所发生的一些变化。
2. 教学难点：
Write a passage about how you have changed.
【教学过程】
Step 1. Review
1.Review the key words and phrases of Unit 4.
2.Read and remember them.
Step 2.Presentation
Work on 3a.
1. Ask Ss to read the instruction in 3a ,then write notes about how they have changed in their appearance, personality and hobbies. Fill in the chart with some objectives.
2. Work in pairs to talk with a partner about their changes. Make conversations with used to be/ do.
Step 3. Writing
Work on 3b.
1. Ask Ss to read and understand the instructions.
Write about how you have changed. What did you use to be like Which change is the most important one, and why
2.Analyse the mind map and the given structure, then write a passage.
3.Choose one of the good passages and show it to other students.
4.Underline the good sentences and correct the errors.
Step4. Self Check
Work on 1.
1. Make Ss read the words in the box.
2. Fill in the blanks on their own.
3. In pairs, correct the work of each other.
4. Ask Ss to read out the sentences.
Work on 2.
1. Ask Ss to complete the sentences on their own.
2. Then read their sentences in groups.
3. Ask some students to read out their sentences to the class.
Step5. Exercises
Practice the language points and grammar by doing these exercises.
Step6. Homework
1.Make six sentences with “used to”.
2.Review the knowledge you have learnt in this unit.
【板书设计】
【教学反思】
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