Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark

I. Learning objectives 教学目标
Skill
Focus
Talk about appearances and personalities.
Talk about experiences.
Listen, and write the comparison between the past and now.
Talk about what you used to be like
Language
Focus
功
能
句
式
Talk about appearances (P10—11)
-Mario used to be short.
-Yes, he did. Now he is tall.
-Did you use to have straight hair?
-No, I didn’t
Talk about personalities (P11)
-I used to be really quiet.
- I know. Now you are very outgoing.
Talk about experiences(P11—12)
-Did you use to play the piano?
-No, I didn’t,
-Did you use to be afraid of the dark?
-Yes, I did.

词

汇
1. 重点词汇
chew chat afford cause waste insect gum comic death patient decision attention candy airplane daily.
2. 认读词汇
airplane, terrify, insect, chew, gum, chat, daily, exactly
3. 词组
be interested in be terrified of go to sleep in the end make a decision head teacher. to one’s surprise even though
no longer not… any more give up pay attention to.

语法
The usage of “used to do”
He didn’t used to like tests.
Did he used to like tests?
Yes, he did. /No, he didn’t
Strategy
Focus
1. Brainstorming
2. comparing
Culture
Focus
What do you think of the changes of people?
How to deal with changes?
II. Teaching materials analyzing and rearranging 教材分析和重组
本单元以I used to be afraid of the dark 为话题，共设计了四个部分的内容。
1． 教材分析
Section A
该部分有4个内容模块：第一块围绕What did he use to look like?为话题展开思维（1a）、听力（1b）口语（1c）训练；第二模块围绕What did you use to do? 为话题进行听力（2a-2b）、口语训练（2c）；第三模块在以上两模块的基础上以Did you use to be afraid of the dark 为话题展开训练，训练形式为填写表格（3b）；第四模块拓展思维，让学生随意谈论自己的过去与现在，并简单陈述一下发生变化的原因。
Section B
该部分仍为4个模块；第一模块是思维（1a）与口语（1b）训练；第二模块就used to do 句式进行听力（2a-2b）与口语（2c）训练；第三个模块What did you use to do 这一话题进行阅读(3a)与写作（3b-3c）训练；第四模块让学生进行调查活动（4a-4b），从而提高他们的口语表达能力。
Self Check
该部分分为2个模块；第一个模块以填空形式对新词汇进行训练；第二模块要求学生跟句图画中所提供的信息展开写作训练。
Reading
该部分设置了5项任务；第一项任务以对话形式启发学生介绍自己的过去与现在，为下一任务作铺垫；第二项任务让学生快速阅读，了解文章大意；第三项任务以填空形式让学生了解文章段与段，句与句之间的关系；第四项任务要求学生了解文章的细节；第五项任务要求学生用新学知识展开活动，具备真正运用语言的能力。
2． 教材重组
Period 1 New function presenting
Period 2 Practice
Period 3 Integrative skills
Period 4 Reading
Ⅲ. Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式

Period 1 New function presenting
Teaching goals 教学目标
Language goals语言目标
1. Words ＆ expressions.
used to，be interested in
2. Key sentences
Mario, you used to be short, didn’t you? Yes I did (P10)
Did you use to play the piano? No, I didn’t.(P11)
Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to talk about appearances and personalities.
Emotion ＆ attitude goals 情感和态度目标
Enable the students to deal with changes correctly.
Strategy goals 策略目标
Enable the students to describe appearances and personalities by comparing.
Culture awareness goals文化意识目标
People have different behaviors during different ages in different countries.
Teaching important points教学重点
The structure “used to ”and its negative and interrogative forms.

Step I Revision
Ask the students to talk about the ways they have used in English learning before.
T: Since English learning is such a popular topic among middle school students, nearly every one of us are thinking about one question: how can we improve our English quickly. As a teacher, I think the first thing to do is to improve our ways of learning English. What ways of learning did you use before? Did the ways you used before help you a lot?
S1: I think my ways of learning English has helped me a lot. And my English is always the best. The most important thing in learning Eng
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