英语人教版九年级全册Umit 4 SectionA1a——2d.docVIP

Unit4 I used to be afraid of the dark SectionA1a——2d 一、Teaching Aims and Demands 1．Knowledge Objects = 1 \* GB2 （1）Key words Used to be dark （2）Target language Mario used to be short. Yes, he did. Now he is tall. 2．Ability Objects = 1 \* GB2 （1）Train Ss’ listening skill. = 2 \* GB2 （2）Train Ss’ communicative competence 3．Moral Objects Don’t judge a person by his appearance. 二、Teaching Key Points 1．Target language 2．The structure: used to 三、Teaching Difficult Point The structure used to 四、Teaching Method 1．Teaching by induction 2．Pair work 五、Teaching Procedures Step 1 Revision 1．Check the homework 2．Ask some individual Ss their ways of learning English. Step 2 1a The activity introduces the key vocabulary. 1．Call Ss’ attention to the chart with the headlines Appearance and Personality. Say, t he 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. 2．Get Ss to fill in the chart individually. 3．Check the a nswers 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: t all straight hair long hair short hair surly hair short fat thin slim good-looking pretty Personality : outgoing funny quiet kind warm-hearted friendly shy easygoing Step 3 1b The activity g ives Ss practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation. 1．Write two dates side by side on the Bb. The first is today’s date, including the year and the second is the same day, but ten years ago. 2．Ask a stude nt 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