Unit4-I-used-to-be-afraid-of-the-dark-教学设计-教案.docx

   教学准备
1.   教学目标
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 能掌握以下单词： humorous, silent, helpful, from time to time, score
能掌握以下句型：
① Paula used to be really quiet.
② —Did Mario use to be short? —Yes, he did.
③ —What’s he like now? —He’s tall now.
2) 能够用英语描述自己或他人过去常常做的事情；发现自己或他人在外表、性格、兴趣等方面所发生的变化。
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
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。
2.   教学重点/难点
1. 教学重点：
1)掌握本课时中出现的生词humorous, silent, helpful, from time to time, score
2) 学会描述自己或他人过去常常做的事情基本句型：
I used to…
3）发现自己或他人在外表、性格、兴趣等方面所发生的变化。
2. 教学难点：
used to do/be 句型
3.   教学用具
多媒体设备
4.   标签
   教学过程
教学过程设计

Ⅰ. Lead in
1. 大屏幕展示Ryan Carter的几张照片，引导学生们来描述他的长相特点。
T: What does he look like?
S1：He has long curly blonde hair.  
S2: He has a round face, two big eyes. He’s a littleheavy.
T: Does he like his hair?  Can you guess?
S1：No, he does. He wants to cut it short.
S2: …
T: Do you want to know about his story?
S3: Sure. We’d love to.  
T: Ryan’s hair is soft and beautiful. Hismother thinks it’s really wonderful. So she can’t stand cutting his beautifulhair. But some of Ryan’s friends say that Ryan can’t play with them because helooks like a girl. 
Ⅱ. Words presentation
1. Look at thechart in 1a, thendiscuss with your group mates. Try to fill in the chart with words to describepeople.
Appearance             Personality

2. Let some Ss say their answers. Let other Ss addmore. 
Appearance: tall, straight hair, short, of medium height, straight/curly hair,long/short hair, heavy, thin, ofmedium built …
Personality: Outgoing,shy, funny, serious, cute, quiet, kind, brave, friendly, active
3. Lear the new words withthe Ss: humorous,silent, helpful, from time to time, score
Ⅲ. Presentation
 Show two differentpictures of some famous people. Talk about their differences.
1. Jiang Wen:
    JiangWen used to wear glasses, but he doesn’t wear glasses now.
2. Zhang yishan
    Zhang yishan used to be short, but he is tall now.
T:  Explain theuse of “used to do/be …” to the Ss.  
Ⅳ. Listening
1. T: Bob hasn’t seen some of his friends for four years. Now he’s seeinghis friends. What did his friends use to like? Listen and fill in the blanks.
     1) Mario used to be ______. He used to wear _______.
     2) Amy used to be _____. She used to have _______hair.
     3) Tina used to have ______ and ______ hair.
Keys: short  glasses
            tall    short
            red   curly
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen.
3. Ss listen and try to fill in the blanks with the rightwords.   
4. Play the recording again. Let Ss check theiranswers.
Ⅴ. Pair work
1. Look at the picture in 1a and make conversations in pairs.    
2. Ss work in pairs to ask and answer the appearanceabout Mario, Amy and Tina.
3. Let some pairs ask and answer in pairs.   
    e.g.  A: Did Mario use to be short? 
            B:Yes, he did. He used to be reallyshort.
            A: What’s he like now?
            B: He’s tall now.  
Ⅵ. Listening
Work on 2a: 
T: Paula has changed a lot in thepast few years. Do you want to know what she used to be?
1. Look at the words in 2a.Let some Ss read the words aloud. Make sure all the Ss know the meaning of thewords.

  1)humorous  adj. 有幽默感的；滑稽有趣的
     humor (幽默)+ ous  →有幽默感的
     e.g. Cartoons are humorous pictures with words.
            漫画是附有文字的幽默图片。
  2) silent    adj.   不说话的；沉默的
      silent   adj.  →silence    n. 沉默
      e.g. Peter seems silenttoday. What’s the matter?
             彼特今天似乎很沉默，怎么了？
  3) helpful  adj.   有帮助的
      help  n.(帮助) + ful → helpful   adj.有帮助的
      e.g. His explanation wasmore or less helpful.
             他的解释多少是有帮助的。
2.Play the recording for the Ss to listen and check the words they hear.
3.Play the recording again to check the answers.
Keys:friendly  outgoing   silent   active   brave   quiet       
Work on 2b:
1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for theSs. Make sure they know what to do.
    In the past
   1) Paula used to be really ______. She was alwayssilent in class. She wasn’t very ________. She was never brave enough to ask questions.
   2)She got good grade in _______. She was also good in ______. She used to playthe ______.
    Keys:quiet   outgoing   science  music   piano
    Now
    1) Now she’s more interested in ______. She plays______ almost every day.
        She’salso on a ______team.
    2) She still plays the _____ from time to time.
    Keys: sports  soccer   swim   piano
2. Play the recording for the Ss to fill in the blankswith the right words.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.  
4. Play the recording once more and anwer thequestions.
    1) What class were they?
    2) What was Paula never brave to do in class?
    3) What subjects were Paula good at?
    4) What is Paula interested in now?
    Keys:Theywere in science class.
             She was never brave to ask questions to teachers.
             Science and music.
             Paula is more interested in sports now.
Ⅶ. Pair work
1. Tell Ss to make conversations about Paula using theinformation in 2a.
2. Let some pairs act out their conversations beforethe class.
    e.g. A: Paula used to be really short?
           B: I know.She was always silent in class.
Ⅷ. Role-play
 1. Read theconversation and Let Ss read after the teacher.  
 2. Read theconversation again and complete the blanks.
    Bill has changed so much! He used to be ____and _____. His face always ______ ___ when he talked to girls! He studied hardand got good ______ on his exams. He used to be ____, but now he is ___ and_______.
    Keys: shy   quiet  turned   red   scores  thin   big   strong
3. Ask Ss to role-play the conversation in groups.
    Alfred: This party is such a great idea!
    Gina:  Iagree. It’s been three years since we last saw our primary school classmates.
    Alfred: It’s interesting to see how people havechanged.
    Gina: Bill has changed so much! He used to be so shyand quiet.
    Alfred: Yeah, his face always turned red when hetalked to girls!
    Gina: I used to see him reading in the library everyday.
    Alfred:That’s because he was a really good student. He studied hard and got good  scores on his exams.
    Gina: Did he use to wear glasses?
    Alfred: Yes, and he used to be thin, too. But lookhow big and strong he is now!
    Gina: He’s so popular now. Look at all the girlsaround him!
IX. Languagepoints
1. I used to be afraid ofthe dark.
   used to do sth.  过去常常做某事
   表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作或状态，暗指现在已经不存了，强调过去与现在的对比。
   used to的否定形式有两种：didn’tuse to或usedn’t to。
   used to用于疑问句时，可借助助动词did，也可以将used提到主语前。
    e.g. They used to be good friends. 他们过去是好朋友。 (暗示现在不是了)
           Mrs Brown didn’t use to / usedn’t totravel in summer.
           布朗夫人过去夏天不旅游。
           Did you use to / Used you to play theguitar? 他过去弹吉他吗？
【拓展】几个易混结构的比较： 

use ... to do sth. 用……做……
e.g. They use the knife to cut meat.  他们用刀切肉。
be used to do sth. 被用来做某事
e.g. This kind of wood is used to make paper.   这种木头是被用来做纸的。
be / get used to sth. / doing sth. 习惯于某事 / 做某事
e.g. Lucy has been used to (eating) Chinese food. Lucy已经习惯(吃)中餐了。
       I think you’ll get used to the climatesoon.
       我想不久你就会习惯这种气候的。
根据所给汉语提示完成英语句子。
1) My uncle __________ (以前是个司机), but now he is an actor.
2) Tom’s father ______________ (过去常常看书) after lunch.
3)Mary ________ (以前常常骑自行车) to work,but now she _______ (习惯步行) to work.
4) The pencil ________ (被用来书写).
Keys: used to be a driver 
          used to read (books)
          used to ride a bike  is used to walking 
          is used to write
2. She still plays the pianofrom time to time.
    from time to time是一个固定短语，意为“间或；有时”，常在句中作状语。
    e.g. Tom goes to visit his grandmother in thecountryside from time to time.
            汤姆时常去看望住在农村的奶奶。
3. He studied hard and gotgood scores on his exams.
    score  n.  得分；进球
     e.g. He got high scores in the examination.  考试中他得了高分。
4. This party is such agreat idea!
    He used to be so shy and quiet.
    such与so辨析
    such为形容词，意为“这（那）样的；主要修饰名词；
    so是副词，意为“这（那）么；如此地”，主要修饰形容词、副词和分词。
    e.g. Do you like such weather?  你喜欢这样的天气吗？
           I’mso glad to see you.  很高兴见到你。
           He can draw so well.  他画得那么好。
    当名词前有many，much，few或little等词修饰时，要用so而不用such。
     e.g. There are so many / few people in the hall.  大厅有这么多/这么少的人。
            Youhave so much / little homework today. 你今天有这么多/这么少的作业。
   “such + a / an +形容词+可数名词单数形式”相当于“so+形容词+a / an +可
      数名词单数形式”，表示“如此……的一个……”。
      e.g. She is such a lovely girl. = She is so lovely agirl.  她是这个如此可爱的女                  孩。
      选用such或so填空。
      1) The man told us ____ funny a story.
      2) She has _____ a beautiful dress.
      3) How can you get ____ much money to buy the car?
      4) Don’t go out in ______ cold weather.
      5) Don’t eat _____ quickly.
      Keys: so  such   so   such  so
X. Exercise: If time is enough, dosome more exercise.
I.根据汉语提示填空，完成句子。
1. He has plenty of_________ (幽默的) stories to tell us.
2. You’d better keep _______(沉默) about what happened.
3. The lazy cat isn’t very________ (有用的) in catching mice.
4. Tom got the highest______ (得分) in the exam.
Keys: humorous  silent helpful  score
II. 用used to将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。
1. 他过去常常在卧室抽烟。
2. 汤姆过去常常去那儿看电影，但现在他不去了。
Keys: He used to smoke inthe bedroom. 
Tom used to go to the movies there, but now hedoesn’t go there.
   课后习题
Recitethe conversation in 2d after school.