Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark. The First Period Ⅰ．Teaching Aims and Demands 1．Knowledge Objects (1) Key Vocabulary：used to, dark (2) Target Language Mario used to be short. Yes, he did. Now he＇s tall. 2．Ability Objects (1) Train students＇ listening skill. (2) Train students＇ communicative competence. 3．Moral Object：Don＇t judge a person by his appearance. Ⅱ．Teaching Key Points 1．Target language 2．The structure: used to Ⅲ．Teaching Difficult Point：The structure: used to Ⅳ．Teaching Methods：1．Teaching by induction 2．Pair work Ⅴ．Teaching Aids 1．A tape recorder 2．Pictures of people cut out from magazines or newspapers Ⅵ．Teaching Procedures Step Ⅰ 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. Step Ⅱ 1a The activity introduces the 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 answers Appearance: tall, straight hair, long hair, short hair, curly hair, short, fat, thin, slim, good-looking, pretty Personality: outgoing, funny, quiet, kind, warm-hearted, friendly, shy, easygoing Step Ⅲ 1b The activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation. Write two dates side by side on the blackboard. The first is today＇s 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. 10,2004 Sep. 10,1994 tall short long hair short hair … … Say, 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. Answers Mario used to be short. He used to wear glasses. Amy used to be tall. She used to have short hair. Tina used to have red and curly hair. Step Ⅳ 1c This 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 to the front of the room and act out their conversations. Step Ⅴ Summary Say, In this class, we＇ve learned the key vocabulary words used to and dark. And we＇ve also learned the target language Mario used to be short. Yes, he did. Now he＇s tall. Step Ⅵ Homework Take out the pictures of people cut out from magazines or newspapers. Hand them out to students. It＇s better to find colorful, full-length photos. Ask students to write about the person in the picture as they are now and as they were ten years ago. Students may collect pictures and information of the person they like best. Then write a passage about the person. Step Ⅶ Blackboard Design Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark. Section A The First Period 1．The structure: used to Sep.10,2004 Sep.10,1994 tall short long hair short hair … … Liu Chang used to be short, but she is tall now. She used to have short hair, but she has long hair now. 2．Target language: A: Mario used to be short. B: Yes, he did. Now he＇s tall.