Period 1 Section A 1a-2c
Teaching Aims
Knowledge Aims:
Ss will learn the new words and phrases: humorous, silent, helpful, from time to time.
Ss will use the target language they learned well.
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.
Ability Aims:
1. learn the new words and target language by themselves.
2. Ss can use the new words and phrases freely talk about the changes of someone.
3. learn to study with others.
4. improve their listening and speaking skills.
Emotional Aims:
Things are changing, don’t judge people according to the appearance.
Teaching Important Points:
1. learn the new words and target language by themselves.
2. learn to study with others.
3. improve their listening and speaking skills.
Teaching difficult Points:
1. Ss can use the new words and phrases freely talk about the changes of someone.
2. improve their listening and speaking skills.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 : Review and lead in.
1. How do we talk about a person.
Appearance, personality, hobby
2. Presentation.
(1) What did he look like ? What does he look like ?
He used to be thin, but now he is heavy.
(2) What was he like ?What is he like ?
He used to be outgoing, but now he is serious.
(3) What was his hobby? What is his hobby?
Explain the use of “used to do/be …” to the Ss.
Step 2 Work on 1a.
Use the words to describe yourself.
What did you use to be like?
Appearance: tall, straight hair, short, of medium height, straight/curly hair, long/short hair, heavy, thin, of medium built …
Personality: Outgoing, shy, funny, serious, cute, quiet, kind, brave, friendly, active
Step 3 Work on1b. Listening
1. T: Bob hasn’t seen some of his friends for four years. Now he’s seeing his friends. What did his friends use to like? Listen and fill in the blanks.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen.
3. Ss listen and try to fill in the blanks with the right words.
4. Play the recording again. Let Ss check their answers.
Step 4 Pair work.
1. Look at the picture in 1a and make conversations in pairs.
2. Ss work in pairs to ask and answer the appearance about Mario, Amy and Tina.
3. Let some pairs ask and answer in pairs.
A: Did Mario use to be short?
B: Yes, he did. He used to be really short.
A: What’s he like now?
B: He’s tall now.
Step 5 Listening 2.
Work on 2a:
T: Paula has changed a lot in the past 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 the words.
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 the Ss. Make sure they know what to do.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to fill in the blanks with the right words.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
4. Read the conversation on page137 in groups and find out something difficult.
Step 6 Pair work .
1. Tell Ss to make conversations about Paula using the information in 2a.
2. Let some pairs act out their conversations before the class.
e.g. A: Paula used to be really short?
B: I know. She was always silent in class.
Step 7 Homework.
课件20张PPT。Unit 4
I used to be afraid of the dark.Period 3 Section A
1a-2c 点击图片链接视频Did he use to be thin?He used to be thin, but now he is heavy.he is heavy now.Yes, he used to be thin .What is he like now?He used to be short, but now he is tall.Did he use to be short?Yes, he used to be short .What is he like now?He is tall now.He used to be outgoing, but now he is serious.Did he use to be outgoing?Yes, he used to be outgoing .What is he like now?He is serious.He _____________________ when he was young, but now he likes ______________.used to play basketball playing football pastnowDid he use to play basketball?Yes, he used to play basketball .What does he like now?He like playing football now. our appearance our personalityour interestTime can change外表性格爱好People sure change!我们学过许多描述人的词语,
看谁想的又快又多。 Personality
outgoing, serious, funny, smart, friendly, shy, unfriendly, strict, patient, forgetful, traditional, easygoing, intelligent, clever, smart, wise, brave, hard-working, cute beautiful, pretty, foolish, selfishPersonalityHe/She wears
glasses.
He wears a beard.heighttall
of medium height
short buildheavy/fat
of medium build
thinAppearancebeautiful round
small...hairlong hair
short hair
straight hair
curly hair
blonde hair...外貌Her face isShe isShe isShe has1a Fill in the chart with words to describe people. straightcurly hairshort long hairglassesquietshylazyfriendlyhard-workingheavythinround facebig eyes behave
haswearbeshort Listen. Bob is
seeing some friends for the first time in four years. What did his friends use to look like?Mario used to be ________. He used to wear ________.
Amy used to be ________. She used to have _____________.
Tina used to have __________ and __________ hair.shortglassestallshort hairredcurly1b音频Look at the picture in 1a and make conversations.Pairwork1cDid Mario use to be short?Yes, he did. He used to be really short.What’s he like now?He’s tall now. Speak Loudly 2’ Speak correctly 2’
Be polite（有礼貌 2’ Do some actions. 2’
Use the nice intonation(语调)2’ListeningListen and check (√) the words you hear.2a___ friendly ___ outgoing
___ serious ___ humorous
___ silent ___ active
___ brave ___ quiet
___ helpful音频Listen again and complete the chart about how Paula has changed.2b音频In the past1. Paula used to be really _____. She was
always silent 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 play the ______.outgoingquietsciencemusicpiano1. Now she’s more interested in ______.
She plays ______ almost every day.
She’s also on a _____ team.
2. She still plays the _____ from time to
time. soccersportsswimpianoNow Section A 2b.mp3used to “__________”, 表示___________
used to + ___________Discovery Read the conversation on page137 in groups ,can you find out some rules about "used to"?过去的习惯过去常常动词原形否定句：
didn’t use to …
一般疑问句:
Did you use to...?
变反意疑问句，附加疑问部分可用didn’t / 或did
完成句子
1. 她过去常常很安静。
She _______ _______ _______ very quiet.
2. 我过去放学后常踢足球。
I _______ _______ _______ soccer after school. use to beuse to play当堂练习 根据括号内的要求完成下面句子, 每空一词。
1. Tom used to watch TV.(改为否定句)
Tom _______ _______ _______ watch TV.
2. Helen used to play computer games a lot
every day.(改为一般疑问句)
_______ Helen _______ _______ play computer games a lot every day?
3. Eric used to be very thin. (改为反意疑问句)
Eric used to be very thin, _______ _______?didn’t use toDid use todidn’t heHomework写一篇短文介绍一下你自己在外貌、性格、
爱好等方面的变化。
