Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.
Section A 2 (3a-3c)
一、Teaching aims：
1.Language goals：
1) Words： background, interview, Asian, deal with, dare, private, guard, require
2） Get the information
3） Improve reading comprehension
4) Describe some situations with “used to”
2.Emotional goals：
Develop the positive views of the students.
二、Difficulties and importances
1. Importances：
1)Grasp the new words and phrases.
2) Learn to get information and improve reading comprehension by reading
2. Difficulties：
1) Get information and retell
2) Remember these expressions in this passage.
三、Teaching procedure
Step one: Preparation about the words and sentences
①words: speak out the English words and fill in the blanks
background n. 背景 interview v. 采访；面试n. 面试；访谈
Asian /eisn, eizn/ adj. 亚洲的；亚洲人的 n. 亚洲人
deal with 对付；应付
dare v. 敢于；胆敢
private adj. 私人的；私密的
guard /ga:(r)d/ n. 警卫；看守 v. 守卫；保卫
require v. 需要；要求
②sentences: make sentences with “used to”
I/He/She used to … But now I/He/She …
Step two: Lead in today’s topic
Fan Bingbing used to be a shy girl, but now she is a pop star.
How is she from a shy girl to a pop star?
Use this story to make the students know some new phrases and lower the difficulties of 3a.
Step three: read 3a
①Before you read: Look at the photo, then answer the questions below.
Read quickly and find out what each paragraph tells us . Number the information [1-3].
____ how Candy’s life has changed
____ Candy’s advice to young people
____ Candy’s background
②While you read: Give Ss 2 minutes to read Para1 ,and pay attention to the red phrases. After reading paragraph 1, translate and answer some questions about Candy Wang’s background.
Give Ss 2 or 3 minutes to read Para2 ,and pay attention to the red phrases. After reading paragraph 2, translate and then fill in a chart about how Candy’s life has changed.
Give Ss 2 or 3 minutes to read Para3 ,and pay attention to the red phrases. After reading paragraph 3, translate and then complete the sentences.
Read the whole passage aloud and do 3b.
③After you read:
According to some details, ask the Ss to retell the passage.
Step 4: Report
Discuss with your classmates about how you have changed and give a report.
Step 5: Conclusion
How can you become successful?
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Step 6: Homework
1. Who’s beautiful and outgoing girl? She’s the famous singer Candy Wang.
2. Can you guess what she was like?
Yeah, she used to be very shy.
3. Do you want to know her story?
She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
As she got better, she was not shy anymore and loved singing in front of crows. Now she’s the Asian pop star.
（二） Reading
Work on 3a
1.
2. 方法指导：先读懂所给的三个句子的意思，明确段落大意。然后快速阅读短文，争取在较短的时间内，确定每个段落的大意。
3. 学生们，按老师指导的方法进行阅读，确定每个段落的大意。
4. 最后，教师让部分说出自己的答案，并校对答案。
Keys: 2 3 1
（三）Careful Reading
1. Read the first passage again and answer these questions:
1) How old is Candy Wang?
2) What was she like?
3) Why did she take up singing?
4) What’s she like now?
Ss try to read and find the answers to these questions.
Then check the answers with the Ss
Keys: She’s 19 years old.
She used to be really shy.
To deal with her shyness.
She’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
2. Read the second passage and fill in the chart.
Good things Bad things
1.Being able to travel and meet new people all the time 1.___________________2. _________________
2. _____________ 3. _________________4. _________________
Check the answers with the Ss:
Keys: Good things
2. Get tons of attention everywhere she goes.
Bad things
1. Always have to worry about how she appears to others.
2. Have to be careful about what she says or does.
3. Don’t have much private time anymore.
4. There are always guards around her.
3. Read the third paragraph and fill in the blanks.
Candy’s advice to young people who want to become famous:
1. People have to be __________ to ____ _____ your ______ life.
2. You can never imagine how ________ the road to ________ is.
3. You really require a lot of ________ and ___________ to succeed.
4. Only a very small _______ of people make it to the _______ .
Check the answers with the Ss.
Keys: prepared give up normal
imagine success talent hard work number top
（四） Careful Reading
Work on 3b:
学生们再次阅读短文内容，并完成3b中的内容。
1. She used to be shy, but now she’s not shy ________.
2. She didn’t use to be _______ in school, but now she gets lots of attention.
3. She used to ________ with friends, but it is almost impossible now.
4. She didn’t use to ___________ how she appears to others, but now she does.
学生们先读3b中的四个句子，理解其大意，然后仔细回读短文，找到相关信息，并完成句子。
让学生们相互讨论，并校对答案。
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I used to be afraid of the dark.
Unit 4
Section A (3a- 3c) Reading
key words
背景 v
background n
采访 v/n
警卫 n
敢于 v
亚洲的 adj
处理 v
私人的 adj
要求 v
Interview v/n
Asian adj
deal v
dare v
require v
guard n
private adj
background
interview
background
dare
private
guard
require
I used to …
But now I …
short hair
short
thin
quiet
read
Past Now
Hair long hair
Height medium
Build thin
personality outgoing
Hobby surf the Internet
Use used to and now to describe the following pictures.
I used to … But now I …
My brother used to … But now he…
My father used to … But now he …
be a shy girl a pop star
How is she from a shy girl to a pop star?
She used to … But now she …
Do you think it’s easy to be a pop star ?
I used to be a shy girl. To deal with my shyness, I took up singing. Now I dared to sing in front of crowds. I get tons of attention everywhere I go. I always worry about how to appear to others in public. I have to be careful about what I say or do. There are always guards around me. I don’t have private time anymore.
What do you think the girl in the picture is doing?
2.What is she like?
3. Can you guess what she was like? Outgoing or shy?
Before you read
1
Look at the photo, the questions in 3a and the title to the story on page 27. Then answer the questions below.
She is singing.
She is beautiful and outgoing.
Read quickly and find out what each
paragraph tells us .
From Shy Girl to Pop Star
3a
paragraph 1 How Candy's life has changed
paragraph 2 Candy's advice to young people
paragraph 3 Candy's background
For this month’s Young World magazine, I
interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy
Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really
shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.
As she got better, she dared to sing in front of
her class, and then for the whole school. Now
she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front
of crowds.
From Shy Girl to Pop Star
19岁的亚洲流行歌星
在人群面前
敢做某事
开始从事
处理,对付
不再
2
While you read
Careful reading
Careful reading
1. What does Candy do?
2. What did she use to be like?
3. How did she deal with her shyness?
4. Is she shy now?
She is an Asian pop star.
She used to be really shy.
She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
No, she isn’t shy anymore.
While you read
2
Please read paragraph 1 and then answer some questions about Candy Wang’s background.
Name:
Age:
Job:
Used to :
How to deal with:
Now:
Candy Wang
a 19-year-old girl
an Asian pop star
be really shy
She takes up singing to deal with her shyness
She dares to sing in front of crowds
Para1. Candy Wang’s information
Candy Wang
I asked Candy how life was different after she
became famous. She explained that there are
many good things, like being able to travel and
meet new people all the time. “I didn’t use to be
popular in school, but now I get tons of attention
everywhere I go.” However, too much attention
can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry
about how I appear to others and I have to be
very careful about what I say or do. And I don’t
have much private time anymore. Hanging
out with friends is almost impossible for me now
because there are always guards around me.”
一直,总是
得到很多的关注
出现在别人面前
担心…
与…闲逛
小心…
能够做…
在…受欢迎
我的言行
=a number of
Careful reading
Please read paragraph 2 and then fill in a chart about how Candy’s life has changed.
She is able to
_____________
new people all the time.
2. She gets
_______________ everywhere she
goes.
She always has to ____________
how she appears to others.
2. She has to ______________what
she says or does.
3. She doesn’t have ________________anymore.
4. There are always______________
her.
Q: Can she hang out with friends now?
travel and meet
tons of attention
worry about
be careful about
much private time
guards around
Good things Bad things
What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? “Well,” she begins slowly, “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is.
Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a
very small number of people
make it to the top.”
放弃
为......做好准备
小部分
成功的道路
继续奋斗
成功、做到、
到达顶峰
Careful reading
Please read paragraph 3 and complete the sentences.
Candy’s advice to young people :
1. Young people have to be prepared to
_____________________.
2. The road to success is _________.
3. They really require a lot of _____ and ______
to succeed.
4. Only a very small ________of people
_______________ .
number
give up their normal life
difficult
talent hard work
make it to the top
can be successful
Read after the tape
Candy used to be shy, but now she’s not shy
____________.
2. She didn’t use to be ___________ in school, but now she gets lots of attention.
3. She used to _____________ with friends, but it is almost impossible now.
4. She didn’t use to _____________________ how she appears to others, but now she does.
After Candy becomes successful, she has a lot of differences in her life.
Read the article again and complete the sentences about Candy.
anymore
popular
hang out
worry about/ be careful
3b
background
life has changed
advice to young people
good things:
travel and meet ...
get tons of attention...
bad things:
worry about...
don't have private time...
guards around ...
Asian pop star
used to be...
take up singing...
dare to...
be prepared to ...
the road to success...
require...
make it to the top
Candy Wang is an Asian pop star, she used to be …
Life was different after she became famous.
3
After you read
Candy says that the road to success is difficult, do you think so?
How can you become successful?
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
1. Copy the new words.
2. Write a composition about a family
member who has changed most.
What did the person use to be afraid
of and like? What about now?
3. Preview the new words and expressions.
4. Preview the Grammar Focus on page 28.
Suppose you’re the interviewer and your partner is Candy. Ask and answer questions.
Hi, Candy. It’s a great pleasure to interview you.
Hi, Amy. Glad to see you!
You used to be shy, didn’t you?
Yes, I did. I used to be shy and took up singing to deal with my shyness.
What’s the difference after you become famous?
I didn’t used to bepopular
in school,but now I get lots
of attention. I used to hang
out with friends, but now it
is almost impossible. I didn’t use to worry
about how I appear to others, but now I do.
Is it difficult for you to be a pop star?
Yes, it is. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is.
3c
3
After you read
What did you use to do when you were younger? What do you do now? Fill in the chart. Then talk with your classmates about how you have changed.
snacks
Three meals a day
novels
magazines
cartoons
Animals world
Fight with others
Study harder
Report : My partner Amy has changed a lot. She used to eat…, but now she eats…
Activity Past Now
eat…
read…
watch…on TV
do…at school
Interpretation
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It’s my great honor and pleasure to be here sharing my lesson with you.
I have been ready to begin this representation with five parts. Analysis of the teaching material, the teaching aims, the important and difficult points, the studying methods, and the teaching procedure.
Part 1 Teaching Material
The content of my lesson is a reading material. Students will read the passage from a shy girl to a pop star. Besides getting some information, Ss should finish some questions and blanks about the passage.
Part 2 Teaching Aims
According to the new standard curriculum and the syllabus (新课程标准和教学大纲), and after studying the teaching material, the teaching aims are the followings:
1. Knowledge objects (语言目标：语音，词汇，语法，功能，话题)
(1)The Ss can describe some situations with “used to”
(2) The Ss can understand the content of the lesson, talk about Candy’s life career and form their own opinion about success.
2.Ability objects (技能目标：听，说，读，写)
(1) To develop the Ss’ abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing
(2) To improve Ss' reading abilities, especially their skimming and scanning abilities.
(3) To train the Ss’ abilities of studying by themselves and through cooperating.
3.Emotion or moral objects
Develop the positive views of the students.
Part 3 the Important and Difficult Points
The important points are learning to get information and improve reading comprehension by reading
The difficult points are getting information, retelling and remembering these expressions in this passage.
Part 4 Teaching Methods
As is known to us all, a good teaching method requires that the teacher should help Ss develop good sense of the English language. For achieving these teaching aims, I will use the following methods according to the modern social communication teaching theories.
1. Communicative Approach(交际教学法)
2.Task-based Language Teaching (任务教学法)
Part 5 Teaching Procedure
Step 1. Preparation about the words and sentences. (5min)
11 words: speak out the English words and fill in the blanks
21 sentences: make sentences with “used to”
I/He/She used to … But now I/He/She …
31 Purpose of my design: To review the words and sentences
Step 2. Lead in today’s topic(3min)
Fan Bingbing used to be a shy girl, but now she is a pop star.
How is she from a shy girl to a pop star?
Purpose of my design:Use this story to make the students know some new phrases and lower the difficulties of 3a.
Step 3.read 3a
Task 1. Before you read: (1-2min)
Look at the photo, then answer the questions below.
Read quickly and find out what each paragraph tells us . Number the information [1-3].
____ how Candy’s life has changed
____ Candy’s advice to young people
____ Candy’s background
Let Ss know the main idea about each paragraph.
Skimming: Ss should read the material fast to conclude the possible questions
Task 2. While you read 15min
Give Ss 2 minutes to read Para1 ,and pay attention to the red phrases. After reading paragraph 1, translate and answer some questions about Candy Wang’s background.
Give Ss 2 or 3 minutes to read Para2 ,and pay attention to the red phrases. After reading paragraph 2, translate and then fill in a chart about how Candy’s life has changed.
Give Ss 2 or 3 minutes to read Para3 ,and pay attention to the red phrases. After reading paragraph 3, translate and then complete the sentences.
Read the whole passage aloud and do 3b.
Careful reading: Ss should know about candy’s change and experience.
Task 3. After you read (10min)
According to some details, ask the Ss to retell the passage.
Step 4: Discuss(3min)
How can you become successful?
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Step 5. Homework
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