八年级下 Unit7 Iused to be afraid of the dark Section A(3a-4c)课件27张

What do you know about the boy in the
past and the boy now?
鲁教版初中英语八年级下
Unit7 Iused to be afraid of the dark(3a-4c)
Knowledge aims: To learn to use “used to” to talk about the changes in the past and
the present.
Ability aims: Be able to use the reading skills to solve the problems.
Emotion aims: To face the changes with a good attitude,and to build self-confidence to achieve the dreams
Learning tasks
Group Contest
If you answer my questions correctly,
you can get 1 smile face
Candy Wang
From Shy Girl to Pop Star
What’s the girl doing？
2. Is she outgoing or shy？
What did she use to be like？
What do you think the reading passage is about?
3. What kind of music does she like?
Pre-reading
Prediction
An Interview with Candy Wang
task 1 Skimming
While-reading
______ how Candy’s life has changed
______ Candy’s advice to young people
______ Candy’s background
2
3
1
Read the article and identify the paragraphs [1-3] in which the following
information appears.
While-reading
Reading strategy（阅读策略）
While we are reading, we can find
the topic sentence(主题句) to help us catch
the meaning of each paragraph. Mostly,
the topic sentence is at the beginning
of the paragraph. Sometimes it’s in the
middle or at the end.
While-reading
1.She used to be shy.
how Candy’s life has changed
In the past
now
2.She didn’t use to be
_______in school.
3.She used to
_______with friends.
4.She didn’t use to
______________how she
appeared to others.
1.She’s not shy_________.
2.She gets lots of attention
3.It’s almost impossile now
4.She does
popular
hang out
worry about
While-reading
While-reading
task 2 Scanning
any more
Fill in the chart according to the passage.
Background
19years old
Age
From
Asia .
Personality
She used to be Shy,but now she is not shy any more
Job
Singer/Pop star.
task 3 Careful reading
While-reading
Read paragraph 1 and complete the mind map about Candy’s background.

Please read paragraph 2 and then fill in a chart.
Good things
Bad things
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 be careful about what
she says or does.
3. She doesn’t have much private
time anymore.
4. There are always guards around
her.
Q: Can she hang out with friends now? Why？
travel and meet
tons of attention
worry about
While-reading
task 3 Careful reading
Reading strategy（阅读策略）
While we are reading, we
can guess the meaning of the
words you don’t know from the
context(上下文).
While-reading
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 ...
Retell the story of Candy Wang
Candy Wang
Asian pop star
used to be...
dare to...
love singing...
be prepared to ...
the road to success...
require...
make it to the top
Candy Wang is an Asian pop star, she used to be …
Post-reading
Is it easy or difficult to make it to the top”
Discuss
What qualities(品质) do you require?
Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
Super Interview
1. Did you use to be …?
2. How do you deal with …?
3. Are you still shy now?
4. Was your life different after …?
5. What are … of being famous?
6. What do you want to say to …?
…
Post-reading
Pairwork

If you are an interviewer, your partner is candy,ask and answer questions
Grace used to watch a lot of TV. She didn’t use to watch a lot of movies.
My mom used to have curly hair. She didn’t use to have straight hair.
Jerry used to read books on European history. He didn’t use to read books on African culture.
Sandy used to teach British English. She didn’t use to teach American English.
Please finish 4a on page 52 and then show us your answers!
4a
Write sentences about the past using used to.


didn't eat a lot of vegetables
hates scary movies
watched scary movies
to be a good teacher
requires lots of hard work
she believes
she can make it
gets tons of attention
be careful about what she saysor does
dared to stand in front of crowds
she's prepared to be a good teacher.
loves carrots and tomatoes
listened to pop music
enjoys country music
didn't read a lot of books
reads at least six books a year
Group work Five years ago,she didn't use to eat a lot of vegetables
but now she ....
How Emily changed
Writing
I’d love to have my own company one day.
To make my dream come true, I should work hard in middle school
to learn as much as I can. Then I can enter a good university. At university,
I should choose to study the right subject so that
I can have the knowledge and ability to run my company. What’s more,
I will learn from the successful people in this field and find out how they did it.
I used to ......(and what you did for that)
Now......(and what your life is like)
In ten years,......(and what your life will be like and why is that?
Has your life changed in the past few years?
Post-reading
Chicken soup
We change when time flies.
We change as we know more about life.
Find the beauty around us,
and change in good ways.
Then, we will get smarter.
Summary
Be able to use the reading skills to solve the problems.
To learn to use “used to” to talk about the changes in the past and
the present.
to build self-confidence to achieve the dreams
Group1
Group2
Group3
Group4
Group5
Group6
Points
Groups
1--5
6--10
11--15
16--20
Over 20
Which group is the best?
Homework 作业

双基性作业：Review the grammar we’ve learned today.
Homework 作业

拓展性作业：Write about a family member who has changed the most. What did the person use to be afraid of and be like? What about now?
Thank you!
Goodbye!