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

Unit4 I used to be afraid of the dark
教学设计（The Third Period）
I. Teaching Aims and Demands
1 Knowledge Objects
⑴Key Vocabulary
Terrify be terrified of on
⑵t alk about what you used to be afraid of and what you are still afraid of.
2 Ability objects
⑴Trai n Ss’ integrating skills
3 Moral Object
Are you afraid of sp eaking in front of a group? Don’t be shy. Be confident of yourself. Practice more, and you’ll sure change.
II Teaching Key Points
1 Did you used to be afraid of the dark? Yes, I did.
2 --Are you still afraid of the dark?
--No, I’m not. How about you?
--Me? Oh. Yes! I’m terrified of the dark.
--So, what do you do about it?
--I go to sleep with my bedroom light on.
III Teaching Difficult Points
Talk about what you used to be afraid of and what you are still afraid of using the
target language.
IV Teaching Methods
1 Teaching by demonstration
2 Pair work and group work
V Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Review
Check the homework.
Step 2 3a &3b
This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.
1 first talk about something about the pictures in 3a.
Say, in the first picture, the boy is afraid of the dark.
In the second one, the boy is afraid of flying in an airplane.
In the last one, the boy is afraid of high places.
2Ask Ss, How about you? Here is a list of things many people are afraid of .which of these things did you afraid of? And which things are you still afraid of?
3Check Ss’ answers. The answers may vary.
Ss can report their answers like this: I used to be afraid of the dark. But now I
don’t afraid of it …
4Now you are reports. Your task is interviewing one student in your class about the things in the box in activity 3a.
5The sentences may help you to finish it well.
Did you use to …? Yes, I did. /No, I didn’t.
Are you still afraid of …? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.
6Ss report.
7Ask two Ss to read the conversation in 3b.
Explain the sentence. I go to sleep with my bedroom light on.
Step 3 Part 4
1 Ask Ss, “What did you use to do when you were younger?
What did you use to eat? Did you use to eat chocolate?
What do you do now?”
2Look at the box in part 4, first fill in the blanks about yourself and then ask your partner about these things.
3Ss report the results.
Step 4 Homework
Do a survey. Ask Ss to find out what their parents, grandparents, classmates, old friends used to be afraid of when they were children.
Teaching notes:
1 With +n. + adj.表示伴随或附带情况．
E.g.: She left with the door open.
2terrify v.使害怕，使恐惧，使惊吓，吓倒．
terrified adj.惊恐的，害怕的be terrified of 对…感到惊恐
be terrified at/with被…吓了一跳
3used to do something 过去常常干某事
否定：sb. didn’t use to do something/used not do something.
疑问：Did sb. use to do something? /Used sb. to do something?
Teaching postscript:。