I used to be afraid of the dark教案3
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands1.Knowledge Objects
(1) Key Vocabulary
spider, insect , chew, gum
(2) Target Language
I used to eat candy all the time. Did you?
Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot.
2.Ability Object
Train students' ability to talk about what they used to be/do.
3.Moral Object
People surely change. Students should take good care of the process of their growth.
Ⅱ.Teaching Key Points
1.Key Vocabulary
spider, insect, chew, gum
2.Target Language
I used to eat candy all the time. Did you?
Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot.
Ⅲ.Teaching Difficult Point
Talk about what you used to be/do.
Ⅳ.Teaching Method
Practice method
Ⅴ.Teaching Aids
1.A tape recorder
2.A picture with spiders and a picture with insects.
3.A gum
Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures
Step Ⅰ Revision
Check homework. Invite different students to report what his/her grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, or old friends used to be afraid of when they were young.
Step Ⅱ 1 a
This activity introduces new vocabulary words and provides practice with the target language.
Using pictures, teach students to practice the words spider and insect. Teach the word gum by holding up a gum. And teach the verb chew by chewing the gum. Call students' attention to the pictures.
Ask, What is happening in each picture?
S1: A girl is exercising in gym class in Picture 1.
S2: A girl is painting a picture in Picture 2.
S3: Students are singing in music class in Picture 3.
S4: A boy is looking at spiders and other insects in Picture 4.
Say, Please check the things you liked to do when you were a child.
Ask students to complete the work individually.
Check the answers by inviting different students to report his/her work like this:
When I was a child, I used to like painting pictures and singing in music class. Say each number to the class and ask students to raise their hands for each thing they used to like to do. Then discuss the results with the class.
Step Ⅲ 1b
This activity provides practice with the target language.
Point out the box under the pictures. Read the instructions to the class. Say, You are to write some other things that you used to like to do when you were a children on the lines in the box. Remind students to write sentences.
As students work, move around the room offering language support and helping them with any words they want to use.
Get a student to write his/her sentences on the blackboard. Help correct any errors.
Sample answers
1.I used to play football with my brother.
2.I used to eat hamburgers a lot.
3.I used to watch cartoons.
4.I used to run with my father in the morning.
Step Ⅳ 2a
This activity provides listening practice using the target language.
Set a time limit of one minute. Ask students to look through the sentences in the box.
Say, You will hear a boy and a girl talking about how life used to be when they were much younger on the recording. Listen and check the sentences you hear.
Point out the sample answer. Play the recording for the first time. Students only listen.
Play the recording again. This time students check the sentences they hear.
Check the answers.
Answers
Checked sentences: 1, 2, 3
Tapescript
Girl 1: My six-year-old brother started school this week.
Boy 1: He's really lucky. Life was great when I was six.
Girl 1: Really? Why?
Boy 1: Oh, schoolwork was really easy.
Girl 1: Not for me. I didn't use to like tests. Now I don't worry about tests.
Boy 1: And we used to play every day after school. Now we just study all the time.
Girl 1: Yeah, but we used to walk to school. Now we have to take the bus.
Boy 1: I remember one thing. I used to hate gym. Now I love gym class.
Girl 1: Me, too.
Step Ⅴ 2b
This activity gives students practice in understanding and writing the target language.
Call students' attention to the chart with the headlines In the past and Now.
Set a time limit of one minute for students to look through the uncompleted sentences.
Say, You are to listen to the conversation again and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. Point out the sample answers.
Play the recording again. Students listen and fill in the blanks. Ask a student to read these sentences, filling in the blanks, the rest of the class check their answers.
Answers
In the past: tests, play, walk, gym
Now: tests, study, take the bus, love
Step Ⅵ 2c
This activity provides oral practice using the target language.
Ask a pair of students to read the sample conversation to the class.
SA: I used to eat candy all the time. Did you?
SB: Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot.
Write the conversation on the blackboard. Ask students to pay special attention to the question “Did you?” and the answer “Yes, I did. ”Remind students of the negative answer No, I didn't. Say, Now work with a partner. Start by reading the sample conversation with your partner. Then make new conversations.
As they are working in pairs, move around the room offering language and pronunciation support as needed.
Check the answers by calling on different pairs to say their conversations to the class.
S1: I used to be afraid of the nurse. Did you?
S2: Yes, I did.
S3: I used to be afraid of speaking in the front of the class.
S4: Yes, I did. Now I am not afraid of that.
Optional activity
Ask students to talk about good and bad habits. Then make sentences with “used to ” to show which habits they have stopped and make sentences with “still” to show which ones they still have.
Step Ⅶ Summary and Homework
Say, In this class, we've learned the new vocabulary words spider, insect, gum and chew and the target language I used to do sth. After class, finish writing the sentences in Optional Activity.
Step Ⅷ Blackboard Design
Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.
Section B
The Fourth Period
1.Sample answers to Activity 1b:
(1) I used to play football with my brother.
(2) I used to eat hamburgers a lot.
(3) I used to watch cartoons.
(4) I used to run with my father in the morning.
2.Target language:
A: I used to eat candy all the time. Did you?
B: Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot.
