Unit 2 I used to be afraid of thedark.Topic: How we have changedFunctions: Talk about what you used to be likeTarget language: Mario used to be short.Yes, he did. Now he’s tall.I used to eat candy all the time.Did you?Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot.I wasn’t very outgoing.You used to have long hair.Did you use to have straight hair? Yes, I did.Did you use to play the piano? No, I didn’t.Teaching StepsPeriod 1Lead in:Good morning, everyone! Today we are going to talk about what you used to be like. Most of you are about 12 or 13 years old now. I’m sure most of you have changed a lot. Do you still remember what you looked like when you were in primary school?Student A, could you please tell us?Yes, at that time you were short. But now you are tall.Step 1: Section A 1a1．Review words that describe peoplea. Now let’s review some words that describe people. What words do you know can be used to describe people’s a ppearance?Student A, could you please tell us?Yes, such as “tall, short, thin, heavy, straight hair, curly hair” and so on.b. Who can tell us some words that can be used to describe people’s personality?Student B, could you please have a try?Yes, such as “outgoing, funny, shy, serious, quiet” and so on.2．Fill in the charta. Now, please open your textbooks, Unit 2, 1a. Let’s read the chart first. We can see the items are “appearance” and “personality”.b. Student B, please read the words that describe appearance... Good. What other words do you know? ... Good.Student C, please read the words that describe personality. Good, what other words do you know to describe personality? ... Excellent.c. Now, boys and girls, please fill in the chart by yourselves.3．Describe friendsa. Student D, who is your good friend in our class? Yes, Lucy is your good friend. Could you describe her to us? What does she look like? What is she like?b. Student E, could you please describe your good friend to us?Step 2: Section A 1b1．Talk about the picturesa. OK, stop here please. Just now you’ve done very well. Now please look at the pictures. Time flies and people change. They are talking about the changes. I’d like to invite two students to read the dialogue in class. Any volunteers? Yes, student A and student B, please read the dialogue.b. Student A, please translate the sentences into Chinese... From the picture and dialogue, we know that Mario was short, but now he is tall. How about others? Later we’ll listen and find the answers.c. Now let’s deal with 1b. Student E, please read the instructions... Good. We know that Bob’s three friends—Mario，Amy and Tina have changed. Please read the five sentences yourselves and get ready for the listening.2．Listena. Please listen and try to finish the sentences.b. Let’s check the answers:Student A, what did Mario use to look like? Yes, Mario used to be short.Student B, what did Mario use to wear? You are right, Mario used to wear glasses.Student C, what did Amy use to look like? Yes, she used to be tall. And she used to have short hair.3．Reada. Please read the sentences yourselves.b. Student D, please read the sentences in class...your pronunciation is very good. Answer:Answer: He used to wear glasses.Amy used to be tall. She used to have short hair.Tina used to have red and curly hair.Step 3: Section A 1cTasksTask 1:Role playNow I’d like to invite four students to role play the dialogue. Student A, B, C, D, could you have a try? ... Excellent!Task 2: Reporta. Suppose you are Bob and you are seeing some friends for the first time in four years. They have changed. What did they use to look like? Please give a report. You have 1 minute to prepare for it.b. Student E, please have a try... You did a good job.Step 4: Section A 2aTasks:1．Task 1: Read the wordsa. There are six words in the chart, student B, could you please read them in class?b. We use these words to describe people’s personality. What are you like? Whatare your friends like?Student C, could you please tell us your good friend’s personality?Yes, she is quiet.c. Student D, what are you like?Oh, you think you are outgoing.d. Now, please work in pairs and ask your partner his or her personality.2．Task 2：Talk about the picture on the textbooka. Let’s look at the picture on the textb ook. What can we see in the picture? What are they doing?Student A, could you please say something about the picture?b. Yes, it seems that they are having a party. Because we can see a radio in the picture; a girl is dancing and two people are talking.c. What are they talking about? Let’s listen to the tape and check the words you hear.3．Task 3：Listen and checka. Now please listen and then check the words you hear.b. OK, let’s check the answers.Answers:We should check outgoing, friendly, quiet.Step 5: Section A 2b1．TasksTask 1：Listen and fill in the blanksa. Now let’s finish 2b. Please read 2b yourselves first.b. Listen again and then fill in the blanks with the words you hear.c. OK. Have you finished? Let’s check the answers.Student A and B, please read the dialogue.Answers:quiet, outgoing, friendly, sportsd. You did an excellent job. Now please listen again and read after the tape.e. Please work in pairs and read the dialogue.Task 2: Role playa. I’d like to invite two students to role play the dialogue. You have 1 minute to prepare.b. Time is up. Group one, please come to the front and role play the dialogue ... Excellent.2．Explain the key points in 2ba. Who can translate the dialogue into Chinese? Student C, please.b. Now let’s deal with language points.1) Don’t you remember me? 难道你不记得我了吗？2) You used to be really quiet, didn’t you?你曾经挺文静的，不是吗？注意：used to do句型的反意疑问句形式用didn’t。
