【正文】 ome individual Ss their ways of learning English. Step Two 1a The activity introduces the key vocabulary. 1． Call Ss’ attention to the chart with the headlines Appearance and Personality. Say, the word appearance will describe how people look and the word personality will describe what people are like. Ask two Ss to say the sample answers. Then elicit one answer to each column from the class. 2 Get Ss to fill in the chart individually. 3 Check the answers by asking different Ss to read their lists to the class. Make sure that all the Ss understand what each word means. Note: Answers will vary from the sample answers below. Appearance: tall straight hair long hair short hair surly hair short fat thin slim goodlooking pretty Personality: outgoing funny quiet kind warmhearted friendly shy easygoing Step Three 1b The activity gives Ss practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation. 1 Write two dates side by side on the Bb. The first is today’ s date, including the year and the second is the same day, but ten years ago. 2 Ask a student to stand up. Use words or phrases to describe that student now. Ask students to suggest words or phrases that describe him/her ten years ago. T: Liu Chang is tall now. Was she tall ten years ago? S1: No, she is short. T: She has long hair. Did she have long hair ten years ago? S2: No, she has short hair. T: ? Ensure that the Bb ends up like this: , 2020 , 2020 tall short long hair short hair ? ? 3 Say, we use “ used to” to talk about things that have changed. Write the following on the blackboard: Liu Chang used to be short, but she is tall now. She used to have short hair, but she has long hair now. 4 Read the instructions to the class. Point out the sample answer. Say, you will hear someone in the recording say that Mario used to be short, listen and fill in the blanks with words you hear. Play the recording for the first time, Ss only listen. Play the recording again. This time, Ss listen and fill in the blanks. Step Four 1c This activity provides oral practice using the target language. 1 Read the instructions to the class. 2 Call Ss’ attention to the conversation in the box. Invite a pair of Ss to read it to the class. 3 Write it on the blackboard. Step Five Summary Say, in this class, we’ ve learned the key vocabulary words “ used to” and “ dark” . And we’ ve also learned the target language: Mario used to be short. Yes, he did. Now he is tall. Step Six Homework Collect some of your favorite stars’ photos. Write something about the persons in the picture as they are now and as they were ten years ago. Step Seven Blackboard Design Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark. Section A The First Period 1 The structure: used to Sep. 10, 2020 Sep. 10 2020 tall short long hair short hair ? ? Liu Chang used to be short, but she is tall now. She used to have short hair, but she has long hair now. 2 Target language A: Mario used to be short. B: Yes, he did. Now he is tall. Teaching postscript（教學(xué)后記） : The Second Period . Teaching Aims and Demands 1 Knowledge Objects Key Vocabulary be interested in sure Target language 1 I used to be really quiet. 2 Did you used to have straight hair? Yes, I did. 3 Did you used to play the piano? No, I didn’ t. 2 Ability objects 1 Train Ss’ listening skill. 2 Train Ss’ integrating skills 3 Moral Object You should have the courage of your opinions. Teaching Key Points 1 I used to be really quiet. 2 Did you used to have straight hair? Yes, I did. 3 Did you used to play the piano? No, I didn’ t. Teaching Difficult Points 1 Yes/No questions with used to 2 Statements with used to Teaching Methods 1 Teaching by explanation 2 Pair work Teaching Procedures Step 1 Review Check the homework. Ask a student to read the article he/she writes about his/her favorite star. Step 2 2a This activity provides listening practice using the target language. 1 Point to the picture and ask Ss what is happening. Elicit answers from Ss. T: Where do you think they are? Ss: They are in a family room. T: What are they doing? Ss: They are having a party. 2 Points to the six words in the box and ask Ss to repeat each one. Make sure Ss know the meaning of each word. Say, you’ ll hear a boy and a girl talking to each other at a party. Listen and check the words you hear. 3 Check the answers. *Culture note Many houses in the United States have a family room. The family room is where families relax。采 納！ ２ 板書設(shè)計