Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.
The First Period
Teaching Contents: Section A 1a，1b，1c，2a，2b，2c
Step I Organization of class
1.Greeting
2.Warming up
Step II Presentation
1.Words Competition
Show the class many words of appearance and personality. Get them to put the words in the right place.
2.Guess: Who is the boy?
Show the class some information about Harry Potter:
He is a boy. He is not tall.He has curly hair. He is easygoing. He is very smart. He can see strange things and so on.
3.Show two photos of the teacher - five years ago/ now.Ask the students some questions: What did I look like five years ago? What do I look like now?
4.Introduce the new conversations in Unit 2.
I used to be fat. I am thin now.
I used to have long hair. I have short hair now.
I used to play basketball. I play ping-pong now.
Step lIl Teaching Tasks
1.Task One (Pairwork): Listening to the tape
(1) Show the students two pictures and say something about the people in the picture.
(2) Listen to the tape. Then fill in the blanks in lb，2a，2b.
2.Task Two (Groupwork): Describing different persons
(1) Show the students a set of pictures, such as a movie star, a sportsman, a teacher.
(2) Get the students to discuss in groups and take notes, such as: Jacky Chan used to have big eyes, but now he has small eyes.
(3) Ask two or three groups to present their answers.
(4) Which group does best?
3.Task Three (Team work): Survey
(1) Ask the students to bring two photos of themselves to class.
(2) Get the students to talk about the changes of their classmates and write down the key words in the form.
(3) Let the team leader present their survey results.
(4) Who has changed most in your team?
(5) Which is the best team?
Step IV Summary
Step V Assign homework
Write a composition about your classmate before and now.
The Second Period
Teaching Contents： Section A 3a，3b，4
Step I Organization of class
1.Greetings
2.Singing an English song
Step II Revision
1.Revise the conversations that the students learned in the first period. Ask them to talk about some pictures.
2.Check the homework. Talk about what one person used to be like and she/ he is like now.
Step IIl Presentation
1.Show the class a picture of a big dog，then introduce the new conversations in 3a：
I used to be afraid of big dogs.／I’m still afraid of big dogs.
2.Ask the students some questions like this：
What did you use to be afraid of?／Are you still afraid of...?
Step IV Teaching Tasks
1.Task One (Pairwork)：Match the pictures with the phrases.
(1) Show the students six pictures about the phrases in 3a.
(2) Ask the students to talk about the pictures in pairs and match them.
2.Task Two：Put checks in the first two columns.
(1) Show the students the first two columns about“I”, then get them to put checks.
(2) Ask a group of students to read out their answers like this:
I used to be afraid of... / I’m still afraid of...
3.Task Three(Pairwork)：Put checks in the last two columns.
(1) Show the students the last two columns about “My Partner”.
(2) Get the students to practice the dialogs in 3b.
(3) Put checks in the columns.
(4) Ask several pairs to present their answers.
(5) Choose the best pair.
4.Task Four(Groupwork): A survey
(1) Show the students a form about the activities.
(2) Get the students to fill in the blanks about “I”.
(3) Get the students to ask their classmates and fill in the blanks about “My classmate”.
(4) Ask the students to ask questions like this:
What did you use to eat?/ What do you eat now?
(5) Let two or three groups present their results.
(6) Which is the best group?
5.Task Five (Teamwork): How has Zhongshan（中山）changed?
(1) Show the class several pictures of Zhongshan city - Past and Now.
(2) Get the students to talk about the pictures and write down the key words on the paper.
(3) Ask two or three team leaders to present their opinions.
Step V Summary
Step V IAssign homework
Get the students to write a composition about“Zhongshan has changed a lot!”
The Third Period
Teaching Contents: Section B la, lb, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a
Step I Organization of class
Warming up
Step II Checking up the homework
1.Ask two students to read out their compositions (Zhongshan has changed a lot!).
2.Get students to discuss the compositions.
Step III Presentation
1.Show the class four pictures in la.
2.Ask students to describe what is happening in each picture:
A girl is exercising in gym class.
A girl is painting a picture.
A boy is singing.
A boy is looking at some insects.
3.Ask students to check the things they liked to do when they were very young.
Step IV Teaching Tasks
1.Task One (Pairwork): I used to like to...
(1) Point out the lines under the picture in lb.
(2) Ask students to write down different things that they used to like to do.
(3) Get students to discuss the answers in pairs, then ask some students to read out their sentences.
2.Task Two: Listening practice (2a, 2b)
(1) Ask students to listen to a dialog between a boy and a girl.
(2) Ask students to check the sentences on the list that they hear on the recording.
(3) Check the answers in 2a.
(4) Play the recording again. Ask students to fill in the blanks with the words they hear.
(5) Correct the answers in 2b.
3.Task Three (Pairwork): Making up dialogs
(1) Teach students the conversation in 2c.
(2) Say some sentences using Did you...? and the answers Yes, I did./ No, I didn't.
(3) Ask students to make similar dialogs in pairs.
(4) Call on different pairs to read out their conversations to the class.
4.Task Four (Groupwork): A debate
(1) Show students a survey that the teacher did before the class.
(2) Get them to discuss their hairstyles in the past and now like this:
I used to have ... hair, but now I have ... hair.
(3) A debate──Should students choose their own hairstyle? Why or why not?
5.Task Five: Reading Practice
(1) Get students to read the story in 3a.
(2) Ask students to complete the chart about Rose Tang then and now.
(3) Check the answers.
Step V Summary
Step VI Assign homework
1.Ask students to Complete the letter in 3b (How I've changed!).
2.Get students to talk to their parents and fill in the chart in 4a.
The Fourth Period
Teaching Contents: Section B 3b, 3c, 4a, 4b, Self Check.
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Organization of class
Step II Checking up the homework
1.Ask some students to read out the letter (How I've changed!).
2.Get students to discuss their answers and choose the best one.
Step lII Teaching Tasks
1.Task One (Pairwork)
Ask students to finish 4a before the class-Talk to their parents and fill in the chart in 4a.
2.Task Two (Groupwork)
(1) Ask students to talk about the contents in 4a with their classmates.
(2) Choose two groups to present their answers.
3.Task Three (Teamwork): How has Yu Mei changed!
(1) Get students to talk about the pictures in Self Check 2.
(2) Ask students to use the drills in Unit 2 to describe the pictures.
(3) Ask students to write down a composition about Yu Mei on the paper.
(4) Ask two or three of them to read out their compositions in class.
(5) Choose the best one.
4.Task Four (Teamwork): A survey── How has our life changed?
(1) Show students some information in Unit 2.
(2) Ask students to talk about how their life has changed since primary school and fill in the blanks in the survey form.
(3) Ask the team leaders to present their survey results.
(4) Choose the best team.
5.Task Five: A composition about the changes in our life
(1) Get students to write a composition on the paper.
(2) Ask students to exchange their compositions and correct them.
(3) Show the class one or two good compositions.
Step IV Summary
Step V Assign homework
Finish Part One of Self Check.
The Fifth Period
Reading-E-mail English
Step I Organization of class
1.Ask the whole class some questions:
What subjects do you study at school?
What subject do you like best? Why?
2.Talk about the usage and importance of English.
Step II Introducing E-mail English
What does e-mail English mean? What is it used for?
Step III Teaching Tasks
1.Task One (Pairwork)
(1) Ask students to talk about the words in Part 1.
(2) Ask students to fill in the chart with their partners and try to think of some more.
(3) Check their answers.
2.Task Two: Matching
(1) Get the students to read the whole article as quickly as they can.
(2) Try to finish the exercise in Part 2-Match each paragraph with its main idea.
(3) Check the answers.
3.Task Three: Deep Comprehension
(1) Tell the students to read the article more carefully again.
(2) Try to finish the exercise in Part 3-Match the words and expressions with their meanings.
(3) Try to finish the exercise in Part 4-Find words or phrases for 1-5.
(4) Check their answers.
4.Task Four (Pairwork)
(1) Ask the students to finish Part 5 in pairs.
(2) Write a message to their partner using the e-mail English in this reading or other e-mail words.
(3) Let some students read out their e-mails.
(4) Choose the best one.
Step IV Summary
Step V Assign homework
Write a reply to your partner, using the e-mail English as much as possible.