Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark 单元教案（4课时 含同步练习）+单元测试（含听力原文+答案）

Unit4 I used to be afraid of the dark. 第四课时教学设计和课时作业 The Fourth Period (Section B 2a--3b, Self Check 1) Teaching Aims 1. Knowledge Objects： (1)Function: Talk about what you used to be like. (2)Key Vocabulary: Ss can master the following new words and phrases: influence, seldom, proud, absent, fail, examination, exactly, pride, grandson, general, introduction, be proud of, no longer, be absent from, make a decision, boarding school, advise sb. to do sth., in person, go back to, to one’s surprise, take pride in, pay attention to, move away, feel good about oneself, tell jokes. (3)Target Language: It is hard to believe that he used to be a “problem child” until a conversation with his parents influenced his way of thinking. As a small child, he seldom gave his parents any problem, and they were proud of him. He was often absent from classes, and he failed his examinations. There were many rules, and he used to break them all the time. To everyone’s surprise, this conversation changed Li Wen’s life. I realized that since my parents moved away, I’ve been afraid being alone, and have tried to make my parents pay more attention to me. (4)Structure: To talk about how we have changed by using “used to”. 2. Ability Objects ① Learn to understand and master new words and phrases in context. ② Read the context and train students’ ability of filling the blanks in context. ③ Be able?to identify main idea of the passage by using context and other reading strategies and develop students’ reading and writing skills. 3. Moral Objects Everyone surely changes. You should care for your own growth. Educate students to love their parents and learn to be grateful for their parents. Teaching Key Points： ⑴ Learn to understand and master new words and phrases in context. ⑵ Enable?the?students?to?identify main idea of the passage and fill the blanks correctly by using context. Teaching Difficult Points： Train students’ ability of filling the blanks in context and develop students’ ability of reading and writing. Teaching Methods： The Task-based Language Teaching Method, The Cooperative Learning Method,?The Activity Teaching Method Teaching Aids： Pictures about troubles, Chart about changes, PPT Teaching Procedures： Step 1 Review and warming up（About 4 minutes） Greet the class as usual. Have two students to talk about what they used to do and how they have changed. Listen to the English song Trouble is Friend together. Then ask them: Have you had any problems? What’s your problem? Step 2 Groupwork（About 5 minutes） Show some pictures and have a free talk with students. T: We may meet a lot of troubles in our life. Look at Picture 1 and say what problem they have. Ss: They have too many exams. T: What about other pictures? S1: The problem in Picture 2 is to quarrel with others. S2: The boy is leaving school without permission. S3: They are absent from school. S4: They’re fighting. T: As students, we might have these problems. When you a ... ...