英语人教版九年级全册unit4 period1.docxVIP

Unit 4 I used be afraid of the dark. Section A(1a- 2d) Objectives Vocabulary:humorous, silent, helpful, score, from time to time, get Key structure Did Mario use to be short? Yes, he did. What’s he like now? He’s tall now. To practice talking about the conversation by listening. Difficulties How to describe the expression of what people look like by using “used to”. Procedure Step 1 Lead-in Let Ss think and talk about the question “how do we describe people”? Step 2 List Ss a picture of the looks of people with accordingly words. Step 3 Free talk. Show Ss some pictures about Ss’ favorite people, and then ask Ss to describe what these people used to be like. Step 4 Activity 1b. Listen and to complete the sentences of what Bob’s friends used to look like with what you hear. Step 5 Pair works. Show Ss some comparing pictures of some famous stars and ask Ss to make conversations with the sentence structures in 1c. Step 6 Activity 2a. Listen and check the words you hear. Step 7 Activity 2b. Listen again and complete the chart about how Paula has changed. Step 8 Activity 2d. Read the role-play conversation and answer the questions. Let Ss make role-play conversations using the information in 2d. Step 9 Language points: explain the key words and phrases