Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.

 to learn the key vocabulary and the target language.
 to learn the usage of the structure used to.
4. teaching difficult points
 to improve students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
 to enable students to grasp the usage of the structure used to.
 5. studying way
 teach students how to use the structure used to to compare the past with now.
ⅱ. language function
 talk about what you used to be like.
ⅲ. target language
 1. mario used to be short.
 yes, he did. now he’s tall.
 2. i used to eat candy all the time. did you?
 yes, i did. and i used to chew gum a lot.
ⅳ. structures
 1. used to
 2. conjunction but
ⅴ. vocabulary
 used to, dark, spider, insect
ⅵ. recycling
 alone, quiet, snake, outgoing, friendly, serious, funny, tall, shy, short, straight, long hair
ⅶ.learning strategies
 1. brainstorming
 2. comparing
ⅷ.teaching time
 seven periods
the first period
ⅰ.teaching aims and demands
1.knowledge objects
 (1)key vocabulary
 used to, dark
 (2)target language
 mario used to be short.
 yes, he did. now he’s tall.
 2. ability objects
 (1) train students’ listening skill.
 (2) train students’ communicative competence.
3.moral object
 don’t judge a person by his appearance.
ⅱ.teaching key points
1. target language
2. the structure: used to
ⅲ. teaching difficult point
the structure: used to
ⅳ. teaching methods
1. teaching by induction
2. pairwork
ⅴ. teaching aids
1. a tape recorder
2. pictures of people cut out from magazines or newspapers

ⅵ. teaching procedures
step ⅰ revision
 (1) check the homework exercises.
 (2) ask some individual students their ways of learning english.
 t: how do you learn english, a?
 sa: i learn english by listening to cassettes.
 t: what about you, b?
 sb: i study with a group.
 t: do you learn english by practicing conversations with friends, c?
 sc: yes, i do. i think it helps.
 t:…
step ⅱ 1a
the activity introduces tile key vocabulary. call students’ attention to the chart with the headlines appearance and personality.
say, you are to fill in the chart with words describing people. the words under appearance will describe how people look and the words under personality will describe what people are like. ask two students to say the sample answers. then elicit one answer to each column from the class.
get students to fill in the chart individually.
check the answers by asking different students to read their lists to the class.