Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.

3. moral object
 are you afraid of speaking in front of a group? don’t be so shy. be confident of yourself. practice more, and you will sure change.

ⅱ. teaching key points
target language
did you use to be afraid of the dark?
yes, i did.
are you still afraid of the dark?
no, i’m not. how about you?
me? oh, yes! i’m terrified of the dark.
so, what do you do about it?
i go to sleep with my bedroom light on.

ⅲ. teaching difficult point
talk about what you used to be afraid of and what you are still afraid of using the target language.
ⅳ. teaching methods
1. teaching by demonstration.
2. pairwork
3. groupwork

ⅴ. teaching aid
a projector

ⅵ. teaching procedures
stepⅰrevision
check homework. ask different students to read their reports about his favorite film star or a scientist. then collect their writings and write comments on each paper before returning them, display some better ones in the classroom.
show a student’s work on the screen by a projector. help him/her correct any errors.
stephen hawking was born
in oxford, england in 1942.
as a student, he didn’t
use to work hard. he used
to be
a lazy student and do very
little work. at the age of
20,he got an incurable illness.
at first, he used to be very depressed. but he didn’t lose heart. he went on to do some of the most important scientific research after coming out of hospital. now he works at cambridge university as a professor.

step ⅱ 3a
this activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.
point to the pictures and ask students to tell what is happening.
s1:in picture 1, the person is afraid of the dark.
s2:in picture 2, the person is afraid of flying in an airplane.
s3:in picture 3, the person is afraid of high places.
draw students’ attention to the chart.
read each of the four headlines and the list of items in the first column to the class.
demonstrate how to fill in the chart with a good student orally.
t: did you use to be afraid of the dark?
s: yes. i was afraid to walk home when it was dark.
t: are you still afraid of the dark?
s: no, i’m not.
tell students where to put a check in the chart.
ask students to complete the "i" column of the chart on their own by checking the items that they used to be afraid of and that they are still afraid of.
check the answers.
note: answers will vary, ask different students to report his/her answers like this:
s:i used to be afraid of the dark and high places. but now i’m afraid of neither.

step ⅲ 3b
this activity provides oral practice using the target language. focus attention on the conversation. ask a pair of students to read it to the class.