The First Period—Section A(1a－2d)
The First Period—Section A(1a－2d)
Teaching Important Points 【教学重点】
Key words & phrases：
humorous，silent，helpful，score
used to，from time to time，get good grades
Key sentences：
1.—You used to be short，didn't you?
—Yes，I did./No，I didn't.
2.—Did Mario use to be short?
—Yes，he did./No，he didn't.
3.Tina used to have long and straight hair.
Key structure：
used to＋verb
eg：I used to be afraid of the dark.
Teaching Difficult Points 【教学难点】
★Practice the structure “used to＋verb” to talk about the past appearance.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】
A tape recorder，pictures，CAI or multimedia courseware.
Teaching Steps 【教学过程】
★Step 1 Leading in 【新课导入】
1．Greeting
2．Brainstorming
Bring some pictures of people's appearance and talk about the height，build and hair with the students.Then show some persons and ask the students to think of descriptions.
3．Practice with students，listing as many words as possible.
★Step 2 Cooperative inquiry 【合作探究】
1．Finish the task in 1a
①Students fill in the blanks on their own first.Then work in groups.Add more ways of describing people.
②Each group report their words.
③Read aloud the word lists.
2．Finish the task in 1b
①Read the instructions.Look at the main picture.Get the students to read the conversation in the picture.And focus on the structure “used to”．
②Before playing the recording，get the students to guess the words in the blanks.
③Play the recording.Ask them to check their guess and finish the filling.
④Play the recording again，repeat the conversation.
