1. A tape recorder

Practice method

Talk about what you used to be/do.

2. Target Language

　I used to eat candy all the time. Did you?

　Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot.

1. Key Vocabulary　 spider, insect, chew, gum

3. Moral Object

　People surely change. Students should take good care of the process of their growth.

2. Ability Object

　Train students’ ability to talk about what they used to be/do.

1. Knowledge Objects

　(1) Key Vocabulary　 spider, insect, chew, gum

　(2) Target Language

　I used to eat candy all the time. Did you?

　Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Write the conversation on the blackboard. Point out the list of items in the first column of Activity 3a. Say, Ask your partner about these items and complete the "My partner" columns of the chart in pairs. Ask students to work with partners.

Ask several pairs to share their conversations with the class.

Step Ⅳ Part 4

This activity gives students an opportunity to use the target language to talk about themselves.

Read the instructions to the class. Ask a good student to give an example from his or her own experience. For example, for the word eat, a student might say, I used to eat chocolate. Now I like to eat fruits of different kinds. I think chocolate is rich in calory and fat while fruits are rich in vitamin, which is good for health.

Help students to write chocolate and fruits in the chart.

Ask students to complete the work in groups of four. Walk around the classroom listening in on different groups and offering help with pronunciation and writing.

Ask a few students to tell the class about the other students they have talked to.

For example, a student may say, my desk- mate Wei Mei used to eat a lot of chocolate. Now she likes to eat fruits. She thinks keeping fit is of great importance.

Step Ⅴ Summary

Say, In this class, we’ve talked about what you used to be afraid of and what you are still afraid of using the target language of this unit.

Step Ⅵ Homework

(1) Ask students to find out what their grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and old friends used to be afraid of when they were children. What did these people used to be afraid of that today’s children are not afraid of?

(2)Finish off the exercises on pages 6-7 of the workbook.

Step Ⅶ Blackboard Design

The Fourth Period

A projector