
Unit 2 Section B (3a-3b)
(Go for it for Grade 9)
海口一中 张力
Language goals: Describe life changes one has while growing up
Learning Objectives:
I.Knowledge and skills
1.Master the structures: used to /didn’t use to
2.Learn to extract useful information from the text.
3. Learn to write with the language learned from the reading text.
II.Teaching Method
1. Scaffold the students by activating their thinking and offering model texts.
2. Guide the students to build the awareness of language features by studying the language form.
III. Important and Difficult Points in Teaching
Used to do/didn’t use to
Using the simple past tense to describe the past
Using the simple present tense to describe now
IV. Teaching aids:
1.Reading texts
2.PPT
Step I Pre-reading ( 6 mins )
1. Show two pictures of a girl, one taken when she was young, and the other taken this year. Ask the students to look at the pictures and describe the changes of her look. Instruct the students to use structures “used to/didn’t use to ” while describing the girl of her younger time. ( 2 mins )
2. Ask the students to guess why the girl looks happier when she was young. Also emphasize the use of structure “used to/didn’t use to” while
3.Teacher states: changes have to take place while we are growing up. Different people may have different changes in life. Sometimes changes cause problems. Today, we will meet a girl called Rose Tang. She is in high school now. What problems does she have? Turn to Page 14 and here is her story in 3a.(1 min )
Step II While-reading ( 15 mins )
1. Ask the students to skim the story in 3a and tell what Rose Tang’s biggest problem is. ( 1 min )
2. Check the answer. ( 1 min )
3. Ask the students to scan the story and find out what Rose tang used to do and what she does now. Fill the information in the chart below the story. ( 4 mins )
4. Check answers, reminding them or the use of the structure “used to” when needed. ( 2 mins )
5. By comparing Rose tang’s past and current situation, guide the students to generalize that Rose tang’s life has changed when she grows older and the changes bring her many problems. She is not as happy as she was. ( 1 min )
6. Elicit the question: Do all the changes cause problems?
7. Present the passage of another girl “How I have changed”. Ask students to read it and see if there are any good changes about the girl. ( 2 mins )
8. Check the answers. ( 1 min )
9. Guide the students to generalize the language features presented in the description of changes, using sentences from the text. ( 2 mins )
10. Teacher states: From the stories we learned today, we can see there are many changes while we are growing up. Some changes cause problems and some make us feel happy. Would you like to share some changes about your life since primary school?
Step III Post-reading ( 19 mins )
1.Ask students to tell one of their changes in the past few years orally.
2. Select several students randomly to share their sentences, making sure they use the correct language and grammar.
3. Ask the students to write a short passage about how their life has changed since primary school. Hints and time limit are given.
Before the students start to write, guide them to structure the writing by referring to the two passages in the textbook. ( 15 mins )
4. When time is up, choose one or two writing randomly and do joint editing in the class. ( 4 mins )
Assignment
Exchange the writing in pairs. Read your partner’s writing and give response.
