Step 1 Revision

1．Check the homework exercises.

2．Ask some individual students their ways of learning English.

Step 2 Presentation

I.1a

Get students to fill in the chart individually.

Check the answers by asking different students to read their lists to the class. Make sure that all the students understand what each word means.

II.1b

The activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.

Write two dates side by side on the blackboard. The first is today's date, including the year, and the second is the same day, but ten years ago.

Ask a student to stand up. Use words or phrases to describe that student now. Ask some more questions and add more examples to both columns.

Ensure that the blackboard ends up like this:

Sep. 10,2004 Sep. 10,1994

tall short

long hair short hair

... ...

Say, we use "used to" to talk about things that have changed.

Write the following on the blackboard:

Liu Chang used to be short, but she is tall now.

She used to have short hair, but she has long hair now.

Play the recording for the first time.

Play the recording again. This time,

Check the answers.

Step3 Consolidation and extension

1c

This activity provides oral practice using the target language.

Read the instructions to the class.

As students work. Listen in on various pairs checking progress and helping with pronunciation as needed.

Step4 Summary Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.

Section A

The First Period

1．The structure: used to

Sep.10,2004 Sep.10,1994

tall short

long hair short hair

... ...

2．Target language:

A: Mario used to be short.

B: Yes, he did. Now he's tall.