学情分析：
六年级的学生经过四年的英语学习，有一定的英语能力：听、说、读、写能力等都在学习的过程中得到巩固和提高。特别是阅读能力。六年级的学生已经掌握一定的阅读技能和技巧，能在老师的引领下进行愉快的阅读练习。并通过阅读练习提升其读写的能力。本教学内容是基于学生的学习能力而编，其目的是为了提高学生的阅读能力和兴趣，达到读写能力并进。
教学目标：
1. Get to know the words ‘teenager, adult’ and sentences pattern ‘When … .
2. To learn to use the simple past tense to talk about past states.
3. To learn 5stages of the life of different persons.
重点难点：
To Use the simple past tense to talk about past activities
教学准备：
media, paper and cards
教学过程：
I. Warming up
1. Free talk
2.Talk about the holidays T and Ss To warm up and review.
To help the pupils review the simple past tense.
II. Presentation
The life cycle of a butterfly
Lead in
The gwoeing of a person
1. The life cycle of a butterfly Ask and answer about it
2.CAI shows a video about Carl’s family.
T: Introduce a family and ask Ss who is their favourite. Ss: Answer.
T: Introduce Carol Ss: Read the passage.
3. T-Ss: Elicit 5 stages （CAI shows the 5 stages one by one ）。
4. Ss: Read the three parts,finish the exercises by groups. Read and draw To introduce the simple past tense. To introduce the life of a person.
New sentence: When she was a …， she was… /she could…
5. T-Ss: Ask and answer about Carol when she was a baby.
6.Talk about the Ss
7.T: Introduce the new sentence Ss/Sboys: Follow
8. T-Ss: Ask and answer about the young child. T:Introduce:kindergarten（幼儿园） Ss: Follow.
9. Sgroup:Read and draw
III. Practise and consolidation
The growing progress of different people
1. T: Introduce 2people:Yaoming ,Zhou Jielun
2. Ss-Sgroup
Choose and read
Choose the way to presentation. Let the pupils know different growing of different persons.
Assignment
1. Read the passage
2. Finish writing
3.Write about youself Writing skills
板书设计：
Growing up
Baby crawl sit
Young child walk , speak
Child read , write
Teenager drive,