Unit 8 When is your birthday?
一、教材分析
整个单元以谈论“生日”为主线，将12个月份的名称、序数词的学习融入到一系列的小任务中，学生通过询问对方的生日来完成一个最终的目标，即学会应用日期的表达方法。其中Section A 主要以When is your birthday?为线索，重点呈现日期的表达，包括12个月份的名称及序数词的学习。第二部分扩展到When is Nick's birthday? 继续学习与巩固日期的表达法，最后以“The Birthday Game”结束。所以A部分的教学设计以循序渐进的教学方法，兼顾了听、说、读、写各种能力的培养，但重点放在听和说上。Section B是在已有的基础上拓展和延伸。如：When is the school trip? 同时从听说训练转向读写能力的培养上。Self check是课后的自我检测，首先是对本单元所学字汇的检测，其次是文化知识的拓展，了解一些国内外名人的生日等。 二、教学目标 1、语言知识目标
a、掌握十二个月份的名称、序数词1到31的表达法、单词date, happy, age, old, birthday, party, trip, art, festival, Chinese, music, year，了解speech, contest, how, old, basketball, game, volleyball, game, school day, year old及八个人名。 b、熟练掌握并应用下列句型：
When is your birthday? My birthday is … / It’s … When is Vera’s birthday? Vera’s birthday is … / It’s … 及扩展句型 How old are you? I am thirteen. 2、能力目标
能用所学到的语言知识与实际生活结合起来，使学习过程生活化。 3、情感目标
培养学生积极主动的学习心理状态，调动学习内驱力，通过两人对话、小组活动、查询一些名人的生日等一系列活动，培养学生的交际能力和学习主动性。 三、教学思路
1． 以问句When is your birthday?为线索引出单词12个月份、序数词（first ~thirty-first）的学习。
2． 通过pairwork、groupwork、writing等形式使学生熟练运用关于“日期”的问答。
3、时间安排：本单元分4课时，具体如下： Period 1: Section A: 1a, 2a, 1b, 1c Period 2: Section A: 2b, 2c, 2d; 2e
Period 3: Section A: Grammar Focus, 3a, 3b, 3c Period 4: Section B: 1a, 1b,1c, 1d,
Period 5: Section B:2a, 2b, 2c, 3a,3b, self check
Period 1
Teaching materials：Section A: 1a, 2a, 1b, 1c Teaching aims:
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1. Sub Topic: Talk about the dates
2. Language focus: When is your birthday?
3. Vocabulary: January February March April May June July August September October November December first second third ~ thirty-first when birthday month year
4. Structures: When is your birthday? My birthday is …. Teaching aids:
录音机、日历、磁带，生日歌带、 一张12个月的图片或幻灯片、 一张序数词的first到thirty-first的幻灯片
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
1. Listen to the birthday song. 2. Sing together
3. Ask when is my birthday?
Step 2 Presentation
T: When is my birthday? My birthday is March 12th. And when is your birthday? You may answer it in Chinese.（引出12个月的单词的教学，可用12个月的图片或幻灯片进行教学。）
T: There are 12 months in a year. They are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.（逐个教学后，然后听、跟读 ,直到学生能流利地朗读。）
生日除了讲月外，还要有具体的几号，我们已经学过基数词one, two, three 到thirty-one。那么我们是否就用这些基数词呢？No.我们还有把这些数词稍微改变一下。然后引出序数词的学习，教学日期的表达法。 a. 复习from one to thirty-one。
b. 教学序数词，再教学生几句基数词变序数词的几句口诀，以便学生记忆。 基变序，有规律， 第一、二、三单独记。 -th 从四加起， 八去t来九去e。 遇到ve, f替， -ty变为tie,
后跟-th莫迟疑。 若想表示几十几， 只变个位就可以。
c. Listen and repeat 2a（Section A） d. Do some practice about the date e. Practice（每组派一个同学到黑板上写出四个你喜欢的日期，然后让另外小组的成员用英语说出你写的日期，每个同学说一个，如果错了，就让同一组的同学纠正，看看哪一组同学能一次就说正确，那么就是获胜者。） f. Ask and answer : When is your birthday? My birthday is….
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Step 3 Practice
a. Listen and repeat 1a 2b 1c b. Pairwork
A: When is your birthday? B: My birthday is …
c. Ask some pairs to act（目的是看看学生对日期的表达有没有问题）
Step 4 Interview
One may go out of your seat to interview anyone you like, Then do a report.（做这个task课堂看上去会有些乱，但学生们喜欢这种活动，会激起他们说的欲望。）
Step 5 Task after class 1. 了解家人出生的具体日期
2. 了解一下明天班里有人过生日吗 3. 查寻Self check 2日期
Teaching postscript:
1. 这节课的词汇容量比较大，12个月份的单词也比较难记，对于基础较薄弱的学生来说全部掌握有一定困难，但是假如他们记住了自己出身的月份，家人出身的月份及好朋友出身的月份，那么对于他们来说目的也就达到了。
2. 我把1-31序数词的学习也放在这节课里，因为基数词1-31刚在前一个单元学过，所以对学生来说困难不会很大。
3. 对学生来说在一节课内要把月、日流利的说正确可能会有一定的困难，主要是学生会经常把“日”的表达用基数词。
Period 2
Teaching materials：Section A: 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e
Teaching aims:
1. Sub Topic: Talk about the dates
2. Language focus: When is your mother’s birthday? Her birthday is …. 3. Vocabulary: some names: Vera, Jeff, Leila, Robert 4. Structure: When is Nick’s birthday? His birthday is ….
Teaching aid:
录音机、日历、磁带、一张12个月的图片或幻灯片、一张序数词的first到thirty-first的幻灯片
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
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假如有人今天正好过生日，我们大家为他/她唱生日歌并送他/她一样礼物，但课前要准备好。
Step 2 Revision
1. Listen and repeat 1a, 2a （Section A）
2. 2b Listen and circle the numbers you hear in 2a（Section A） 3. Practice
写出下列日期的英文表达法，每组做3个。其中每组派一个代表到黑板上做。（目的是看一看学生在会说的基础上，笔头能力怎样，反过来，写正确了也会促进说的能力。）
写出下列日期的英文表达法 3 月12日 8月8 日 1月5日 7月20 日 12月1日 9月9日 4月3日 11月2日 2月14日 5月30 日 6月23日 10月21日 4. Pairwork
T: When is your birthday? Student A: My birthday is …. T: What about you, …?
Student B: My birthday is …. T: And what about you, …?
Step 3 Presentation
1. Do you know when Alice’s birthday is? Now let’s listen and match the names, months and dates in 2c
2. Practice in pairs according to2c（Section A） When is Alice’s birthday?（板书） Frank’s Eric’s Jane’s
Her /His birthday is …. （让学生猜-’s 在这里是什么意思，然后引出名词所有格，老师简单讲一下名词所有格的有关内容，并且适当举例说明。如 Mick’s cat Tom’s bag Jane’s desk Robert’s CD your father’s car your mother’s name等。）
Step 4 Pairwork
Ask and answer in pairs; write down the answers on your book in 2d.（查找家人的生日，上一节课的作业已布置过。）
Step 5 consolidation (Role-play )2e
First, ask Ss to read through the conversation in 2e silently so that they can get the main idea of it.
Then read the conversation, ask Ss to repeat sentence by sentence and explain some language points.
Devide Ss into two groups to role-play the conversation. One is Bill, the other is
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Allan. Ask them to pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
Look at the photos of these famous people. Talk about their birthdays in groups. （另外老师再准备一些学生喜欢的明星的照片，当然最好用课件展示来讨论明星们的生日，）如：赵微、周杰伦、刘翔、杨臣刚、Twins等等，因为现在的学生对明星都非常熟悉，而且能引起他们交流的欲望，能培养学生对英语学习的兴趣。 基本资料：
姓名：刘翔（Liu Xiang） 性别：男 籍贯：上海
生日：1983.7.13 身高：1.88米 体重：74公斤
Step 6 Task after class 1. 背诵12个月份的名称
2. 能熟练说出并写出序数词1-12
3. 用英文写出家人的生日（写在作业本上） 4. 预习3a 和3b
Teaching postscript:
1. 在这节课里，着重是通过听说来巩固上一节课所学的内容，同学之间相互了解对方及家人等的生日，了解明星们的出身日期，进一步激发学生们的兴趣。
2. role-play 通过查找名人的生日，锻炼了学生的能力，扩大了学生的知识面，但正确地用英语写出日期对学生来说可能还有些困难。 3. 学生可能会在说生日时加入年份。
Period 3
Teaching materials：Section A: Grammar Focus ,3a, 3b; 3c Teaching aims:
1. Sub Topic: Talk about the dates and ages
2. Language focus and structure: When is your birthday? My birthday is …. How old are you? I am fifteen. 3. Vocabulary: date age how old speech contest party trip Teaching aid:
1. 录音机 2. 一张12个月的图片或幻灯片 3. 一张序数词的first到thirty-first的幻灯片 4. ID
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
1. Chatting Chat with the students about their birthdays
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2. Play a guessing game Guess some classmates’ birthday（信息让学生提供到月份）
Step 2 Grammar Focus
Ask Ss to read through the sentences in the box.
Put Ss into groups to make free talks. As they work, move around the room, checking progress and offering help as needed.
Then invite some Ss to read the ordinal numbers in the box one by one.
Step 3 Presentation
1. When is your birthday? My birthday is ….
How old are you? I am fifteen.（板书，目的是教新词how old, date, age） 1. Practice in pairs
Step 4 practice
1. 3a First, ask Ss to read through the sentences in the box so that they can know how to do this activity.
2. Then match the question to the subjects and the circumstance. Finally, check the answer.
3. 3b. T: there is a conversation in 3b with some words missing. You need to complete it. First, have a quick look at it so that you can know what they are talking about. Then do it individually. Later, I’ll check your answers.
Step 5 consolidation
3c Devide the Ss into groups of four. Then ask them to rank their partners from the youngest to the oldest. Report about their names, your birthdays and your ages one by one from the youngest to the oldest. Leave them several minutes to do it. Finally invite some groups to make reports.
Step6 Task after class
1. Make an ID card including sex, your name, your birthday, your age, your hobbies and your telephone number. 2. Read and copy the new words.
Teaching postscript:
1. 这节课仍旧继续前两节课的主题，但扩充了句型：How old are you? I am fifteen. 这个句型对学生来说很容易，因为他们在小学时就很熟练。
2. Section B的2b，填写乔的日历，因为有些词汇是新的，一下子从学、听到写，对一些接受能力慢的学生来说可能有一定困难，可以让学生用标号的办法来做，以降低难度。
Period 4
Teaching materials：Section B: 1a,1b,1c,1d, Teaching aims:
Sub Topic: Talk about the dates and ages
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Language focus and structure: When is the school trip? It’s ….
Vocabulary: Volleyball game school day art festival Chinese music Key points::
一张12个月的图片或幻灯片、一张序数词的first到thirty-first的幻灯片、I D 卡片
Teaching procedures: Step 1 Warming up
Chatting Chat with partners about their own ID cards prepared the previous day.
Step 2 presentation 1. Teach new words.
T: Do you usually have activities at school? What activities do you have? Think about them.
Teach the new words by showing the pictures. Lead Ss to read them and explain their meanings.
2.1a Now , open your book, and have a look at the pictures in 1a. What can you see in the pictures? What are they doing? Talk with your deskmate about them. Match the pictures with the events. Check the answers.
Ask Ss to talk about the events in the pictures in pairs like this. S1: what are the boys doing?
S2: they are having a basketball game.
Leave them enough time make conversations.
Step 3 practice
1. 1b T: please look at the pictures again. we’ll hear a conversation about them I’ll play the tape for you to listen. you need to listen carefully and circle the events you hear. Clear? Play again for Ss to check their answers.
2. 1c. now have a look at the calendar in 1c. It’s john’s calendar from September 24th to October 7th. I’ll play the tape again. You may hear some events on those dates. Listen carefully and fill in the calendar. Check your answers with your deskmate first. Finally, I’ll check your answers. Step 4 consolidation
1d. look at John’s calendar carefully. What events does he have? Please talk about them like the sample conversation in pairs. Put Ss into pairs to do this activity. Leave them enough time to do it.
As they work, move around the room, offering help.
Invite some Ss to act out their conversations for the whole class.
Step 4 Summary
In this period, we’ve learned how to talk about the events and consolidated the use of when-questions.
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Step 5 Homework
Write five things about yourself on a piece of paper. Another student will read it to the class .Can your classmates guess who the student is?
Period 5
Teaching materials：2a,2b,2c,3a,3b, self check
Teaching aims:
1. master the key words and expressions:
2. art, festival, dear, thing, term, month, busy, time, there, have a good tiome. 1. Learn about festivals.
2. Be able to talk about events and festivals. 3. Be able to write invitation letters. Key points::
3. master the key words and expressions: 4. Learn about festivals.
5. Be able to talk about events and festivals. 6. Be able to write invitation letters.
Teaching procedures: Step 1 warm-up 1. Greetings 2. Revision
Check the homework
Have a dictation of the key words in this unit. Step 2 presentation
1. 2a ask Ss to read through the activities in 2a together. Teach the new words by showing pictures of these activities to help Ss understand them well. Leave them time to do it. Finally, invite them to talk about these activities for the whole class. 2. 2b T: the following is a school notice. Please read through it silently and tell me what it is about. Ss read the notice.
T: what is the notice about?
Ss: it’s about the activities in this term.
T: how many activities are there? And what are they? Please read the passage again carefully and list these activities and the dates. Put them in the collumns. Do it by yourselves. Later, I’ll check your answers. Finally, check the answers.
3. 2c. Ss read through the questions in 2c.
Divide them into groups to talk about these questions. Step 3 practice
1. 3a T: first, let’s read through the words in the box so that we can know their
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meanings.
Then have a quick look at the short article to get the main idea of it.
Complete the passage individually. Check the answers with your deskmate first. 2. 3b. ask Ss to read through the instruction and the questions in the box so that they can lnow how to do this activity.
Leave them enough time to think about it. Then ask them to write their own invitation note like the one in 3a. finally, collect the work to choose the best one to present to the whole class. Step 4 consolidation
Self check
1. T: there are two activities in self check. They aim to check your progress of
the knowledge you learned in this unit. Now, let’s do them. First have a look at the chart. What can you see in the chart?
Ss: the words in the first, third and fifth rows are cardinal numbers. The words in the other rows are ordinal numbers.
T: great. Please complete the chart with the correct forms of the numbers according to the given numbers. Do it individually. Check the answers. 2. Show some pictures of festivals for Ss to watch. Invite some Ss to say the
dates of these festivals.
Then ask Ss to fill the blanks in activity 2. Check the answers.
Step 5 homework
1. Write something about yourself and your family in your composition book 2. Prepare for Unit 9
Teaching postscript:
1. 这是这个单元的最后一课时，从前面所学的When is your birthday? 到这堂课要问到的When is the school trip ? 对学生来说接受起来是不难的。
2. 至于3a里的Do you have …? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. 在Unit5已经学过，但有些学生会不是很熟练，通过对话也可以得到一次复习 。
3. 课后写一写自己或家人的一些情况 ，目的是把学的东西落实到笔头，应用到实际生活，估计学生在书写中还会出现一些书写上的错误，如日期的书写等。
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