Unit 8 When is your birthday?
The First Period 1(Section A, 1a–2d)
Teaching aims and language points:
1. Learn these words and expressions, and be able to say, read and write them:
when, month, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
the ordinal numbers from first to thirty-first
2. Be able to talk about one’s birthday by using:
When is your/his/her birthday?
My/His/Her birthday is on October 10th.
When is Alice’s birthday?
Her birthday is …
Teaching steps:
1. Warm-up and revision (课堂热身和复习)
(1) Daily greeting to the students（日常问候）
(2) Revision（复习）: Review the cardinal numbers and some nouns by translating the following phrases.
11个足球 14个西红柿 28双红袜子 15顶帽子
31个乒乓拍 12条短裤 26个学生 18个毛衣
2. Presentation (呈现新知识)
Present the new words: month, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
T: What’s this in English? (show a picture of a calendar) . It’s a calendar. How many months are there in a year? There are 12 months in a year.
(Get the Ss to guess what month and year mean. Then, teach the Ss the names of the 12 months.)
3. Working on 1a.
(1) Listen and repeat.
(2) Ask some individual Ss to read the new words again. Correct their pronunciations when necessary.
4. A song.
Teach the Ss to sing the song of months.
5. Ordinal Numbers (序数词)
(1) Present the ordinal numbers from first to twelfth.
T: What is January? (Help the Ss to answer.)
Ss: It’s the first month of the year.
(Repeat the questions and answers for the other months and present the ordinal numbers from second to twelfth.)
(2) Present some other ordinal numbers.
(3) Read the ordinal numbers chart on page 81 of the Students’ Book.
(4) Work on 2a. Listen and repeat.
(5) 基数词变为序数词的顺口溜
6. Work on 1b and 1c.
(1) Students listen and number the conversations. Check their answers quickly.
(2) Listen and repeat.
(3) Practice the conversations in pairs.
(4) Practice reading some dates.
7. Groupwork. (小组活动)
Ask the Ss to ask and answer about their own birthdays. Ask them to collect the birthdays of their group members and fill in the chart.
8. Listening practice. (听力练习)
(1) Work on 2b. Listen and circle the numbers you hear in 2a.
(2) Work on 2c. Listen and match the names, months and dates.
(3) Listen and read the conversations after the recording.
9. Pairwork. (两人活动)
Work on 2d.
(1) Talk about the children’s birthday in 2c using the sample conversation in the box.
(2) Ask your partner about the birthdays in his or her family.
10. Homework（家庭作业）
1. Remember the new words we learned today.
2. Look at the chart below and write a conversation between you and Mike like the conversation in 2d.
Unit 8 When is your birthday?
The Second Period (Section A, 2e–3c)
Teaching aims and language points:
1. Learn these words and expressions, and be able to say, read and write them:
happy, happy birthday, old, how old, party, see you
2. Be able to talk about one’s age and birthday party by using:
How old are you?
I’m twelve.
My birthday is in August.
Do you want to come to my birthday party?
--When is it? --At three this afternoon.
See you.
Teaching steps:
1. Warm-up and revision (课堂热身和复习)
(1) Daily greeting to the students（日常问候）
(2) Review the names of the months: Flash the words and ask the Ss to say them out loud and spell them.
(3) Review the ordinal numbers by saying:
January is the first month of the year.
2. Grammar Focus.
(1) Read through the ordinal numbers in Grammar Focus and recite the rule of the ordinal numbers.
(2) Dictate some of the words like: first, second, third, fifth, eighth, ninth, twelfth, twentieth, twenty-fourth, thirty-sixth. Have Ss write out the words.
(3) Get the Ss to check their answers in pairs.
(4) Read through the sentences in Grammar Focus. Pay attention to the possessive pronouns and possessive case of nouns and the use of “in” and “on”.
(5) Study the Possessive Case of Nouns.
3. Presentation.
(1) Watch a video of Liu Qian.
(2) Ask questions about Liu Qian’s birthday and age. Present the question: “How old are you?”.
4. Work on 3c.
Ask the Ss to find out their group members’ birthdays and ages. They should fill in the chart. Then line up from the youngest to the oldest. See which group is the fastest.
5. Work on 2e.
(1) Read the conversation.
(2) Answer the questions. See if the Ss understand the conversation. Explain the things they don’t understand.
(3) Role-play the conversation.
6. Work on 3a.
Match the question and answers.
7. Work on 3b.
(1) Complete the conversation.
(2) Practice the conversation in pairs.
8. Homework（家庭作业）
(1) Recite the conversation in Section A, 2e.
(2) Write a report about your group members’ birthdays and ages.
e.g. The oldest in our group is … He/She is … years old. His/Her birthday is on …
….’s birthday is on … He/She is … years old.
The youngest in our group is …
Unit 8 When is your birthday?
The Third Period (Section B, 1a–2b)
Teaching aims and language points:
1. Learn these words and expressions, and be able to say, read and write them:
test, trip, art, festival, time, English test, school trip, basketball game, School Day, English Day, art festival, Sports Day, book sale
2. Learn these words and expressions, and be able to say and read them:
calendar, event, notice, activity, can
3. Be able to talk about calendars by using:
When is Sally’s birthday party?
It’s on October 5th.
Teaching steps:
1. Warm-up and revision (课堂热身和复习)
(1) Daily greeting to the students（日常问候）
(2) Review: Complete the sentences according to the
Chinese.
2. Presentation.
Show the pictures of different activities and present the words and expressions.
3. Work on 1a.
(1) Match the pictures with the events.
(2) Check the answers in pairs like this:
A: Picture d is English test.
B: Yes, you’re right. Picture c is party.
…
4. Listening practice.
(1) Work on 1b. Listen and circle the events in the
conversation. Then check the answers together.
(2) Work on 1c. Listen again and fill in the calendar.
(3) Check the answers in pairs like the example in 1d.
5. Work on 2a.
(1) Read the expressions in 2a.
(2) Match the activities with the Chinese names.
(3) Check the activities the Ss have at their school.
(4) Talk about the calendar like the sample in 1d. Make
a calendar like the one in 1c.
6. Reading.
(1) Read the text in 2b and list the activities and the dates. Fill in the chart in 2b.
(2) Answer the questions and check the Ss’ answers.
What activities do they have at school this term?
When is the school trip/ …?
What can the students’ parents do on School Day?
(Explain the words “term” and “can”.)
7. Pronunciation.
(1) Listen and repeat.
(2) Read aloud. Check the Ss’ pronunciation.
(3) Talk about the rules of pronunciation and spelling.
8. Homework（家庭作业）
(1) Read the text in Section B, 2b aloud.
(2) List the activities you like and make a calendar like the chart in the 2b.
Unit 8 When is your birthday?
The Fourth Period (Section B, 2c–Self Check)
Teaching aims and language points:
1. Learn these words and expressions, and be able to say, read and write them:
dear, student, thing, term, busy, time, there, next month
2. Learn these words and expressions, and be able to say and read them:
holiday, National Day, discuss, invite … to …
3. Be able to discuss activities and write a note by using:
We have some interesting and fun things for you this term.
On September 21st, we have a school trip in the afternoon.
This is a really busy term!
Have a good time!
What (other) activities do you like?
Teaching steps:
1. Warm-up and revision (课堂热身和复习)
(1) Daily greeting to the students（日常问候）
(2) Revision: Review the numbers by playing the game, I say “one”, you say “first”.
2. Self Check.
(1) Complete the chart with the correct forms of the numbers.
(2) Write the dates for these holidays in China. Learn the new
words “holiday” and “national”.
3. Study 2b.
(1) Read the text in 2b.
(2) Study the words and expressions in 2b.
4. Discussion
(1) Work on 2c. Discuss the questions in 2c in pairs. Ask some pairs to ask and answer the questions in front of the class.
(2) Check their homework. Ss take out their calendars and talk about each other’s calendars using:
What activities do you have this term?
When is …?
5. Writing.
(1) Work on 3a. Complete the note with the words in the box. Learn the word “there”.
(2) Ask some questions about the note in 3a.
Who is Guo Peng writing to?
Do you think Guo Peng likes basketball?
What activity does Guo Peng have in his school?
When is the activity?
(3) Work on 3b. Ask the Ss to write their own note to a friend.
Ask some of the Ss to write their notes on the board. Then discuss their notes with the whole class. Get the Ss to correct any mistake in their writings.
6. Homework（家庭作业）
(1) Recite the text in Section B, 2b.
(2) Write a school notice like the one in Section B, 2b according to the calendar you made.
