Unit 8 When is your birthday? （Section B 1a-1d）

Unit 8 When is your birthday?
Unit8 Section B（1a-1d）
Teaching and Learning Goals:
Talk about months and dates. Learn the key sentences. When is your birthday? Listen for one’s calendar and know the events. We should make plan to do sth.
Teaching and learning steps：
Step1.
Revision: First, let the Ss speak out twelve months of the year, and make some Ss spell the words.
Second, ask some pairs to act out the conversation in Section A, 2e.
2. Show the Ss a picture of the calendar. Let the Ss say like this:
　　　
A: When is your birthday?
B: My birthday is December 15th. /It’s December 15th.
Then, show some pictures to make up dialogues.

设计意图：复习单词及拼写。通过学生的合作对话，练习重点句型，便于学生加强记忆，巩固所学知识。
Step2.
1. Review the knowledge about sports nouns. eg. basketball, soccer, baseball, volleyball and so on. Using the sports nouns, let Ss make up dialogues.

basketball game 8月8日.

baseball game 7月7日 soccer game 6月3日
2. After showing pictures above, list some new words. Then teach the new words with the help of pictures.

school trip English test

party basketball game
3. 1a.Match the pictures with the events.

设计意图：通过学习过的知识，过渡到本单元新单词，便于学生理解。
Step3. Listening.
1. Let the Ss look at the pictures in 1a for 30 seconds. Then close the books and let the Ss think of the words.
2.1b. Listen and circle the events you hear in 1a.
3.1c. Listen again. Fill in John’s calendar.
Let the Ss write down the sentences about events on the paper.

4. Listen and repeat.
设计意图：在做听力前，先解决单词，为听力做好准备。听力时，一般先听取大意，大致了解听力主要内容，然后再注意细节，有针对性的听。跟读录音，让学生模仿读音，感知英语发音特点，以便提高口语表达水平。
Step4. Pair work
1. Ask and answer questions about John’s calendar.
A: When is Sally’s birthday party?
B: It’s on October 5th.

2. Make survey about classmate’s calendar, and make dialogues.
设计意图：小组合作，就听力内容进行对话，培养学生实际运用能力，形成一定的语感。在组内做调查，就同班同学的日程表展开对话练习。这有利于学生在具体情境交流的有效性。
Exercises
1. Today is her ____________(eight) birthday.
2. September is the _________(nine) month of the year.
3. --- How old ____your cousin? ----He is fourteen _____ old.
A. Is , year B. is, years C. are, years
4．________ is your mother? She’s forty．
　　 A．How old???B．How? ?C．How age??D．What age
5. David的生日宴会____________
6.学校观光_____________
Homework
Try to find out more events or holidays with their dates in China.(找出中国的节日及相应的日期)
2. Write about your schedule in the winter holiday.
（ 写出自己寒假的日程表）
Keys: 1.eighth 2.ninth 3.B 4.A
5. David’s birthday party 6. school trip
教学反思：
本课为听说课，但听力部分为主要内容。在听力前，解决单词，为下一步的听力做好准备，同时，也让学生了解了听力相关内容。正式听力时，采取先听取大意，再细节听知识点的方法，与此同时，要求学生在笔记本上写下相关句子。这有利于练习学生的听写能力。最后，在听力后，就听力内容，让学生展开小组讨论并做对话。以记者调查的方式，让学生了解组内成员的日程表，贴合实际，有利于学生情境交际运用的能力培养。
本节课，脉络比较清晰，但总体上，增加了不少内容，在教课过程中，应避免复习时间过长影响正课的进行。同时，应大范围地让学生对话练习，小组讨论。