Unit 8 Birthdays 教学设计

Unit 8 Birthdays
【教学目标】
知识目标：
1.能听懂、会读、会说单词eleventh, eighth, together, birthday, April, game等本课所涉及的单词。
2. 能听懂、会读、会说日常用语：When’s your birthday What do you do on your birthday 及回答It’s on… I usually…
3. 能初步感知序数词的构成和用法。
能力目标：
1.学生在课前阅读绘本Birthdays around the world的基础上，对各国生日活动有所了解。
2. 能正确的理解并朗读课文，在教师的引导和帮助下尝试复述课文内容。
情感目标：
能了解中西方文化中不同的生日风俗习惯。
【教学重难点】
教学重点：
1.能理解和初步运用句型：When’s your birthday It’s on ... What do you do on your birthday I usually ...
2.能初步感知序数词的构成和用法。
3.能正确理解并朗读课文，在教师的帮助下尝试复述课文。
教学难点：
能理解和初步运用句型：When’s your birthday It’s on ... What do you do on your birthday I usually ...
【教学准备】
阅读绘本故事《Birthdays around the world》
【教学过程】
Step1. Pre-reading
1. Free talk
T: Just now, we enjoyed a song about months. When we talk about months, what’s in your mind
S: Festivals. Holidays.
T: Yes. We can also use months to talk about our holidays.Today, we will talk about holidays.(揭题)
T: Can you read this word: bird How about birthday
Step2. While-reading
1. Watch and answer
T: Now, this time can you tell me whose birthday are they talking about
S: They are talking about Su Hai’s birthday and Mike’s birthday.
T: As we all know, Su Hai is from China. And Mike is from the UK. So we know the missing pages are Birthdays in China and Birthdays in the UK.
2. Look and say
T: Look, I also have two pictures here. Can you find out when are their birthdays
T: Su Hai’s birthday is on the eleventh of May.Read after me eleventh, May, the eleventh of May.
T: How about Mike
S: Mike’s birthday is on the eighth of April.
T：Read after me eighth, April, the eighth of April.
T: We know Su Hai and Su Yang are twins. So Su Yang’s birthday is also on the eleventh of May.
3. Read and find
T: Now we know the dates of their birthdays. Beside this, what else do you want to know
S: What do they do on their birthdays？ Where do they celebrate their birthdays Who celebrates the birthdays with them How do they feel
T: Now let’s read the passage by using these marks.
T: Can you guess where do they celebrate the birthdays Let’s look at the picture. Maybe they’re at home.
4. Work in groups
T: How about Mike’s birthday Can you work in groups and try to finish the mind map
T: You can finish the mind map very well.
5. Read and imitate
T: Can you read the story beautifully When reading, pay more attention to your pronunciation and intonation.
T: I think you can read beautifully.
Step3. After reading
1.Write and say
T: Can you finish the missing pages It’s easy. I think we can do it.
2.Think and say
T: Do you remember what do they eat
T: Su Hai and Su Yang eat some noodles but Mike eats a birthday cake. Do you know the difference
T: Traditionally, our Chinese people eat the noodles on our birthdays because we think that long noodles means long life. But people in western countries think that the cake means good luck.
T: But nowadays most of our Chinese people may have a birthday cake on our birthdays and sometimes we may also have a party. That’s because the world is becoming a big family.
3.Let’s enjoy
T: Look at the lovely children from different countries. They do different things on their birthdays.
4.Let’s design
T: Before class, we’ve already divided into different groups according to your birthdays. Each group has the birthday in the same month. So can you design a birthday party to yourselves
T: You can design it like this. First, underline the activities in different countries in the picture book. Then, choose two or three activities you like. At last, you can design your birthday invitation card.
5.Let’s read
T: In your mind, what is birthday It is very important. We can read together.
Step4. Homework
1. Read the story three times.
2. Enrich your invitation card.
3. Surf the Internet and know more about the birthday customs in different countries and share with your friends.