Unit 8 When is your birthday
Period One (Section A 1a、1c、1b、2a)
Teaching aims and demands:
Knowledge objects
1. Vocabulary:
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, ordinal numbers (first, second, third, …, thirty-first), when, birthday, month, year
2. Sentence structures:
When is your birthday My birthday is …
Ability objects
Enable Ss to use target languages to ask and answer about birthday.
Learn to use ordinal numbers correctly.
Teaching key points and difficulties:
Master the vocabularies and the target languages
Teaching aids:
A CAI projector
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 warming-up and greeting
1. Enjoy a song.
2. T: Do you like this song
S: Yes, I do.
T: Do you know the name of this song
S: (some Ss may know) The months.
T: (whether they know or not) Great. You got it. The name is the Months. M-O-N-T-H. [ ] (read the new words twice)
T: I’m very happy that you like it. In this unit, we’ll learn the months in a year.
Step 2 Presentation
T: (show a calendar) What’s this in English If you don’t know the English, you can say it in Chinese.
S: (Ss may say it in Chinese)日历
T: That’s right. It’s a calendar.[ ] (read the new words twice)
T: How many months are there in a year
S: Twelve.
T: Do you know their names
S: (some Ss may call out the answers)
T: Great. ( with the help of PPT) Now, let’s look at them one by one. What month is it
S: January.
T: January↗January↘, [ ], January
T: February↗, February↘, [ ], February
T: March↗, March↘, [ ], March
T: April↗, April ↘, [ ], April
T: May↗, May↘, [ ], May
T: June↗, June↘, [ ], June
T: July↗, July↘, [ ], July
T: August↗, August↘, [ ], August
T: September↗, September↘, [ ], September
T: October↗, October↘, [ ], October
T: November↗, November↘, [ ], November
T: December↗, December↘, [ ], December
(Read each word twice, then show the phonetic symbols)
Step 3 Presentation
T: Which month is it now
S: November
T: There are 30 days in November. And today is the 28th day of it. So today is November 28th.
T: Look, there are thirty-one days in December. This is the first day in this month. This is the second day, this is the third day and this is the last day- the thirty-first day in this month. Now let’s learn these numbers.
(PPT shows the ordinal numbers)
T: Now let’s read some of them. (Read first、second、third、fourth、fifth、eighth、ninth、twelfth、twentieth、twenty-first、twenty-second、twenty-third、thirtieth、thirty-first)
T: Now look at the numbers carefully, try to find out the changing rules. Please pay attention to the colored words and letters.
(Ask some Ss to say what they find, they may say it in Chinese)
Suggested answers:
T: You are very careful and clever。Please try to remember:
T: And we can write these numbers like this:4th,5th ,6th …20th.. But how about first, second and third. Can we write them like this (1th, 2th, 3th)
S: (some may say Yes, some may say No)
T: You can open your books and turn to P48. You can find the answers. Right
S: Yes.1st,2nd,3rd。(跳跃动画呈现)
T: Excellent!
Step 4 Presentation
1.T: Today is the twenty-eighth day in November. It’s November the 28th.
Who can read these dates (1月1日,10 月10日)
S: January the 1st, October the 10th.
T: Good job. Please discuss with your partners, try to read these dates.
(3月12日,2月14日, 7月7日, 8月15日, 5月23日 11月11日, 6月15日)
S1: March the twelfth.
S2: February the fourteenth.
S3: July the seventh.
S4: August the fifteenth.
S5: May the twenty-third.
S6: November the eleventh.
S7: June the fifteenth.
2. Festival Show
T: In a year, there are many festivals. When is Labor Day, do you know
S: May 1st.
T: When is Children’s Day
S: June 1st.
T: When is Teachers’ Day
S: September 10th.
T: When is National Day
S: October 1st.
T: When is Christmas Day
S: December 25th.
Step 5
T: Can you guess when my birthday is Do you know birthday [ ]
S: (Some Ss may call out in Chinese)生日
T: Yes. First guess the month. You can ask like this: Is your birthday in November
T: Yes, you’re right. Now you can guess the date. Is your birthday August 3rd
T: Yes, you’re right. When is your birthday
Ask several students. (Chain drill).
Write the student’s name and his birthday on the blackboard in a form like the following one. And then ask students say together:
Name Birthday
xxx 9月27日
xxx 5月26日
xxx 8月13日
.....’s birthday is …. ....’s birthday is …
…
Step 6 Listening (Activity 1b)
T: Listen to three conversations and write down their birthday.
Name Birthday
Vera ___________ tenth
__________ January ___________
Jeff _____________ __________
T: Now, please check the answer. Let’s read the conversation together.
Step 7 Make a survey
T: Now groupwork. First, form a group of four, and ask your partners some questions. You can ask like this: When is your birthday How old are you Write down the birthday in the form. Then you can move and ask other classmates. Also you can ask the teachers here in our classroom.
Name Birthday Age
Three minutes later, you will have to make a report like this:
I ask ______ classmates/friends/teachers. XX’s birthday is _________. He/She is______ years old. My birthday is_______.
Additional Material
1. Listen to three conversations and fill in the form. (听对话,完成表格)
Name Birthday
Vera ___________ tenth
__________ January ___________
Jeff _____________ __________
2. Make a survey. (调查)
Name Birthday Age(年龄)
S1: first、second、third 三个单词完全不同于one、two、three,是特殊变化,其他单词后都有th。
S2: five、twelve变成序数词时是fifth、twelfth.
S3: Twenty、thirty变成序数词时是变 y 为 ie,后面加 th。
S4: 二十一是twenty-first 、三十一是thirty-first,二十二是twenty-second,二十三是twenty-third。
S5: Eight变成 eighth只加了个h, nine变成 ninth,nine后面没有了 e。
基变序,有规律,词尾加上th。1 2 3 特殊记,词尾字母t,d,d。
8 少 t ,9 去 e , f 来把 ve 替。整十变 y为ie,后跟th 莫迟疑。
若想表示几十几,只变个位就可以。
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