Unit 8 When is your birthday?
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?[来源:Z#xx#k.Com]
My/His/Her birthday is in October.
My/His/Her birthday is on October tenth.
When is Alice’s birthday? Her birthday is …
Teaching keys:
1.The names of the twelve months and the usage of ordinal numbers.
2.Ask about the birthdays of other people.
Teaching difficulties:
1.The names of the twelve months and the usage of ordinal numbers.
2.Ask about the birthdays of other people.
Teaching methods:
Task-based Language Teaching,Visual teching method, situational teaching method
Before class：比一比，谁最棒?
1． 谁会读单词音标？ 2. 谁会记单词？ 谁记单词的方法好？
（教师提点：1.比一比单词的字母： 部分单词字母相同：January/ February September/ October/ November/ December 2. 荒诞记忆法与故事相结合。 January/ February March/ April/May June/July September/ October/ November/ December
2．Can you know the differences: My birthday is in August.
My birthday is on August 1st.
3．Can you say like this? My birthday is in___________.
My birthday is on__________.
4． Learn these numbers and find out the rules:一起找规律
1st first 11th eleventh 21st twenty-first
2nd second 12th twelfth 22nd twenty-second
3rd third 13th thirteenth 23rd twenty-third
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4th fourth 14th fourteenth 24th twenty-fourth
5th fifth 15th fifteenth 25th twenty-fifth
6th sixth 16th sixteenth 26th twenty-sixth
7th seventh 17th seventeenth 27th twenty-seventh
8th eighth 18th eighteenth 28th twenty-eighth
9th ninth 19th nineteenth 29th twenty-ninth
10th tenth 20th twentieth 30th thirtieth
31st thirty-first
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Step 1 Warm up and lead-in.
1．Listen to a song. T: What can you hear? (the twelve months. Learn the new word: month)
2．Share: How can you remember the words? (When students answer, according to students’ answers, show the picture to help remember and understand the words. )
3. T: My birthday is in August.
(Read the sentences. -- My birthday is in August.)
T: When is your birthday?
S1: My birthday is in…(Show a birthday cake and say“The birthday cake is for you.”
Read the sentences:
When is your birthday? -- My birthday is in August.
4．T: We’ll learn unit 8 When is your birthday? (Read the title.)
Step 2 Work on 1a.
1. Listen and repeat.
2. Students say one by one: My birthday is in…(When students say, show the month words.)
Step 3 Presentation.
1. Compare:
Can you know the differences: My birthday is in August.
My birthday is on August 1st.
2. Learn the ordinal numbers.
(1) Present the ordinal numbers
(2) Read the Students’ Book P81.
(3) Work on 2a. Listen and repeat.
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(4) 基数词变为序数词的顺口溜:
基变序，有规律，一、二、三特殊记，词尾字母t, d, d；
-th 四加起，八少t来九去e； （从4起在词尾加th）
ve变f替，y要变ie。若想表示几十几，只变个位就可以。
Step 4 . Working on 1b.
1. Students listen and number conversations. Check their answers quickly.[来源:学*科*网]
2. Listen and repeat.
3. Practice the conversations in pairs.[来源:Zxxk.Com]
4. Practice reading some dates.
Step 5 Pair work.
Ask the Ss to ask and answer about their own birthdays.
A: When is your birthday, Wang Ming?
B: My birthday is on May 5th.
Step 6 Listening practice.
(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 record.[K]
Step 7. Pair work. Work on 2d.
1. Ask some Ss about the birthdays of the four students in 2c.
T: When is Alice's birthday, S1?
S1: Her birthday is on September 5th.
T: When is Frank's birthday, S2？
S2: His birthday is on …
T: Now ask and answer about the birthdays of the four students in 2c with your partner.
(Ss work in pairs to ask and answer about their birthdays.)
2. Do you know your parents' birthday? Ask your partner about the birthday in his or her family?
S1: When is your father's birthday?
S2: His birthday is on September 10th.
S1: When is your mother's birthday?
S2: Her birthday is on August 20th.
(Then S2 ask S1 about the birthdays in his or her family.)
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Step 8 . Homework
1. Remember the new words we learned today.
2. Look at the chart below and write a conversation between you and Mike like 2d.
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Period 2 (2e and some explains)
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.
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Step 1 Warming- up and revision.
1. Greeting the Ss as usual. Check their homework.
2. Let's review the cardinal numbers together. Count from first to thirty-first.
3. Play a number game: T: Your partner says a ordinal number and you say a cardinal number. Then exchange roles.
S1: eleven S2: eleventh; twenty
S1: twentieth; thirteen S2: thirteenth; sixteen
4. Ask your partner a question chain like this:
T: How old are you? S1: I'm thirteen.
T: When is your birthday? Is it on December 5th?
S1: NO，My birthday is on December 16th.
T: Happy birthday to you! S1: Thank you!
T: When is your mother's birthday? S1: Her birthday is on June 3rd.
T: When is your father's birthday? S1: His birthday is July 5th.
Step 2 Role-play.
1. Bill and Alan are talking about their ages and birthdays. Now listen the conversation and fill the chart below.
Name
Age
Birthday (party)
Bill
Alan
at 3 this afternoon
2. Check the answers with the class.
3. Practice the conversation with your partner.
4. Let some pairs act out the conversation in front of the class.
5. Make your own conversation.
Step 3 Take some notes:
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一．When is your birthday？
1.when adv. “(疑问副词) 什么时候，”对时间进行提问。
I go to school at 8 in the morning. _________________.
【辨析】 what time…一般用于对具体时间的提问
—It’s three o’clock. __________________
I go to school at 8 in the morning.________________.
2. when conj.“在……的时候”，引导时间状语从句。
3. 用 When is/are sb’s birthday(s)? 来询问他人的生日。
答：sb’s birthday(s) is/are (on/in) …或It’s (on/in) …
When is Jane’s birthday? —Her birthday is /It’s on January twelfth.
When are their birthdays?
—Their birthdays are May 2nd and June 5th.
二 . At three this afternoon. 今天下午三点。
[辨一辨] 表示时间的介词at, in与on
(1) 介词at意为 “在…”常用于时刻前或一些固定的习惯用语中。
at 9:00 在9点钟 at noon 在中午
(2) in用在月份、季节、年份等前面，也可以表示“在早上、在下午、在晚上”。如： in May in 2013
in the morning/afternoon/evening
(3) on用在日期、星期几、节日前，具体某一天的上午、下午或晚上。 on November 1st on Children’s Day on Tuesday evening
拓展：(1)月、日、年的顺序。“日”与“年”之间要加逗号。读时，“日”一定要读作序数词。April 4/4th,2009 读作：April (the) fourth，two thousand and nine
(2)日、月、年的顺序。读时，“日”一定要读作序数词，而且一般前面要加定冠词the。2/2nd July 1999 读作：the second of July/July the second，nineteen ninety- nine
(3)“在某年”或“在某年某月”要用介词in，“在某年某月某日”要用介词on。
三．3.Match the names，months and dates.将名字、月份、日期配对。
1. date n. 日期
Can you tell me the date of your birth?你能告诉我你的生日吗？
2. date和day 都表示“日子”。
date
指“日期”，即“某年、某月、某日”，一般用单数，提问时，date指“几月几日”。
—What's the date today？今天几号？
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—It's March 3rd.3月3号。
day
泛指“日子”，可以指24小时的一整天，也可以单指白天，提问时，day指的是“星期几”。
—What day is it today？今天星期几？
—It's Thursday.星期四。
四．Happy Birthday！生日快乐！
1.祝福语，答语常为Thank you。
2. happy，adj.“愉快的；高兴的；满意的”常用来表达祝愿。
Happy Teachers' Day！教师节快乐！ Happy New Year！新年快乐！
3. happy adj.愉快的；高兴的；满意的
反义词：unhappy 名词：happiness n. 幸福
I'm happy to meet you.见到你我很快乐。
五．—How old are you? 你多大了？ —I’m twelve. 我十二了。
1． how old意为“多大年纪；几岁”，用于询问年龄。回答时可以直接用基数词表示，也可以用“基数词 + year (s) old”表示。
2．“What’s ... age?”“How old is / are ...?”意思相同。
What’s your age? = How old are you? 你多大了？
六. I'm twelve.我12岁了。
1. 本句是含有主系表结构的简单句。
在回答how old引导的提问年龄的问句时，常用“主语＋系动词be＋基数词＋(years old)”结构，其中years old可以省略。上句可改写为：I'm twelve years old.我12岁了。
2. 表示“一岁大”时，用：one year old。
The baby is one year old.这个婴儿一岁大。
七． See you! 再见！
1. 本句是用来告别的用语。See you！＝ Good bye！再见！
2. See you soon！再见。 此句是用于暂时分别用语。
See you again.通常用于事先没有预约好的场合。
See you later.则要用于事先预约好的场合。See you then.到时候见。
八．Find out your group members' brithdays and ages.
1. age n. 年龄；年纪 What's her age？她多大年龄了？
2. at the age of...在……岁时
At the age of five，he could(能，会) read and write.
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Period 3
Teaching aims:
1.Remember the words of the months and the cardinal numbers.
2. Can say the birthdays using the positions“in, on”.
3. Understand “ Alice’s , your father’s”.
4. Be able to talk about one’s age and birthday party by using:
When is your / his /her birthday? My/ His /Her birthday is on May 2nd.
How old are you? I’m twelve.
When is your mother's birthday? S1: Her birthday is on June 3rd.
When is your father's birthday? S1: His birthday is July 5th.
Is your birthday on July 5th? Yes, it is. /No, it isn’t.
When are their birthdays?
—Their birthdays are on May 2nd and June 5th. /in January
Teaching keys:
1.Remember the words of the months and the cardinal numbers.
2. Can say the birthdays using the positions“in, on”.
3. Understand “ Alice’s , your father’s”.
4. Be able to talk about one’s age and birthday party by using:
Before class: Read Grammar focus。
Think it over what we should learn and remember?(仔细想想, 我们应该掌握什么？)
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Step 1. Warming- up and make the goals together.
1. Greeting the Ss as usual.
2. Read Grammar focus。
(1). Think it over what we should learn and remember?(仔细想想, 我们应该掌握什么？)
(2). 把自己的想法在小组内交流，并总结一下，你们小组一共想出了多少目标？
Step 2 Practice 1 Pair work.
1. Review the words of the months. Write the words and check the answers in different groups.
2. Let's review the cardinal numbers together. Count from first to thirty-first.
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How do you remember the cardinal numbers.
Explain： 序数词要加定冠词the。但当序数词前有物主代词（his, her…）、指示代词（this, that…）等修饰时，则不必再用the。
on the third floor 在三楼
on his twelfth birthday 在他十二岁生日这天
3.读序数词表，然后写出下列基数词的序数词。
one ______ two ________ three _________ five ________ eight ____ nine _________ twelve _______ fifteen _______
eighteen ________twenty _______twenty-one __________
4. Ask your partner a question chain like this:
T: How old are you? S1: I'm thirteen.
T: When is your birthday? S1: My birthday is October 16th.
T: When is your mother's birthday? S1: Her birthday is on June 3rd.
T: When is your father's birthday? S1: His birthday is July 5th.
Ss work with their partner ask and answer in a question chain.
Step 3 . Work on 3a
1. Now let's work on 3a. Read the questions and answers then match the questions and answers.
2. Ss read the questions and answers. Find the answers to the questions. Then check the answers with the class.
3. Ss work with his or her partner. Ask and answer the questions.
Step 4. Work on 3b.
1. T: Grace and her friends are talking about their ages and birthdays. Read the conversation and fill in the blanks.
2. Ss read and complete the conversation.
3. Check the answers with the class.
4. Practice the conversation with your partner.
5. Ask some pairs act out the conversation.
Step 5 . Work on 3c—Survey.
1. T: Do you know your classmates' ages and birthdays. Now let's make a survey of everyone's ages and birthdays. Then line up from the youngest to the oldest.
2. Ss ask and answer about each other's age and birthdays.
—How old are you? —I'm …
—When is your birthday? —My birthday is on…
姓名 年龄 生日
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_____ ____ __________
_____ ____ __________
3. Then line up all the students from the youngest to the oldest.
4. Make a report.
Hello, this is my group. We were born in different months. ____ birthday is______. ____ is the oldest, and _____ is the youngest.
Step 6. Self check.
一．依据首字母填单词。
1. April is the f_______month of the year.
2. Sam is 12 years old.His b____________is October 3rd.
3.Teacher's day is on S_______________ tenth.
4.Children's day is on J____________1st.
5. W_________is your birthday?
二．划出下列句中的错误，并改正( 4分)
1. My birthday is May 15st.____________________
2.My brother 's birthday is march 10th .___________________
3. My mother's birthday is _______________.
A. July 22st B. July 22th C. July 22nd D. 22nd
三．完成句子
1. I'm 5. (对划线提问) _____________________________
2.Her birthday is June 3nd. (对划线提问) ________________
3. 我妈妈的生日是七月四号. My ___ birthday is ____4th.
4他的生日是十月二号. ___________________________
Step 7. Homework
1. Review the Grammar Focus.
2. 制作个人档：
First Name
Last Name
Birthday
Age
Telephone number
Favourite Food
Favourite Color
Mother's birthday
Father's birthday
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Period 4
Section B 1a-1d
Teaching aims:
Target language：
1. Can read ,write and use these words and phrases: test, trip; basketball game, English test, school trip, birthday party
2. Can use the structures: When is…y? --It’s on ….
3. Finish listening, can fill in the calendar about the events.
Ability goals：
1. Listening: understand the new words and the conversations, can fill in the calendar about the events.
2. Reading: read the words and sentences from Section B
3. Speaking: talk about the daily events using the structures:
When is…y? --It’s on ….
Moral goal: Lead the students to care for others.
Key points and difficulties:
Key points: words and sentences
Difficulties: use the target language in the real life.
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Step1. Warm up and lead in.
1. Enjoy and sing along with the song of months.
2. Make the learning aims.
3. Review.
Step2. Learn new word
1. Show the picture of different activities and present the words and expressions.
T: What activity is it? It’s a /an…. (learn the new words test, trip; basketball game, English test, school trip, birthday party.)
T: Look at the date, when is the…?
2. Remember the new words.
Step3. Working on 1a.
1. Match the picture with the events.
2. Check the answers in pairs like :
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A: Picture d is English test. B: Yes, you’re right. Picture c is party.
Step 4. Listening practice.
1. Work on 1b. Listen and circle the events in the conversations. Then check the answers together.
2. Work on 1c.
(1) Listen and choose the right answers.
( ) 1. When is Sally’s birthday party?
A. September 5th B. October 4th C. October 5th
( ) 2. When is the basketball game?
A. September 2d B. October 2nd C. October 5th
( ) 3. When is the school trip?
A. September 26th and 27th B. October 6th and 7th
C. October 5th
( ) 4. When is the English test?
A. September 29th B. October 9th C. October 2nd
( ) 5. Is the English test on Friday?
A. Yes, it is. B. No, it isn’t. C. Sorry, I don’t know.
(3)Listen again and fill in the calendar.
(3)Check the answers in pairs like the sample in 1d.
Step5. . Pair work
Ask and answer questions about John’s calendar. ( P46 1d )
Step 6. 拓展与延伸.
When is New Year’s Day? It’s on January 1st.
When is Women’s Day? It is on March 8th.
When is April Fool’s Day? It’s on April 1st.
When is Working People’s Day? It’s on May 1st.
When is National Day? It’s on October 1st.
When is Christmas Day? It’s on December 25th.
Step8. Consolidation exercises.
Step9. Summary. What have you learned?
1.key words and phrases 2. key sentences
Step10. Homework
Describe your birthday in English.
Use the following questions to help you .
1. How old are you? 2. When is your birthday?
3. What do your parents do for your birthday?
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4. Do you have a birthday party on your birthday?
Period 5 (2a-3b)
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?
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Step 1 Warming up and leading in.
1. T: Boys and girls, last lesson we learned John’s calendar. In his calendar, we know his events in September and October. Do you have your calendar? This class, we’ll learn how to write about the activities.
2. Make the aims.
Step 2 work on 2a.
1. Show the pictures and learn the names about the activities.
Soccer game school trip School Day book sale English Day art festival Sports Day party
2. Match the activities with their Chinese names.
3. Check (√) the activities you have at your school.
Say: We have a/ an …..at our school.
Step 3 Work on 2b.
1. Read the notice fast and silently, and then say: Which words can’t you read?
2. Read again. Answer the questions:
(1).How many activities do they have in November?
(2). How many activities do they have in December?
(3).Which month has the most activities?
3. Read for the third time, and fill in the chart.
Dates
Activities
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Step 4 Work on 2c.
Follow the tape, and think:
(1). Are the students busy?
(2). Do you think the students will have a good time this term?
Step 5 Work on 3a.
1. 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?
Step 6 Work on 3b.
1. Ask the Ss to write their own note to a friend.
2. 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.
参考句型：
1. Do you like (have) …? 你喜欢(有)…吗？I know you like…. 2. Please come to …next week/this Friday. 请下周/这周五…(某地).
3. We have a (an) …. It’s on …我们举行…(活动). 它在…(日期).
4. On …, we have a(an) … in …在…(日期), 我们在…(某地)举行…(活动).
5. See you there!/Have a good time! 那儿见！/祝你玩得高兴。
Step 7 homework.
你们学校计划举行减价售书活动。假如你是Frank，参考下面 的表格信息，给你的朋友Bob写一个便条，邀请他一起参加。
活动
售书
地点
校图书馆
时间
十月十六日
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Period 6
Teaching aims:
1. review the words and structures in this unit.
2. Finish selfcheck 1 and 2.
3. Do some exercises.
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Step 1. Greet and review.
1. Greet.
2. Review.
Step 2. Self Check 1
1. T: Now let's review the cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers. First, let's recite them. Your partner recites the ordinal numbers, you recite the cardinal numbers. Then you recite the ordinal numbers, your partner recites the cardinal numbers. (Ss do as the teacher asks.)
2. T: Now look at Self check 1. Complete the chart with the correct forms of the numbers.
3. Check the answers with the class.
Step 3. Self Check 2.
1. (Show some pictures of holidays on the screen.)
T: We have many holidays in China. For example:
Picture 1: Children's Day Ss: 儿童节
T: Picture 2: National Day Ss: 国庆节
（Show other pictures, let Ss know Women's Day, New Year's Day, Labors' Day, Teachers' Day…）
2. Ask the dates about the holidays.
T: When is Children's Day? S1: It's on June 1st.
T: When is National Day? S2: It's on October 1st.
T: Now let's look at Self check 2. Write the dates for these holidays in China.
3. Check the answers with the Ss.
Step 4 . Survey.
T: What other holidays in China or in other foreign countries you know. First, list the holidays you know. Then ask and answer the dates about them with your partner.
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S1：the Spring Festival 春节（农历正月初一）
the Lantern Festival 元宵节（农历正月十五）
Army Day 建军节（8月1日）
the Mid-autumn Festival 中秋节（农历八月十五）
S2: St. Valentine’s Day 情人节（2月14日）
April Fool’s Day 愚人节（4月1日）
Mother’s Day 母亲节（5月份的第2个星期天）
Father’s Day 父亲节（6月份的第3个星期天）
Christmas Day 圣诞节（12月25日）
Then ask and answer about the dates of them:
S1: When is Arm Day?
S2: It's on August 1st. When is Christmas Day?
S1: It's on December 25th.
Step 5 Do some exercises.
Step 6 Homework
Write the holidays and the dates of the holidays you know.
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