1、Unit 8 When is your birthday？.Teaching Guidance1.Language Function:Talk about dates.2.Target language:When is your birthday？/My birthday is November 11th./When is Sarahs birthday？/Sarahs birthday is January 21th./How old are you？/Im thirteen.3.StructuresWhen questions./Possessives./How old are you？（

2、formulaic）4.VocabularyMonths of the year./Ordinal numbers 1st-31st./birthday party，speech，contest，school trip5.Learning strategies:Role-playing./Self-evaluating.6.The Course Extension:Art.Maths.Social practice. .Teaching Time:Six periods.The First Period.Teaching Aims and Demands1.Knowledge Objects;

3、Months of the year.When is your birthday？My birthday is October tenth.2.Ability Objects:Listening skill.Communicative Competence.3.Moral Object:Express concern at classmates.Teaching Key PointJanuary，February，March，April，May，June，July，August，September，October，November，December.Teaching Difficult Poi

4、ntsWhen is your birthday？/My birthday is October tenth.Teaching Methods:Listening and talking methods.Pairwork.Teaching Aids:A tape recorder.A large wall calender showing all twelve months.A projector.Teaching ProceduresSection AStep Greet the class as usual.Step 1aShow the new words on the screen.T

5、each them and ask students to repeat.when adv.什么時候，何時birthday n.生日month n.月份January n.一月February n.二月March n.三月April n.四月May n.五月June n.六月July n.七月August n.八月September n.九月October n.十月November n.十一月December n.十二月tenth num.第十fourth num.第四fifteenth num.第十五Or point to the calender and teach them the ne

6、w words.Make sure each student understands the meaning and can read themStep Focus attention on the list of the twelve months of the year.Ask students to write them on Page 47 like this:JanuaryJan.FebruaryFeb.and so on.Step Pronunciation Note.Point out that the stress comes on the middle syllable in

7、 the words September，October，November and DecemberTapescript:January，February，March，April，May，June，July，August，Sepetember，October，November，DecemberStep T:Can all of you read the twelve months of the year？Ss:Yes.T:Well.Now lets sing a song about the months.You can sing following the tape recorder.The

8、 song of monthsStep 1bTell students well hear 3 conversations.Ask students to number the conversations.Point out the boxes where students will write in a number for each conversation.Play the recording for the first time.Students only listen.Then for a second time.This time students can numberthe co

9、nversation.Check the answers with the whole class.Answers （from left to right）:1，2，3Tapescript:Conversation 1:A:When is your birthday，Vera？B:My birthday is October tenth.Conversation 2:A:When is your birthday，Mary？B:My birthday is January fifteenth.Conversation 3:A:When is your birthday，Jeff？B:My bi

10、rthday is June fourth.（This activity provides practice in recognizing the target language in natural speech.）Step 1cPlay the recording again and ask students to listen carefully.Then tell students to say the conversation with a paroer.Then ask several pairs of students to perform the conversations f

11、or the class.（This activity provides guided listening and oral practice with the target language.）Step Show an exercise on the screen.在圖中空格內填入所缺的字母，使每豎行都構成一個表示月份的單詞Step SummaryThis class weve learnt the twelve months of the year an English song and how to ask a persons birthday.Step Homework（1）Read

12、the conversations.（2）Record yourselves as you say the conversations.The Second Period.Teaching Aims and Demands1.Knowledge Objects:Ordinal numbers 1st to 31st./When is your birthday？/My birthday is November 11th.2.Ability Objects:Listening and speaking skills./Communicative competence.3.Moral Object

13、:Remember the birthday of family members and give them a present.Teaching Key Point:Ordinal numbers 1st-31st.Teaching Difficult Points:When is Lei Las birthday？/Her birthday is September 5th.Teaching methods:Listening and reading methods.Pairwork.Communicative approach.Teaching Aids:A tape recorder.

14、/A large calender./Number cards.Teaching ProceduresStep Greet the class as usual and check the homework.Have them play the recordings and listen to their pronunciation of the months of the year.Step 2aShow the new words on the screen and teach them to read for several times.second num.第二third num.第三

15、fifth num.第五sixth num.第六seventh num.第七eighth num.第八ninth num.第九eleventh num.第十一twelfth num.第十二thirteenth num.第十三forteenth num.第十四sixteenth num.第十六seventeenth num.第十七eighteenth num.第十八nineteenth num.第十九twentieth num.第二十thirtieth num.第三十thirty-first 第三十一Then play the recording and ask students to repe

16、at each ordinal number.If students need extra practice，play it several times.Ask students if there are any numbers that they find difficult to pronounce and work on these separately.This activity provides listening and speaking practice with the ordinal numbers 1st-31st.Step 2bFirst ask students to

17、listen to the conversation.Then tell them to circle the numbers in Activity 2a that they hear on the recording.Check the answers finally.Answers:5th，4th，17th，22ndTapescript:Teacher:Now，lets fill in the class birthday calendar.Lei La，whens your birthday？Lei La:Its September 5th，Mr Fisber.Teacher:Oh，O

18、K.And how about you，Nick？Nick:July 4th.Teacher:And Robert？Robert:My birthday is January 17th.Teacher:January 17th.OK.And Jane，whens your birthday？Jane:August 22nd.（This activity provides listening and reading practice using the target language.）Step 2cListen and match the names months and days.Say，I

19、m going to play the recording.You will hear a conversation about birthday.Please draw a line connecting each persons name with the month and date of his or her birthday.Play the recording for twice.Then check the answers with students.Answers:Lei LaSeptember 5th NickJuly 4th RobertJanuary 17th JaneA

20、ugust 22nd（This activity provides listening practice with the target language.）Step Numbers GameGive students some cards.On each card is a cardinal number or a ordinal number.Ask one student to read a cardinal number or a ordinal number.The other student answers.For example，one read3，while the other

21、 answers 3rd.Give students an example and make sure students know exactly what to do.Then begin the game.Give little presents to students who do well.Step 2dFirst model the sample conversation with a student.Ask questions and the student answers with information about his or her birthday.Ask student

22、s to work in pairs.At last invite several pairs of students to present their conversations to the class.A:When is your birthday？B:My birthday is November 3rd.A:When is your mothers birthday？B:Her birthday is_.A:And when is your fathers birthday？B:His birthday is_.Step Grammar FocusIll tell students

23、my birthday.Then point to a day on calender.Ask:Is this my birthday？S1:No，it isnt.Then ask another student.When is my birthday？Guide the student to answer.Your birthday is.Step SummaryThis class weve learnt ordinal numbers and to ask ones birthday.I hope you are able to remember yours parents birthd

24、ay and say “Happy birthday” to them.Step Homework（1）Read ordinal numbers 1st-31st.（2）Make a class birthday calender.（Ask students，about their birthday and make a list of all students birthdays.）The Third Period.Teaching Aims and Demands1.Knowledge ObjectsUse the target language to have oral practice

25、.Do some workbook exercises to practise the target language presented in this unit.2.Ability Objects:Listening and speaking skills./Practice./Communicative competence.3.Moral Object:Arrange time reasonably and be the master of time.Teaching Key Point:Oral practice using the target language.Teaching

26、Difficult Point:Culture note.Teaching Methods:Talking method.Practice method.Pairwork.Teaching Aids:A class birthday calender./Personal calender.Teaching ProceduresStep Greet the class as usual and check the homework.Step Learn the new words:date n.日期 birth n.出生；出世；誕生 age n.年齡；年紀old adj.年歲的；年老的；年長的

27、how old 多大年紀；幾歲Step Ask students to display their class birthday calenders.Then ask students questions such as When is Wang Bings birthday？His birthday is October tenth.Then divide the class into groups of four.Say，now lets play the birthday game.Ask about birthdays and ages in your group.Line up fr

28、om youngest to oldest.Ask students to look at the picture.Ask each group to perform before the whole class.Each should say sentences like this:My birthday is_.Im _years old.Then line up from youngest to oldest.If some of them do better，give them a present and praise them for it.Step 3aThere are thre

29、e pieces of ID.According to an ID and make conversation like this:When is your birthday，John Miller？Its March 21st.How old are you？Im fifteen.Ask students to make the other two conversations.When is your birthday，William Brown？Its November 12th.How old are you？Im thirteen.When is your birthday，Tina

30、Johnson？Its June 3rd.How old are you？Im seventeen.（This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.）Step 3bAsk each student to use his/her own name，age and date of birth making an ID of his/her own.Make a conversation like Activity 3a.Ask some of them to present their conversat

31、ions to the class.Step Make Plans for Everyday LifeTell students if we have a schedule for every day，we can make everything go well.Teach students how to make a schedule.Give them an example or make it with them.For example，November1st2nd3rd4th5th English speech contest6th7th8th9th10th others birthd

32、ay11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20 school trip21st22Z&X&X&K23rd English test24th25th26th27th Party at Amys28th29th30th（1）Ill have an English speech contest on November 5th.（2）My mothers birthday is November 10th.Ill give her a present.（3）Well have a school trip on November 20th.（4）

33、Well have an English test on November 23rd.So I will study hard for it.（5）Ill go to Amys home on November 27th.Because it is her birthday.Step Summary and HomeworkThis class weve had oral practice using the target language.After class use the exercises on Pages 30-32 of the workbook to practise the

34、target language presented in this unit.Ther Fourth Period.Teaching Aims and Demands1.Knowledge Objects:New words.When is Sallys birthday party？Its October fifth.2.Ability Objects:Listening and speaking skills，writing skill.3.Moral Object:Remember parents and grandparents birthday and say“Happy birth

35、day”to them.Teaching Key Point:Speech contest，party，school trip，basketball game.Teaching Difficult Points:When is Sallys birthday party？/Its October fifth.Teaching Methods:Listening and speaking methods./Oral practice./Check method./Pairwork.Teaching Aids:A tape recorder./Some pictures./A class cale

36、nder.Teaching ProceduresSection BStep Greet the class as usual andcheck the homework.Step 1Please look at the pictures and well learn some new words.speech n.演說；講演；說話；言論contest n.競爭；競賽；比賽party n.晚會trip n.旅途；觀光旅行（通常指短程）school trip郊游basketball game籃球賽Teach students to read the new words for several ti

37、mes and make sure every student can understand the meaning of the new vocabulary to the pictures.Now open your books at Page 50 and look at the four expressions in the box.Please read after me.（1）speech （3）school trip（2）party （4）basketball gameUnder the box there are four pictures a，b，c，d.You can se

38、e the sample picture d means speech contest.These people are talking to the whole school.Other people are waiting to speak.In Picture a there are ten people.They are divided into two groups.They are playing basketball.Its_.Students can say:basketball game.Good!Picture b.On Saturday or Sunday we have

39、 no classes at school.We can go to the country by bus.Maybe well have a map.Well have our picnic.Its_.S1:school tripAll right.Picture c. If today is Sallys birthday.He will invite some friends to his house.We will sing“Happy Birthday Song”，eat cakes and dance.We will have a good time.Its a birthday_

40、.S2:partyT:Excellent.Now you can write the right letter in the box.Then check the answers.Answers:1.speech contest d 2.party c 3.school trip b 4.basketball game a（This activity introduces the key vocabulary.）Step 2aLook at the four pictures.Now youll hear a conversation about the pictures.Listen car

41、efully and make a checkmark to the right of each word that you hear on the recording.Then play the recording again.Ask students to listen and check the words they hear.Check the answers with the whole class.Answers:All the items should be checked:party，basketball game，school trip，speech contestTapes

42、cript:Joe:Sally.Can you help me fill in my calendar？Sally:Sure，Joe.Joe:When is your birthday party？Sally:My birthday party is October 5th.Joe:OK，and when is the basketball gameSally:The basketball game？Oh，its October 2nd.Joe:Good.And，um，how about the school trip？Sally:The school trip is September 26

43、th and 27th.Joe:And whens the speech contest？Sally:Oh，thats Friday，September 29th.Joe:Great.Step 2bListen again and fill in Joes calender.This is a calender September 24th-October 7th.Now let students listen to the conversation carefully and write the name of each event in the correct place on the c

44、alender.Pause the tape if students need to finish writing answers.At last check the answers with the whole class.Answers:the school tripSeptember 26th and 27th the speech contestSeptember 29ththe basketball gameOctober 2nd the （birthday）partyOctober 5th（This activity provides guided listening practi

45、ce with the target language.）Step 2cPairworkAsk students to look at Joes calender in Activity 2b.Tell students to make conversations like this:When is Sallys birthday party？Its October fifth.Ask pairs of students to practise together.Then ask some students to present their conversations to the class

46、.Some other conversations:When is the school trip？Its September 26th and 27th.When is the speech contest？Its September 29th.When is the basketball game？Its October 2nd.Step Ask students to bring out the calender they made in last class and do more practice.When si your English speech contest？Its Nov

47、ember fifth.When is your mothers birthday？ Its November 10th.When is your school trip？ Its November 20th.When is your English test？ Its November 23rd.When is amys birthday party？ Its November 27th.Step SummaryWeve learnt how to talk about dates.T:Do you remember your birthday？S:Yes.T:And do you know

48、 your parents birthday？S:Yes/No.Tell students if you dont know your parents birthday，you can ask them and remember it by heart.When your parents birthdays come，remember to say“Happy birthday” to them.Your parents will be happy.Step HomeworkHave more practice using the target language in this a class

49、.The Fifth Period.Teaching Aims and Demands1.Knowledge Objects:New words.What events do you have at your school？We have an Art Festival each year.2.Ability Objects:Reading skill.Writing skill.3.Moral Object: Learn how to cooperate.Teaching Key Pointsvolleyball game event art festivalpop concertschoo

50、l trip choruslecture music.Teaching Difficult PointsWhen is the basketball game？Its on October 3rd.When is it？Its in April.Teaching Method:Scene teaching method.Teaching Aids:Objects.Pictures.Teaching ProceduresStep Greet the class as usual and check the Homework.Step Teach new words.Bring out a vol

51、leyball.Tell the students:This is a volleyball.Then show a picture about a volleyball match.Teach the word:volleyball game.art n.藝術；美術；藝術品festival n.（音樂、芭蕾舞、戲劇等之）節；節目Spring Festival春節Art Festival藝術節pop adj.通俗的；流行的；大眾的pop songs流行歌曲concert n.音樂會school day學校上課日（指非假日）chorus n.合唱團；合唱曲ecture n.演講；講課music

52、n.音樂MTV音樂電視Step 3a PairworkAsk students to work in pairs.Ask and answer questions to complete the schedule.Give an example.When is the basketball game？Its on October 3rd.Make sure students know what to do.Check answers at last.Answers:A:Whens the basketball game？B:Its on October 3rd.A:Whens the Engl

53、ish speech contest？B:Its on October 7th.A:Whens Daves birthday party？B:Its on October 19th.A:Whens the school trip？A:Its on October 26th and 27th.A:Whens the volleyball game？B:Its on October 30th.（This activity provides guided oral and writing practice using the target language.）Step 3b PairworkAsk

54、students to read the list of events to the class.Imagine you are a school headmaster.Which of these events will you have at your school？Complete the chart below.Ask questions about your partners school.Then let students do exercise in the box.There are five events in the box.Check（）the boxes.Write t

55、he month if you know it.（This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.）Step GroupworkAsk students to do a game.Each student writes five things on a piece of paper.Let students write their age，birthday，what they like or dont like such as food，movies.Then ask students

56、to exchange papers.Ask a student to read a paper.Let other students guess who it is.（This activity provides reading，writing and oral practice using the target language.）Step Summary and HomeworkThis class weve had a lot of reading，writing and oral practice.After class you can have more practice.The Sixth Period.Teaching Aims and Demands1.Knowledge Object: