七年级上 Unit 8.doc

The teaching Plan for Unit 8When is your birthday?Period 1 (1a-2d)Teaching Goals: 1.Talk about dates.Teaching Aims: 1.Aims of the knowledge. a. Key words:months:January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ordinal numbers:1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 31stb. Key structures:When is your birthday?My birthday is on ./ Its on .When is Alices / Franks birthday?Her / His birthday is on .When is your fathers / mothers birthday?Her / His birthday is on .2. Aims of abilitiesTo train Ss abilities of listening and speaking.To increase Ss vocabulary.3. Aims of EmotionTo be interested in learning EnglishTo be able to know about parents birthdays and care about parents.Teaching Methods: 1. communicative method.2. Task based method.3. Listening and Speaking method.Teaching tools: 1. A computer for multi-media use.2. A calendar.Teaching Procedures:Step I. GreetingStep II. Warming up: set a scene that today is the teachers birthday and invite Ss to celebrate my birthday together.Step III. Presentation .1. Presentation of months.a. Show a calendar to Ss and ask “ How many months are there in a year?” b. Review the Cardinal numbers 1-12.c. Present the months and correct Ss pronunciation.d. Lead in the sentences: When is your birthday? My birthday is in .e. Game: “ Who reads better?” 2. Presentation of ordinal numbers 1st5th.3. Listening 1b on page 43.a. play the recording and ask Ss to finish 1b.b. check answers.c. ask Ss to answer “ If you are Linda/Mary/ Mike, when is your birthday?”4. Presentation of ordinal numbers 6th31st and dates.a. read the ordinal numbers after the recording.b. Game: “ Challenge your eyes!” and lead in the dates.c. ask Ss to answer “When is the childrens Day/ new years Day/Christmas Day?” in order to review the dates.5. Pair work: ask Ss to talk about their own birthdays.Step IV. Listening1. Play the recording the first time,Ss finish 2b. Check answers.2. Play the recording the second time, Ss finish 2c. Check answers.3. Pair work: talk about four kids birthdays in the listening. When is Alices birthday?Her birthday is on September 17th.Step V. Group work.1. Ask three students to make a conversation with me. When is your/ your fathers/ your mothers birthday? My/ His/ Her birthday is on . 2. Make their own dialogues. 3. Encourage Ss to show their love to parents and help with the housework at home.Step VI. Homework: make a