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Teaching plans for unit 8 When is your birthday?The first periodTeaching aims:1. Get the students to master the words from “first to thirty-first”.2. The months of a year: January to December.3. Drills: When is your birthday? My birthday is_.Teaching difficulties:The pronunciation of the words.The way of expressing the dates of birthday.Teaching aids:CAI , tape recorderTeaching procedures:Step 1. Warm-upFree talk and go over the numbers.Step 2. Presentation1Presents Amys birthday party through CAI, and tell them that some of her friends will give others performance. “Lets welcome the first one to come up to the stage.Look, the first one is Miss piggy. Who is the second one? Lets welcome to the third one2. Present a picture with a question “When is Amys birthday?” to present “January first”.3 “January is the first month of a year. What is the second month of a year?”. Present a calendar of 12 months to teach February, March, April and so on.Step 3 Listen and choose the dates according to what you hear.Step 4 pair workMake a dialogue like:A: When is your birthday?B: My birthday is_.Step 5 HomeworkGo and ask your parents about the dates of their birthday.The second periodTeaching aims:1. Review the dates2. When is his/ her birthday?His / her birthday is3. Dialogue:When is your birthday, John?Its March 21st.How old are you?Im fifteen.Teaching difficulties:Whens his/ her /Lindas birthday? Her birthday is_.Teaching aids:CAI.Teaching procedures:Step 1. Warm-upPassing game. Pass the ball, the one who gets the ball has to ask others “when is your birthday?”Step 2 PresentationTalk about the dates of some festivals like :Mid-autumns day is April 1st.May day is May 1st.Childrens day is June 1st.Teachers day is September 10th.Christmas is December 25th.National day is October 1st.Step 3 Think and matchStep 4 Pair workMake a dialogue.Step 5 ActivityMake an ID card.Homework :Make your own ID card and then make a conversation about it .The third periodTeaching aims:1. New words: speech contest/ party/ school trip/ basketball game/Art Festival/ Music Festival.2. Make a schedule.3. Make a dialogue according to the schedule.Teaching difficulties:Words pronunciationTeaching aids:CAI , tape recorderTeaching procedures:Step 1 Warm-upDo a translating gameStep 2 Presentation1. Present some pictures of different parties like:Birthday party, Halloween party, Christmas party and New years party.2. Look at Amys calendar The speech contest is March 5th.The school trip is _.The basketball game is_.Step 3 Guessing gameShow them part of the picture and guess what it is.Step 4 Teach Art festival, Music FestivalStep 5 Task 1Suppose you are a headmaster,make a schedul