狄红丽Unit8Whenisyourbirthday

1、Teaching case -Unit 8 When is your birthday?Period 1 Section A (1a-2d). Analysis of the content:In this class we mainly talk about the dates. Above all, ss should learn the twelve months and the thirty-one ordinal numbers. Then they use them to express the dates with the calendar. We will put twelve

2、 months and the thirty-one ordinal numbers into the different teaching activities. Ss can master the target language by asking others birthday and playing the birthday games. . Teaching objectives1. Language knowledge1）Topic: Talk about the dates with the different teaching activities.2）Language foc

3、us: When is your birthday? My birthday is .Why do you like it? Because its .3）Vocabulary: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December  first  second  third thirty-first  wh

4、en  birthday  month  year 2、Ability objective:Ss can combine the learned knowledge with the real life which makes their study process close to their daily life. 3、Affective objectiveIt can cultivate ss communicative skills and initiative study spirit by talking about the dates and bir

5、thdays. Ss learn to care for their family members by asking about their birthdays. The key points and difficult points1, the key points:1) In this part, the most important teaching point is how to express dates in English and the use of ordinal numbers. 2) To help the students grasp the way of put c

6、ardinal numbers into ordinal numbers. Its better to teach them the pithy formula of the ordinal numbers.3) To help ss master the target languages and speak them correctly and fluently.2, the difficult pointSs can express the different dates in different topics correctly and fluently in their daily l

7、ife. Teaching methods: TBLT, Inquiry teaching . Teaching proceduresStep 1: Warming up1. Listen to a birthday song and ask ss to sing it together. Then lead ss to todays topic: When is your birthday? Ss can say their birthdays in Chinese first. (3 mins)Step 2: Presentation and listening practice

8、 1) T: How many months are there in a year? And what are they? (2 mins)Ss: There are 12 months in a year. They are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.2) T: Ok. Ill show you. Here is a calendar; this is January, read after me, “January”

9、.Write the new words on the Bb. (2 mins)2. Play the recording of 1a. (3 mins)Ask ss to listen and repeat. Then listen and number the conversation 1-3. At the beginning, the teacher sets the samples for the students. And then help them learn to say “When is your birthday?” “My birthday is ”. Finally

10、ask ss to read them with their partners. 3. Revision: Ask to say the cardinal numbers from one to thirty-one. Then teach the ordinal numbers. First give the chart of the contrast of cardinal and ordinal numbers. Based on the students discussion, sum up as a pithy formula. (3 mins)一、二、三，单独记，-th 从四加起。

11、八加h, 九减e, 用f代替-ve, -ty 变成-tie。4. Play the recording of 2a twice. Check the answer as a whole. (5 mins)5. Play the recording of 2b twice; lead the students to finish filling the chart. (5 mins) 6. Pair work (7 mins)Design a task. Have the students work in pairs and exchange the date of birth of thems

12、elves and their family members. Student A: When is your/your mothers/your fathers birthday?Student B: My birthday is 7. Group work (7 mins)Give students a task : use their school ID cards to exchange personal information. Try to find out who is the oldest and who is the youngest. Then ask them stand

13、 up in line in the platform and tell the rest of the ss their birthdays.Step 3: Summary (3 mins)The students sum up first and then the teacher give some adding if necessary. Step 4: Blackboard design:Unit 8 When is your birthday?1, new words:January  February  March  April  May&#

14、160; June  July  August  September  October  November  December  first  second  third thirty-first  when  birthday  month  year2, the ordinal numbers:first 第一 ，second 第二， third 第三，fourth 第四，fifth第五，sixth 六，seventh 七 ，eighth 八，ninth 九，t

15、enth 十，eleventh 十一，twelfth 十二，thirteenth 十三，fourteenth 十四，fifteenth 十五，sixteenth 十六，seventeenth 十七，eighteenth 十八，nineteenth 十九，twentieth 二十，twenty - first ,二十一， thirtieth三十，thirtieth - first 三十一3, the pithy formula of the 31 ordinal numbers.一、二、三，单独记，-th 从四加起。八加h, 九减e, 用f代替-ve, -ty 变成-tie。Step 5: Ho

16、meworkS A : Write down your family members birthday in your homework books.S A and SB : Finish the exercise books on p48-49.S C: Copy the 12 months and 31 ordinal numbers twice in your homework books. ：Teaching reflectionIn this class ss must grasp the 12 months and the 31 ordinal numbers and learn to express the dates flexibly. We use an English song and the pithy