Ⅱ.Teaching Guidance 1.Language Function:Talk about dates. 2.Target language:When is your birthday？/y birthday is November 11th./ When is Sarah’s birthday？/Sarah’s birthday is January 21th./How old are you？/I’m thirteen. 3.Structures When questions. /Possessive’s./How old are you？（formulaic） 4.Vocabulary onths of the year./Ordinal numbers 1st- 31st./birthday party，speech，contest，school trip 5.Learning strategies:Role-playing./Self-evaluating. 6.The Course Extension:Art.aths.Social practice. Ⅴ.Teaching Time:Six periods.
The First Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands 1.nowledge Objects;onths of the year.When is your birthday？y birthday is October tenth. 2.Ability Objects:Listening skillmunicative Competence. 3.oral Object:Express concern at classmates. Ⅱ.Teaching ey Point January，February，arch，April，ay，June，July，August，September，October，November，December Ⅲ.Teaching Difficult Points When is your birthday？/y birthday is October tenth. Ⅳ.Teaching ethods:Listening and talking methods.Pairwork. Ⅴ.Teaching Aids:A tape recorde r.A large wall calender showing all twelve months.A projector. Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures Section A Step Ⅰ Greet the class as usual. Step Ⅱ 1a Show the neords on the screen.Teach 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 arch n.三月 April n.四月 ay n.五月 June n.六月 July n.七月 August n.八月 September n.九月 O ctober 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 neords.ake sure each student understands the meaning and can read them . Step Ⅲ Focus attention on the list of the twelve months of the year.Ask students to write them on Page 47 like this:January—Jan.February—Feb.and so on. Step Ⅳ Pronunciation Note.Point out that the stress comes on the middle syllable in the words September，October，November and December Tapescript: January，February，arch，April，ay，June，July，August，Sepetember，October，November，December Step Ⅴ T:Can all of you read the twelve months of the year？ Ss:Yes. T:Well.Now let’s sing a song about the months. You can sing following the tape recorder.
The song of months
Step Ⅵ 1b Tell students we’ll 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 number—the conversation.Check the answers with the whole class. Answers （from left to right）:1，2，3 Tapescript: Conversation 1: A:When is your birthday，Vera？B:y birthday is October tenth. Conversation 2: A:When is your birthday，ary？B:y birthday is January fifteenth. Conversation 3: A:When is your birthday，Jeff？B:y birthday is June fourth. （This activity provides practice in recognizing the target language in natural speech.） Step Ⅶ 1c Play 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 for the class. （This activity provides guided listening and oral practice with the target language .） Step Ⅷ 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 Ⅸ Summary This class we’ve learnt the twelve months of the year an English song and how to ask a person’s birthday. Step Ⅹ Homework （1）Read the conversations. （2）Record your selves as you say the conversations.
The Second Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands 1.nowledge Objects:Ordinal numbers 1st to 31st./When is your birthday？/y birthday is November 11th. 2.Ability Objects:Listening and speaking skills./Communicative competence. 3.oral Object:Remem ber the birthday of family members and give them a present. Ⅱ.Teaching ey Point:Ordinal numbers 1st-31st. Ⅲ.Teaching Difficult Points:When is Lei La’s birthday？/Her birthday is September 5th. Ⅳ.Teaching methods:Listening and reading method s.Pairworkmunicative approach. Ⅴ.Teaching Aids:A tape recorder./A large calender./Number cards. Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures Step Ⅰ 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 Ⅱ 2a Show the neords on the screen and teach them to read for several times. second num.第二 third num.第三 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 repeat 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 Ⅲ 2b First ask students to 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，22nd Tapescript: Teacher:Now，let’s fill in the class birthday calendar.Lei La，when’s your birthday？ Lei La:It’s September 5th，r Fisber. Teacher:Oh，O.And how about you，Nick？ Nick:July 4th. Teacher:And Robert？ Robert:y birthday is January 17 th. Teacher:January 17th.O.And Jane，when’s your birthday？ Jane:August 22nd. （This activity provides listening and reading practice using the target language.） Step Ⅳ 2c Listen and match the names months and days.Say，I’m going to play the recording.You will hear a conversation about birthday.Please draw a line connecting each person’s name with the month and date of his or her birthday. Play the recording for twice.Then check the answer’s with students. Answers: Lei La—September 5th Nick—July 4th Robert—January 17th Jane—August 22nd （This activity provides listening practice with the target language.） Step Ⅴ Numbers Game Give 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 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 Ⅵ 2d First model the sample conversation with a student.Ask questions and the student answers with information about his or her birthday. Ask students to work in pairs.At last invite several p airs of students to present their conversations to the class. A:When is your birthday？ B:y birthday is November 3rd. A:When is your mother’s birthday？ B:Her birthday is_______. A:And when is your father’s birthday？ B:His birthday is_______. Step Ⅶ Grammar Focus I’ll tell students my birthday.Then point to a day on calender. Ask:Is this my birthday？ S1:No，it isn’t. Then ask another student.When is my birthday？Guide the student to answer.Your birthday is.... Step Ⅷ Summary This class we’ve learnt ordinal numbers and to ask one’s birthday.I hope you are able to remember yours parents’ birthday and say “Happy birthday” to them. Step Ⅸ Homework （1）Read ordinal numbers 1st-31st. （2）ake a class birthday calender.（Ask students，about their birthday and make a list of all students’ birthdays.）
The Third Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands 1.nowledge Objects Use the target language to have oral practice. Do some workbook exercises to practise the target language presented in this unit. 2.Ability Objects:Listening and speaking skills./Practice./Communicative competence. 3.oral Object:Arrange time reasonably and be the master of time. Ⅱ.Teaching ey Point:Oral practice using the target language. Ⅲ.Teaching Difficult Point:Culture note. Ⅳ.Teaching ethods:Talking method.Practice method.Pairwork. Ⅴ.Teaching Aids:A class birthday calender./Personal calender. Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures Step Ⅰ Greet the class as usual a nd check the homework. Step Ⅱ Learn the neords: 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 how old 多大年紀；幾歲 Step Ⅲ Ask students to display their class birthday calenders. Then ask students questions such as When is Wang Bing’s birthday？His birthday is October tenth. Then divide the class into groups of four.Say，now let’s play the birthday game.Ask about birthdays and ages in your group.Line up from 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:y birthday is_______.I’m _______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 Ⅳ 3a There are three pieces of ID.According to an ID and make conversation like this:When is your birthday，John iller？It’s arch 21st.How old are you？I’m fifteen. Ask students to make the other two conversations. When is your birthday，William Brown？ It’s November 12th. How old are you？ I’m thirteen. When is your birthday，Tina Johnson？ It’s June 3rd. How old are you？ I’m seventeen . （This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.） Step Ⅴ 3b Ask each student to use hi s/her own name，age and date of birth making an ID of his/her own.ake a conversation like Activity 3a. Ask some of them to present their conversations to the class. Step Ⅵ ake Plans for Everyday Life Tell 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，
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5th English speech contest
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（1）I’ll have an English speech contest on November 5th. （2）y mother’s birthday is November 10th.I’ll give her a present. （3）We’ll have a school trip on November 20th. （4）We’ll have an English test on November 23rd.So I will study hard for it. （5）I’ll go to Amy’s home on November 27th.Because it is her birthday. Step Ⅶ Summary and Homework This class we’ve had oral practice using the target language.After class use the exercises on Pages 30-32 of the workbook to practise the target language presented in this unit.
Ther Fourth Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands 1.nowledge Objects:Neords.When is Sally’s birthday party？It’s October fifth. 2.Ability Objects:Listening and speaking skills，writing skill. 3.oral Object:Remember parents’ and grandparents’ birthday and say“Happy birthday”to them. Ⅱ.Teaching ey Point:Speech contest，party，school trip，basketball game Ⅲ.Teaching Difficult Points:When is Sally’s birthday party？/It’s October fifth. Ⅳ.Teaching ethods:Listening and speaking methods./Oral practice./Check method./Pairwork. Ⅴ.Teaching Aids:A tape recorder./Some pictures./A class calender. Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures Section B Step Ⅰ Greet the class as usual and check the homework. Step Ⅱ 1 Please look at the pictures and we’ll learn some neords. 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 neords for several times 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 game Under the box there are four pictures a，b，c，d.You can see 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.It’s_______.Students can say:basketball game. Good!Picture b.On Saturday or Sunday we have no classes at school.We can go to the country by bus.aybe we’ll have a map.We’ll have our picnic.It’s_______. S1:school trip All right.Picture c. If today is Sally’s 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.It’s a birthday_______. S2:party T: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 Ⅲ 2a Look at the four pictures.Now you’ll hear a conversation about the pictures.Listen carefully 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 contest Tapescript: Joe:Sally.Can you help me fill in my calendar？ Sally:Sure，Joe. Joe:When is your birthday party？ Sally:y birthday party is October 5th. Joe:O，and when is the basketball game？ Sally:The basketball game？Oh，it’s October 2nd. Joe:Good.And，um，how about the school trip？ Sally:The school trip is September 26th and 27th. Joe:And when’s the speech contest？ Sally:Oh，that’s Fr iday，September 29th. Joe:Great. Step Ⅳ 2b Listen again and fill in Joe’s 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 calender.Pause the tape if students need to finish writing answers.At last check the answers with the whole class. Answers: the school trip—September 26th and 27th the speech contest—September 29th the basketball game—October 2nd the （birthday）party—October 5th （This activity provides guided listening practice with the target language.） Step Ⅴ 2c Pairwork Ask students to look at Joe’s calender in Activity 2b.Tell students to make conversations like this:When is Sally’s birthday party？It’s October fifth. Ask pairs of students to practise together.Then ask some students to present their conversations to the class. Some other conversations: When is the school trip？It’s September 26th and 27th. When is the speech contest？It’s September 29th. When is the basketball game？It’s October 2nd. Step Ⅵ Ask students to bring out the calender they made in last class and do more practice. When si your English speech contest？It’s November fifth. When is your mother’s birthday？ It’s November 10th. When is your school trip？ It’s November 20th. When is your English test？ It’s November 23rd. When is amy’s birthday party？ It’s November 27th. Step Ⅶ Summary We’ve learnt how to talk about dates. T:Do you remember your birthday？ S :Yes. T:And do you know your parents’ birthday？ S:Yes/No. Tell students if you don’t 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 Ⅷ Homework Have more practice using the target language in this a class.
The Fifth Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands 1.nowledge Objects:Neords.What events do you have at your school？We have an Art Festival each year. 2.Ability Objects:Reading skill.Writing skill. 3.oral Object: Learn how to cooperate. Ⅱ.Teaching ey Points volleyball game event art festivalpop concertschool trip choruslecture music Ⅲ.Teaching Difficult Points When is the basketball game？It’s on October 3rd. When is it？It’s in April. Ⅳ.Teaching ethod:Scene teaching method. Ⅴ.Teaching Aids:Objects.Pictures. Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures Step Ⅰ Greet the class as usual and check the Homework. Step Ⅱ Teach neords.Bring out a volleyball.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學校上日（指非假日） chorus n.合唱團；合唱曲 ecture n.演講；講 music n.音樂 TV音樂電視 Step Ⅲ 3a PairworkAsk students to work in pairs.Ask and answer questions to complete the schedule.Give an example.When is the basketball game？It’s on October 3rd. ake sure students knohat to do. Check answers at last. Answers: A:When’s the basketball game？ B:It’s on October 3rd. A:When’s the English speech contest？ B:It’s on October 7th. A:When’s Dave’s birthday party？ B:It’s on October 19th. A:When’s the school trip？ A:It’s on October 26th and 27th. A:When’s the volleyball game？ B:It’s on October 30th. （This activity provides guided oral and writing practice using the target language.） Step Ⅳ 3b Pairwork Ask 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 beloAsk questions about your partner’s school. Then let students do exercise in the box.There are five events in the box.Check（√）the boxes.Write the month if you know it. （This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target langua ge.） Step Ⅴ Groupwork Ask 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 don’t like such as food，movies.Then ask students 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 Ⅵ Summary and Homework This class we’ve had a lot of reading，writing and oral practice.After class you can have more practice.
The Sixth Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands 1.nowledge Object:All the key words and structures in Unit 8. 2.Ability Object:Practice skill. 3.oral Object:Learn from Lu Xun，Li Siguang and so on.Study hard and be a useful person to the society. Ⅱ.Teaching ey Points birthday date month party school trip speech contest basketball game Ⅲ.Teaching Difficult Points When is your birthday？/y birthday is November 11th/.When is Lei La’s birthday？/Her birthday is September 5th. Ⅳ.Teaching ethod:Check method. Ⅴ.Teaching Aids:The blackboard.Test papers. Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures Self Check Step Ⅰ Greet the class as usual. Step Ⅱ 1 Ask students to look at key word check.If they don’t know some of them，they can ask each other or use a dictionary. （This activity provides a comprehensive review of all key vocabulary presented in this unit.） Step Ⅲ 2 Ask students to write five neords in their vocab-builder on Page 52.After that ask some of them to report their lists to the whole class. （This activity helps build vocabulary by providing a specific time and place for students to record neords.） Step Ⅳ 3 Look at the photos of famous people. Ask:Do you know their names，ages and birthdays？How do you think about them？If you don’t know，you can access the Internet to try and find more information after class. Now let’s look at the first one.This is Thomas Edison.He was a great inventor.He invented many things.Who can tell me？All right.Electricity. He made a lot of contribution to the world.We must learn from him.Study hard and be a useful person to the society. Answers: Thomas Edison Birthday:February 11，1847 Lu Xun Birthday:November 25，1881 Li Siguang Birthday:October 26，1889 Isaac Newton Birthday:December 25，1642 Nie Er Birthday:February 14，1912 arie CurieBirthday:December 7，1867 （This activity gives students the opportunity to use birthdays in a real context.） Step Ⅴ Just for Fun Ask students to read the conversation.Explain the meaning to them.Ask students to say the conversation for the class. （This activity provides guided reading practice with the target language.） Step Ⅵ Homework （1）Workbook Pages 32-33. （2）請根據句意填寫適當的詞： 1.When_______your birthday？ 2.Tom will have a basketball game_______July. 3.Bill was born_______ay 14th. 4.How old_______your brother？ 5.Women’s Day is _______arch 8th. （3）請將節日與相應的日期連線： 1.Children’s Day A.December 25th 2.National Day B.June 1st 3.Christmas Day C. October 1st 4.New Year’s Day D.September 10th 5.Teacher’s Day E.January 1st Answers:（2）1.is 2.in 3.on 4.is 5.on （3）1.B 2.C 3.A 4. E 5.D
