Unit8 When is your birthday?
Period 1 Section A 1a-2e
【学习目标】
Ⅰ. Studying Aims and Demands
1. Master the key words and expressions:
when, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September,
October, November, December, happy, old, party, Happy birthday! How old…?
See you!
2. Learn to talk about dates of birth.
3. Learn ordinal numbers.
4. Emotional aims: Encourage the students to remember their relatives’ birthdays
and do something to thank them.
Ⅱ. Studying Key Points
1. Master the key words and expressions.
2. Learn to talk about dates of birth.
3. Learn ordinal numbers.
Ⅲ. Studying Difficult Points
1. Learn to talk about dates of birth.
2. Learn ordinal numbers.
IV. Studying Procedures
【学习过程】
Step 1: Lead-in (3mins)
1. Greeting the class.
2. Chant 12 months. What’s the chant mainly about?
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3. Learn the studying aims.
Step2 Presentation. (5mins)
1. Look at some pictures to learn the new words.
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2. Look at some pictures to practice the key sentence structure:
When is your birthday?
My birthday is (on)__________________________
When is her/his birthday?
Her/His birthday is ______________________
Step 3: Activity 1a (4mins)
1. Listen and repeat. Read after the tape.
2. Read the words individually.
3. Check the study by asking and answering.
What’s the month? It is ____________________
Step 4: Activity 1b(3mins)
1. Read the conversations loudly to find out the key words.
2. Listen to the tape and finish the task.
______ ______ ______
3. Check the answers.
4. Recite the three conversations.
Step 5: Activity 1c (2mins)
1. Read the conversations in 1b.
2. Make your own conversations and practice with your partner.
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Step 6: Activity 2a (3mins)
1. How many days are there in a month? How do you express them?
_____________________________________________.
2. Try to read these words by yourselves.
3. Listen to the tape and repeat.
4. How do you make a cardinal number into an ordinal number?
Rules:_______________________________________
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_______________________
5. Consolidate the pronunciations with the help from the teacher.
Step 7: Activity 2b and 2c (5mins)
1. Listen and circle the numbers you hear in 1a.
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2. Listen again. Match the names, months and dates.
Name Month Date
Alice July 4th
Frank August 22nd
Eric January 5th
Jane September 17th
3. Listen to the tape and repeat the listening materials.
Step 8: Activity 2d (3mins)
1. Read the conversation in the textbook.
2. Make your own conversations and practice them with your partner.
A: When is Alice’s birthday?
B: Her birthday is on September 5th.
A: When is your father’s birthday?
B: His birthday is on___________________.
Step 9: Activity 2e (6mins)
1. Read the conversation individually.
2. Listen to the tape. Focus on the pronunciation.
3. Read the conversation in roles.
4. Explain some language points.
5. Try to recite the conversation.
Step 10: Summary (1min)
In this period, we’ve learned how to read and write the twelve months and how
to talk about our birthdays. And we’ ve also learned the use of the ordinal
numbers.
Words:________________________________________
Sentences:_____________________________________
Roles of ordinal numbers:_________________________
Step 11: Exercises (10mins)
【探究归纳】
知识点 1. January 一月
January 名词，意为“一月”。月份前常用介词 in.
Eg: We go there in January. 我们在一月去那儿。
十二个月份歌诀：January 一月 February 二月, 三月 March 五月 May. April 译
四月， August 八月份。 June, July 六七月， September 九月份。October 译十
月，十一十二紧相随。November 十一月， December 年末尾。
表示月份的名词缩写形式分别是 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct.
Nov. Dec. 注意 May 不能缩写。
知识点 2.When is your birthday?
(1).when 是特殊疑问副词，意为__________，用来引导特殊疑问句，询问时间。
When is 无缩写形式。如：
When do you go to school? 你什么时候去上学？
When are you at home？你什么时候在家？
【辨析】 when 与 what time
两者都可以用来提问时间。在询问较笼统的时间时通常用 when，而在询问钟点
时用 what time 更加确切。如：
---- _____ do you want to have a party? ---- On Sunday.
---- __________ do you get up every day? ---- At 5:30.
(2).birthday 生日，是名词。由 birth 和 day 组成的合成词。date of birth.生日
【相关链接】
birthday party 生日聚会 birthday present 生日礼物
birthday cake 生日蛋糕 birthday candle 生日蜡烛
知识点 3. My birthday is on May 2nd. 我的生日是在 5 月 2 日.
on May 2nd 意为“在 5 月 2 日”，当日期具体到某一天时用介词____. 某一段时
间用____, 某个时间点用___.
Eg: I often visit my aunt ____ May 1st. 我经常在 5 月 1 日去看望我姑姑。
知识点 4. date 日期
date 名词，意为“日期”。
Eg: ---What’s the date today? 今天是几月几日？
--- It’s November 15th, 2011. 今天是 2011 年 11 月 15 日。
注意：年，月，日的表示：月、日、年：2011 年 11 月 15 日 November 15th, 2011
知识点 5. Happy birthday! 生日快乐！
Happy 形容词，意为“幸福的，愉快的，高兴的”，否定形式 unhappy 意为“不
高兴的，不幸福的”。
Eg: She has a _____ family. 她有一个幸福的家庭。
知识点 6. How old are you? 你多大了？
how old 意为 多大年纪，几岁，是用来提问年龄的。其中 old 为形容词，指年
龄，意为 ……岁的。问年龄：How old + be + 主语？
How old are you? 也可以表达为 What’s your age? 其中 age 为名词，意为“年龄，
年纪，年岁”。
回答上面的问句时，可用“be+基数词（years old）或 be+基数词 （+years of age）
She is 7 years old..=She is a 7-year-old girl.
-How old is she?-----She is ten (years old)/ ten (years of age).
-----What’s your age? -----I’m eleven years of age.
追问：1 岁如何表达______学生易错写为 one years old
【做一做】
The boy is sixteen years old.（对划线部分提问）
How old is the boy?=_________________________?
拓展： old
（1）年老的 反 young
He is an old man. 他是一位老人。
（2）……岁的
—How old are you? —I’m 13 years old.
（3）旧的，破旧的，反 new
My bike is too old. I want a new one.
我的自行车太旧了，我想要辆新的。
知识点 7. Well, do you want to come to my birthday party?噢，你想来参加我的生
日聚会吗？
(1) come 动词，意为“来，来到”
Eg: Can you _____ to see me tomorrow? 你明天能来看我吗？
_____ and look at the picture. 过来看看这幅画。
(2) party 名词，意为“晚会，聚会”。
_______________ 举办聚会
Eg: Do you want to ___________ at home? 你想在家里举办聚会吗？
【当堂测评】
一、根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词。
1. D_______ is the twelfth month of the year.
2. Please come to my birthday p_______.
3. – How o_____ is Mary? – She’s 14.
4. –W_____ is your birthday, Jane?
-- My birthday is on April 10th.
5. Jane’s mother buys her an MP5 player. She is very h_______.
二、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。
1. 我们在下午四点见面吧。
_______ ______ at 4 this afternoon.
2. 你想去她的生日聚会吗？
Do you want to go to her ______ ______?
3. 你多大年龄了？_____ _____ are you?
4. 你弟弟的生日是什么时候？
_____ is your ______ birthday?
5. 她的生日在六月。Her birthday is ___ ________.
【学后反思】
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