unit 8 When is your birthday教学设计

Unit 8 When is your birthday
Section B(1a-1d)
I. Teaching objects:
1. Knowledge objects:
(1) Students will be able to master the following words and phrases: Calendar, speech, contest, party, trip, basketball game, test .
(2) Students will be able to use the following sentence patterns properly:
① --- When is...?
--- It’s....
② The...is on....
2. Ability objects:
(1) Students will be able to talk about the dates of some activities and festivals.
(2) Students will be able to get information about people's schedules by doing listening activities.
(3) Students will be able to make their own calendar.
3. Emotional objects:
Students will find that there are many activities they can do at school and enjoy their school lives better by talking about different kind of activities. II.Teaching important and difficult points:
1）Teaching important points
1.The students will be able to use the target languages to talk about the
activities..
2. The students will be able to get information about John’s schedules by doing listening activities.
2)Teaching difficult points
3.The students will be able to make their own calendar and arrange things by themselves..
III. Teaching methods
1. Audio -lingual method.
2. Communicative approach.
IV. Teaching aids:
Multi-media equipments
V. Teaching procedures
Step 1. Warming up and lead-in.
At the beginning of class ,we will listen to a song. Ask the students if they like it, and what festival we will sing it. Ask students a question and let them try to answer them:
---When's the Chirtmas Day?
---It's December 25th.
Show some dates on the screen and let students talk about the dates use the sentence patterns below.
--- When is ...?
--- It’s....
Step 2. Presentation
1.Show different kinds of pictures in 1a like birthday party, basketball game, school trip, etc. and try to match the pictures with the activities.
2. Tell the students they are going to listen to a conversation about the pictures. Let them listen carefully and circle the events they hear.
3. Play the tape for the first time, ask students to listen and circle what they hear.
4. Point to the calendar showing the September and October dates in 1c. Let students listen carefully to the recording again and write the name of each event in the correct place on the calendar as the example showed in the calendar.
5. Play the recording again. Students try to complete John's calendar according to the recording they hear.
6. Check the answers.
Step 3.Pairwork.
Practice the dialogue in the listening material. And finish 1d.
Step 4. Groupwork
1. Let students work in groups and choose three activities they like, and then try to make their own calendar.
2. Let the students finish the short passage after the calendar.
Step5. Exercises
Do some exercises to check if the students master what they learnt
today.
Step 6. Summary.
Lead the students to summarize what they learnt in this class.
VI. Homework:
Try to find out more events or holidays with their dates in China and western countries.
VII. Blackboard design
Unit 8 When is your birthday?。