Unit 1 I always like birthday parties

Unit 1 I always like birthday parties.ⅠTeaching modelListening and speakingⅡTeaching methodInteractive approachⅢTeaching aims1. To get to know the adverbs of frequency.2. To understand conversations involving “Daming’s birthday”.3. To be able to pronounce the third person singular endings4. To be able to describe what people do on their birthdayⅣTeaching ObjectivesKey vocabulary: card, party, present, would, always, great, cake, never, special, eat, give, sing, happy, secretKey structures: 1) Would you like to come to my birthday party?2) I always like birthday parties.3) What do you usually do at a Chinese birthday party?4) My mother never makes a birthday cake.5) We sometimes give birthday cards.ⅤTeaching aidsTape recorder, OHP, video, handoutⅥTeaching StepsStep 1 Warming-up1. Show students’ a video, then show them some pictures of birthday and say what they are.Key words:birthday , birthday card , birthday party , birthday cake , birthday presents , have a party , make a cake , eat noodles, eat birthday cake, sing Happy Birthday song…2. Match the words with the pictures.3. Read the words after the teacher.4. Introduce the new words.5. Enjoy a song: Happy birthday.Step 2 Listening practice.1. Make sure the students understand the symbols they must use to complete the chart2. Play the recording through once while they just listen.3. Ask the students to listen to the recording.4. Play the recording again, then they can check their answer with a partner.5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Step 3 Work in pairs.Say what you always / usually / often / never do on your birthday.1. Read through the verbs and have the students repeat them. Make sure they understand them.2. Ask the students to think about what they do, and make a list using the adverbs of frequency individually.3. Pair them to talk about what they do.4. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Step 4 Listen and read.1. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.2. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.3. Read the conversation.4. Act it out.Step 5 Check (√) the true sentences.1. Ask the students to read through the sentences and have the students follow and /or repeat.2. Play the recording again, then they can check their answer with a partner.3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Keys:1. √2. ×3. ×4. √5. ×4. Correct the false sentences.5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Step 6 Underline the correct words.1. Ask the students to read through the passage.2. Underline the correct words.3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Keys: 1. special 2. cut 3. presentsStep 7 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.1. Ask the students to read through the sentences.2. Complete the sentences with the words from the box with a partner.3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Keys: 1. always 2. usually 3. never4. sometimesStep 8 Listen and repeat.1. Play the recording once without stopping.2. Ask the whole class to repeat.3. Ask the students to practice the sounds in pairs.Step 9 Work in pairs.Ask and answer like this:—What do you often / usually / always /… do on your birthday?—I often / usually / always /… on my birthday.—What do you often / usually / always /… do on Teachers’ Day?—I often / usually / always /… on Teachers’ Day.Step 10 Language points1. …would you like to come to my birthday party?Would like to…? 用来表示邀请。

e.g. Would you like to go to my party?你愿意参加我的宴会吗？would like后面既可以接动词不定式，也可以接名词。

e.g. Would you like something to drink?您想喝点什么吗？Would you like a cup of coffee?要杯咖啡吗？2. I always like birthday parties.always adv. 总是；一直always总是在实义动词之前,动词be、助动词或情态动词之后。

e.g. I’m always at home in the evenings.晚上我总是在家里。

I always have a egg for breakfast.我早餐总要吃一个鸡蛋。

3. Great.great adj. 太好了；巨大的；超乎寻常的e.g. This cake tastes great.这块蛋糕吃起来很不错。

Shanghai is a great city.上海是一座大城市。

4. But my mother never makes a birthday cake.never adv. 从不never一般位于系动词及助动词之后,实义动词之前。

e.g. He is never late for school.他上学从不迟到。

She never goes to the cinema.她向来不看电影。

5. She usually buys a special one and I cut it at the party.special adj. 特别的，特殊的e.g. Are you doing anything special?你们有什么特别的安排吗?cut v.切；剪e.g. She cut a cake with a knife.她用刀切蛋糕。

6. And we sometimes give birthday cards.give v.给，送give sb. sth. = give sth. to sb.给某人某物e.g. I gave him a watch on his birthday.I give a watch to him on his birthday.我在他生日那天送给他一块表。