Unit8Whenisyourbirthday?TheSecondPeriod(SectionA,2e–3c)Teachingaimsandlanguagepoints:1.Learnthesewordsandexpressions,andbeabletosay,readandwritethem:happy,happybirthday,old,howold,party,seeyou2.Beabletotalkaboutone’sageandbirthdaypartybyusing:Howoldareyou?I’mtwelve.MybirthdayisinAugust.Doyouwanttocometomybirthdayparty?--Whenisit?--Atthreethisafternoon.Seeyou.Teachingsteps:1.Warm-upandrevision(课堂热身和复习)(1)Dailygreetingtothestudents（日常问候）(2)Reviewthenamesofthemonths:FlashthewordsandasktheSstosaythemoutloudandspellthem.(3)Reviewtheordinalnumbersbysaying:Januaryisthefirstmonthoftheyear.2.GrammarFocus.(1)ReadthroughtheordinalnumbersinGrammarFocusandrecitetheruleoftheordinalnumbers.(2)Dictatesomeofthewordslike:first,second,third,fifth,eighth,ninth,twelfth,twentieth,twenty-fourth,thirty-sixth.HaveSswriteoutthewords.(3)GettheSstochecktheiranswersinpairs.(4)ReadthroughthesentencesinGrammarFocus.Payattentiontothepossessivepronounsandpossessivecaseofnounsandtheuseof“in”and“on”.(5)StudythePossessiveCaseofNouns.3.Presentation.(1)WatchavideoofLiuQian.(2)AskquestionsaboutLiuQian’sbirthdayandage.Presentthequestion:“Howoldareyou?”.4.Workon3c.2.对于语法要点，教师一定要将所学句型中的关键结构作一定的分析，使学生充分理解，才能真正掌握。教学设计说明1.由于上一课时所学单词多，所以在这一课时应注意复习，以促进学生更好地记忆单词。3.语法讲解有点枯燥，所以通过观看精彩的视频可以重新吸引学生的注意力。然后通过猜测名人的生日和年龄，引出新的话题：Howold…?4.以小组竞赛的方式完成3c,可以增加此任务的趣味性，也可以促使学生们以较高的效率完成任务。AsktheSstofindouttheirgroupmembers’birthdaysandages.Theyshouldfillinthechart.Thenlineupfromtheyoungesttotheoldest.Seewhichgroupisthefastest.5.Workon2e.(1)Readtheconversation.(2)Answerthequestions.SeeiftheSsunderstandtheconversation.Explainthethingstheydon’tunderstand.(3)Role-playtheconversation.6.Workon3a.Matchthequestionandanswers.7.Workon3b.(1)Completetheconversation.(2)Practicetheconversationinpairs.8.Homework（家庭作业）(1)RecitetheconversationinSectionA,2e.(2)Writeareportaboutyourgroupmembers’birthdaysandages.e.g.Theoldestinourgroupis…He/Sheis…yearsold.His/Herbirthdayison…….’sbirthdayison…He/Sheis…yearsold.Theyoungestinourgroupis…5.对话表演一定要以练习对话为主，讲解知识次之。
