Unit 8 When is your birthday？

Teaching and learning Goals:

　　1. 语言技能：熟练运用月份名词、序数词和"-When is your birthday? -My birthday

　　　is..."语言结构，谈论日期。

　　2. 语言知识:

*when, month, January, February，March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, happy, old, party

How old...? Happy birthday! See you!

　　*(1) -When is your birthday?

　　 -My birthday is on May 2nd.

(2) -When is Alice's birthday?

-Her birthday is on September.

　　3. 学习策略：

*依据所给图片，预测听力内容的大意。

*借助关键词如人名，听寻答案。

　　4. 情感态度：

父母们总是不会忘记给自己的孩子们庆祝生日；孩子们也要记得在关爱自己的父母的生日来临时，说一声：Happy birthday!

Teaching and learning steps:

Step I. Pre-listening activities

1. Preview

Ask the Ss to turn to Page 43 and 44 and translate the following words and phrases into English. First ask the Ss to put them into English orally, then let them write English down without looking at the textbooks.

(1)一月 _______________ (2)二月_______________ (3)三月_______________

(4)四月 _______________ (5)五月_______________ (6)六月_______________

(7)七月 _______________ (8)八月_______________ (9)九月_______________

(10)十月_______________ (11)十一月_______________ (12)十二月_______________

(13)在什么时候_______________ (14)月份_______________ (15)聚会_______________

(16)多大年纪_______________ (17)生日快乐_______________ (18)再见_______________

Ask the Ss to translate the following sentences into English.

-你的生日在什么时候？ -_________________________________________

-我的生日在五月二号。 -_________________________________________

（设计说明：本部分词组和句子为学生的预习作业，词组和句子都是本节课的重要语言知识，该部分预习内容可以帮助学生更有目的性的预习。同时通过检测学生的预习效果，教师可以更有针对性地教，学生可以更有针对性的学。）

2. Lead in

(1) Riddle

At first, ask the Ss if they'd like to play a guessing game. Then show the Ss the riddle:

"You can see it in everyone's home. It's not big, but you can find 365 days in it. What is it?"

Most of the Ss can guess the answer is "a calendar". Then show a calendar to the