Unit 8 When is your birthday?

Period 1 Section A 1a - 2d

Teaching aims and language points:

　　1. Learn these words and expressions, and be able to say, read and write them:

when, month, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

　　the ordinal numbers from first to thirty-first

　　2. Be able to talk about one's birthday by using

　　My/His/Her birthday is in October.

　　My/His/Her birthday is on October tenth.

　　When is Alice's birthday? Her birthday is ...

Teaching keys:

　　 1.The names of the twelve months and the usage of ordinal numbers.

　　 2.Ask about the birthdays of other people.

Teaching difficulties:

　　 1.The names of the twelve months and the usage of ordinal numbers.

　　 2.Ask about the birthdays of other people.

Teaching methods:

　　Task-based Language Teaching,Visual teching method, situational teaching method

Before class：比一比，谁最棒?

1． 谁会读单词音标？ 2. 谁会记单词？ 谁记单词的方法好？

（教师提点：1.比一比单词的字母： 部分单词字母相同：January/ February September/ October/ November/ December 2. 荒诞记忆法与故事相结合。 January/ February March/ April/May June/July September/ October/ November/ December

2．Can you know the differences: My birthday is in August.

My birthday is on August 1st.

3．Can you say like this? My birthday is in___________.