"It's a/an ..."

Step2. Present task

1. Show some pictures which are covered some parts on CAI. Let the students watch and guess "What's in each picture?" Then practice:

T: What's this?

S1:...... (It's a pen.)

T: What's this?

S2:...... (It's a black cat.)

...

2. Show a picture of a birthday cake and ask "What's this?" The students can answer in Chinese "蛋糕" ,Then the teacher repeats " It's a cake. It's a birthday cake." Write "birthday and cake" on the blackboard, teach the two words several times.

Step3. Learn mew knowledge.

1. Tell the students "This birthday cake is for Huang Huilan and Huang Yalan. Today is their birthday." Then ask "What should we say when somebody has a birthday?" Help the students say "Happy birthday!" Write the sentence on the blackboard and teach "happy" "Happy birthday!"

2. Tell the students when somebody says "Happy birthday to us, we should say thank you!" Write the sentence on the blackboard.

3. Let the students say "Happy birthday!" to the twins. Then the twins should answer "Thank you!"

4. Ask "What should we give when somebody has a birthday?" The students may answer in Chinese "礼物"，"Yes, present" Write "present" on the blackboard and teach it. Then say "We should give him/her a present, and say "Here's your presents." Write this sentence on the blackboard. Say it again, students repeat several times.

5. Game "Lost and found"

Collect some objects from the students, put them on the teacher's desk. Ask two or three students to be a keeper, and return the objects to the owners "Here's your pen/pencil/book ..." The owners should answer "Thank you!"

6. SB. Activity One. Play the tape, ask the students to look and listen, then answer questions "Who is having a birthday? How old is Sam? What's Sam's present?"

7. Play the tape again. The students repeat.

四、Practice.

1. Ask the students to practice the text in pairs. Then ask some pairs to act it out.

2. Have a birthday party for the twins.

五、Finish the task.

1. AB Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4.

2. Learn the song "Happy birthday to you!"

3. Game: Share the cake.

六、Homework

1. Make a birthday card. Write some prays in English.

2. Review the new words and the drills.

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