Teaching postscript:

1. 在这节课里，着重是通过听说来巩固上一节课所学的内容，同学之间相互了解对方及家人等的生日，了解明星们的出身日期，进一步激发学生们的兴趣。

2. Self check 3, 通过查找名人的生日，锻炼了学生的能力，扩大了学生的知识面，但正确地用英语写出日期对学生来说可能还有些困难。

3. 学生可能会在说生日时加入年份。

Period 3

Teaching materials：Section A: 3a, 3b; Section B: 1, 2a, 2b

Teaching aims:

1. Sub Topic: Talk about the dates and ages

2. Language focus and structure: When is your birthday? My birthday is ....

How old are you? I am fifteen.

3. Vocabulary: date age how old speech contest party trip

Teaching aid:

1. 录音机 2. 一张12个月的图片或幻灯片

3. 一张序数词的first到thirty-first的幻灯片 4. ID

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Warming up

1. Chatting Chat with the students about their birthdays

2. Play a guessing game Guess some classmates' birthday（信息让学生提供到月份）

Step 2 Presentation

1. When is your birthday? My birthday is ....

How old are you? I am fifteen.（板书，目的是教新词how old, date, age）

2. Practice in pairs

3. Choose an ID card and make a conversation in 3a（Section A）

4. Groupwork 3b and 4（Section A）

a. Ask and answer about your name ,your birthday and your age.

b. Practice again, using your own name, age and date of birth. Then ask some pairs to act.（Four students a group）Rank your partners from the youngest to the oldest. Report about your name, your birthday and your age one by one from the youngest to the oldest.

　　　　eg. My name is ....

I'm fifteen.

My birthday is....