Lesson 18：Li Ming’s BirthdayMiddle School XiaohuaHello, everyone. I’m Xiaohua from Middle School. It's my great honor and pleasure to share my lesson with you here today.My interpretation consists of 6 parts:the analysis of teaching materials&aims,teaching strategies,learning methods,teaching procedures, blackboard design and the teaching reflection.Part 1. The analysis of the teaching material& aims1.The position of the teaching materialThe content of my lesson is Lesson 18 of Unit 3, Book of Grade 8 that published by Hebei Education Press. The topic of this lesson is “Li Ming’s Birthday”. The topic of this unit is about family celebrations. The students will explore and compare holidays in China and Canada (i.e. Mid-autumn Festival and Thanksgiving), and learn to describe details related to such celebrations.They will also learn to describe and discuss details related to celebrating birthdays. In addition, students will learn some new words and phrases in relation to size and shopping for or trying on new clothes. Students will be able to express ownership or possession using pronouns in the possessive case and learn how to use and form adverbial clauses with “when’’ Therefore, this lesson plays an important role in this unit.The students are familiar with this topic. They can use some of the knowledge.2.According to the teaching syllabus and the students’ cognitive level,I set the following teaching aims.Knowledge ：By the end of the lesson,the students will be able to: Read, understand and use the newwords:tape ;post; yet; address; stampphrases : best wishes to…;on the top of; All ready；have no luck Ability:1)To use the key words and phrases and talk about their birthday cards2)To improve the students’ reading listening and sp eaking ability . Emotion: By making a card for the students’ parents or friends to express their love .3. The important and difficult pointsBased on the requirement of the syllabus, the important point is that the students can use new words, phrases and target sentences of this lesson. The difficult point is that the students can talk about photos of birthday parties in groups and then in class according to the key phrases on the blackboard.Part2. Teaching strategiesIn our daily teaching, we should not only help the students develop good sense of the English language, but also help them create a goodlanguage atmosphere to stimulate their interests in learning English. In order to achieve these teaching goals I’ ll use the following strategies:1. Communicative Approach.2. Task-based Teaching Approach.3. Situational Teaching Approach.4. Group Cooperating Teaching Approach.Part 3. Learning methodsA student centered class method will be used in my class according to the new standard curriculum. And I will offer the students opportunities to participate in class to share and exchange their ideas with the group members actively, which I think can make them experience in the situation, and at the same time, develop their sense of cooperation and competition.Part4. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-inLead in by showing the students a video about having a birthday party and ask them:1)What do you think they are doing?2)What song will they sing ?(Play the music of Happy Birthday to You and ask them to sing along.)The purpose of my lead-in is to attract the students' attention .Step 2 New presentationA:Pre-readingTask 1:Divide the students into eight groups and ask them to discuss in groups.1) Have you ever received an interesting gift?2)How do you usually celebrate your birthday ?(To stimulate their interests in learning English.)Task 2:Lead the students to read the words and help them learn the words by heart with the help of phonics: tape ;post; yet; address; stampMaster new word game.Give a card to the first student in each group.Whisper the words to the next student, the last student comes to the front of the class and write down the words on the board. (Those who can write the most words correctly will be the winners.)B: While-readingTask 3:Ask students to listen to the passage and answer the questions:1)How old is Li Ming?2)Who held a party for Li Ming’s birthday?(Let the student have a brief understanding.)Task4: Read the lesson and write true (T) or false (F)．(Excersise 1 on Page 45)1) Li Ming's mother picked up the presents from the post office.2) The jacket fits Li Ming very well.3) Danny gave his own cap to Li Ming.4) When it was time for dessert，Li Ming's father turned off the lights，and his mother carried the cake into the room.Task 5: In order to help the students understand the passage better, I get the students to read the text and underline the sentences with the adverbial clause with “when” .Then let them discuss language points in group and let some of them make a detailed analysis to help the students understand the knowledge .Task6: Read the passage again1)Who brought the presents to Li Ming?The postman.2)Does the jacket fit Li Ming well?Yes , it fits him very well.3)What did Li Ming’s mother buy for him?Some balloons and a delicious cake.4)What did Li Ming’s mother do when it was t ime for dessert?She turned off the lights.( To review the words and phrases of this lesson again.)C: Post-readingTask 7:Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks.(Excersise 2 on Page 45)Task 8:Read the text again and let the students retell the passage in theirown words instead of reading the passage.Task 9:Now it’s time for the students to share their photos of having birthday parties with their group members,then ask some students to say something in front of class to have a competition.Step3: SummaryIt’s never too late to say “I love you.” to your parents.For you teenagers :To love is to give.The evaluate attitude after learning a text is much more important .Step 4 Homework:1)Make birthday cards for your parents or friends.2)Write a short passage to describe one of your birthday parties.(They don’t have enough time to write in class. They can practice writing after class.)Part5. Blackboard designLesson 18Li Ming’s Birthdaypostman balloon candle deep blowbest wishes to…;on the top of; all ready；have no luckThe jacket fits me very well.When it was time for dessert, she turned off the lights and my father carried the cake into the room.Then I took a deep breath and blew out the candles immediately.Part6. The teaching reflectionFor students of Grade Eight ,forming a good habit of learning English is especially necessary and important,so listening, reading,speaking and group work are used in my class.But I should try more ways to make more students even all the students take part in my teaching actively and attentively.。
