七年级英语上册Unit 8 When is your birthday 教案

Unit 8 When is your birthday?

教学目标

话题：日期（Dates）

功能：

1 能够表述自己或家人、朋友的生日以及近期活动安排（Talk about dates）

2 能够表述年龄（Talk about ages）

语法：

1 能正确使用名词所有格（Possessive’s）

2 能够正确使用When和How引导的特殊疑问句询问生日或年龄

词汇和常用表达：

1 能够正确使用下列词汇（Curriculum words）

month, January, Feburary, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October,

November, December, party, test, trip, art, festival, term, time, student, thing, old, happy,

busy, dear, first, second, third, fifth, eighth, ninth, twelfth, twentieth, when, there

2 能够正确使用下列常用表达（Useful expressions）

happy birthday, how old, birthday party, see you, school trip, basketball game, soccer

game, ball game, English test, English party, English Day, Sports Day, art festival, book

sale, have a good time, this term, next week

学习策略：

学会使用单词缩写、数字、符号等快速记录听力信息

文化知识：

1 了解中、英文关于日期表达的差异

2 了解中、西方国家重要节日以及日期

Section A 1 (1a-2e)

Ⅰ. Warming-up

(Sing the song "Happy birthday to you！". )

1. T: When is my birthday? My birthday is on May 2nd. When is your birthday? This

class, we'll learn how to express dates.

(Show the pictures of the twelve months on the screen, or show a big calendar to the Ss.

Teach the names of the twelve months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July,

August, September, October, November, December ) 2. Work on 1a. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and repeat the new words. Ss read

the new words and try to remember them.

Ⅱ. Listening

1. T: Listen to the conversations in 1b and number them [1-3].

(Play the recording for the Ss)

2. Check the answers.

3. Ask the students to close their books and try to write the specific information of each

person’s birthday.

Linda: ____________________

Mary: ____________________

Mike: ____________________

表日期: 月份+序数词的缩写形式(阿拉伯数字+序数词的后两个字母)

Ⅲ. Pair work

1. T: Practice the conversations in 1b with your partner.

2. Make a survey about the birthdays in your group.

S1: When is your birthday?

S2: My birthday is January 5th. When is your birthday, S3?

S3: My birthday is on May 16th. When is your birthday, S4?

S4: …

3. Write the birthdays on the chart.

Ⅳ. Work on 2a (the Ordinal numbers)

1. Show the Ordinal number words to Ss.

2. Explanation:

序数词用来表达事物的先后顺序以及日期。常与定冠词the连用。

表事物先后顺序: the+序数词

3. T: Look at the chart and find out the rules.

4. 规则揭示：（学生记忆下列口诀）

5. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and repeat. 基变序，有规律，一、二、三特殊记，词尾字母t, d, d；

-th 四加起，八少t来九去e；(从4起在词尾加th）

ve变f替，y要变ie。若想表示几十几，只变个位就可以。 6. Then let Ss try to remember them.

7. Ask the students to read the dates by themselves.

Ⅴ. Listening

1. T: In 2b, the teacher is asking some Ss about their birthdays. Listen to the recording and

circle the numbers you hear in 2a.

(Play the recording for the first time, Ss only listen. Play the recording again. This time,

Ss listen and listen and circle the numbers in 2a)

2. T: Now, listen to the recording again and match the names, months and dates.

(Play the recording again, Ss listen and match the names, months and dates. Then check

the answers.)

3. T: Listen again and fill in the blanks.

Ⅵ. Pair work

1. (Ask some Ss to talk about the birthdays of the four students in 2c.

T: When is Alice's birthday, S1?

S1: Her birthday is on September 5th.

T: When is Frank's birthday, S2？

S2: His birthday is on …

T: Now ask and answer about the birthdays of the four students in 2c with your partner.

(Ss work in pairs to ask and answer about their birthdays.)

2. T: Do you know your parents' birthday? Ask your partner about the birthday in his or

her family?

(Then S2 ask S1 about the birthdays in his or her family.)

Ⅶ. Role-play

1. T: Listen and answer the questions.

1) Who is celebrating a birthday party?

2) How old is Alan? How about Bill?

3) When is the party?

2. T: Read and complete the conversation.

3. T: Read the dialogue in 2e again. Then find the key sentences.

祝贺生日：_______________________________

询问对方年龄：_______________________________ 邀请对方参加生日派对：_______________________________

询问具体时间及回答: _______________________________

道别：_______________________________

4. Ask Ss to role-play the conversation.

Ⅷ. Language points

1. When is your birthday, Linda?

when疑问副词，意为“什么时候”，引导特殊疑问句，对年、月、日及时刻进行提问或者询问某一动作发生的时间。

询问某人生日的常用句型:

When is sb.’s birthday?

答语: My / His / Her birthday is on ... 或 It’s on ...

【语境应用】汉译英

(1) 你什么时候去上学？

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(2) —John的生日是什么时候？

—他的生日是在十月八日。

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2. My birthday is on May 2nd.

May 2nd（5月2日）是日期的表达法。表达具体日期通常为“月份+序数词”，月份为专有名词，首字母必须大写。书写时日期可以是序数词，也可以是基数词。

[拓展] 英语中表示具体年、月、日的方式通常有两种：“月+日+年”或“日+月+年”。年份要用逗号隔开。