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Unit 8 When is your birthday?
1、核心词汇
January/February/March/April/May/June/July/August/September/October/November/December
2、核心短语
How old/school trip/in August/happy birthday/at three/this afternoon/see you/some interesting things/ball games/have an art festival/have an English party/school day/have a book sale/have a good time/a really busy term/have a good time/this term/
必备知识
3、核心语法
1)When 引导的特殊疑问句
2)名词所有格-’s
4、表达:有关近期活动的短文
1、 能听懂有关生日及活动安排的材料
2、 能就生日和年龄进行问答;能读懂有关活动安排的语篇
3、 能就家人或朋友的生日及自己的近期活动安排进行书面介绍
Unit 8
When is your birthday?
关键能力
1、 了解中英文中关于日期表达的差异
2、 在西方国家,年龄、生日等属于个人隐私,我们要尊重他人隐私
学科素养
1、 能根据语篇中人物生日的介绍,推断出其年龄
2、 抓取语篇中有关活动安排的信息,理清活动的先后顺序
3、 能使用月份缩写和数词缩写快速记录信息
4、 要充分利用生日聚会的机会运用所学英语知识
核心价值
句子解读
1、 ---When is your birthday, Mike? 迈克,你的生日是什么时候?
---My birthday is on June 3rd.我的生日在6月3日。(教材七上p431a)
解读:when可以对年、月、日及时刻进行提问或者询问某一动作发生的时间,意为“何时;什么时候”,回答时常用 at,in,on等表示时间的介词短语。
例:—Jane, when is our School Day?简,我们的学校日是什么时候?
--It's on May 18th. 5月18号。(山东济南)
2、 So, how old are you, Alan?那么,你多大了,艾伦?(教材七上 p.44 2e)
解读:how old 意为“多大年纪,几岁”,是用来询问年龄的短语。答语常用“主语+be+基数词+year(s)old.”表示,也可以直接说年龄。
例 —How old is she? =What's her age?她多大了?
----She is 18 years old./18.她 18岁了。
句子积累
1、When is your birthday? My birthday is on May 2nd
2、When is his birthday? His birthday is on January 17th.
3、When is her birthday? It's in August.
4、When is Alice's birthday? Her birthday is on September 5th.
5、When is your father's birthday? His birthday is on April 21st
主题探究
本单元的主题是“日期(Dates)。”通过本单元的学习,学生能够介绍自己,家人或朋友的生日、年龄以及学校活动安排等。在语法方面,学生能够正确使用名词所有格以及when和how引导的特殊疑问句来询问生日或年龄。
语篇品读
The Song Happy Birthday to You
Who made the song Happy Birthday to You? Two sisters wrote a song for children. It was called Good Morning to All. Everyone liked Good Morning to All.
The sisters made a record with many songs in 1893. The record was called Song Stories of the Kindergarten. Thirty-one years later, a man, Robert H. Coleman, made a song. It was Happy Birthday to You. In fact, this song is almost the same