Unit 7 Happy Birthday Section A (1a-1d) 教学设计-2026-2027学年人教版英语七年级上册

Unit 7 Happy Birthday!

Section A (1a–1d)

I. Teaching Aims

1. Students can listen, read and say the twelve months and the ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd ... 31st) correctly, and circle the month and the day of their own birthday.

2. Students can listen to three conversations, match the four people (Helen, Fu Xing, Teng Fei’s father and Ms Gao) with their birthdays, and answer the questions in 1c.

3. Students can use “How old are you?  I’m ...” and “When is your birthday?  It’s on ...” to talk about ages and birthdays, and line up their group members from the youngest to the oldest.

II. Key and Difficult Points

Key points: the twelve months, the ordinal numbers, and the two questions “How old are you?” and “When is your birthday?”, with the answer “It’s on + date”.

Difficult points: the pronunciation of longer months (e.g. February, August); telling the difference between “How old” (asks about age) and “When” (asks about time); telling dates in British English (12th June) and American English (June 12th).

III. Teaching Tools

The textbook, a recorder / audio files, the month cards and ordinal-number cards, a calendar, the matching and question worksheets for 1b–1c, the blackboard and coloured chalk.

IV. Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Lead-in (3 mins)

Teacher shows a picture of a birthday party and asks the class, “When is your birthday? What do you do on your birthday?”, leading into the topic of Unit 7, Happy Birthday!

[Purpose] To get students interested and to activate what they already know about birthdays.

Step 2 Presentation — Months & Ordinal Numbers (1a)

1. Students listen and repeat the twelve months: January, February, March ... December.

2. Students listen and repeat the ordinal numbers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th ... 31st.

3. Students circle the month and the day of their own birthday on the chart.

[Purpose] To help students read the months and ordinal numbers correctly and to get the information they will use in the listening.

Step 3 Listening — Match People with Birthdays (1b)

1. Students listen to the three conversations for the first time and match Helen, Fu Xing,