GoForIt7AUnit8SectionA3a-3c

Analysisofteachingmaterial

What:AnintroductionoftheagesandbirthdaysoffourchildrenintheTVseriesGoodluck,Charlie!

Why:Helpstudentstolearntheexpressionsofdatesbyusingordinalnumbers.

How:Thematerialincludesexpressionsoftheagesandbirthdays,e.g.“HisbirthdayisonMay9th.”

Teachingobjectives

Bytheendofthesession,moststudentswillbeableto:

Intheactivitiesofwatching,listeningandspeaking,getagesandbirthdaysinformationoffourchildreninGoodluck,Charlie!(Learningandunderstanding）

Retelltheagesandbirthdaysofthefourchildren,andsummarizethelanguageexpressionsofagesandbirthdays.Grasptheruleofformationandabbreviationofordinalnumbersandtellthedifferencebetween“in”and“on”intheexpressionoftime;(Applyingandpracticing)

Talkaboutyourfamilymembers’birthdaysinthegroupbyusingrelevantlanguageexpressions.(Transferringandcreating)

Teachingfocus

Summarizethelanguageexpressionsofagesandbirthdays;

Grasptheruleofformation,pronunciationandabbreviationofordinalnumbers.

Anticipateddifficulties

Studentsmayfeeldifficulttograsptheruleofformationandabbreviationofordinalnumbers.

Teachingprocedure

Teachingobjectives

Learningactivities

EffectEvaluation

GrasptheruleofIntheactivitiesofwatching,listeningandspeaking,getagesandbirthdaysinformationoffourchildreninGoodluck,Charlie!(Learningandunderstanding）

1.SswatchthevideoclipofGoodLuck,Charlie!—Teddy’scomingbirthday,andteacherguidetheSstoguesstheagesofthefourchildrenaccordingtothepicturesbyasking“Howoldarethey”,andtocomparetheiragesandleadtothetopicofbirthdaysnaturally.

2.Ssfillinandcomparetheagesoffourchildrenaccordingtothetapeandverifytheprediction.

3.Sslistentothetapeagainandfillinthebirthdaydatesof4children.

4.Sslistentothetapeagainandexplicitthepronuncationofdate.

ToobserveSs’performanceinansweringquestionstojudgetheirlanguagereservesforbirthdaysandages.

Evaluatestudents’abilitytoobtainkeyinformationthroughlisteningbasedontheiraccuracyinfillingintheblanks.

Justification:Showahumorousvideotocreateacontext,whichcanarousestudents’interesttothetopicofbirthday.Letstudentsmakepredictionsaccorfingtopictures,andcultivatestudents’abilitytoobtainkeyinformationaccurately.Letstudentslearnthelanguageexpressionofordinalnumbers.

Retelltheagesandbirthdaysofthefourchildren,andsummarizetheexpressionsofagesandbirthdays.Grasptheruleofformationandabbreviationofordinalnumbersandtellthedifferencebetweeninandonintheexpressionoftime;(Applyingandpracticing)

5.Sstalkwithpairsaccordingtothetabletoretelltheagesandbirthdaysofthe4children,usingandmasteingtheexpressionsofaskingforagesandbirthdays.Teacherguidesstudentstotellthedifferencebetweeninandonintimeexpression.

--Howoldis…?--He/Sheis…yearsold.

-Whenis…’sbirthday?-His/Herbirthdayis….

6.Showthelisteningtext.Ssdiscoverthedifferentlanguagefunctionsofordinalandcardinalnumbers,andlearntherulesofordinalwords,fucusingonspecialvariants.

7.Ssdoexercises3aand3b.

ObservewhetherthecardinalandordinalnumbersusedbySstoexpressageanddatearecorrect.

ObservewhetherSscandiscoverrelevantgrammar,andgrasptheextenttowhichSsgrasptherulesofordinalnumbers.

Justification:ThelearningactivitiesinthisstageguideSstosummarizeandorganizethecorelanguage,andpracticethelanguagethroughcooperativedialogues.Throughdiscourse,Ssdiscovergrammaticalknowledgeinthetextandperceivedifferentpragmaticfunctions.Finally,teacherthoroughlyanalyzeslanguagerulestoprepareforauthenticexpression.

Talkaboutyourfamilymembers’birthdaysinthegroupbyusingrelevantlanguageexpressions.(Transferringandcreating)

8.Ssdiscussingroups,usingthecorelanguageofasking,expressingtocommunicatethebirthdaysandagesoftheirfamilymembers,suchas"Myfatheris42yearsold.HisbirthdayisonNovember10th".Thegroupleaderrecordstheresponsesoftheclassmates.

9.Thegroupsselectrepresentativestointroduceinformationabouttheirfamilymemberstotheclass.

10.Makeasummary.

ObservewhetherSscanexpresstheirageanddateoffamilymembersingroupdiscussionsandreports.Provideguidanceasneeded.

Justification:ThelearningactivitiesinthisstagehelpSstransfertotherealcontextoflifeandcreativelyusethelanguagethey’velearned.Ssmovefromthecreatedcontexttoreallife,whichdevelopspragmaticskills,andenhancestheirawarenessoftheimportanceandsignificanceoffamilymembers’birthdaysandages.

Homework:

1.Readthetexttwiceandfocusontheexpressionofagesandbithdays.

2.Graspthefunctionofordinalnumbersanditsformation,pronunciationandabbreviation.

Optionalhomework:Writeanintroductionofyourfamilymembers’agesandbirthdays.

Blackboarddesign

Unit8Whenisyourbirthday?

--Howoldis…?

--He/Sheis…yearsold.

--Whenis…’sbirthday?

--HisbirthdayisonMay9th.

HerbirthdayisinJuly.

five-fifth

eight-eighth

nine–ninth

twenty–twentieth

twenty-one–twenty-first

one-first

two–second

three-third

Reflection

Duringthedesignofteachingactivities,Goodluck,Charlie!wasused