Unit7HappyBirthday!SectionB2a2b

Studentswillbeabletomasterthekeyvocabularyrelatedtobirthdaycelebrations,suchas“cake”,“present”,“party”,“game”etc.

Studentswillreviewandbeabletocorrectlyusethemonthsoftheyearandordinalnumberstoexpressthedateofbirthdays.

on...at...invite...someusefulsentencepatternsforwritingaboutbirthdaycelebrations,like“Mybirthdayison...”,“Wewillhaveapartyat...”,“Iwillinvite...tomyparty”etc.

Thekeyvocabularyandsentencepatternsfordescribingbirthdaycelebrations.

Howtoguidestudentstoeffectivelyusetheinformationinthemindmaptowriteapleteandlogicalreply.

Trainingstudentstoexpressthedateofbirthdayscorrectlyusingmonthsandordinalnumbers.

ThispartisfromUnit7oftheGrade7Englishtextbook.Thewholeunitcentersaroundthethemeof“HappyBirthday!”,aimingtohelpstudentsmasterlanguageknowledgeandskillsrelatedtobirthdays.SectionB2a2bspecificallyfocusesonenhancingstudents'readingandwritingabilitiesthroughataskbasedapproach.Itprovidesstudentswithanopportunitytoapplythevocabularyandsentencepatternstheyhavelearnedinprevioussections,suchasmonths,ordinalnumbers,andexpressionsaboutbirthdaycelebrations.

KnowledgeBackground

Grade7studentshavejuststartedtheirjuniorhighschoolEnglishlearningjourney.TheyhavealreadylearnedsomebasicEnglishwordsandsimplesentencepatterns.Forexample,theyarefamiliarwithnumbers,somedailyusenouns,andbasicgreetings.Inthisunit,theyhavepreviouslylearnedthemonthsoftheyearandordinalnumbers,whichareessentialfortalkingaboutbirthdays.However,theirvocabularyrelatedtobirthdaycelebrationsmaystillbelimited,andtheymaynotbeveryproficientinusingthesewordsinplexsentences.

LearningAbilities

Atthisstage,students'cognitiveabilitiesaredeveloping.Theyaregenerallymoreinterestedinvividandpracticallearningmaterials.Intermsoflanguageskills,theirlisteningandspeakingabilitiesarerelativelystrongerastheyaremoreexposedtoEnglishthroughdailyconversationsinclass.Buttheirreadingandwritingabilitiesneedfurtherimprovement.Theymayhavedifficultiesinunderstandinglongertextsandorganizingtheirownideasintowellwrittenparagraphs.

教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)一Warmingup

Greetthestudentsasusual.Then,playashortvideoaboutabirthdaypartyonthemultimedia.Inthevideo,therearechildrensinging“HappyBirthday”song,blowingoutcandlesonthecake,andopeningpresents.Afterthevideo,askstudentssomesimplequestions,suchas“Whataretheydoinginthevideo?”,“Doyoulikebirthdayparties?Whyorwhynot?”Thisactivitycanquicklyarousestudents'interestandleadthemintothethemeoftheclass.

教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)二TeachingProcedures

Prewriting

Presentthemindmapin2aontheblackboardorthroughaprojector.Explaineachpartofthemindmapindetail.Forexample,pointtothe“Time”partandaskstudentstorecallhowtoexpressdatesusingmonthsandordinalnumbers.Then,randomlycallsomestudentstoetotheblackboardandwritedownafewdates.

Forthe“People”part,askstudentstothinkaboutwhousuallyattendstheirbirthdayparties.Writesomemonanswersontheblackboard,like“parents”,“friends”,“relatives”.

Dothesameforthe“Activities”and“Presents”parts.Encouragestudentstobrainstormmorewordsrelatedtotheseaspects.Afterthat,dividestudentsintopairsandaskthemtodiscusstheirownbirthdaycelebrationsaccordingtothemindmap.Eachpairshouldchooseonepartofthemindmapandsharetheirideaswiththeclass.

Whilewriting

Showtheonlineinvitationin2bonthescreen.Readtheinvitationaloudtothestudents,andexplainthekeypoints.Then,guidestudentstostartwritingtheirreplies.Remindthemtousetheinformationtheyhavediscussedintheprewritingstage.

on...aroundtheclassroomandofferindividualguidance.Payattentiontostudents'grammarusage,spelling,andtheorganizationoftheirwriting.Forstudentswhohavedifficulties,givethemsomeprompts,suchas“Youcanstartyourreplylikethis:‘Thankyouforyourinvitation.Mybirthdayison...’”

Encouragestudentstousecolorfulandvividwordstomaketheirwritingmoreattractive.Forexample,insteadofjustwriting“Wewilleatacake”,theycanwrite“Wewillenjoyadeliciouschocolatecake”.

Postwriting

Askstudentstoexchangetheirwritingwiththeirpartners.Eachpairshouldreadeachother'sreplyandcheckforgrammarmistakes,spellingmistakes,andthepletenessofthecontent.Theycanusearedpentomarkthemistakesandwritedowntheirsuggestionsforimprovement.

Afterthat,askseveralpairstoetothefrontoftheclassandsharetheirpartner'swriting.Thewholeclasscandiscussandgivemoresuggestions.Choosesomewellwrittenrepliesanddisplaythemontheclassroomwallasexamples.

Summarizethemonmistakesstudentsmadeinthiswritingtask,suchasincorrectuseoftenses,wrongspellingofkeywords,andpoororganization.Emphasizethecorrectusageandgivesomeadditionalexamplesforstudentstoremember.

SummaryandHomework

Summarizethekeypointsofthisclass,includingthevocabulary,sentencepatterns,andtheprocessofwritingareplyaboutbirthdaycelebrations.Askstudentstorecallwhattheyhavelearnedinthisclass.

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