Unit7HappyBirthday!SectionB2a2bThispartoftheteachingmaterialisfromUnit7"HappyBirthday!"ofthenewPEPEnglishtextbookforGrade7.Itmainlyfocusesonthethemeofbirthdaycelebration.2apresentsamindmap,whichhelpsstudentsorganizeinformationaboutbirthdaycelebrations,suchasbirthdaytime,celebrationactivities,andspecialtraditions.2bprovidesaframeworkforstudentstowriteareplypost,wheretheycansharetheirownbirthdayexperiencesbasedontheinformationin2a.Thetwoactivitiesarecloselyrelated,guidingstudentsfrominformationcollectiontowrittenoutput,andcultivatingstudents'prehensivelanguageapplicationability.教學(xué)目標(biāo)Studentswillbeabletomasterandusebirthdayrelatedvocabulary,suchas"birthday,cake,party,gift,candle,wish,blowout,age,height"etc.fourth...cancorrectlyuseordinalnumberstoexpressdates,suchas"first,second,third,fourth...twelfth".on...usually...pableofusingtargetsentencestotalkaboutbirthdaycelebrations,forexample,"Whenisyourbirthday?","Mybirthdayison...","Howdoyoucelebrateyourbirthday?","Iusually...onmybirthday".教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)1TeachingKeyPointsMasteryofbirthdayrelatedvocabularyandsentencepatterns.Beabletouseordinalnumberstoaccuratelyexpressdates.Understanddifferentwaysofbirthdaycelebrationsdescribedinthetext,andbeabletosummarizethemaininformation.2TeachingDifficultPointsUsetargetlanguagetodescribeone'sownbirthdaycelebrationvividlyandaccuratelyinwriting,andavoidgrammarerrors.Cultivatestudents'divergentthinking,sothattheycaneupwithmorecreativeandpersonalizedbirthdaycelebrationideas.Enablestudentstounderstandandappreciateculturaldifferencesinbirthdaycelebrationsdeeply.1VocabularyBirthdaytheanniversaryofthedayonwhichapersonwasbornCakeasweetfoodmadefromflour,sugar,eggs,etc.PartyasocialgatheringforpleasureorentertainmentGiftsomethinggivenwillinglytosomeonewithoutpayment;apresentCandleastickofwaxwithawickinthemiddlethatislittogivelightWishadesireorhopeforsomethingtohappenBlowouttoextinguish(aflame)byblowingaironitAgethelengthoftimethatapersonhaslivedorathinghasexistedHeightthemeasurementofsomeoneorsomethingfromheadtofootorfrombasetotop2OrdinalNumbersFirst(1st),second(2nd),third(3rd),fourth(4th),fifth(5th),sixth(6th),seventh(7th),eighth(8th),ninth(9th),tenth(10th),eleventh(11th),twelfth(12th)3SentencePatternsWhenisyourbirthday?Mybirthdayison+date.usually...celebrateyourbirthday?Iusually...onmybirthday.It's+adj.+todosthe.g.e.g.It'sfuntolookatthemarkslater.)教學(xué)過(guò)程1Warmingup(5minutes)Greetthestudentsasusual.Thenplayashortvideoaboutbirthdayparties,whichincludesscenesofsingingbirthdaysongs,blowingoutcandles,andopeninggifts.Afterwatchingthevideo,askstudentssomesimplequestions,suchas"Whatcanyouseeinthevideo?","Doyoulikebirthdayparties?Whyorwhynot?"toarousestudents'interestinthetopicofbirthdays.2Prereading(10minutes)ShowsomepicturesaboutbirthdaycelebrationsonthePPT,suchasabirthdaycake,birthdaycandles,gifts,andpeoplehavingaparty.Letstudentslookatthepicturesandreviewtherelatedvocabularytheyhavelearnedbefore.ThenaskthemtodescribewhattheyseeinthepicturesusingEnglishwordsandsimplesentences.PresentamindmapontheblackboardorPPT,withthecentraltopic"BirthdayCelebration".Guidestudentstobrainstormandfillinthebranchesofthemindmap,suchas"When","Who","Whattodo","Whattoeat","Whattoget".Encouragestudentstothinkactivelyandsharetheirideas.Forexample,under"Whattodo",studentsmaysay"haveaparty","playgames","takephotos";under"Whattoeat",theymaysay"cake","noodles","icecream".Thisactivityhelpsstudentsorganizetheirthoughtsandprepareforthereadingin2a.3Whilereading(15minutes)Activity2aLetstudentsopentheirtextbooksto2a.First,askthemtolookatthemindmapin2aquicklyandpareitwiththeonetheyjustbrainstormed.Thenaskthemtoreadtheinstructionscarefully.Tellstudentstofillintheblanksinthemindmapaccordingtotheirownsituations.Givethem34minutestopletethistask.Afterstudentsfinish,asksomeofthemtosharetheirpletedmindmapswiththeclass.Inviteotherstudentstolistencarefullyandmakements.Thisstephelpsstudentsunderstandthereadingcontentbetterandalsotrainstheiroralexpressionability.Activity2bAskstudentstoreadthepostfromYuXiaomingin2bfirst.Whiletheyarereading,askthemtounderlinethekeyinformation,suchashisbirthdaydate,whathedoesonhisbirthday,andhisspecialactivitythisyear.Afterreading,checktheanswerswiththewholeclass.ThenletstudentsreadJudyClark'sreply.AskthemtofindouthowJudycelebratesherbirthday,andpareherwayofcelebrationwithYuXiaoming's.Organizeagroupdiscussion.Dividetheclassintogroupsof45students.Leteachgroupdiscussthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheirbirthdaycelebrations.Eachgroupchoosesarepresentativetoreportthediscussionresultstotheclass.Thisactivitycanimprovestudents'readingprehensionabilityandtheirabilitytoanalyzeandpareinformation.4Postreading(10minutes)WritingactivityBasedonthemindmapin2aandthereadingmaterialsin2b,askstudentstowriteareplypostlikeJudyClark's,introducingtheirownbirthdaycelebrations.Remindthemtoincludeinformationsuchastheirbirthdaydate,howtheyusuallycelebratetheirbirthdays,andanyspecialthingstheyhavedoneorwanttodo.ProvidesomesentencepatternsandusefulwordsonthePPTforstudentstoreferto,suchas"Mybirthdayison...","Onmybirthday,Iusually...","Thisyear,I...".Givestudents78minutestowrite.Afterstudentsfinishwriting,askthemtoexchangetheirwritingswiththeirpartners.Theyshouldreadeachother'swritingsandcheckforgrammar,spelling,andcontent.Theneachstudentmakessomerevisionsaccordingtotheirpartner'ssuggestions.Finally,selectseveralstudentstoreadtheirrevisedwritingstotheclass,andtheteachergivessomepositivementsandsuggestions.Thiswritingactivitycantrainstudents'writingskillsandtheirabilitytocooperateandevaluate.5SummaryandHomework(5minutes)SummarySummarizethekeypointsofthisclasswiththestudents,includingbirthdayrelatedvocabulary,sentencepatterns,anddifferentwaysofbirthdaycelebrations.Emphasizetheimportanceofusingordinalnumberscorrectlytoexpressdates.Reviewthemindmapandthewritingprocesstogethertostrengthenstudents'memory.HomeworkAskstudentstomakeaposterabouttheiridealbirthdayparty.TheyshoulddrawsomepicturesandwritesomeEnglishdescriptionsabouttheparty,suchasthetime,place,activities,andfood.Theycanusetheknowledgetheylearnedinthisclass.Thishomeworkcanfurtherimprovestudents'understandingandapplicationoftheknowledge,aswellastheircreativity.教學(xué)反思Afterthisclass,generallyspeaking,moststudentscanactivelyparticipateinvariousclassroomactivities,andtheyshowgreatinterestinthetopicofbirthdaycelebrations.Throughgroupdiscussionsandwritingexercises,students'languagemunicationandwritingabilitieshavebeenimprovedtoacertainextent.However,therearestillsomeproblemsthatneedtobesolved.Somestudentsstillhavedifficultyinusingordinalnumberscorrectlytoexpressdates,andtheymakesomegrammarmistakesinwriting,suchasincorrectverbtenses.Infutureteaching,moretargetedexercisesshouldbedesignedtostrengthenstudents'memoryandcor