Unit 8 When is your birthday?

Warming up

New words

Pair work

Grammar focus

Homework

Play game

Let’s listen to a beautiful song…

Do you know the name of the song?

“Happy birthday to you”

Do you know at what kind of party we usually sing this song?

At someone’s birthday party.

Ordinal numbers(1st-31st):

first second third fourth

Fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh twelfth thirteenth

fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth

seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth

twentieth thirtieth

twenty-third thirty-seventh

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八去 ，九去 ,

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ordinal numbers:

两个学生一组 , 一学生说基数词或序数词，另一学生说序数词或基数词。看哪组学生说得又快又准。

快速出示一些写有日期的卡片，让学生抢答。

Fill in your own ID card and make a conversation with your partner.

A: When is your birthday,

John?

B: It’s November 12th.

A:How old are you?

B: I’m thirteen.

NAME: John Miller

DATE OF BIRTH:

November 12th

AGE:13

如何询问时间？ when 可以用来对年、月、日以及时刻进行提问。

句型： When + is + 主语？ e.g.: When is his birthday?

It’s (on) June 5th,1992.

Questions AnswersWhen is your birthday? My birthday is November

11th.

When is Liu Ping’s birthday? Her birthday is September 5th.

Tips: 回答是常用介词in, at, on等词组成的表时间的介词短语。

in 年 in 月 on 日 at 小时It’s in 1992. 在 1992 年。It’s in spring. 在春天。It’s in May. 在五月。It’s on Sunday. 在周日。I always go home at 8 o’clock.

一年中的重大节日

June 1stMay 1stthe second Sunday in May

January 1st

Mother’s dayin January or February

Children’s Day

April 1st

New Year’s Day The Spring Festival

Christmas Day

December 25th

Thanksgiving Day

the fourth Thursday in November

National Day

October 1st

Mid-Autumn Day

in September or October September 10th

Teachers’ Day

the third Sunday in June

Father’s Day

Four students in a group,talk about your birthdays and your favorite days.

A:When is your /his/her birthday?

B:My/His/Her birthday is…

A:How old are you/is he/is she ?

B:I am/He is/She is …

A:When were you born?

B:I was born on…

Ask your partners about his or her birthday.

1. A:When is Children’s Day?

B:It is June 1st.

2. A:Which day do you like best?

B:I like November 26th, because it’s my birthday.

3. Jack likes March 24th, because it is his mother’s birthday.

THE GAMEAsk four of your classmates’ birthday and

ages. Line up from the youngest and the

oldest.

Name Birthday

MonthDate

Mary

June second

Let’s sing the beautiful

song together!