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Unit 7 Happy Birthday!
单元导航
一、单元内容分析
本单元的主题是“生日快乐！”( Happy Birthday！)，旨在通过不同的活动和练习，让学生学习如何用英语谈论人们的生日、表达日期、使用购物时常用的英语表达，并探索人们如何以及为什么庆祝生日。
Section A 通过对话和练习来讨论不同的生日庆祝方式。学习发音:/h/,/r/, /l/,/m/，/n/，/ /，/w/，/j/，并注意句子的语调。语法方面，总结复习疑问代词的使用。
Section B 通过读写练习,学习 Yu Xiaoming 和 Judy Clark 的生日及庆祝活动;通过写作练习：回复帖子，谈论自己的生日，强调如何创造有意义的生日庆祝方式。
Project是共同庆祝生日。设计一个项目，鼓励学生一起合作，找出一个有意义的方式共同庆祝生日。
二、单元教学目标
1.能够询问和谈论人们的生日。
2.学会用英语正确表达日期。
3.掌握在购物时使用的英语表达。
4.理解不同文化中庆祝生日的方式和原因。
5.提高发音技巧，特别是对于特定的辅音发音。
6.学会使用疑问词来提问。
7.培养写作能力，能够撰写有关个人经历的回复或文章。
8.通过小组合作，培养团队协作和创造性思维能力。
三、单元重难点
重点：
1.学习与生日相关的词汇和表达方式。
2.掌握日期的正确表达方法。
3.疑问词的使用和构成疑问句。
难点：写作时如何清晰、连贯地表达思想。
核心素养
语言能力 Confidently discuss people's birthdays in English. Express dates accurately in English, using correct ordinal numbers and month names.
文化意识 The cultural significance of birthdays and how they are celebrated in different cul- tures.
思维品质 Creative thinking abilities when planning their own birthday celebrations or sugges- ting ideas for others.
学习能力 Key words and phrases celebrate, surprise, something, sale, kilo, yogurt, total, price, balloon, chocolate, pizza, list, own, example, for example, lan- guage, international, mark, national, found, meaningful, make a wish, celebration, post, contact, symbol, take a photo, village, grow, blow, blow out, enjoy, height, later, next time, whom, National Day, CPC Founding Day, PLA Day
Key sentences When is your birthday How old are you What do you want to do on her birthday How much are those oranges How many kilos do you want
Key grammar How to use question words.
课时划分 Five periods Period 1 Section A (1a–1d)& Pronunciation (1–2)
Period 2 Section A (2a–2e)
Period 3 Section A Grammar Focus (3a–3d)
Period 4 Section B (1a–2b)
Period 5 Project (3a–3d)
Period 1 Section A (1a-1d)& Pronunciation (1-2)
【教学内容】
月份和日期的听说读写，以及如何庆祝生日。
【核心素养】
1.让学生能够熟练掌握各个月份和日期的英文表达。
2.让学生能够通过听力理解对话内容，并匹配人物和他们的生日。
3.辅音/h/,/r/,/l/,/m/,/n/,/ /,/w/,/j/的认读及拼读规则。
【重点难点】
重点：让学生熟练掌握各个月份和日期的英文表达，以及如何庆祝生日的方式。
难点：训练学生的听力理解能力和口语表达能力。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Greet the class in English.
2. Ask the students : How old are you When is your birthday
3. Tell the class what we will study this class.
Step 2 Work on 1a
1. Ask students to say the twelve months.
2. Play the recording. Students listen and repeat. Then circle the months and days of their own birthdays.
3. Work in pairs. Students check in pairs.
Step 3 Work on 1b
1. Explain how to tell dates. Tell them the difference between British way and American way by giving some examples, such as 8th March and March 8th.
2. Listen to the conversations and match the people with their birthdays.
3. Check the answers.
Helen:3rd December Fu Xing:22nd August
Teng Fei's father:9th January Ms Gao:12th June
Step 4 Work on 1c
1. Tell students what they need to do in this part. Play the recording again. Ask students to listen and answer the questions.
2. Ask several students to share their answers. Then check their answers.
3. Read the recording script.
Step 5 Work on ld
1. Students work in small groups. Ask them to ask each other's age and birthday, using the structure: How old are you When is your birthday
2. Ask students to line up from the youngest to the oldest.
3. Ask several students to give a report in class.
Step 6 Work on Pronunciation 1
1. Teach students how to pronounce/h/,/r/,/l/,/m/,/n/,/ /,/w/,/j/. Ask them to imitate them. Ask several students to read them.
2. Play the recording. Students listen and repeat.
3. Ask several students to read the pronunciation in Pronunciation 1. Correct their mistakes.
Step 7 Work on Pronunciation 2
1. Introduce the intonation.
2. Play the recording and ask students to listen and repeat the conversation.
3. Play the recording again. Let students repeat them.
4. Ask several students to act out the conversation. They should pay attention to the intona- tion in each sentence.
Step 8 Homework
1. Practise reading the conversations in 1b.
2. Practise the pronunciation/h/,/r/,/l/,/m/,/n/,/ /,/w/,/j/ and sample words.
【随堂作业】
根据汉语提示完成句子。
1. The students usually celebrate (庆祝) the end of the school year with a party.
2. My family always has a special dinner together on my birthday (生日).
3. Giving a gift (礼物) is a nice way to show someone you care.
4. February (二月) is a great month for snow sports because there is usually a lot of snow on the ground.
5. August (八月) is a great month for swimming and going to the beach.
【板书设计】
Unit 7 Happy Birthday!
Section A: How do we celebrate birthdays (1a-Pronunciation 2)
Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, No- vember, December
Sentences: How old are you
When is your birthday
Pronunciations:/h/,/r/,/l/,/m/,/n/,/ /,/w/,/j/
【教学反思】
通过这节课的教学，学生们对月份和日期的英文表达有了更深入的了解，并通过听力练习和小组活动，提高了他们的听力理解和口语表达能力。但在教学过程中，部分学生在发音和语调方面仍有困难，需要在今后的教学中加强相关训练。同时，也要注意引导学生关注文化差异，了解不同国家和地区的生日庆祝方式，培养他们的跨文化交际能力。
Period 2 Section A (2a-2e)
【教学内容】
为生日聚会购物。
【核心素养】
1.学生能够听懂关于生日派对的对话内容，并填写对话中的空白部分。
2.学生能够阅读对话，完成表格中的信息。
3.学生能够注意对话中的语调，并通过角色扮演练习对话。
4.学生能够根据购物清单对生日派对所需物品进行分类，并添加更多物品。
【重点难点】
重点：让学生能够通过听对话理解并填写信息，以及模拟购物对话。
难点：训练学生的听力理解能力和口语表达能力。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Greet the class and review the previous class.
2. Tell the students Ella and Emma’ s birthday is coming. Their friends will prepare for their birthdays.
Step 2 Work on 2a
1. Look at the picture in 2a. Guess what they may talk.
2. Play the recording for the first time. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
The answers are:1. Good idea! 2. Yes, please. 3. Sure. 4. Here you are.
4. Explain the answers and other items.(a surprise party; buy something for the party; How much is this birthday cake ; have a sale; five yuan a bottle; What's the total ; Have a nice day!)
Step 3 Work on 2b
1. Read the conversation in 2a together. Ask students to complete the table.
2. Discuss the answers briefly.
Step 4 Work on 2c
1. Play the conversation recording again, emphasizing intonation and pronunciation. Ask students to pay attention to how the speakers sound when they ask questions, give suggestions, or express excitement. Students listen and repeat.
2. Role-play the conversation. Ask several students to act out the conversation in class.
Step 5 Work on 2d
1. Ask students what else they would like to buy for a birthday party. Put the things in the box into different groups on the shopping list. Add more if they can.
2. Choose several shopping lists and display them on the screen.
Step 6 Work on 2e
1. Model a sample dialogue using the shopping list and the target language structure:“Can I help you Yes, please. How much is/ are... ”
2. Pair students up and have them practise the dialogues, swapping roles.
3. Invite several pairs to perform their dialogues in front of the class.
4. Provide feedback and encouragement on pronunciation, fluency, and accuracy.
【随堂作业】
根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的单词或短语并用其正确形式填空。
1. My little sister loves to play with balloons .
2. Mary plans to have a surprise party for her new teacher to welcome her.
3. I like to eat pizza with lots of cheese and tomatoes.
4.—— What is the price of this pen
—15 yuan.
5.—— How much beef do you want
— Two kilos .
【板书设计】
Unit 7 Happy Birthday!
Section A: How do we celebrate birthdays (2a-2e)
Words: surprise, something, sale, kilo, yogurt, total, price, balloon, chocolate, pizza, list
Sentences: How about a surprise party for them
Let's go and buy something for the party.
Can I help you
How much is this birthday cake
How many kilos do you want
What's the total
Have a nice day!
【教学反思】
通过这节课的教学，学生们对听力理解和口语表达有了更深入的了解和实践。在课堂上，大部分学生能够积极参与并完成各项任务。但在角色扮演过程中，部分学生在表达自己想法方面仍有困难，需要在今后的教学中加强相关训练。同时，也要注意引导学生关注语音语调的变化，培养他们的语感。
Period 3 Section A Grammar Focus (3a–3d)
【教学内容】
总结疑问词的用法。
【核心素养】
1.总结疑问词，掌握每个疑问词的用法。
2.了解世界上的一些特别生日及其日期。
3.学习中国的一些特别日子及日期表达。
【重点难点】
重点：让学生能够识别并使用疑问词，以及讨论特殊日子的日期和活动。
难点：训练学生的阅读理解能力和口语表达能力。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Greet the class.
2. Review the previous class by role-play the conversations in 2a.
3. Introduce what we will study this class.
Step 2 Work on 3a
1. Ask students to read the sentences after the teacher. Then read them themselves and translate the sentences into Chinese.
2. Circle the question words.
3. Help them summarize the question words: what, what time, when, where, why, who, how, how much, how many, how old. Explain how to use them.
what 什么; what time 什么时间; when什么时候; where 哪里; why 为什么; who 谁; how怎样; how much 多少,多少钱; how many 多少; how old多少岁。
Step 3 Work on 3b
1. Ask students to look at the question words in the box.
2. Ask students to fill in the blanks with the question words.
3. Let some students read their sentences.
4. Ask students to match the questions with the answers.
Step 4 Work on 3c
1. Tell students there are many special birthdays in the world.
2. Ask students to read the passage and underline the dates of the special birthdays.
3. Check the answers: William Shakespeare's birthday, Florence Nightingale’ s birthday.
4. Introduce the cultural knowledge about William Shakespeare and Florence Nightingale.
5. Encourage students to think of other special birthdays they know, such as Sun Zhongshan's birthday or Tree Planting Day.
6. Read the passage again and learn them by heart.
Step 5 Work on 3d
1. Ask students: When is our National Day What do we do on National Day Help them an- swer October 1st and activities we do.
2. Do the same with CPC Founding Day, PLA Day, School Founding Day.
3. Ask students to add more days in 3d.
4. Students work in small groups and check who knows the most of these special days.
Step 6 Summary and Homework
Summarize the key points of the lesson.
Homework: Write a short passage about your favourite special day and share it with your group members.
【随堂作业】
根据汉语提示完成句子。
1. Can you tell me the date (日期) of your birthday
2. My brother is learning Spanish as his second language (语言).
3. Remember to mark (做记号) your calendar for the next month.
4. My school hosts an international (国际的) festival every year to celebrate different cul- tures.
5. For example (例如), in science class, we learned about the water cycle(水循环).
【板书设计】
Unit 7 Happy Birthday!
Section A: How do we celebrate birthdays (3a-3d)
Question words: what, what time, when, where, why, who, how, how much, how many, how old
Words and phrase: own, example, for example, language, international, mark, national, found
National Day, CPC Founding Day, PLA Day, School Founding Day, William Shakespeare's birthday, Florence Nightingale's birthday
【教学反思】
通过这节课的教学，学生们对疑问词的使用和特殊日子的日期及活动有了更深入的了解和实践。在课堂上，大部分学生能够积极参与并完成各项任务。但在阅读理解和口语表达方面，部分学生仍有困难，需要在今后的教学中加强相关训练。同时，也要注意引导学生关注文化背景知识，培养他们的跨文化交际能力。
Period 4 Section B (1a-2b)
【教学内容】
通过阅读论坛帖子，学习如何让生日过得有意义。
【核心素养】
1.学生能够识别和勾选出生日时会做的活动。
2.学生能够阅读网络论坛的帖子，并选出帖子的主旨大意。
3.学生能够再次阅读帖子，完成表格，并回答相关问题。
4.学生能够根据自己的生日庆祝方式完成思维导图。
5.学生能够撰写一篇回复，谈论自己的生日庆祝方式。
【重点难点】
重点：识别和理解关于生日庆祝活动的词汇和短语。
难点：学生能够撰写一篇连贯、有逻辑的生日庆祝方式回复。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Greet students and ask them about their last birthday celebration.
2. Introduce the topic: How do you make your birthday meaningful
Step 2 Work on 1a
1. Show the list of birthday activities ( such as eat birthday noodles, etc.).
2. Ask students to tick the activities they do on their birthday.
3. Discuss the ticked activities and ask students to share why they find them meaningful.
Step 3 Work on 1b
1. Present the online forum post and ask students to read silently.
2. Guide students to choose the main idea of the post(A, B, or C).
3. Discuss the chosen main idea and reasons for selecting it. The right answer is:A.
Step 4 Work on 1c
1. Ask students to read the post again and complete the table with relevant information.
2. Check the answers.
Name Birthday Activity
Yu Xiaoming 13th May eat birthday noodles, take a photo, plant a small tree
Judy Clark 28th July have a party with friends, eat birthday cake, sing the“Happy Birthday” song, make a wish, bolw out the can- dles , open birthday gifts, mark height on the door
Step 5 Work on 1d
1. Guide students to answer the questions related to the post. Have a whole-class discussion to check answers and clarify any misunderstandings.
2. The answer for each question:
(1) Because long noodles mean a long life.
(2) They take a photo together under the big tree in their village.
(3) He thinks planting a tree for his birthday is a great idea.
(4) Because it's her favourite.
(5) She could travel with her friend or do some volunteer work for her school or neighbour- hood...
Step 6 Work on 2a
1. Explain the concept of the mind map and its benefits for organizing ideas.
2. Ask students to create a mind map about how they celebrate their birthday. Encourage students to use key words and phrases to represent ideas.
3. Display several students’ mind maps to check.
Step 7 Work on 2b
1. Model a reply to the online forum post, focusing on the structure and language used.
2. Ask students to write their own replies, discussing their birthday celebrations. Provide writing prompts and language support as needed.
3. Display several students’ writing to check.
Step 8 Homework
Assign students to revise their replies and prepare to post them on a class forum or share with a partner.
【随堂作业】
根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的短语并用其正确形式填空。
1. Close your eyes and make a wish for a better future.
2. Can you blow out the candles on your cake
3. Next time we meet, let's try a different restaurant.
4. I want to do something different on my birthday.
5. My mother always takes photos when we visit new places.
【板书设计】
Unit 7 Happy Birthday! Section B: How do you make your birthday meaningful (1a–2b) Words and phrases: meaningful, make a wish, celebration, post, contact, simple, village, grow, blow, blow out, enjoy, height, later, next time, whom Activities: eat birthday noodles, open birthday gifts, make a wish, take photos, have a birth- day cake, sing the“Happy Birthday” song, plant a tree
【教学反思】
通过这节课的教学，学生们对不同的生日庆祝方式有了更深入的了解，并通过阅读论坛帖子，提炼出主旨，完成了表格和问题回答。在完成关于如何庆祝生日的思维导图和回复帖子时，学生们积极参与并展示了他们的创造力。在课堂上，大部分学生能够积极参与并完成各项任务。但在阅读理解和写作方面，部分学生仍有困难，需要在今后的教学中加强相关训练。同时，也要注意引导学生关注文化背景知识，培养他们的跨文化交际能力。
Period 5 Project (3a-3d)
【教学内容】
一起庆祝你的生日。
【核心素养】
1.让学生能够策划和组织班级生日庆祝活动。
2.让学生能够用英语讨论和表达关于生日庆祝的想法和计划。
3.通过小组合作，培养学生的团队协作能力和解决问题的能力。
【重点难点】
重点：让学生能够用英语讨论和表达关于生日庆祝的想法和计划。
难点：训练学生如何组织语言，清晰、准确地表达自己的想法。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Greet the students and ask them about their recent happenings.
2. Play a birthday song to set the mood for the lesson.
Step 2 Work on 3a
1. Ask a student, “When is your birthday ” and guide them to answer with“It's on……”.
2. Repeat with several other students to model the language structure.
3. Divide the class into small groups and ask them to find out the birthdays in their group. Have students write the birthdays on the calendar in 3a. Circulate around the classroom to assist and monitor the activity.
Step 3 Work on 3b
Ask each group to identify who has a birthday this month.
Step 4 Work on 3c
Guide the groups to discuss meaningful ways to celebrate the birthdays together. Brainstorm ideas for celebration time, place, invitees, and activities. Encourage students to consider factors like budget, accessibility, and interests. When they discuss, they can use the questions in 3c to ask each other.
Step 5 Work on 3d
1. Each group prepares a brief presentation to report their celebration plan to the class. Each group presents, and the rest of the class listen and take notes.
2. Conduct a class vote to select the best plan, emphasizing creativity and practicality.
Step 6 Summary and Homework
Summarize the key points of the lesson, emphasizing the importance of cooperation and crea- tivity.
Assign homework: Have students reflect on the lesson and write a short paragraph about their ideal birthday celebration.
【随堂作业】
根据汉语提示或用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. My grandparents live in a small village (村庄) far away from the city.
2. The height (高度) of the basketball net is 3.05 meters.
3. I enjoy spending ( spend) time with my family at weekends.
4. Helping people in need is a meaningful ( mean) thing for me.
5. Whom ( who) are you talking with
【板书设计】
Unit 7 Happy Birthday! Section B: How do you make your birthday meaningful Project: Celebrate your birthdays together (3a-3d) Sentences: When is your birthday It's on... When do you want to celebrate together Where do you want to celebrate Who do you want to invite What do you want to do
【教学反思】
通过本节课的教学，学生们积极参与小组合作活动，成功找出了组内成员的生日日期，并设计了多样化的集体庆祝方案。在讨论和汇报过程中，学生们展示了良好的口语表达能力和创新思维。然而，部分学生在设计庆祝方案时考虑不够周全，需要在后续教学中加强引导，培养他们的问题解决能力。

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