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Unit 7 Happy Birthday!
Section 3 Grammar Focus
Content Analysis
This lesson is a grammar-focused class, with its core teaching objective centered on guiding students to understand and master the basic structures of special questions introduced by interrogative words such as “how many”, “how much”, “how old”, “why”, “when”, and “where”, as well as their corresponding answer structures. The ultimate goal is to help students internalize and apply grammatical knowledge through targeted exercises.
To avoid isolated grammar rule memorization, the lesson uses a theme-related expository text as contextual support. The text introduces the birthdays of William Shakespeare and Florence Nightingale, along with the special significance of these two dates: Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23rd is designated as English Language Day, while Florence Nightingale’s birthday on May 12th is observed as International Nurses’ Day.
The text’s content about dates and their meanings provides authentic materials for practicing “what”, “when” and “why” questions. Relevant topics like preparing for birthdays or festivals can also be linked to practicing "how many" and "how much". Together with the targeted grammar exercises, the text helps students perceive grammar application logic in context and achieve the goal of mastering special questions through contextualized practice.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. discover and summarize the proper use of special questions in specific contexts, understand speakers’ inquiries, and give appropriate responses;
2. summarize and master shopping-related word chunks and sentence structures, and develop the ability to obtain and understand basic information in birthday-themed communication;
3. learn about the birth or founding dates of celebrities and organizations worldwide, and explore the diverse ways to celebrate these special days.
Focal and Difficult Points
Focal Points
1. Understand and master the basic structures of special questions introduced by “how many”, “how much”, “how old”, “why”, “when”, “where”, etc., as well as their corresponding answer structures.
2. Identify the target language and key information in the text, and sustain curiosity and eagerness to explore the text’s thematic meaning after reading.
Difficult Points
1. Master the correct selection of auxiliary verbs and the linking verb be in special questions.
2. After reading the text in 3c, extract key information about the connotations of special birthdays, related celebratory activities, and their underlying stories and reasons.
Procedures
Teaching Activities Learning Activities Purposes
Step 1. Lead-in Play a clip of the play Journey to the West. T: How many questions are there in the video What are they Watch the video and pick out the questions in it. Sa: What’s your name Sb: Who are you Sc: How will you stop me To guide students to focus on imperative sentences.
Step 2. Presentation 1. Let Ss read the sentences and find out the question words. Make sure Ss can understand the meaning. 2. Let Ss work in groups and try to find out the structure of wh-questions. 3. Guide Ss to report their results. Emphasize the intonation of special questions. Read the sentences in the grammar box and circle the question words. Work with their group members and conclude the use of the question words and the sentence structure. Report their results. Try to imitate the intonation of the questions. Guide students to explore wh-question rules by observing sentences, master the usage of wh-questions with “what”, “how old”, “when”, “how much” and “how many”, and learn their correct intonation.
Step 3. Practice 1. Ask Ss to finish activity 3b. Check the answers. 2. Let Ss finish Activity 3c. Fill in the blanks with the question words in the box, then match the questions with the answers. Check the answers and explain their reasons. Finish Activity 3c. To guide students to further reinforce special questions and practice them orally in birthday-themed scenarios.
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3. Play two videos about Shakespeare’s and Florence Nightingale’s stories. Ask Ss the following questions. 1) Why are their birthdays special 2) Do you know any other special birthdays 4. Guide students to discuss more special commemorative days and complete the chart, and provide clear evaluation criteria for the discussion activity. Watch the videos and get to know more about the two famous people. Work in pairs and talk about special days. Sa: When is China’s National Day Sb: It’s on ... Sa: What do you do that day To help students consolidate the target language, expand the concept of birthdays from individual to socially significant commemorative days, and broaden their cultural horizons.
Step 4. Homework Must do: 1. Summarize question words, the types of information they elicit, and write one example sentence for each in the form of a table. 2. Summarize the special days mentioned in class in a table, including their corresponding dates and associated activities. Choose-to-do: Choose two special days from the table and introduce them to your classmates. To help students consolidate the usage of question words and the knowledge of special days through summary and practical tasks, and deepen their mastery of the lesson content.
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