1.Knowledge Object:All the key words and structures in Unit 8.

Step Ⅰ

Greet the class as usual and check the Homework.

Step Ⅱ

Teach new words.Bring out a volleyball.Tell the students:This is a volleyball.Then show a picture about a volleyball match.Teach the word:volleyball game.

art n.艺术；美术；艺术品

festival n.(音乐、芭蕾舞、戏剧等之)节；节目

Spring Festival春节

Art Festival艺术节

pop adj.通俗的；流行的；大众的

pop songs流行歌曲

concert n.音乐会

school day学校上课日(指非假日)

chorus n.合唱团；合唱曲

ecture n.演讲；讲课

music n.音乐

MTV音乐电视

Step Ⅲ　 3a Pairwork

Ask students to work in pairs.Ask and answer questions to complete the schedule.Give an example.When is the basketball game？It’s on October 3rd.

Make sure students know what to do.

Check answers at last.

Answers:

A:When’s the basketball game？

B:It’s on October 3rd.

A:When’s the English speech contest？

B:It’s on October 7th.

A:When’s Dave’s birthday party？

B:It’s on October 19th.

A:When’s the school trip？

A:It’s on October 26th and 27th.

A:When’s the volleyball game？

B:It’s on October 30th.

(This activity provides guided oral and writing practice using the target language.)

Step Ⅳ 3b Pairwork

Ask students to read the list of events to the class.Imagine you are a school headmaster.Which of these events will you have at your school？Complete the chart below.Ask questions about your partner’s school.

Then let students do exercise in the box.There are five events in the box.Check(√)the boxes.Write the month if you know it.

(This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.)

Step Ⅴ Groupwork

Ask students to do a game.Each student writes five things on a piece of paper.Let students write their age，birthday，what they like or don’t like such as food，movies.Then ask students to exchange papers.Ask a student to read a paper.Let other students guess who it is.

(This activity provides reading，writing and oral practice using the target language.)

Step Ⅵ Summary and Homework

This class we’ve had a lot of reading，writing and oral practice.After class you can have more practice.

The Sixth Period

When is the basketball game？It’s on October 3rd.

When is it？It’s in April.

volleyball game　 　event　 art festivalpop concertschool trip　　　 choruslecture　　 music

3.Moral Object: Learn how to cooperate.

2.Ability Objects:Reading skill.Writing skill.

1.Knowledge Objects:New words.What events do you have at your school？We have an Art Festival each year.

Section B

Step Ⅰ Greet the class as usual and

check the homework.

Step Ⅱ 1

Please look at the pictures and we’ll learn some new words.

speech n.演说；讲演；说话；言论

contest n.竞争；竞赛；比赛

party n.晚会

trip n.旅途；观光旅行(通常指短程)

school trip郊游

basketball game篮球赛

Teach students to read the new words for several times and make sure every student can understand the meaning of the new vocabulary to the pictures.

Now open your books at Page 50 and look at the four expressions in the box.Please read after me.

(1)speech　 　　　 　　(3)school trip

(2)party　　 　　　　　　 (4)basketball game

Under the box there are four pictures a，b，c，d.You can see the sample picture d means speech contest.These people are talking to the whole school.Other people are waiting to speak.

In Picture a there are ten people.They are divided into two groups.They are playing basketball.It’s_______.Students can say:basketball game.

Good!Picture b.On Saturday or Sunday we have no classes at school.We can go to the country by bus.Maybe we’ll have a map.We’ll have our picnic.It’s_______.

S₁:school trip

All right.Picture c.　 If today is Sally’s birthday.He will invite some friends to his house.We will sing“Happy Birthday Song”，eat cakes and dance.We will have a good time.It’s a birthday_______.

S₂:party

T:Excellent.Now you can write the right letter in the box.Then check the answers.

Answers:

1.speech contest d　 2.party c　　 3.school trip b　　 4.basketball game a

(This activity introduces the key vocabulary.)

Step Ⅲ　 2a

Look at the four pictures.Now you’ll hear a conversation about the pictures.Listen carefully and make a checkmark to the right of each word that you hear on the recording.Then play the recording again.Ask students to listen and check the words they hear.Check the answers with the whole class.

Answers:

All the items should be checked:party，basketball game，school trip，speech contest

Tapescript:

Joe: you help me fill in my calendar？

Sally:Sure，Joe.

Joe:When is your birthday party？

Sally:My birthday party is October 5th.

Joe:OK，and when is the basketball game？

Sally:The basketball game？Oh，it’s October 2nd.

Joe:Good.And，um，how about the school trip？

Sally:The school trip is September 26th and 27th.

Joe:And when’s the speech contest？

Sally:Oh，that’s Friday，September 29th.

Joe:Great.

Step Ⅳ 2b

Listen again and fill in Joe’s calender.

This is a calender September 24th-October 7th.Now let students listen to the conversation carefully and write the name of each event in the correct place on the calender.Pause the tape if students need to finish writing answers.At last check the answers with the whole class.

Answers:

the school trip-September 26th and 27^th　 the speech contest-September 29th

the basketball game-October 2^nd　　　　 the (birthday)party-October 5th

(This activity provides guided listening practice with the target language.)

Step Ⅴ 2c

Pairwork

Ask students to look at Joe’s calender in Activity 2b.Tell students to make conversations like this:When is Sally’s birthday party？It’s October fifth.

Ask pairs of students to practise together.Then ask some students to present their conversations to the class.

Some other conversations:

When is the school trip？It’s September 26th and 27th.

When is the speech contest？It’s September 29th.

When is the basketball game？It’s October 2nd.

Step Ⅵ

Ask students to bring out the calender they made in last class and do more practice.

When si your English speech contest？It’s November fifth.

When is your mother’s birthday？　 It’s November 10th.

When is your school trip？　　　　 It’s November 20th.

When is your English test？　　　 It’s November 23rd.

When is amy’s birthday party？　 It’s November 27th.

Step Ⅶ Summary

We’ve learnt how to talk about dates.

T:Do you remember your birthday？

S:Yes.

T:And do you know your parents’ birthday？

S:Yes/No.

Tell students if you don’t know your parents’ birthday，you can ask them and remember it by heart.When your parents’ birthdays come，remember to say“Happy birthday” to them.Your parents will be happy.

Step Ⅷ　　 Homework

Have more practice using the target language in this a class.

The Fifth Period

3.Moral Object:Remember parents’ and grandparents’ birthday and say“Happy birthday”to them.

2.Ability Objects:Listening and speaking skills，writing skill.