2.　　 write the “When was he/she born?” and” He /She was born?” on the blackboard”

1.　　 Show the students some pictures of the popular stars made by PowerPoint .Ask them “Do you like him/her?” and “When was he/she born?”

2.　　　 Pictures made by PowerPoint.

Emotional target

Encourage all the students to study hard from now on, make them full of confidence.

Teaching steps:

Warming up

1)　　 Send the students a sentence “It’s never too old to learn”.

2)　　 Let the students guess the meaning of this proverb.

3)　　 Give them the right answer.

Step one Presentation

1)　　 Say hello to the students and ask them: “How old are you ?”. They will answer “I am 14 years old.” Ask 3 or 4students and explain that “ You are 14 years old so you were born in 1993.” Then lead into the new structure “When were you born?” Help the students answer “I was born in 1993.”

2)　　 Write the structure on the blackboard.

3)　　 Let the students work in pairs to practice the new structure;

4)　　 Pick up several pairs to perform in front of the class.

(To begin with the familiar structure to the students and teach the new structure naturally. And it will be easy for all the students to accept it and produce.)

Step two

1.　　　 A radio

4.　　 Communication with students.

Teaching aids:

3.　　 Group work;

2.　　 Work in pairs;

1.　　 Guessing game;

3.　　 The adverbial clauses lead by when.

Teaching approaches:

2.　　 start doing something