language focus:
1. using formulaic expressions to wish others a happy birthday.
eg. happy birthday, sam.
2. using nouns to indicate food and drinks.
eg. cake, cake.
speaking: use modeled phrases to communicate with other learners.
materials: 1. wallcharts 1b
2. photos of a student’s birthday party.
3. some food and presents.
teaching ladders:
ⅰ. warming up
1． greeting
2． train!
take your present
open your present
say “thank you”
ⅱ. pre-task preparation
show photos of a student’s birthday party.
t：look, xx is happy because it is his birthday. your birthday is the day you were born. birthday come only noce a year. my birthday is in (month). when is your birthday? （ask several students to answer.）
t：birthday
follow me!
ⅲ、 while-task procedure
1． put up the wallchrt. (for 30 senconds)
take it dowm
t：what do you see?
(apple orange, present)
2． t：(put the wallchact up)
sam has many present.
they have many food.
3． introduce the items “cake” “ice-cream” “jelly” “sweet” “milk” and “coke” orally only in this lesson.
to in troduce “ice-cream” you can ask what other sweet things you can eat at birthdays.
4． t：(point to the words)
happy birthday sam.
5． t：llisten to the tape.
ⅳ、 post-task activities
1． bring some food and presents to class and put them on a table.
ask some students to sit at the table.
2． point to one of the students sitting at the table.
t：today is sam’s birthday.
what should we say to him them?
ⅴ、 consolidation.
workbook p22
