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