period 2
二、Teaching procedures：
Step 1 Warming up
T：Good afternoon, boys and girls. I’m your new teacher, Ms Lin. I hope to be your friend, OK?
Ss：OK.
T：Are you friends now?
Ss：Yes.
T：Let’s chant like this：Yes, we are. We are friends.（clap hands）
Step 2
T：Hey, my friends. But I don’t know your names. What’s your name？Answer together.
Ss：My name is…
T：How old are you?
Ss：I’m thirteen.
T：When is your birthday?
Ss：It’s…
T：Oh, I know your birthdays. Let’s have a birthday Party, shall we?
Ss：Yes.
T：Chant：Party, party. Let’s have a party.
Ss：（clap the desks）
T：Look, this is a birthday party.（show a picture）Whose birthday party is it? Guess. Is it your birthday party?
S1：It’s…’s birthday party.
S2：It’s…’s birthday party.
S3：It’s…’s birthday party.
T：Let me tell you. It’s Sally’s birthday party. When is her birthday?
S4：It’s…
Step 3
T：Oh, Sally’s birthday is October 5th. Whose birthday is October 1st?
S：…
T：China’s birthday is October 1st. It’s National Day.（show the picture.）October 1st is a big day. I think you know lots of big days.
Activity 1
T：Look, this is a calendar.（Two Ss have one.）Find the big days and circle them.（45 seconds）
S2：January 1st is a big day.
S3：March 8th is a big day.
S4：March 12th is a big day.
S5：April 1st is a big day.
…
Activity 2（show the dates）
T：Oh, you know so many dates. What day is January 1st? New Year’s Day. March 8th is Women’s Day.
（show the festivals）
Step 4
Activity 3
Which day do you like best?
S1：I like…
T：I like New Year’s Day very much. I can eat delicious food, plays games, and watch New Year’s Day party on TV.（show the picture）
T：Can you watch TV now?
S：No.
T：Right, you have to stay at school. You must have English class now. So you are busy. My students are busy, too.
Activity 4
T：Look. They have an English party. What’s this?（picture）
S：It’s an English party.
T：She has a speech contest. Do you like speech contest?（picture）
S1：I like…
S2：I don’t like…
T：Is this a speech contest？
Ss：No.
T：This is a singing contest. She has a singing contest. She is No. 1. Do you like singing?（picture）
S3：I like singing.
S4：I like singing.
S5：I like singing.
T：Look at these students. They go to Mount Yandang with their teacher. This is a school trip. What’s this.（picture）
Ss：It’s a school trip.
T：Oh, they don’t have a school trip. They have a school sports meeting. Do you have a school sports meeting？（picture）
S1：Yes, we have a school sports meeting.
S2：Yes, …
T：Look, they are running. This is a running game. Who likes running.（picture）
S3：I like running.
S4：I like running.
S5：I like running.
T：This is a…
Ss：Basketball game.（picture）
T：This is a…（picture）
Ss：Soccer game.
Activity 5
T：When is the soccer games? It’s…. Please guess. Please talk about the eventsin pairs（45 seconds）
Activity 6 Guessing game
Group A ask：When is the school trip？
Group B answer：It’s…
（此活动意在让学生操练events及dates而不留痕迹）
Step 5
Activity 7
T：When is Sally’s speech contest?
Ss：It’s…
T：When is Joe’s speech contest? Listen and tell me. Now please turn to P50. You can see four pictures.
A is…, b is…, c is…, d is….
Now look at 2b. This is a calendar. You can see September 24-September 30. Oct. 1st-Oct. 7th.
Sally’s birthday party is Oct. 5th. When is the school trip/the speech contest/the basketball games?
Listen and fill in the calendar.（Ss listen）
Activity 8. Report
T：When is the school trip?
S1：It’s Sep. 26th and 27th.
T：When is the speech contest?
S2：It’s Sep. 28th.
T：When is the basketball game?
S3：It’s Oct. 2nd.
T：Please make a report.（30 seconds）The school trip is on Sep. 26th and 27th.…
S4：The speech contest is on Sep. 29th.
S5：The basketball game is on Oct. 2nd.
Step 6
Activity 9
T：Good, Joe can make a plan for himself. Can you make a plan.
Ss：Yes.
T：Ok. This is John. He is from Beijing. He comes to Yueqing for seven days.（picture）He like…Can you make a plan for him?
Ss：Yes.
T：Look, this is John’s schedule. Four students have one. Please discuss and fill in the schedule.(1 min)
Activity 10
T：Have you finished it?
Ss：Yes.
T：Today, John is here. Come here, John.
John：Hello, I’m John. Nice to meet you.
Ss：Nice to meet you.
S1：John, this is your schedule. The basketball games is on December…
John：That sounds good.
S2：No, John, this is good. The volleyball game is on December 29th…
S3：…
（学生依次跑上来）
T：Oh, you are very friendly. John will choose one schedule.
John：Thank you very much.
T：You are good friends now. Let’s take a photo, OK?
Ss：OK.
（作拍照状）
Step 7 Homework