Unit 9 Can you come to my party?

Period 3 Section B 1a-1f

Teaching aims:

Knowledge aims:

1.Ss will be able to master the following words and phrases: calendar, weekday, reply, glad, the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday, be glad to, in the daytime.

2.Ss will be able to master the following sentences structures:

--What's today? --It's Tuesday the 10th.

-- What's tomorrow? --It's Wednesday the 11th.

--What was yesterday? --It was Monday the 9th.

3. Ss will be able to talk about the plans on the calendar.

Ability aims:

1.Ss can use correct sentence structures to talk about date, make, accept and decline invitations and give reasons.

2.Ss can improve their listening abilities by catching some key words.

3.Ss can develop their abilities of working in pairs and communication by learning useful structures.

Emotional aims:

Ss will be able to be polite to others when they turn down their invitations.

Teaching important points:

1. Ss can master the key words, phrases and sentence structures well.

Ss can talk about the plans on the calendar.

Teaching difficult points:

Ss can use proper sentences to make, accept and decline invitations and give reasons correctly and fluently.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1: Warming-up and lead-in

1. Enjoy a song and ask Ss : How many days are there in a week? What are they?

　　2.Revise seven days of the week and present weekdays

　　3.review the dates one by one.

Step 2: Presentation

1. T: There are seven days in a weeks. Today is Tuesday.

Look, it's a calendar of this month. What's the date today?

What's today?

2.Present

--What's the day after tomorrow? --It's ...

--What was the day before yesterday? --It was ...

Step 3 Work on 1a and 1b.