初中英语人教版七年级下册Unit 10 2a-2c.docxVIP

Unit 10 Birthday food around the world (Reading) 巢湖七中韩晓燕 Teaching aims: Knowledge aims To make the students master birthday food. To have the students master the words and phrases: birthday food, cake, candle, noodles, blow out, make a wish, cut up, lucky, long life. Ability aims： To develop the students’ abilities of speaking, reading and writing . Emotional aims： To enable the students to grasp the reading skills. To enable the students to get some important information by themselves. Teaching focuses: To help to train the Ss’ abilities of expressing themselves in English. To help the Ss’ to communicate with other. To develop the Ss’ interest in English. Teaching difficulties: Know the birthday food around the world. Master reading skills. Teaching methods: Communicative teaching methods. Reading methods. Teaching process: Step 1 warm - up 1.Let students watch a video and talk about the video . T: what do you do or eat on your birthday? Students: Cake, noodles, egg… 2Teach some new words: world answer cake blow candy cut up different UK popular lucky idea Step 2 Fast – reading Read the passage. Judge Yes (Y) or No (N) of the sentences. ____ The number of candles on the birthday cake is the person’s age. ____ In the UK, when the child has the birthday cake with the candy, he/she is lucky. 3. ____ In China, people eat noodles on their birthday, we never have cake. 4. ____ People in different countries have different birthday foods. Step 3 Careful – reading 1.Read the article about food traditions and complete the chart. Country Food Special meaning UK China After 2 minutes, ask two students to tell their answers . 2. Read the article again and answer the questions 1. How can a person make his or her birthday wish come true? 2. What do people in the UK sometimes put in a birthday cake? 3. Why do people never cut up birthday noodles in China? 4. Why do people eat special foods on their birthday? Step 4 After – reading 1. Listen to the record