中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 Unit 7 Happy Birthday! Section 3 Grammar Focus Content Analysis This lesson is a grammar-focused class, with its core teaching objective centered on guiding students to understand and master the basic structures of special questions introduced by interrogative words such as “how many”, “how much”, “how old”, “why”, “when”, and “where”, as well as their corresponding answer structures. The ultimate goal is to help students internalize and apply grammatical knowledge through targeted exercises. To avoid isolated grammar rule memorization, the lesson uses a theme-related expository text as contextual support. The text introduces the birthdays of William Shakespeare and Florence Nightingale, along with the special significance of these two dates: Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23rd is designated as English Language Day, while Florence Nightingale’s birthday on May 12th is observed as International Nurses’ Day. The text’s content about dates and their meanings provides authentic materials for practicing “what”, “when” and “why” questions. Relevant topics like preparing for birthdays or festivals can also be linked to practicing "how many" and "how much". Together with the targeted grammar exercises, the text helps students perceive grammar application logic in context and achieve the goal of mastering special questions through contextualized practice. Learning Objectives By the end of this section, students will be able to: 1. discover and summarize the proper use of special questions in specific contexts, understand speakers’ inquiries, and give appropriate responses; 2. summarize and master shopping-related word chunks and sentence structures, and develop the ability to obtain and understand basic information in birthday-themed communication; 3. learn about the birth or founding dates of celebrities and organizations worldwide, and explore the diverse ways to celebrate these special days. Focal and Difficult Points Focal Points 1. Understand and master the basic structures of special questions introduced by “how many”, “how much”, “how old”, “why”, “when”, “where”, etc., as well as their corresponding answer structures. 2. Identify the target language and key information in the text, and sustain curiosity and eagerness to explore the text’s thematic meaning after reading. Difficult Points 1. Master the correct selection of auxiliary verbs and the linking verb be in special questions. 2. After reading the text in 3c, extract key information about the connotations of special birthdays, related celebratory activities, and their underlying stories and reasons. Procedures Teaching Activities Learning Activities Purposes Step 1. Lead-in Play a clip of the play Journey to the West. T: How many questions are there in the video What are they Watch the video and pick out the questions in it. Sa: What’s your name Sb: Who are you Sc: How will you stop me To guide students to focus on imperative ... ...
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