1. Unit 8
When is your birthday?

2. Learn these numbers and find out the rules:
1st first 2nd second 3rd third 4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth 7th seventh 8th eighth 9th ninth 10th tenth
21st twenty-first 22nd twenty-second 23rd twenty-third 24th twenty-fourth 25th twenty-fifth th twenty-sixth 27th twenty-seventh 28th twenty-eighth 29th twenty-ninth 30th thirtieth st thirty-first
11th eleventh th twelfth 13ththirteenth 14th fourteenth 15th fifteenth 16th sixteenth 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth

3. Can you read these numbers?
2nd
44th
18th
15th
13th
63rd
87th
72nd
93rd
11th
21st
31st
30th
10th
9th
12th
56th
19th

4. The first month of the year is
January.
second
February
March
third
April
fourth
May
fifth
June
sixth
July
seventh
August
eighth
September
ninth
October
tenth
November
eleventh
twelfth
December

5. 2 3 4 1 6 5 7 8 9 11 12 10

6. Read the dates: Writing(写法） Reading （读法） January 1st March 8th
August 2nd
September 10th
July 3rd
February 12th
October 20th
December 25th
January the first
March the eighth
August the second
September the tenth
July the third
February the twelfth
October the twentieth
December the twenty-fifth

7. What month is it? What date is it?
It’s November 25th.

8. When is New year’s day?
It’s January 1st.
When is Women’s day?
It’s March 8th.
When is Labour’s day?
It’s May 1st.

9. When is Children’s day?
It’s June 1st.
When is Teachers’ day?
It’s September 10th.
When is Christmas day?
It’s December 25th.

10. It’s in June. When is National day? It’s October 1st.
It’s our country’s birthday. 6
When is my birthday?
My birthday is June twenty-ninth.
It’s in June.

11. When is Lily’s birthday?
Lily’s birthday is July 20th. Her ….

12. Jack
When is Jack’s birthday?
Jack’s birthday is April 1st. His ….

13. When is your birthday ……..?
My birthday is ……
/It’s……..

14. Names Birthday Month Date
Ask your partner about his or her birthday,then fill in the table.
Names
Birthday
Month
Date

15. Period 2 1 2 4 3 5 7 8 6 9 10 11 12

16. When is your birthday, John?
Name:John Miller
Date of birth:March 21st
Age:15
When is your birthday, John?
It’s March 21st.
How old are you?
Name:Tina Johnson
Date of birth:June 3rd
Age:17
I’m fifteen.
Name:William Brown
Date of birth:November 12th
Age:13

17. Use your own name,age,and date of birth to make a conversation:

18. A: Do you have a School day?
B:Yes, we do.
A:When is it?
B:It’s …….
A:Do you have an art festival?
B: No, we don’t.

19. Ask questions about our school:
Yes No
Month
Day
School Day
Art Festival
Chinese Contest
Music Festival
English party
……..

20. Portfolio(个人档案) :
First name
Last name
Birthday
Age
Telephone
Type of blood(血型)
Favourite food
Favourite color
Favourite numbers
Mother’s birthday
Father’s birthday

21. Group work:
Which day/month do you like best? Why?
I like September, because I like autumn(秋天). We have Teachers’ day. And my birthday is in September.

22. Edison Feb.11,1847
Lu Xun Nov.25,1881
Li Siguang Oct.26,1889
Newton Dec
Curie Dec
Nie Er Feb

23. Good bye