5.Women’s Day is _______March 8th.
(3)请将节日与相应的日期连线：
4.How old_______your brother？
3.Bill was born_______May 14th.
2.Tom will have a basketball game_______July.
Self Check
Step Ⅰ Greet the class as usual.
Step Ⅱ 1
Ask students to look at key word check.If they don’t know some of them，they can ask each other or use a dictionary.
(This activity provides a comprehensive review of all key vocabulary presented in this unit.)
Step Ⅲ 2
Ask students to write five new words in their vocab-builder on Page 52.After that ask some of them to report their lists to the whole class.
(This activity helps build vocabulary by providing a specific time and place for students to record new words.)
Step Ⅳ 3
Look at the photos of famous people.
Ask:Do you know their names，ages and birthdays？How do you think about them？If you don’t know，you can access the Internet to try and find more information after class.
Now let’s look at the first one.This is Thomas Edison.He was a great inventor.He invented many things.Who can tell me？All right.Electricity.
He made a lot of contribution to the world.We must learn from him.Study hard and be a useful person to the society.
Answers:
Thomas Edison Birthday:February 11，1847
Lu Xun Birthday:November 25，1881
Li Siguang Birthday:October 26，1889
Isaac Newton Birthday:December 25，1642
Nie Er Birthday:February 14，1912
Marie CurieBirthday:December 7，1867
(This activity gives students the opportunity to use birthdays in a real context.)
Step Ⅴ Just for Fun
Ask students to read the conversation.Explain the meaning to them.Ask students to say the conversation for the class.
(This activity provides guided reading practice with the target language.)
Step Ⅵ Homework
(1)Workbook Pages 32-33.
(2)请根据句意填写适当的词：
1.When_______your birthday？
When is your birthday？/My birthday is November 11th/.When is Lei La’s birthday？/Her birthday is September 5th.
birthday date month party school trip speech contest basketball game
3.Moral Object:Learn from Lu Xun，Li Siguang and so on.Study hard and be a useful person to the society.
2.Ability Object:Practice skill.
1.Knowledge Object:All the key words and structures in Unit 8.