EVERY ENGLISH (SB p. 67) When's your birthday? 1. Focus attention on the months. Elicit the second month of the year (February), and have students continue writing the months in order in the list. (CD1 – 52) Play the recording, and have students check their answers. Answers and audio script January, February March, April, May JuneJuiy, August, September, October, November, December Focus attention on the shading on each word. Play the recording again, and have students repeat chorally and individually. Ask students to say the months in order around thẻ class. Check for accurate pronunciation and drill the months again if necessary. 2. Focus attention oh the examples. Check comprehension of So is my birthday! Drill the language chorally, and then have students stand up and practice the language in a mingle activity. Have them note down the mohths of other students birthdays as they ask. Elicit the answers to the follow-up questions and establish which is the most common month for birthdays in your class. 3. This exercise presents ordinal numbers. Check that students understand the difference between cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers with the following examples: There are seven days in a week, and there are twelve months in a year. The first day is Monday, and the seventh day is Sunday. The first month is January, and the twelfth month is December. Ask students to tell you the ordinal numbers (first, seventh, and twelfth). (CD2 – 53) Focus attention on the numbers and on how we form the abbreviations with the numeral and the last two letters of the ordinal number. Play the recording, and have students repeat chorally and individually Write the abbreviated numbers on the board in random order, and elicit the ordinal from individual, students. 4. Elicit the first ordinal as an example (sixteenth). Have students work in pairs to say the other ordinal numbers. Monitor and check and note any common errors. (CD2 – 54) Play the recording, and let students check their answers. If necessary, drill any ordinals students had problems with.
EVERY ENGLISH (SB p. 67) When's your birthday? 1. Focus attention on the months. Elicit the second month of the year (February), and have students continue writing the months in order in the list. (CD1 – 52) Play the recording, and have students check their answers. Answers and audio script January, February March, April, May JuneJuiy, August, September, October, November, December Focus attention on the shading on each word. Play the recording again, and have students repeat chorally and individually. Ask students to say the months in order around thẻ class. Check for accurate pronunciation and drill the months again if necessary. 2. Focus attention oh the examples. Check comprehension of So is my birthday! Drill the language chorally, and then have students stand up and practice the language in a mingle activity. Have them note down the mohths of other students birthdays as they ask. Elicit the answers to the follow-up questions and establish which is the most common month for birthdays in your class. 3. This exercise presents ordinal numbers. Check that students understand the difference between cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers with the following examples: There are seven days in a week, and there are twelve months in a year. The first day is Monday, and the seventh day is Sunday. The first month is January, and the twelfth month is December. Ask students to tell you the ordinal numbers (first, seventh, and twelfth). (CD2 – 53) Focus attention on the numbers and on how we form the abbreviations with the numeral and the last two letters of the ordinal number. Play the recording, and have students repeat chorally and individually Write the abbreviated numbers on the board in random order, and elicit the ordinal from individual, students. 4. Elicit the first ordinal as an example (sixteenth). Have students work in pairs to say the other ordinal numbers. Monitor and check and note any common errors. (CD2 – 54) Play the recording, and let students check their answers. If necessary, drill any ordinals students had problems with.