情景导入
上周六是小舟的十三岁生日，同学们来家里开了生日会：吃蛋糕、玩游戏、唱生日歌，最后还去楼下的运河边放风筝。
老师让大家把聚会写成英语作文。小舟的第一句就出了问题：My birthday is in October 15th——日期前到底用 in 还是 on？"我们玩得很开心"是 We played very happy 吗？
写聚会作文要过三关：日期表达关、活动描写关、感受收尾关。这一讲逐关攻破。
核心词汇
聚会词汇：
| 类别 | 常用词汇 |
|---|---|
| 聚会物品 | birthday cake（生日蛋糕）、candle（蜡烛）、gift / present（礼物）、balloon（气球） |
| 聚会活动 | sing birthday songs（唱生日歌）、make a wish（许愿）、blow out the candles（吹蜡烛）、play games（玩游戏） |
| 月份 | January（一月）、February（二月）、October（十月）、December（十二月） |
日期表达：on October 15th（在 10 月 15 日）、my thirteenth birthday（我的十三岁生日）、have a good time（玩得开心）
句型与结构
整体结构（三段式，共 8~10 句）：
- 交代背景：时间 + 地点 + 人物——Last Saturday was my thirteenth birthday.
- 描写过程：按顺序写 3 个活动，用 first / then / after that 串联。（记叙过去的事，动词用过去式。）
- 抒发感受：What a happy day! / I had a great time.
必背句型逐个练：
- My birthday is on October 15th.（具体日期用 on；15th 读作 the fifteenth。）
- Last Saturday, I had a birthday party at home.（have 的过去式 had。）
- My friends came with gifts and we sang birthday songs together.（come → came，sing → sang。）
- Then I made a wish and blew out the candles.（make → made，blow → blew。）
- We had a good time. What a special day!（感叹句收尾，情感升温。）
听说训练
写前口头操练（先说顺再下笔）：
- My birthday is on October 15th.（我的生日是 10 月 15 日。）
- We sang birthday songs and ate the cake.（我们唱生日歌、吃蛋糕。）
- We had a good time. What a happy day!（我们玩得很开心。多么快乐的一天！）
辨析对比
| in | on | |
|---|---|---|
| 用法 | 只到"月、年、季节" | 精确到"某一天" |
| 例句 | in October, in 2026, in autumn | on October 15th, on Saturday |
| 常见错误 | on October ❌ | in October 15th ❌ |
记忆口诀："大 in 小 on"——时间范围大（年、月、季节）用 in，落实到具体某一天（日期、星期）用 on。生日是具体的一天，所以永远说 My birthday is on...
文化角
英美的生日会上有个有趣的规矩：许愿后要一口气吹灭所有蜡烛，愿望才会实现，而且愿望要保密（Don't tell anyone, or it won't come true!）。收到礼物时，他们习惯当面拆开并大声赞美——这和中国"客人走后再拆礼物"的含蓄习惯正好相反，写进作文里就是现成的中外文化对比素材。
易错点
- 日期介词：in October 15th ❌ → on October 15th ✅。（十三岁生日是 my thirteenth birthday，要用序数词。）
- 过去式遗漏：记叙上周的聚会，动词全部要用过去式——We sing songs ❌ → We sang songs. ✅
- “玩得开心”直译：We played very happy ❌ → We had a good time. ✅ 或 We enjoyed ourselves. ✅
中考真题
假如你是李华，上周六你参加了好友 Lingling 的生日聚会。请写一篇短文记录这次聚会，内容包括：
- 聚会的时间和地点；
- 聚会上的两三项活动；
- 你的感受。
要求：70~90 词，用一般过去时，条理清楚。
✏️ 点击查看范文与点评
Last Saturday, I went to Lingling's thirteenth birthday party at her home near the West Lake. Her mother made a big cake, and we put thirteen candles on it. First, we sang birthday songs and Lingling made a wish. Then she blew out all the candles at one time, and everyone cheered. After that, we played games and shared the delicious cake. We had a good time together. What a special day it was!
点评：① 三段结构完整：背景—过程—感受；② 过去式全部正确：went / made / sang / blew / played；③ first / then / after that 串联自然；④ 感叹句结尾添彩，约 85 词。
考点
- 生日聚会对应七年级上"月份与日期"单元，序数词和日期表达是期末考试的必考点；
- 核心考查：日期介词 on、序数词（thirteenth）、一般过去时的不规则动词、have a good time 等固定短语；
- 备考策略：整理一张"聚会动词过去式清单"（come-came, sing-sang, make-made, blow-blew, fly-flew），写前先默一遍再动笔。
诵读 Read Aloud
Part 1 · 完整范文
Last Saturday, I went to Lingling's thirteenth birthday party at her home near the West Lake. Her mother made a big cake, and we put thirteen candles on it. First, we sang birthday songs and Lingling made a wish. Then she blew out all the candles at one time, and everyone cheered. After that, we played games and shared the delicious cake. We had a good time together. What a special day it was!
Part 2 · 必背句型快读
My birthday is on October 15th. I had a birthday party at home last Saturday.
We sang birthday songs together. She made a wish and blew out the candles.
We had a good time. What a happy day!
诵读小贴士：这篇范文的动词几乎全是不规则过去式——went、made、sang、blew、put，诵读时刻意重读这些动词，把"过去式的耳朵"练出来，写作时自然不会漏。