选择性必修三 Unit 5 Poems - Assessing Your Progress（17张PPT）

(共17张PPT)
UNIT 5 POEMS
To use the useful words and expressions in this unit in proper situations.
To use relative clauses to write a description about the poetry or the poet.
Complete the passage using the correct forms of the words in the box.
Poetry probably had its origins in traditional folk music tens of thousands of years ago. In that ________, there were no TVs or films, and writing had not been invented, so people would sit around the fire at night and sing songs to entertain themselves.
era
amateur era format recite respective rhyme sow version
These songs reflected themes from the people’s daily lives, such as hunting animals or ________ crops. Since nothing was written down, over the years different ________ of these songs developed, and each area would have its own ________ rhythm. In addition to this, people would ________ stories of past heroes.
respective
versions
recite
sowing
amateur era format recite respective rhyme sow version
As these stories were often quite long, they often had ________ and rhythm to help people remember them more easily. While in the beginning such songs and stories had a very simple ________, over time they became more complicated and more polished.
format
rhymes
amateur era format recite respective rhyme sow version
adj. 复杂的
These were no longer the works of ________ sitting around a fire, but works of true poets who cared about their art and who sometimes made a living from it.
amateurs
amateur era format recite respective rhyme sow version
Read the conversations below and write a short description about the poetry or the poet they are talking about. Use relative clauses to connect your sentences.
A: What is free verse
B: Free verse is an open form of poetry.
A: What do you mean by “open”
B: A free verse poem does not follow any rules. It has no regular metre or rhythm.
A: I see. So it means the poet has complete control over their creation.
Conversation 1
Description about free verse:
One possible answer
Free verse is an open form of poetry that does not follow any rules and has no regular metre or rhythm. The poet
has complete control
over their creation.
n. 头韵
A: Who was Langston Hughes
B: He was a famous African-American poet.
A: What’s special about his poems
B: Well, his poems mainly tell the story of black people in America, including their joys and pain.
A: Can you give me an example
B: Dream Variation, for example. It was one of his most celebrated poems. The poem is about the dream of a world free of inequality and racial prejudice.
Conversation 2
n. 种族歧视
Description about the poem:
Dream Variation was one of Langston Hughes’ most celebrated poems that talks about the dream of a world free of inequality and racial prejudice.
Description about the poet:
Langston Hughes was a famous
African-American poet who wrote a lot of poems to tell the story of black people in America.
One possible answer
Reflecting
What forms of poetry from this unit have you learnt
I have learnt different forms of poetry from this unit, including ______________________
______________________________________
______________________________________.
What kind of poetic devices have you learnt from this unit
The poetic devices that I have learnt from this unit include ____________________________
_______________________________________.
What is your favorite poem of this unit and what does it describe
My favourite poem of this unit is ________. It describes ___________________________.
Do you have difficulty in understanding the poems What are they
I had difficulty in understanding _________
_____________________________________.
How did you think writing an English poem Was it interesting, useful or challenging
I thought writing an English poem was _____
(interesting / useful / challenging).
Write your own English poem and recite it in class.