人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册：Unit 5 Poems Assessing Your Progress 课件（24张ppt）

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Period 4 :
Assessing Your Progress
人教版 选择性必修三
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.
To think about the content of the unit
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. These songs reflected themes from the people’s daily lives, such as hunting animals or ________ crops.
era
amateur era format recite respective rhyme sow version
sowing
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. 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.
respective
versions
recite
amateur era format recite respective rhyme sow version
format
rhyme
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 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
Free verse is an open form of poetry that does not follow any rules. It has no regular metre or rhythm, which means the poet has complete control over their creation.
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.
n. 头韵
Conversation 2
n. 种族歧视
Langston Hughes was a famous African-American poet whose poems mainly tell the story of black people in America, including their joys and pain. Dream Variation was one of his most celebrated poems that is about the dream of a world free of inequality and racial prejudice.
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).
Work in groups. Surf the internet to research different forms of poetry and discover their formats. Here are the names of some poem types and examples to get you started.
blank verse 无韵诗
cinquain 五行诗
concrete (shape) 具象诗
couplet 对联、对句
free verse 自由诗
haiku 俳句
limerick 五行打油诗
list poem 清单诗
nursery rhyme 儿歌、童谣
sonnet 十四行诗
Think of the common themes that go with these types of poems. For example, a limerick should usually be silly, a haiku is often about nature, and a sonnet is often about love.
Brainstorm ideas and make a mind map related to your theme. You can include in your mind map:
Write your poems based on your mind maps.
Present your poems to the class and then have everyone vote on the best poem.
Sample Writing
limerick
Themes:
silly, funny, nonsense, place names
Form:
five line
Line 1, 2 & 5 rhyme
Line 3 & 4 rhyme
Rhyming words:
Shanghai, fly, sky wings, things
Feelings/ Personal story:
used to live in Shanghai
There was a young man from Shanghai,
Who wanted to learn how to fly,
So, he made some nice wings,
From feathers and things,
You can see him above in the sky!
haiku
Themes:
nature, beauty, feelings
Form:
three line
Line 1 = 5 syllables
Line 2 = 7 syllables
Line 3 = 5 syllables
Alliteration:
glint, glisten, glitter
Feelings/ Personal story:
Looking out of my window this morning,
I find the frost looks pretty
Morning frost outside,
Glints and glistens like glitter,
On everything.
cinquain
Themes: anything
Form:
five line
2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syllables
Feelings/ Personal story:
writing a poem to teach students how to write a poem
Very short poem;
Five lines and a few words.
What do you want to write about
Your choice.
Thank you