Unit 7 Poems Reading课件(共36张PPT)

(共36张PPT)
Module 4 Colourful life
Unit 7 Poems
Reading
Lead in
Discuss: Do you know the people What do they do What did they write
Pre-reading
The following is a quiz about poems. Tick (√) the boxes to show your opinions.
1. We only use difficult words in poems.
2. All poems must have rhymes, e.g.
cat/ fat.
3. Poems are not only for children.
4. Poems can tell stories.
5. All poems use complete sentences.
6. We can write poems about our
feelings and ideas.
Agree
Disagree
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Pre-reading
Some words at the ends of the lines in a poem have similar sounds. Read the poem below and underline these words.
Water has no taste at all.
Water has no smell.
Water's in the waterfall,
The tap,
And the well.
Water all around us
Pre-reading
Water's everywhere around us.
Water's in the rain,
In the pond,
And in the sea again.
Pre-reading
1. What is water like
It has taste and no smell.
2. Where can you find water
Water is everywhere around us.
3. What are the rhymes in this poem
all, smell, waterfall; well; rain, again.
Answer the questions according to the poem.
Choose the correct answers according to P89:
1. The two articles on P89 are ___.
A. a story B. a science report
C. poems D. a biography (传记)
2. The two articles are both about ____________.
A. people B. places
C. weather D. travelling
Reading
My dad
He comes home, has a shower,
And eats dinner, every day.
Now he's sitting in his favourite chair
Too tired to laugh or play.
He reads his book or newspaper
To learn what's new today.
Soon he'll go to bed.
He's a boring man, my dad.
Read the poem, understand and underline the similar sounds (as you did in A2).
Reading
Then I see him working,
On the building site.
He's high up in the clouds
Higher than a kite.
He's walking on a narrow piece of wood
Not worried about the height,
Not afraid, not afraid like me.
He's a superman, my dad.
Reading
Answer the questions according to the poem.
1. Where does his dad work
2. Is he afraid of the height
3. Who does the writer think is a superman
No, he isn’t.
He works on a building site.
His dad.
Answer the questions according to “My dad”:
1. Why does the writer think his dad is a boring man
2. Why does the write think his dad is a superman
Because his dad does the same things every day.
Because his dad works “in the clouds” and walks on a narrow piece of wood without being afraid.
Language points
1 . Now he's sitting in his favourite chair too tired to laugh or play.
现在他坐在他最喜欢的椅子上，累得不能笑也不能玩。
too + adj./ adv. + to do 太……而不能做……
not + adj./ adv. + enough to do 不够……做某事
so + adj./ adv. + that从句 如此……以致……
Language points
eg. The boy is too young to go to school.
= The boy isn't old enough to go to school.
= The boy is so young that he can't go to school.
这个男孩年龄太小，不能上学。
中考易错题：
改为同义句：
1. The box isn’t light enough for him to carry.
The box ____________ for him ______ carry.
2. My grandpa is too old to travel around.
My grandpa is ____ old ____ he ____ travel around.
is too heavy to
so that can’t
Language points
2 . Not worried about the height, not afraid, not afraid like me.
不担心高度，不害怕，不像我那样害怕。
worry about 担心
eg. Don't worry about me; I'm very well.
别为我担心，我很好。
be worried about 为…忧虑，烦恼的
I knew you'd be worried about that point.
我知道你会在这一点上担心的。
Language points
中考易错题：
1. You needn’t _______ your English. I will help you.
A. worry B. worried
C. worry about D. worried about
2. Don’t worry _______ your test.
A. with B. of C. for D. to
Reading
The old newspaper seller
He's sitting at the newspaper stand
Near the bus stop,
And he's smiling.
The Sun is shining.
It's very hot.
But he's smiling.
A bus stops, and the people rush out.
They're hurrying to work.
They don't have much time to smile.
Read and understand the poem.
Reading
They take their papers quickly,
And put down some money.
But he's a patient man,
And he's still smiling.
A crowd of people,
All very busy, with tired faces,
And just one smile.
Is there just one smile in this city
Or will you make it two
Let's make a million smiles!
Reading
Answer the questions according to the peom.
1. What does the old man do
2. Where does the old man work
3. What does the writer think of the old newspaper seller
At a newspaper stand near the bus stop.
He is a newspaper seller.
He is patient and always smiling.
Answer the questions according to “The old newspaper seller”:
1. What is the old newspaper seller like
2. What can we learn from the poem
He is patient and still smiling.
Everyone should smile.
Let's do
David and Ann are discussing the two plete their conversation with the information from the poems on page 89.
David: The first poem is interesting. The boy changed
his idea about ___________ when he saw him
working on the building site.
Ann: That’s true. The boy thought his father was a
____________at home, but he found out that
his father was _____________ at work.
his dad
boring man
a superman
Let's do
David: I also like “The old newspaper seller”. It gives
good advice to people.
Ann: What advice does it give
David: Everyone should _____________.
Ann: I agree. It‘s good for people to ________ more
often.
David: Yes, just like _______________________. He's
happy all the time!
smile
smile
the old newspaper seller
Let's do
The old newspaper seller
How many verses does this poem have _____.
What is it about
Verses 1﹠2: The writer tells us the seller works at a newspaper ______. It is a _____ day.
Verses 3-5: The writer says that the people are _________ to work.They look ______.
Verses 6： The writer wants everyone to ______ and be happy.
I think this poems is _______.
Six
stand
hot
hurrying
tired
smile
helpful
Language points
3 .They don't have much time to smile.
他们没有太多时间微笑。
have time to do... 有时间做……
eg. I didn't have time to change clothes before the party.
我没时间在聚会前更换衣服。
Let's do
The words in italics are from the poems on page 89. Match the two halves of these sentences to learn their meanings.
1. When you have a shower,
2. When two large people try to walk through a narrow door,
3. If you are worried about something,
4. When some people rush out from a bus,
5. When we say “a crowd of people”,
a we mean a large group of people.
b they get out very quickly.
c you wash your body while standing.
d you are thinking about something and you feel unhappy about it.
e they cannot go through it at the same time.
Let's do
Look at the plete the sentences below with the words from the box.
I take a _______every day.
crowd heights shower smiles
shower
Let's do
crowd heights shower smiles
There is a ______ of people at the train station.
crowd
Let's do
crowd heights shower smiles
If you are afraid of _______, you should not work on a building site.
heights
Let's do
crowd heights shower smiles
I buy my breakfast from this woman every day. She always _____ and says "Good morning".
smiles
Discuss the questions in groups.
Group work
Who are the two poems about
Are they ordinary or great people
What do you think of the following lines Discuss them with your classmates.
Discuss
He’s a superman, my dad.
My dad is a boring man at home. However, he’s a superman at work. He walks on a narrow piece of wood. He is not worried about the height and he is not afraid. He works very hard at the building site.
Discuss
People around the city are very busy and tired. They don’t have time to smile. In the whole city there is only one smile from the newspaper seller. The writer hopes that people will smile more and the city is full of smiles.
2. Let’s make a million smiles!
Exercise
Choose the answers that have the same meaning as the underlined words.
1. —— This dress is ordinary, but it looks good on you.
—— Really Thank you.
A. interesting B. usual C. great
2. —— When the students heard a famous writer would come to their school, they all rushed out from the classroom.
——They wanted to meet him at once.
A. ran out... quickly B. walked out... slowly
C. came out... happily
Exercise
3.—— Run quickly! There are a crowd of bees flying to us.
—— Oh! Who can save us
A. a kind of B. part of C. a group of
4.—— The road is only one metre wide.
—— Oh, it's narrow. The truck can't go through it.
A. not old B. not dark C. not wide
5. —— Don’t speak aloud here, please. There are many patients (病人).
—— Oh, I’m sorry about that.
A. happily B. loudly C. quickly
Exercise
Finish the following sentences:
1.下课之后，学生们冲出教室去玩。
Students ________ ________ of the classroom to play when the class is over.
2. 外面有一大群人在等着进去。
Outside there were ________ ________ ________ people waiting to get in.
rush out
a crowd of
Exercise
3.那个公交站旁边有一个报摊。
There is a__________ ________ next to that bus stop.
4.我妈妈总是很担心我的健康。
My mother________ always________ ________ my health.
5.她是多么地普通啊！
_________ ________she is!
newspaper stand
is worried about
How ordinary
Reflection
The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props , the pillars to help him endure and prevail.
——William Fulkner, American writer
（诗人的声音不应只是人类的记录，而应是使人类永存并得到胜利的支柱和栋梁。
——美国作家福克纳.W.）