课件16张PPT。
Extensive reading and writing
Unit 2 PoemsRevisionRead aloud your writing in class.
Listen to the tape and tell whether it makes you feel something or think about something?
If so, explain it.
Reading DiscussionIn groups of three, discuss and then write about the characteristics of each poem. Read pages 10 and 11 again to help you.This poem has beautiful imagery that conveys deep feelings. There are many things that this poem makes the reader think about: light heartedness and heavy heartedness, it contrasts morning and night, and creation and destruction. Poem A Tang poemPoem Badverb poemNumber of lines:
Rhythm:
Rhyme:
Repetition:
Part of speech:two sets of four linesregular strong beatfour pairs of rhyming lineshungrily is repeated at the beginning of each line regularly.The adverb hungrily starts each line. Rhythm:
Rhyme:
Repetition:Poem C:love songregular strong beat two pairs of rhyming lines First two lines are repeated at the end of the song .Number of lines:
Topic :Poem D:cinquain fiveSunshine three17Number of lines:
Number of syllables:Poem E:haikuWritingBrainstorming for poem types, topics and human feelings
Poem typesmodernclassicalromanticfantasyrealismseriousfunny topics…the seadrinking wine
World War Ⅰpetsimagination
friendship
power peace naturethe countrysidehuman
feelingsangerhappinesshomesicklovedeathsadnesslonelinessbroken heartfeartrustWhen you have finished writing or
translating your poem, practice reciting it aloud with correct rhythm and intonation.
Now it is your turn to write or translate a poem.HomeworkFinish your writing or translating of your poem.
2. Prepare for the exam of the unit.See you!课件19张PPT。
Unit 2 PoemsGrammarRevision 1. 虚拟语气在if条件状语从句中的用法
2.wish 引导的宾语从句中的虚拟语气
3.表示要求,命令,建议的虚拟语气 1. 虚拟语气在if条件状语从句中的用法1.动词过去式(或were)
2.助动词（过去式）+动词原形
should/ would /could/ might+动词原形
had+过去分词
should/ would/could
/might + have+过去分词
should/ would/ could/ might +动词原形
1.should+动词原形
2.动词过去式
3.were to+动词原形
2.wish 引导的宾语从句中的虚拟语气
过去时（were）had+过去分词
would/could/might+动词原形
He wished he _____________________in such affairs. (involve) I wish I ______a bird. (be)had never been involvedwere3.表示要求,命令,建议的虚拟语气一个坚持 ______________
两个命令 ______________
三个建议 __________________________
四个要求 __________________________
这些动词后面的宾语从句要使用虚拟语气用法。从句中的动词使用should + 动词原形, 或者将should省略。
The doctor suggested that he (should) try to lose his weight.
He insisted that we (should) tell him the news. insist order, command advise, suggest, propose demand, require, request, desire 虚拟语气(二)
the Subjunctive Mood ?在suggestion， proposal， order， plan， idea， advice， decision等需要有内涵的名词后面的表语从句、同位语从句中，要使用虚拟语气。其谓语动词应用should＋原形动词。另外连接从句的that不能省略。例：
My suggestion is that we （should） go there at once. What do you think of his proposal that we （should ）put on a play at the English evening? My idea is that we (should) get more people to attend the conference. I make a proposal that we (should) hold a meeting next week. 一、表语从句、同位语从句中的虚拟语气 It is strange that_______________________.
他居然会这样说，真是奇怪。
It is a great pity that___________________.
他居然会这样想，真是一件憾事。
It is natural that___________________________.
鸟在树上安歇是很自然的。
It is necessary that___________________________.
有必要立即派他去北京。 二、It’s necessary/strange/natural/ important/pity/no wonder/impossible + that Clause 从句中的动词要用虚拟, 即(should)+动词原形
he ( should ) say sohe ( should ) think soa bird ( should ) rest in treeshe be sent to Beijing right away三、在It is/was suggested /ordered / demanded / proposed / etc. 结构中要使用虚拟语气。如： It’s suggested that the plan be carried out.
It is ordered that all the troops (should) withdraw three miles away.
根据命令，所有部队撤至三英哩以外。
It is arranged that he_____________________. 照安排，他星期五动身去加拿大。
It is suggested that______________________
_____________________.
有人建议，英语晚会周六举行。 leave for Canada on Fridaythe English evening beheld on SaturdayI would rather you could teach me again.
I would rather___________________.
我宁愿他们明天来。
The manager would rather that his secretary_______________________________.
经理宁愿他的秘书代替他去开会。
四、would rather 后的宾语从句would rather
that
与现在事实相反 过去时
与过去事实相反? 过去完成时
与将来事实相反? 过去时they came tomorrowwent to the meeting instead of him以as if 、as though（似乎，仿佛）引出的方式状语从，如果表示真实情况应该用直陈语气；如果表示非真实情况则应该用虚拟语气, 其谓语动词的虚拟式与wish后面宾语从句中谓语动词的虚拟式相同。如： The little boy knows so many things as if he was a man. He acted as usual as though nothing had happened. The boy acted ____ he had never lived in Canada before.
A. as though?? B. even if???? C. as????? D. since 五、as if， as though引导的从句六、由if only （要是……，那该多好啊！）引导的惊叹句。If only I had passed the test ！ If only it stopped raining！
比较if only与only if
only if表示"只有"；if only则表示"如果……就好了"。If only也可用于陈述语气。 I wake up __________the alarm clock rings.
只有闹钟响了，我才会醒。 ___________the alarm clock had rung.
当时闹钟响了，就好了。 ___________he comes early. 但愿他早点回来。 only ifIf onlyIf only It is (high) time that 后面的从句谓语动词要用过去式或用should加动词原形，但should不可省略。 It is time that the children went to bed. It is high time that the children should go to bed. It is high time that__________________.
该是我们吃午饭的时候了。
It is time that______________________.
该是他作出决定的时候了。 七、It is (high) time that we had our lunchhe made up his mind八、虚拟语气的其它用法 在英语中，一些表示建议、请求、劝告、愿望、祈祷、祝福或诅咒的句子，也需要使用虚拟语气。如： Would you mind smoking here ？ May you be lucky！ Long live the people of China ！ God save me. Multiple choices1.It was urgent that he _________ her immediately.
A. calls B. called C. call D. would call
2. It’s high time that something _________ to prohibit selling fake commodities.
must be done B. was done
C. be done D. were done
3. There was a traffic jam; otherwise I ____ here on time.?
A. would be B. had been ?
C. should be D. would have been
4.I didn’t go to the party, but I do wish I ___ there.
? A.? was? B.? were? C.? had been? D.? went
5.The teacher agreed to the suggestion that the students ___ two weeks to prepare for the exam.
? A.? give? B.? should give?
C.? be given?? D.? would be given
6. It is strange that such a thing ___ in your school.
? A.? will happen? B.? happens?
C.? should happen?? D.? happened
7. I’d rather you ___ right away.
? A.? leave?? B.? left?? C.? will leave? D.? to leave
8. It is required that you ____ at six.
A. will arrive?B. arrive??C. arrived????D. would arrive
9. If only I _____ how to operate an electronic computer as you do.
had known????? B. would know?????
C. should know???? D. knew Homework1.Finish exercises of Discovering useful structures.
2. Preview Using Language.Bye bye!课件27张PPT。 Language studyUnit 2 Poems1. reasonreason后可接why／that引导的定语从句; The _______ _____ _____ _____ _____was that he didn’t care about health．1) 他生病的原因是他不注意自己的健康。reason why he fell ill句型: The reason why…is that...我迟到的原因是我错过了早班车！
The reason why I was late（定语从句） is that I missed the first bus. 我说不出有多愤怒。I _______ _______how angry I feel. can't convey convey: 1express feelings, emotion to sb. 传达2. Some poems tell a story or…
Others try to convey certain emotion.adj. emotional言语无法表达我的感情.
___________________Words cannot convey my feelings2) to show 传达,说明 convey+ that……
他的信说明他有副热心肠.
__________________________________
3)to take or carry from one place to another 输送,搬运,运输
这艘船从中东运输石油到欧洲.
_________________________________.
His letter conveys that he has a warm heart. This ship conveys oil from the Middle
East to Europe 3. delight
1)n. 欢喜,高兴,愉快;爱好的事物,嗜好
习惯搭配:with delight 高兴地,欣然;
e.g.拜读大函,至感欣慰.
I read your letter_________.
习惯搭配: to one’s delight 令人高兴的是……
儿子通过考试令我大感欣慰.
, my son passed the examination.To my great delight with great delight
2)v. 使欢喜,使高兴,使快乐
他讲的笑话使大家很开心.
_____________________________________.
习惯搭配: delight +n.+(with+n) 以……逗人高兴
e.g.他时常以魔术逗他的小孩高兴.
.
习惯搭配: delight+in +n. 喜欢……
e.g.那个老人喜欢听爵士乐.
.
His joke delighted everyone He often delighted his children with his magic.The old man delighted in (listening to)jazz. 4. while 1.引导时间状语从句，“当……的时候；和……同时”，主从句谓语动作同时发生，从句谓语通常是延续性动词。如：
Mary watched TV while she ate her supper.
While she was listening to the radio, she fell asleep.2.表示对比或转折，意为“而；然而”。此时，while一般位于句中。如：
Some people waste food while others haven’t enough.有些人浪费粮食,然而有些人却吃不饱。
You like sports, while I prefer music.
你喜欢体育,而我更喜欢音乐。 5. take it/things easy 不要紧张,放松一些,慢一点
1)We would have won if we hadn’t taken it easy.
_______________________________________.
2)今天你做的工作足够了，现在休息一小时．
You have done quite enough work for today;
_________________________________________.
The doctor said that Bob would have to take things easy for a while after he had his tonsils( 扁桃体) out.
_________________________________________.
坐下，放松． ____________________________
Take you time. 慢慢来，别着急。（时间上） 如果我们没有放松警惕，我们本来会夺冠 now take it easy for an hour. 医生说，扁桃体切除后，鲍勃要休养一段时间 Sit down and take it easy. 2) 我们剩下的时间不多了． 1) 汽油快用完了。 拓展：use up 设法利用，用尽材料等 3) 我把所有的钱都用光了。I ____ ______ ____ all my money.6. run out (of ) The petrol___ ________ _____.is running outWe are running out of our time. have used up辨析 run out 与 run out of
sth. run out vi. (某物)被用完了，其主语通常为时间，食物，金钱等物。 (没有被动)
sb. run out of sth. vt. （某人）用完了（某物) 主语一般是人。
His money soon ran out.
He is always running out of money before payday.I have ___________ my oil.
Our ink has __________.run out of run out7. make up (of) 形成、构成或组成某物1) 一支足球队由11个队员组成。
2) 社会是由能力迥异的人组成的。Society ____ _____ _____ ____people of widely
different abilities.be made up ofis made up ofEleven players _____ _____a football team.
= A football team ____ ______ ____ ___11 players.被动形式：make upis made up of英国是由4个主要部分组成的。The United Kingdom is made up of four main parts.make up (1)组成，构成 (2) 编造 (3)弥补…
(4)化妆 (5)创作 (6)铺床a.Two doctors and six nurses made up the medical
Team.
= The medical team is made up of two doctors
and six nurses.
(1)b.We were asked to make up a poem.(5)c.She made up herself before going to the ball.(4)d. Jack made up a wonderful story to explain his
absence.(2)e. His mother makes up the bed for him every day.(6)f.Nothing can make up for the loss of time.(3)弥补…
相关短语：make up for
make sense
make use of
make up one’s mind
make out
make progress
make a promise
make sure弥补…有意义辨认出，理解取得进步许诺利用 make full / good use of确保8. await vt. 等候, 期待
We got up early and found breakfast awaiting us. wait vi. 等待 wait for
We're waiting for the bus. They waited for the president’s arrival. _____________, the scientists worked hard in the laboratory. 那些科学家们日复一日在实验室中努力工作着。 It is getting warmer____________. 天气一天天暖和起来。 The patient's condition is improving __________. 病人的病情逐日好转。 _______________she waited in vain for him to telephone her. 日复一日, 她徒劳地等待他的电话. 9. day by day 强调了一个变化的过程
day after day 强调日复一日重复无变化的动作Day after dayDay after dayday by dayday by day10. choose “选择”，指“选择出来”(pick out)
choose from 指“从……选择”，
下面两例中的介词 from 不可省略：
这些词典可供你选择。
Here are some dictionaries for you choose from.
事实上，有各种各样的颜色可供选择。
In fact, there are various colors to choose from. 11. worth，worthy，worth-while 都为adj. “值得的” worth： be worth + n. 值得…… be worth + doing 某事值得…
The question is not worth discussing again and again.worthy：be worthy of +n. 值得…… be worthy to be done 某事值得被做
The question is not worthy to be discussed again and again.
worth-while： be worth-while to do sth. 值得做某事I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式。
1. Our English teacher asked each of us to write a p______ (诗) after class.
2. My p______ (诗集) was published last year.
3. Parents always give their children names that r______: Donnie, Ronnie, Connie.poempoetry练习hyme4. Six weeks later we heard, to our great s______, that he had died.
5. She wore a pair of ________ (钻石) earrings at last night’s party.diamondsorrowII. 根据句意, 选择适当的单词或短语并用其适当形式填空。
1. poet; poem; poetry
a. As a piece of ______, it seems to be a selection of Renaissance.
b. He is both a soldier and a ______.
c. I decided to write a ______ about what I felt.poetrypoetpoem2. run out; run out of
a. By the time his patience had completely ______.
b. Unluckily, we have __________ gas when we are still on the highway.run outrun out of3. be made up of; be made of; be made from
a. The medicine team _______________ 5 doctors and 10 nurses.
b. This kind of paper _____________ wood.
c. The bridge ____________ stones over a century ago.
4. translate into; translate from
a. “Red Mansion Dream” has been ______________ several languages.
b. This text is _________________ one of Shakespeare’s famous works.translated from is made up ofis made fromwas made oftranslated into III. 每空填一词, 使该句与所给句子的意思相同。
1. The doctor told me to relax when examined.
The doctor told me to ____ ___ ____ when examined.
2. I have used up my money. Please lend me some.
I ____ ____ ____ ____ my money. Please lend me some.take it easyhave run out of3. The football team consists of 11 players.
The football team __ ____ ___ ___ 11 players.
4. I failed in the exam. That’s because I didn’t study hard.
____ ______ ___ I failed in the exam was ______ I didn’t study hard.
5. People write poems for various reasons.
People write poems for __ ____ ___ reasons.a variety ofis made up of The reason whythatIV. 根据括号内所给的提示将下列句子翻
译成英语。
他讲了一些笑话, 使观众很开心.(delight)
2. 医生叫我休息几周。(take it easy)
He delighted the audience by telling some jokes.The doctor told me to take it easy for a few weeks.3. 这是一种很受说英语的人欢迎的日本诗。(be popular with)It is a Japanese form of poetry that is very popular with English speakers.4. 我们的汽油昨天就用完了。(run out of)We ran out of petrol yesterday.5. 这个团体是由医生和教师组成的。
(make up of)
6. 她的书已经被译成了10种语言。
(translate ... into)Her book has been translated into 10 languages.The group is made up of doctors and teachers.Unit 2 Poems
Reading: Different types of poems
教学对象分析
本班学生为一级达标校高二年实验班学生。是授课老师班级的学生。他们的英语基础较好，阅读理解能力和综合运用能力较强。这些学生课堂上与教师的配合比较默契，使这堂活动课的顺利进行有了一个较好的基础。但是这是高中英语教材中第一次涉及到诗歌话题，学生对此话题的了解较少。
二、 教材内容分析
本课为选修六第二单元课文, 话题为诗歌，体裁为说明文。文中简要介绍了英文诗歌的几种简单易学的形式，通过介绍和说明诗歌的节奏，韵律，诗歌的设计特点以及创作诗歌的原则来帮助学生了解这一文学艺术形式。
三、 教学目标
本堂课是作为阅读的一个后续活动，通过一系列任务的设计和完成来实现以下教学目标。
（1）能够欣赏和理解诗歌，并发现，归纳和总结诗歌的特点，并进行一定的模仿，以达到对诗歌的基本了解；
（2）能使用预览，归纳，概括，评价，模仿和创作等策略完成课堂任务；
（3）能发挥团队协作学习精神，共同完成课堂活动；
（4）能了解诗歌这种艺术形式的意义，培养文化意识。
四、 教学过程
Step I: Lead-in ( 1 min )
Activating and revision
T plays a MP3 of Twinkle twinkle little star for students to guess, and lead in the topic of Nursery Rhymes, so that the other 4 forms of poems introduced in the text.
[意图说明] 本课使用学生熟悉的童谣作为导入，与文章的第一类诗歌切合，能够快速进入话题。
Step II: Post-reading （20 mins）
Activity I: Jigsaw Puzzle (5 mins)
[意图说明] 课前要求学生对文章进行预览（preview），对文章的大意以及五种诗歌类型有初步了解，并能够通过预览所获取的信息参与课堂活动。课堂活动设计Activity I and II体现对学生预览的检验。
T hands out many notes indicating different forms of poems, including poems and characteristics, and then T asks Ss to form groups to which they belong by seeking other 5 members holding the similar notes. In this way, Ss are divided into 5 groups, laying foundation for later activities in class.
In all the activities, group competition is employed to arouse Ss’ interest to take part in.
A
B
C
D
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Participation
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Group work rules:
Congratulations!
You have found your group!!
You 6 have found each other to form the group. Now you have the third TASK for further and detailed discussion for ________________.
1. Glue(粘贴) the notes onto the following form accordingly. If necessary, write down more information to make your form more detailed, for example, think of more purposes of the poems. (The form will be shown to the whole class later.)
2. Read all the poems you have and have a group discussion, and then choose one to be the example of your group presentation. Decide on a speaker. By analyzing the example poem, the speaker introduces the style of your poems to other classmates. It is expected that all the most important features of the poem should be included in the presentation.
Try to impress your classmates and make your presentation work!!!
The following samples may help you organize your speech.
Suggested version:
The kind of the poem I want to introduce is _____________ / or I want to introduce __________. It is a kind of poem written especially for ____________. or It is a popular form in ___________ (China, Japan......)
There are some important features of ____________. Its language is _______________ . / Or it has many rhymes and strong rhythms…… and so on…./
Just take the following poem for an example,
……
(show your group’s poem and explain some features you find in the poem. )
A. Nursery Rhymes:
1. Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,
Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing,
Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass,
Papa’s going to buy you a looking-glass.
If that looking-glass gets broke,
Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat.
If that billy-goat runs away,
Papa’s going to buy you another today.
2. A Sailor went to Sea.
A Sailor went to sea, sea, sea,
To see what he could see, see, see,
And all that he could see, see, see,
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.
3. Handy Spandy, Jack-a-Dandy.
Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandy
Loves plum cake and sugar candy;
He bought some at a grocer's shop,
And out he came, hop, hop, hop.
Characteristics of nursery rhymes:
4. A common type of children’s poems.
5. The language is concrete but imaginative or sometimes even ridiculous.
6. They delight children because they rhyme, have strong rhythm and many repetition.
B. List poems
1. I saw a fish-pond all on fire
I saw a fish-pond all on fire
I saw a house bow to a squire,
I saw a person twelve-feet high,
I saw a cottage in the sky,
I saw a balloon made of lead,
I saw a coffin drop down dead,
I saw two sparrows run a race,
I saw two horses making lace,
I saw a girl just like a cat,
I saw a kitten wear a hat,
I saw a man who saw these too,
And said though strange they all were true.
2. Bleezer's Ice Cream （Jack Prelutsky, 1940 ）
I am Ebenezer Bleezer,
I run BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM STORE,
there are flavors in my freezer
you have never seen before,
twenty-eight divine creations
too delicious to resist,
why not do yourself a favor,
try the flavors on my list:
COCOA MOCHA MACARONI
TAPIOCA SMOKED BALONEY
CHECKERBERRY CHEDDAR CHEW
CHICKEN CHERRY HONEYDEW
TUTTI-FRUTTI STEWED TOMATO
TUNA TACO BAKED POTATO
LOBSTER LITCHI LIMA BEAN
MOZZARELLA MANGOSTEEN
ALMOND HAM MERINGUE SALAMI
YAM ANCHOVY PRUNE PASTRAMI
SASSAFRAS SOUVLAKI HASH
SUKIYAKI SUCCOTASH
BUTTER BRICKLE PEPPER PICKLE
POMEGRANATE PUMPERNICKEL
PEACH PIMENTO PIZZA PLUM
PEANUT PUMPKIN BUBBLEGUM
BROCCOLI BANANA BLUSTER
CHOCOLATE CHOP SUEY CLUSTER
AVOCADO BRUSSELS SPROUT
PERIWINKLE SAUERKRAUT
COTTON CANDY CARROT CUSTARD
CAULIFLOWER COLA MUSTARD
ONION DUMPLING DOUBLE DIP
TURNIP TRUFFLE TRIPLE FLIP
GARLIC GUMBO GRAVY GUAVA
LENTIL LEMON LIVER LAVA
ORANGE OLIVE BAGEL BEET
WATERMELON WAFFLE WHEAT
I am Ebenezer Bleezer,
I run BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM STORE,
taste a flavor from my freezer,
you will surely ask for more.
3. That Explains It!
I went to the doctor. He x-rayed my head. He stared for a moment and here’s what he said. “It looks like you’ve got a banana in there, an apple, an orange, a peach, and a pear. I also see something that looks like a shoe, a plate of spaghetti, some fake doggy doo, an airplane, an arrow, a barrel, a chair, a salmon, a camera, some old underwear, a penny, a pickle, a pencil, a pen, a hairy canary, a hammer, a hen, a whistle, a thistle, a missile, a duck, an icicle, bicycle, tricycle, truck. with all of the junk that you have in your head it’s kind of amazing you got out of bed. The good news, at least, is you shouldn’t feel pain. From what I can see here you don’t have a brain.”
Characteristics of list poems:
4. This is a poem which in fact is made up of a list of things.
5. Have a flexible line length and repeated phrases.
6. Some rhymes while others do not.
C. Cinquain
1. Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine
2. Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out
Endless
3.Puppy
Lovely, aggressive
Running, barking, eating
Friend and family member
Always
Characteristics of Cinquain:
4. It consists of 5 lines.
5. A strong picture can be conveyed in just a few words.
6. It follows a fixed pattern of words in each line.
D. Haiku
1. A fallen blossom
Is coming back to the branch.
Look, a butterfly!
2. Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
Of happy children.
3. A black bird takes its
Broken wings and learn to fly,
Singing in the night.
Characteristics of Cinquain:
4. It’s a Japanese form of poetry.
5. It’s made up of 17 syllables.
6. It give a clear picture and create a special feeling using the minimum of words.
E. Tang poems
1. Where she awaits her husband
On and on the river flows
Never looking back
Transformed into stone
Day by day upon the mountain top
Wind and rain revolve.
Should the traveller return,
This stone would utter speech.
-----by Wang jian
2. ?To?Wang?Lun?
I'm?on?board;?We're?about?to?sail,?
When?there's?stamping?and?singing?on?shore;?
Peach?Blossom?Pool?is?a?thousand?feet?deep,?
Yet?not?so?deep,Wang?Lun, as?your?love?for?me.
---?by Li?Bai?
3. Five-character-ancient-verse
A VIEW OF TAISHAN
What shall I say of the Great Peak? --
The ancient dukedoms are everywhere green,
Inspired and stirred by the breath of creation,
With the Twin Forces balancing day and night.
...I bare my breast toward opening clouds,
I strain my sight after birds flying home.
When shall I reach the top and hold
All mountains in a single glance?
---- by Du Fu
Characteristics of Cinquain:
1. Tang Dynasty.
2. Free form and do not rhyme.
3. English writers’ favorite.
Activity II : Summarization and presentation（15 mins）
When students find their group members, T explains the task for Ss.
Ss are supposed to discuss the certain form of poem in their group and present their discussion to the other 4 groups under T’s guidance. In this way, all the students are more familiar with the five simple forms of poems in the text.
[意图说明] 学生在老师设置的任务情境中进行诗歌类型的细节探讨，需要在理解文章的基础上进行信息的寻找，归纳和概括（summarizing)。在概括环节中，要求学生尽量用自己的语言来进行阐述，并能够对老师给的材料进行分析和解读。
T’s guidance form:
Form
Country
Rhyme
Rhythm
Characteristics
Purposes
Example
With the help of the form above, Ss are required to have a specific study on their own style of poem and finally analyze an extra example poem (not the examples in the text passage) with all the supporting factors. After discussing, a speaker is chosen to present the result. When summarizing the characteristics or introduce the certain style of poem, Ss are required to use their own language based on the comprehension of the text.
Sample:
Nursery rhymes:
Form
Nurser Rhymes
Country
English-speaking countries
Rhyme
Yes
Rhythm
Yes
Characteristics
1. Intended for kids;
2.Concrete/specific/detailed, imaginative/full of imagination, ridiculous/ funny language.
Purposes
1. To make children happy;
2. To create an easy but fun atmosphere for children to learn language.
Example
(suggested)
A Sailor went to sea, sea, sea,
To see what he could see, see, see,
And all that he could see, see, see,
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.
Form
List poems
Country
English-speaking countries
Rhyme
Some do while some don’t.
Rhythm
Yes
Characteristics
1. It is actually a list of things.
2. It doesn’t have a fixed line length and a certain pattern to follow.
......
Purposes
1. To express a certain feeling.
2. To describe a person or a scene.
......
Example
(suggested)
I went to the doctor. He x-rayed my head. He stared for a moment and here’s what he said. “It looks like you’ve got a banana in there, an apple, an orange, a peach, and a pear. I also see something that looks like a shoe, a plate of spaghetti, some fake doggy doo, an airplane, an arrow, a barrel, a chair, a salmon, a camera, some old underwear, a penny, a pickle, a pencil, a pen, a hairy canary, a hammer, a hen, a whistle, a thistle, a missile, a duck, an icicle, bicycle, tricycle, truck. with all of the junk that you have in your head it’s kind of amazing you got out of bed. The good news, at least, is you shouldn’t feel pain. From what I can see here you don’t have a brain.”
Form
Cinquain
Country
English-speaking countries
Rhyme
No
Rhythm
No
Characteristics
1. It follows a fixed pattern of words in each line: one word, 2 adjectives, 3 V-ing, 4 words and one word.
2. It is made up of 5 lines.
3. It can convey a strong picture with just a few words.
Purposes
1. To describe a person or a scene;
2. To convey a certain emotion;
Example
(suggested)
Puppy
Lovely, aggressive
Running, barking, eating
Friend and family member
Always
Form
Haiku
Country
Japan
Rhyme
No
Rhythm
No
Characteristics
1. It is not a traditional form of English poetry.
2. It consists of 17 syllables
......
Purposes
1. To describe an aspect of a season or an impressive scene.
2. To show one’s emotion using just a few words, by demonstrating something.
......
Example
(suggested)
A black bird takes its
Broken wings and learn to fly,
Singing in the night.
Form
Tang Poems
Country
China
Rhyme
Uncertain.
Rhythm
Uncertain.
Characteristics
1. It is from China, especially Tang Dynasty.
2. It doesn’t have a certain pattern to follow.
3. The style is flexible.
......
Purposes
1. To describe people or scenery;
2. To convey certain emotions;
3. To record something particular in the poet’s life;
......
Example
A VIEW OF TAISHAN
What shall I say of the Great Peak? --
The ancient dukedoms are everywhere green,
Inspired and stirred by the breath of creation,
With the Twin Forces balancing day and night.
...I bare my breast toward opening clouds,
I strain my sight after birds flying home.
When shall I reach the top and hold
All mountains in a single glance?
---- by Du Fu
Step III. Thinking, talking and evaluating. (8 mins)
[意图说明] 在前几个活动的基础上，老师提出一些与诗歌相关的问题，以引起学生对于较深层次的思考和一定的评价（evaluating）,也为下一个环节作铺垫。
After Ss present their discussion, T guide Ss to think over the following questions:
(1) Why do sometimes English writers love translating foreign poems?
(2) Is it necessary for all English poems to have rhyme or rhythm?
(3) Do you notice any rhetoric (修辞手法) or some special grammatical structures in these poems?
(4) How do you like the value of poetry in culture and its influence on people’s life?
Suggested answers:
No, it is not necessary. There are actually different forms of poetry in English literature. Some follow a fixed or a certain pattern while some have free style. Take what we read in this class for example, Cinquain as well as Haiku don’t necessarily thyme and rhythm. However, as for nursery rhymes and list poems, they usually rhyme and rhythm so that they can be impressive and create a vivid atmosphere.
Step IV: Imitating and creating. (11 mins)
[意图说明] 模仿和创作 (Imitating and creating)。鼓励学生在了解几种简单的诗歌形式和规律之后，进行简单的模仿和创作，将他们所发现的规则和规律运用到自己的创作中。
Since the text introduces the simplest forms of poetry, Ss can imitate writing down their own poems. They are supposed to create List poems, Cinquain and Haiku which are easier to follow. Ss present their works after writing.
Step V: Homework assignment.
1. Make a further study on the form of poetry you are interested in.
2. Improve writing the poem you do in class.
3. Try to learn more about poetry.
P.S.: Students’ works of poems:
I. List poems
If there were twenty-five hours a day,
I might spend the extra hour doing sports.
I might spend the extra hour doing house-work
I might spend the extra hour doing a study
I might spend the extra hour watching a movie
I might spend the extra hour reviewing my lessons
I might spend the extra hour playing my instruments
I might spend the extra hour playing computer games
I might spend the extra hour talking with my friends.
Or I might just sleep, sleep and sleep
If I had an extra hour a day.
II. Cinquain
1. Sea
Vast, blue
Exciting, interesting, charming
Tide rises and ebbs
Scenic
2. Winter
Cold, sleepy
Snowing, drying, laughing
Month in, month out
Endless
3. Friendship
Subtle, firm
Smelling, weeping, struggling
I am always here
Everlasting
III. Haiku
The sixteen night’s moon
Pours its last light which dissolves
Into endless night.
Teacher’s poems
Cinquain:
Joanna
Toddling, babbling, doodling,
Day in, day out,
Grown
List poem:
I work as an English teacher
I work as an English teacher in a high school,
I get up at 6 a.m. every morning,
I go to work by bus or on foot,
I have two classes from 7:30 to 9 a.m.,
I collect homework and check it,
I have a break in the office,
I prepare for my next lesson,
I surf the Internet for information,
I type the examination paper for students,
I hand out homework and go back home at 6 p.m.,
I still think about my lessons at home,
I go to bed thinking my not being late for tomorrow
I fall asleep at 10:30 p.m. and dream about students
I work as an English teacher in this school,
Endless as teaching may seem,
I love it, and I love my students.
课件35张PPT。English poemsUnit 2
Twinkle twinkle little star
Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon.
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Activity I: Comprehension of the text
Q: How many other forms of poems are introduced in the text ? What are they ? Five kinds of poems Nursery rhymes
童谣
List poems
清单诗
Cinquain
五行诗 Haiku
俳句诗
Tang poems
唐诗Listen to the poems and figure out which kind of poem they belong to?
Activity 2:
Activity 2: Jigsaw puzzle
Try to find out 5 other memebers who belong to the same group as you.
Activity 3:
Presentation!!
Features of Nursery rhymes:
1. a common type of __________’s poetry.
2. The language is concrete but _____________.
3. They __________ small children because they rhyme, have strong ________ and a lot of ___________. childrenimaginative delight rhythm repetitionHush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking-glass.Pay attention to the rhyme and language.If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat.
If that billy-goat runs away, Papa’s going to buy you another today.Features of list poems:
Have a ____________ line length and repeated _____________.
Some ___________ while others do not. flexiblephrasesrhymeI saw a fish-pond all on fire
I saw a house bow to a squire,
I saw a person twelve-feet high,
I saw a cottage in the sky,
I saw a balloon made of lead,
I saw a coffin drop down dead,I saw a fish-pond all on fireI saw two sparrows run a race,
I saw two horses making lace,
I saw a girl just like a cat,
I saw a kitten wear a hat,
I saw a man who saw these too,
And said though strange they all were true.Features of cinquain:
a poem made up of _________ lines.
a strong picture can be _________ in just a few words.fiveconveyedWhat do the two poems have in common ?Poem D
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine
Poem E
Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out
Endlessthe features of the cinquain
Cinquain poems (five lines)
Brother -----a noun
Beautiful, athletic -----2 adjectives
Teasing, shouting , laughing ------3 v-ing
Friend and enemy too -----4 words
mine -----a word
Features of Haiku:
It’s a ___________ form of poetry.
It’s made up of ______ syllables.
It give a clear picture and create a special feeling using the ___________of words.
Japanese17minimum Haiku poems Poem F
A fallen blossom
Is coming back to the branch.
Look, a butterfly!
Poem G
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
Of happy children.
Haiku poems (17 syllables, imagery(比喻))
A fallen blossom -----5 syllables
Is coming back to the branch -----7syllables
Look, a butterfly ---5syllablesthe features of Poem F & GAbout Tang Poems:
English speakers enjoy Tang Poems in ___________, which means they are especially interested in Tang poems.particular1.What’s the title ?Poem H
Where she awaits her husband
On and on the river flows
Never looking back
Transformed into stone
Day by day upon the mountain top
Wind and rain revolve.
Should the traveler return,
This stone would utter speech.
-----by Wang jian A.蝶恋花
B.竹枝词
C.望夫石
D.一剪梅望夫石
望夫处，江悠悠．
化为石，不回头．
山头日日风复雨，
行人归来石应语．Activity 4: Reflecting and evaluating
Why do sometimes English writers
love translating foreign poems?Poetry is universal to all people, all places,and all times.
Poetry knows no barriers,neither culture,age,gender,nor religion.Activity 4: Reflecting and evaluating
Is it necessary for all English poems to have rhyme or rhythm?
Activity 4: Reflecting and evaluating
Do you notice any rhetoric (修辞手法) or some special grammatical structures in these poems?
Rhetoric:
Simile :
The moon is like a round plate.
Metaphor:
The boy is a pig.
Parallelism:
I play the piano,
I play the violin,
I play the flute,
……
Rhetoric:
Personification :
The flowers are dancing in the breeze.
Hyperbole:
The man has strength as10 elephants do.
Grammatical structure:
Subjunctive mood:
If we had done….., we would…….
2. Inversion:
Under the big tree sat a sad little kid,……
3. Emphatic sentence:
Only after you grow up can you understand me.
It is Elena that teaches us English.
Poetry is universal to all people, all places,and all times.
Poetry knows no barriers,neither culture,age,gender,nor religion.Activity 5
Creation!! Type of poems史诗 epic
颂体诗 Ode
挽歌 Elegy
田园诗 Pastoral
讽刺诗 Satire
象征诗 Symbolist
说教诗didactic poetry民谣体 ballad
无韵诗 Blank Verse
十四行诗 Sonnet
自由诗 Free Verse
抒情诗 Lyric
戏剧诗 Dramatic ??I write a poem but the poem writes me you read a poem but the poem reads you better to hold each other Robert M Wilson Homework 1. Improve writing the poem you do in class. 2. Make a further study on the form of poetry you are interested in. 课件29张PPT。Reading Unit 2 Poems “红藕香残玉簟秋。轻解罗裳，独占兰舟。 云中谁寄锦书来，雁字回时，月满西楼。 花自飘零水自流。一种相思，两处闲愁。 此情无计可消除，才下眉头，却上心头。 Which poem AB C D E F G H describes a person?tells a story?describes an aspect of a season?is about sport?is about things that don’t make sense?is recited to a baby?describes a river scene?has rhyming words at the end of lines?repeats words and phrases? ReadingThe reading passage discusses five kinds of poems. What are they?Five kinds of poemsNursery rhymes
童谣Cinquain
五行诗List poems
清单诗Tang poems
唐诗Haiku
俳句诗Poetry is a great form of literature. There are different kinds of rules for poems, so the forms of poems are quite different from country to country. The passage in Reading will tell us something about forms of English poems. Now read the text on P 10 and find out information to complete the following form.Nursery rhymes(A) List poems (B and C)Cinquain (D and E)Haiku (F and G)Tang poems (H)Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to reciteRepeated phrases and some rhymesMade up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few wordsGive a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few wordsThe translations have a free form. Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,
Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing,
Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass,
Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass.
If that looking-glass gets broke,
Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat
If that billy-goat runs away,
Papa is going to buy you another today.Listen to the tape and find the words that rhyme:word singbrokemockingbirdringbrassLooking-glassbilly-goatawaytodayPoem A1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror goes broken?2. What is the baby’s father going to do if goat runs away?
He’s going to buy the baby a billy-goat.He’s going to buy the baby another billy-goat.Poem A I saw a fish-pond all on fire
I saw a fish-pond all on fire,
I saw a house bow to a squire,
I saw a person twelve-feet high,
I saw a cottage in the sky,
I saw a balloon made of lead,
I saw a coffin drop down dead,
I saw two sparrows run a race,
I saw two horses making lace,
I saw a girl just like a cat,
I saw a kitten wear a hat,
I saw a man who saw these too,
And said though strange they all were trueWe should have won…
If Jack had scored that goal,
If we’d had just a few more minutes,
If we had trained harder,
If Ben had passed the ball to Joe,
If we’d had thousands of fans screaming,Our first football matchIf I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball,
If we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before,
If we hadn’t take it easy,
If we hadn’t run out of energy.
We should have won…
If we’d been better!
What sports do you think the speaker is writing about?
Did his or her team win the game?
3. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win?
4. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuse? How do you know?
FootballNoNine No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to winListen to POEM C and answer the following questions Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out.
Endless 兄弟
爱美，又爱运动
爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑
是我的朋友
也是我的敌人 夏日
困乏，刺激
干涸，枯萎，恐怖
周而复始
永无止境Poem D & E1.What subject is the speaker writing about?
Poem D:____________
poem E:________
2. Does the speaker like the subject?His or her brothersummer A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
(by Moritake) Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)落下的花朵
回到了树枝上。
瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！
作者Moritake 雪儿融化了,
整个村庄充满着
欢乐的儿童。
作者IssaWhere she awaits her husband,
On and on the river flows
Never looking back,
Transformed into stone.
Day by day upon the mountain top,
wind and rain revolve.
Should the journey return,
this stone would utter speech.
(by Wang Jian) 望夫石
王健
望夫处，江悠悠。
化为石，不回头。
山头日日风复雨，
行人归来石应语。 望夫石
王建
望夫处，江悠悠，
化为石，不回头！
山头日日风复雨，
行人归来石应语。Comprehending1. Read and listen to the passage. Which poem do you like best? Give reasons.2. Answer these questions about the reading passage.What is the main topic of the reading passage?What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?Which two poems have rhyming lines?
Circle the pairs of rhyming words.Some simple forms of English poemsPoem A and B. Each poem has four beats a line.Nursery rhymes, List poems, the Cinquain, Haiku and Tang poems.Which poems give you one clear picture in your mind?Most probably Poems F, G.4Poem D,E 1. What subject is the speaker writing about?
The speaker is writing about his / her brother in Poem D.
In Poem E, the writer is writing about Summer.2. Does the speaker like the subject?
Give a reason for your answer.Poem D: Yes. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his/ her brother, the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his/ her brother.Poem E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker can’t wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in week out and endless convey this feeling. What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own wordsA woman’s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. she waits and waits never moving form that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.Poem HDiscussion: Are poems good for our life?
What can we get from poems?1. Poems bring passion (激情)to our life.2. Poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance. 3. Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful!回乡偶书 贺之章少小离家老大回,
乡音无改鬓毛衰.
儿童相见不相识,
笑问客从何处来.Try to translate the following Chinese poem into English.Coming Home ( a Tang poem)I left home young and not till old do I come back,
My accent is unchanged, my hair no longer black.
The children don’t know me,whom I meet on the way
Where do you come from,revered sir?they smile and say.thank you 课件38张PPT。If winter comes,
can spring be far behind?
Shelley--- Ode to the west wind
(西风颂)Unit2 Poems “红藕香残玉簟秋。轻解罗裳，独占兰舟。 云中谁寄锦书来，雁字回时，月满西楼。 花自飘零水自流。一种相思，两处闲愁。 此情无计可消除，才下眉头，却上心头。If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased, Just see the over-brimming river flowing east!问君能有几多愁，恰似一江春水向东流。
———李煜Translated by Xu Yuanchong《虞美人》Wildfire never quite consumes them -- They are tall once more in the spring wind. 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。
轻轻的我走了，
正如我轻轻的来；
我轻轻的招手，
作别西天的云彩。
那河畔的金柳
是夕阳中的新娘
波光里的艳影，
在我的心头荡漾。
软泥上的青荇，
油油的在水底招摇；
在康河的柔波里，
我甘心做一条水草
那树荫下的一潭，
不是清泉，
是天上虹
揉碎在浮藻间，
沉淀着彩虹似的梦。
寻梦？撑一支长篙，
向青草更青处漫溯，
满载一船星辉，
在星辉斑斓里放歌
然而，我不能放歌，
悄悄是别离的笙箫；
夏虫也为我沉默，
沉默是今晚的康桥！
悄悄的我走了，
正如我悄悄的来；
我挥一挥衣袖，
不带走一片云彩。 Which poem AB C D E F G H describes a person?tells a story?describes an aspect of a season?is about sport?is about things that don’t make sense?is recited to a baby?describes a river scene?has rhyming words at the end of lines?repeats words and phrases?ReadingA Few Simple Forms of English Poems1. Why do people write poetry?
2. How many kinds of poems does the text mention? What are they?Fast reading AB&CD&EF&GH?Why do people write poems? to tell a story
to express feelings
Simple forms of poemsPara 2: Nursery rhymesPara 3: List poemsPara 4: Cinquain poemsPara 5: Haiku poemsPara 6: Tang poemsPara 1: Brief introductionNursery rhymesRead Para 2 and find out the characteristics of nursery rhymes.strong rhythm [ ‘rie?m] 节奏 strong rhyme 押韵 a lot of repetition 重复Listen to it and try to clap the beat.Underline the pair of rhyming words. Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,
Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing,
Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass,
Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass.
If that looking-glass gets broke,
Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat.
If that billy-goat runs away,
Papa is going to buy you another today.ANursery rhyme(童谣)[?:d][in][a:s][?u][ei]List poemsRead Para 3 and answer the following question.What are list poems like?repeat phrases
Some have rhyme while others do not. Listen and underline the pair of rhyming words in Poem B.
I saw a fish-pond all on fire,
I saw a house bow to a squire,
I saw a person twelve-feet high,
I saw a cottage in the sky,
I saw a balloon made of lead,
I saw a coffin drop down dead,
I saw two sparrows run a race,
I saw two horses making lace,
I saw a girl just like a cat,
I saw a kitten wear a hat,
I saw a man who saw these too,
And said though strange they all were true.BList poem
(清单诗) Our first football match
We would have won…
if Jack had just scored that goal,
if we’d had just a few more minutes,
if we had trained harder,
if Ben had passed the ball to Joe,
if we’d had thousands of fans screaming,
if I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball,
if we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before,
if we hadn’t taken it easy,
if we hadn’t run out of energy,
We would have won…
if we’ve been better!C1. Did his team win the game?
2. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win?
3. Does the speaker really believe his own excuse? NoNine POEM C : Answer the following questions If no, what is the reason for their failure?NoThe reason why they are fail is that they are not good enough.Cinquain poemsRead Para 4 and answer the following question.How many lines is the cinquain made up of?five lines Listen and observe Poem D and E carefully. Try to find out the characteristics of the two poems. Brother
Beautiful ,athletic
Teasing, shouting ,laughing
Friend and enemy too
mineCinquain (五行诗) (poem D and E)---one word (topic)---two adjs ---three verbs with –ing ---four words ---one wordFive linesDDoes the speaker like the topic?E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling. Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out
EndlessEHaiku poemsRead Para 5 carefully and find out the similarity and difference between Cinquain and Haiku .Similarity:Difference:a clear pictureeasy to writeconvey a special feeling5 lines17 syllablesEnjoy two poems A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
(by Moritake) Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)落下的花朵
回到了树枝上。
瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！
雪儿融化了,
整个村庄充满着
欢乐的儿童。
FHaiku (俳句诗 )G17 syllablesPoem H: Tang Poem What is the story that the poem tell? Tell the story in your own words.Read this poem and answer the following questions.Where she awaits her husband,
On and on the river flows
Never looking back,
Transformed into stone.
Day by day upon the mountain top,
wind and rain revolve.
Should the journeyer return,
this stone would utter speech.
(by Wang Jian) 望夫石
王健
望夫处，江悠悠。
化为石，不回头。
山头日日风复雨，
行人归来石应语。
HWhich of the following words can convey the woman’s feelings
loneliness B. joy C. love
D. trust E. anger F. hate
G. sorrow
A. lonelinessC. loveD. trustG. sorrow?Nursery RhymesThey have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition.List PoemsThey repeated phrases and some rhyme, and easy to write.CinquainThey are made up of 5 lines, and convey a strong picture, and easy to write.HaikuThey are made up of 17 syllables, and give a picture and a special feeling.Tang PoemsTheir translations have a free form.CharacteristicsFormDiscussion : which poem do you like best? Give reasons.Can you write a simple poem?Choose one of these forms, and try to write a poem in groups, and tell why you write the poem.Enjoy more poemsA Grain of SandWilliam BlakeTo see a world in a grain of sand,?????? ?
And a heaven in a wild flower,????????????
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,?? ?
And eternity in an hour .???一花一世界， 一沙一天国， 君掌盛无边， 刹那含永劫。 ——宗白华Pie Problem If I eat one more piece of pie, I’ll die!
If I can’t have one more piece of pie, I’ll die!
So since it’s all decided I must die,
I might as well have one more piece of pie.
MMM-OOOH-MY!
Chomp-Gulp-Bye. what is love Love is giving ,
Love is living ,
Love is taking someone’s load(负担）,
Love helps them along the road.
Love is caring,
Love is sharing,
Love will seek the best for others,
Love treats everyone as brothers.List poem (列举诗)爱是什么爱是给予，
爱是生活，
爱是肩负他人重任，
爱是一路帮助他人。
爱是关怀，
爱是分享，
爱是为别人争取最好，
爱是将人人当成兄弟。 Reading poetry brings people from different places and different times together.Sunshine
Lovely, cheerful
Warming, welcoming, calming
I sing with you
BrightnessCinquain (五行诗)A Rainbow
Curving up, then down.?
Meeting blue sky and green earth?
Melding（合并） sun and rain.Haiku(俳句)17 syllablesA SPRING MORNING
I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,
Everywhere round me the singing of birds,
But now I remember the night, the storm,
And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.
春晓
春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟．
夜来风雨声，花落知多少．Tang PoemIn the quiet night
So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed---
Could there have been a frost already?
Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight.
Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home.
By Li Bai 静夜思
床前明月光，
疑是地上霜。
举头望明月，
低头思故乡。COMING HOMEI left home young , I return old.
Speaking as then, but with hair grow thin; and my children, meeting me, do not know me.
They smile and say:
Stranger, where do you come from?Good-bye!Unit 2 Poems
Period 1 Warming up, Pre-reading & Reading
Teaching goals
Target language
Important words and phrases
Poem, poetry, recite, aspect, convey, nursery, rhyme, diamond, cottage, balloon, sparrow, tease, salty, endless, translate, nursery rhyme, take it easy, run out of, make up of
Important sentences
Which poem is about things that don’t make sense?
Poets use many different forms of poems to express themselves.
I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball.
We hadn’t taken it easy.
The poem is made up of five lines.
A lot of Tang poetry has been translated into English. The translations have a free form that English people like to copy.
2. Ability goals
a. Enable Ss to talk about different types of poems: nursery rhymes; list poems; cinquain,; haiku; Tang poems
b. Enable Ss to talk about different purposes of writing poems.
c. Understand the main theme of each poem.
d. Enable Ss to chant some of their favorite poems.
3. Learning ability
Enable Ss to distinguish different types of poems.
Teaching important points
Talk about five main types of poems.
Understand the main purpose of writing the poems.
Teaching difficult points
Find the rhythm of each poem.
Chant the poem.
Understand the main purpose of writing the poems.
Teaching methods
Skimming and scanning.
Asking-and –answering activity
Discussion
Chant
Teaching aids
Multimedia
Teaching procedures & ways
Step 1. Greetings
Step 2. Presentation
Ask Ss to think back and try to remember poems from their early childhood, either in Chinese or in English.
Talk about some famous poets both home and abroad, either ancient ones or modern ones.
Brainstorming: What will you think of when we talk about the word “poem”?
Step 3. Warming up
Read the questions in this part, reminding Ss what they notice about the above poems.(e.g. they have a strong beat, or they have rhyme, or they play with words and sounds, or perhaps some of them are funny because they make no sense.)
Tell Ss that there are many reasons why people write poetry. Give the examples on the Bb. Ask Ss why they think the poets wrote the poems they have just recited.. Write their suggestions on the board.
Give Ss a time limit of a few minutes. Divide the class into groups of four to discuss the purpose of writing poems. Ask one person from each group to read their group’s list and add their suggestions to the list on the board. (Suggested reasons: to create certain feelings or images in the reader; to share a feeling or experience; to describe something in detail or give an impression; to get the reader to think about an idea; to express a point of view; to make the reader experience the sight, sounds, smells, feel and tastes of something; to create a mood, to play with words--- their sounds, rhyme and rhythm.)
If time permits, in small groups or as a class, discuss the kinds of topics that poets write about.( people, animals, nature, landscapes, the sea, the seasons, stories, death, war, youth and old age, feeling and experiences, emotions like love, hate, sadness, regret and desire, etc.)
Step 4. Pre-reading
People from different countries write different kinds of poems. Get Ss to discuss the questions on Page 9 with their partners: Do you have a favorite poem in Chinese? Why ? Do you have a favorite poem in English? Why?
As to exercise 2, give Ss practice in an important reading skill: scanning a text, that is, looking through a text quickly to find specific information. Read the table in exercise 2 with the Ss. Tell them that they are going to look for the information in the table, just in the poems themselves, not in the other parts of the text. They are to look only for those pieces of information and not read every word. Do an example with them.
Suggested answers to exercise 2:
Which poem
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
describes a person?
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tells a story?
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describes an aspect of a season?
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is about sport?
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is about things that don’t make sense?
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is recited to a baby?
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describes a river scene?
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has rhyming words at the end of lines?
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repeats words or phrases?
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Step 5. Reading
Scanning
Get the Ss to read the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the Ss to form a good habit of reading. Teacher gives Ss a couple of minutes to look through the whole passage. Tell them to read the text silently and then ask some detailed questions about the text on the slide show . Teacher should encourage Ss to express their ideas.
Q1. Why do people write poetry?
Q2. How many forms of poems are mentioned in the passage? What are they?
Q3. What does “nursery rhyme” mean? Why do they delight small children?
Q4. What’s the characteristic of “list poems”? What about “cinquain”?
Q5. Why do English People like “Haiku”?
Q6. Are you familiar with Tang Poems? Do you know the title of the last poem in the text?
Listening
Before Ss read the text, have them close their books and listen to the text with their eyes closed. This gives Ss the opportunity to listen to the sounds or “music” of the poems before reading them in detail. Tell them that it doesn’t matter if they don’t understand every word.
First reading
Get Ss to read the text carefully, finding the one sentence that sums up the paragraph of each part.. Underline the topic sentence.
Second reading
Tell Ss that they are going to look at the rhythm of two of the poems. Make sure they know what rhythm is. Read the limerick aloud and have Ss listen for the strong beats. Then have them clap the strong beats as you read. Mark the strong beats on the limerick on the board.
There was an old man with a beard
Who said “it is just as I feared”.
“Four insects and then
Two birds and a hen
Have all made a home in my beard”.
Now read the poem A & B. Ask them to mark the strong beats on the two poems that have a strong rhythm. Check their answers . Then play the tape and get them to clap to the strong beats in those two poems.
Third reading
Just as any scene can serve as the subject of a painting, so any part of daily life can provide material for a poem.. Of course, the choice that the artist or poet makes relates to his or her purpose. Poetry is usually short and compact, so it should be read several times, preferably aloud, to appreciate its meaning. Read the last poem (Poem H), and answer the following questions:
Q1. What parts of the poem suggest that the woman loves her husband?
Q2. How do you understand the sentence” Should the journeyer return, this stone would utter speech.”? Explain the sentence in your own words.
Q3. What picture do you have in your mind when you read the above sentences?
Q4. Do you know the Chinese title of this poem? Do you know the Chinese version of the poem?
Step 6. Make a short summary of this period.
Homework
Surf some websites to find out more information about poets.
Review the content of the reading passage.
Finish the exercises on Page 12& 13.
