Teaching Plan
Module 8 Unit 1 Appreciating literature
(Welcome to the unit )
Anhua No.2 High School, Hunan XiaoHongjuan
Teaching Goals
Let students appreciate two beautiful famous poems to develop their interest in literature.
Introduce some world-famous poets to the students.
Prepare students for further studies in this unit.
Teaching Focus and Difficulties:
How to organize students to take part in all the activities.
How to help students improve their communication skills through all the activities.
How to help students develop their creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.
Teaching Methods
1. Listening and reading ; asking-and-answering activity
2. Individual, pair or group work; discussion
Teaching Aids
1. A computer to provide pictures and slides
2. A blackboard
Teaching Procedures：
Step 1 Brainstorming
As we all know, reading plays an important role in our daily life and we often have chances to appreciate good books. They bring us pleasure as well as knowledge. So we’re always lost in good books, especially some world-famous works.
Can you name some of the books you’ve read?
Would you like to recommend your favorite book to your classmates?
Step 2 Lead-in
Enjoy a beautiful song A Red Red Rose and talk about the background of this famous poem as well as the writer Robert Burns.
Step 3 Reading and analyzing the poem
Get the students to read and appreciate the poem in groups and individually.
For reference
Poetry
Poetry is a popular art form, which emphasizes rhythm, sound and imagery. Poems usually use language set up in lines, with a regular rhythm and often a definite rhyme scheme. Poets usually express their strong feelings through this art form.
Some words in old English:
luve’s-----love is
melodie-----melody/beautiful music
play’d-----played
as fair art thou----as you are so beautiful
bonie lass----beautiful girl
wi’----with
fare thee weel----farewell to you
tho’----though
The rhyme in the poem:
June---tune
I---dry
sun---run
while---mile
Step 4 Discussion
Encourage the students to discuss the question in pairs actively.
Why did the writer compare his sweetheart to a red red rose?
Because a red rose is beautiful,red-hot, faithful,fragrant,eternal,unswerving…
Step 5 Lead the students to learn to enjoy another poem by themselves
What is the theme of the poem?
----Sacrafice for love.
Accordig to the poem,what is the connotation of love?
----Being romantic, pure, everlasting, enduring, self-giving, passionate…
How is comparison used in the poem?
Me----rapids
wastewoods
ruins
thatched hut
clouds
My sweetheart-----a small fish?
a little bird
green ivy
lovely flames
coral-like sunset
Step 6 Further discussion
Ask the students to discuss these questions with their partners:
1). Do you think poetry is of great importance in literature? Why or why not?
2). What are some of the differences between poetry and science fiction books?
In my opinion, there are many differences between poetry and science fiction. To begin with, poetry uses much more concise language and special writing techniques like rhythm and rhyme. Next, poets often express their thoughts and feelings in poems, while science fiction writers often tell what may be possible in the future based on developments in science. Lastly, poems usually reflect life or society at specific times, while the main topics of science fiction books range from scientific discoveries, space travel, life on other planets to environmental changes.
Step 7 Homework
1. Collect more information about literature.
2. Prepare the Reading part.
