课件51张PPT。Welcome1. Are you familiar with the song?
2. What’s the Chinese name for the song?3. Listen again & try to write down the English lines?find out something special at the end of the linesTwinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are! rhyme (押韵)Poem?Song?Many poems can be sung, such as …Welcome to the Garden of poems !Unit 2 Poemslook & guess what poem it is or recite the poem 静夜思
床前明月光，疑是地上霜；
举头望明月，低头思故乡。Do you know what other famous poets at home & abroad? Looking up, I find the moon bright,
Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned李白Who is the poet?Famous poems and poetsDu FuBai JuyiMeng HaoranLi Qingzhao郭沫若English poetsShakespeare
(1564—1616)George Gordon Byron
(1788-1824)
English poets Shelley
(1792—1822)Ode (赞歌/颂） to the West WindIf Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?Do you know what a famous sentence he wrote?Let’s learn
English poemsA few simple forms ofFast reading :Q1: How many forms of poems are mentioned in the passage?Q2: pair work-------Just read the 8 poems & finish the chart with your partner by ticking the correct box(es) on P. 9----Nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku & Tang poems.Pay attention: there may not be one answer to some questions√√√√√√√√√√√√√√√Careful reading :Listen to the tape & pay attention to the poem rhythm(节奏)… language; rhyme; strong rhythm; repetition; easy to learn & to reciteflexible line length; repeated phrases5 lines; convey a strong picture in just a few words Japanese form; 17 syllables; give a clear picture & create a special feeling using the minimum of wordsfrom China, Asian poetrynursery rhymeslist poemsTang poemsCinquainHush, 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.Poem A: What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror gets broken?Poem AWe would 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,
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 take it easy,
If we hadn’t run out of energy.
We would have won…
If we’d been better!Our first football matchPoem C: What sports do you think the speaker is writing about? Did his or her team win the game?Poem C Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out.
Endless 夏日
困乏，刺激
干涸，枯萎，恐怖
周而复始
永无止境Q: What’re Poems D & E about? Does the authors like the subjects? 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Poem HWhere 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)Poem H: Could you tell us the woman’s story in your own words? 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。 Q: Choose the words to show the woman’s feelings
loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrowQ: Why did the author write the poem?
whyexpress feelingstell a storyfor funshow opiniondescribe sb/ sthencourage people…Do you know what other reasons why people may write poems ?Could you try to write some poems or just some lines for some reasonIs it difficult for you ? practiceLet's appreciate more & practiceOde to a GoldfishO Wet Pet!Enjoy a poem regarded as the shortest poem in the history of English literature. Eat .
Eat ..
Eat …
Fat ….
Fat …..
Fat…… A Student's Prayer
Now I lie down to_____
I pray I pass tomorrow's______
resttestGood, better,______!
Never have it rest!
Till good is_______,
And better,_______!bestbetterbestremember: It’s your time to create your own poems or just some poem lines!group work: 1. To My _____, Thank you
You were always there
To _______me
……
……
But most important
You were always there
To _______me2. seasons （四季） 1. To My Parents, Thank you
You were always there
To _______me
You were always there
To _______me
You were always there
To _______me
……
But most important
You were always there
To _______mehelpguidelaugh withcry withloveSpring is green,
Summer is bright,
Autumn is gold,
Winter is white.
Year in, year out,
We work and fight
For a new world, of red sunlight.
2. seasons （四季） Rhyme & rhythm are essential to poetry. Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky. 强 弱 强 弱 强 弱 强Try to think back & remember some poems or songs you learned when you were a childCompetitionlisten & guess what poem it is or recite the poem Coming Home by He Zhizhan
回乡偶书 贺知章
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, reverend sir?"
they smile and say.
小少离家老大回， 乡音无改鬓毛摧。 儿童相见不相识， 笑问客从何处来？Poem1 :How long will the bright moon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky.
I do not know what time of year, It would be tonight in the palace on high.水调歌头
明月几时有？把酒问青天 不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？
——— 苏轼Translated by Xu YuanchongPoem2 :Very quietly I take my leave As quietly as I came here; Quietly I wave good-bye To the rosy clouds in the western sky. 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。 Say Goodbye to Cambridge AgainPoem3 :I look for her in vain.
When all at once I turn my head,
I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.Translated by Xu Yuanchong众里寻他千百度， 蓦然回首， 那人却在， 灯火阑珊处。青玉案. 元夕
--- 辛弃疾Poem 4:They were boiling beans on a beanstalk fire,
Came a plaintive voice from the pot,
“O, why since we sprang from the self-same root,
Should you kill me with anger hot?”A poem written in 7 stepsPoem 5:七步诗 ---曹植
煮豆燃豆萁, 豆在釜中泣。
本是同根生，相煎何太急。A 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.
(by Meng Haoran)Poem 6:春晓
春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟．
夜来风雨声，花落知多少．Listen to the tape & think about the Qs :Poem C: What sports do you think the speaker is writing about? Did his or her team win the game?Poem D & E: What subject is the speaker writing about? Does the speaker like the subject?Poem H: Could you tell us a story according to the poem?Poem A: What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror gets broken?Listen to the tape & think about the Qs :Q: Which two poems have a strong rhythm? 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.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 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.Listen to the tape & think about the Qs :Poem C:
What sports do you think the speaker is writing about?
Did his or her team win the game?Listen to the tape & think about the Qs :Poem D & E:
What subject is the speaker writing about?
Does the speaker like the subject?We’ve learnt several poems, poempoetpoetryrhymerhythmPeople meet and people pass by
Some laugh while some cry
Some give up while some always try
Some say hi while some say bye
Others may forget you but never I.Enjoy yourself Teaching and studying plan for TextⅠ
Unit 2 Poems Module 6
Ⅰ.Instructing and studying aims :
Knowledege objectives:
Remembering and understanding some words and experessions:
(1) poem, aspect, convery, rhyme, rhythm, tease, branch, transform, joy,anger,sorrow,appropriate, warmth, underline, load
(2)nursery rhyme, take it easy, run out of, make up of,
2. Ability objectives :
(1)Underatanding the general meaning of the text and training the reading ability of the students.
(2)Learning about different kinds of poems.
(3)Learning to cooperate with each other
Moral objectives
) To cultivate students’interest of poetry.
) Let students enjoy the beauty of English poems and know more about English literature and culture.
Ⅱ Teaching Key Points and Difficulies
1. Understanding the text and improving students’reading ability.
Learning about Poems and try to write a poem .
Ⅲ Teaching Aids
a computer, a projector
Ⅳ Teaching methods:
According to the modern perception theories and social intercourse teaching theories, I adopt the following teaching and studying methods.
Task-based teaching method
Visual-arual method
Learning methods
Learning to get the general idea of the passage.
Learning to solve the prombles on their own initiative
Leaning to guess the meaning of the new words from the context
Ⅴ. Teaching processes
Step 1: Lead-in
（This step is to arouse students’ interest in learning about poems.）
Boys and girls,at the break of the class,we have listened to a very interesting song-Twinkle,twinkle little star.
Step 2. Warming up
(This step is intended to excite students to learn about poems)
I ofter the questions as follows to excite students
1.Do you like the song ?
2. Now,do you want to listen to it again?
3. Can you sing the song?
4.Can you tell me what kind of poem is it?Is it a nursery rhyme or a haiku?
Now , I’ll introduce some famous poems translated from Chinese.
1. A 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.
(by Meng Haoran)
2. In 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。
抬头望明月，低头思故乡。
Then ,ask students to learn the poem by heart in English.
Step 3 Pre-reading
Let’s review some useful words concering poems
诗歌
?
诗人
?
诗歌（总称）
?
韵, 压韵的词 (n.)
压韵 (v.)
?
节奏 (n.)
?
有节奏的 (adj.)
?
Step 4. Fast reading
(This step is toteach students to get the general idea of the passage )
Why do people write poems ?
2.Read the whole text silently and quickly, and then fill the form below.
Which poem
A
B
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 or phrases?
Step 5 Listening
(This step is to train students’ listan ability .Explain to them that they should pay specisl attention to the key information)
Five kinds of poems are
and .
Step6 . Careful reading
(This step is to deal with prombles in detail )
Task1．Answer the questions according to each poem
1． Poem A
1）. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror gets broken?
What is the baby’s father going to do if goat runs away?
2．Poem C
1. ）What sport do you think the speaker is writing about?
2） Why didn’t the players win? Write down three excuses that the speaker gives
Translate the following sentence into Chinesse
if we hadn’t taken it easy,if we hadn’t run out of energy, we would have won
3．Poem D,E
1.) What subject is the speaker writing about?
Poem D:
PoemE: 2.) 2.) Does the speaker like the subject?
Give a reason for your answer
eg 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.
4.Poem H
1)What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words
A 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.
2)The woman may have the feelings of :
loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.
love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain.
trust: she believed her husband would come back one day.
sorrow: year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad.
Task 2. Fill in the chart as the examples given.
forms
characteristics
poem(s)
Nursery rhyme
repeat phrases and some rhymes
D E
Haiku
a free form easy to copy
Step 7 Outline:
(This step is to help students know the passage much more clearly)
1 the purpose of writing poems
2.nursery rhyme
3 list poems
4 the cinquain
5. the haiku
6.Tang poems
Step 8 . Consolidation
(After the above reading, students can understand the text very well,so I arrange this step to consolidate what they have learned)
Poems are used to tell a story or ________ certain emotions. Poets use many different ____________ of poems to ________________ themselves. For example, nursery rhymes _____________ small children because they have strong __________ and _______________and have a lot of _____________ , while, list poems is the _____________ kind of poems. Another simple form is the Cinquain ,____________ poem ________________ 5 lines. Haiku is a ______________ form of poetry that consists of 17___________________. In ________________,a lot of Tang poetry has also been ________________________ into English.
Step 9.Discussion and performance
(This step is helpful to strengthen the cooperation among students and use what they have learned. )
1. Are poems good for our life?
2 What can we get from poems?
Poems bring passion (激情)to our life
Poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance.
Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful!
Step 10 Summary and Homework
1.Summary: In this period,we have learned much about English poems.Only if you have a good knowledge of poems can you understand English literature and culture.
2.Homework:
Write a composition according to the following poem
阅读下面这首由英国诗人爱默生写的英语诗,然后用英语写一篇评价这首诗的短文:
A Nation’s Strength 《民族的力量》 Not gold,but only man can make 不是黄金,
A people great and strong; 只有人才能使民族伟大而强盛；
Men who for truth and honor’s sake为了真理，为了荣誉， Stand fast and suffer long. 他们意志坚定，历尽艰辛
Brave men who work while others sleep,
他们无所畏惧别人睡觉他们做工
Who dare while others fly; 别人逃遁他们大显神勇；
They build a nation’s pillar deep他们深深地埋下民族的支柱，
And lift them to the sky. 并将石柱举起支撑天空。
Step 11 Teaching feelings after class
The emphasis of this class is to understand the reading passage.Today we successfully completed this goal. During the class, students responded positively to my questions and the good teacher-student interaction made the class lovely and interesting. With the activities students can acquire a good knowledge of English poems, as well as an access to a sense of accomplishment.Through the activities,I can stimulate students’ participation, exploration and innovation.At the beginning of the class, I quoted a famous poem written by Shelley--- Ode to the west wind to stimulate students interest in English poems.And then I introduced the topic by an interesting English song. Then I found some very famous Chinese poems to lead in. The teaching steps were arranged clearly and reasonably. Students had enough self-study time, and they actively participated in all aspects of teaching. But the basisof some students are poor,they can’t fully understand the teaching importances. Students are accustomed to passive learning, this kind of psychological dependence influenced the effectiveness of English language acquisition. So in the future, I must pay more attention to the initiative of the students. And stimulate their enthusiasm for English learning.
教材分析与导入设计
Period I
本节教材分析
（1）三维目标
Knowledge and skills:
1.To understand the meanings of the following new words and phrases and learn about the general usages of some of them:
poetry n. 诗（总称）；诗意
rhyme n. 韵；押韵；押韵的词 vi. & vt.（使）押韵
convey vt. 传达；运送
emotion n. 情感；情绪；感情
nursery n. 托儿所
nursery rhyme 童谣
concrete adj. 具体的
repetition n. 重复；反复；循环
contradictory adj. 引起矛盾的；好反驳的
flexible adj. 灵活的；可弯曲的；柔顺的
pattern n. 模式；式样；图案
cottage n. 村舍；小屋
sparrow n. 麻雀
take it easy 轻松；不紧张；从容
run out of 用完
make up of（多用于被动结构）构成
tease vi. & vt. 取笑；招惹；戏弄
salty adj. 含盐的；咸的
droop vi. 低垂；凋萎；萎靡
endless adj. 无穷的；无止境的
haiku n. 俳句
syllable n. 音节
minimum n. 最低限度；最少量；最小数
translation n. 翻译；译文
branch n. 枝条；支流；部门
in particular 尤其；特别
eventually 最后；终于
transform vi. & vt. 转化；转换；改造；变换
sorrow n. 悲伤；悲痛；懊悔
2. To get the students to learn about some characteristics of different forms of English poems and learn about some main developing steps of the history of English poems.
3. To improve the students’ reading ability.
Process and methods
1.Warming up
In this section teachers can lead in the topic of this unit by talking about some poets and poems the students learned before.
2. While learning Pre-reading, teachers had better let the students read the eight poems and finish the form in a team to encourage them to actively partake in the activities in the class and team up with others .
3.Reading and comprehending
In this part, teachers may first ask the students to read the text quickly to finish a multiple choice, Then read the text to learn about the different characteristics of different forms of English poems and learn about some main developing steps of the history of English poems.
Emotion, attitude and values
To cultivate students with strong interest in English poems and develop students’ appreciation of them.
（2）教学重点
Enable the students to learn about the different characteristics of different forms of English poems and learn about some main developing steps of the history of English poems.
（3）教学难点
How to enable the students to appreciate and write English poems.
（4）教学建议
a. In doing warming-up, help the students to review their knowledge of poems and some useful expressions.
b. During pre-reading, help the students to learn about what a poem is.
c. While reading and comprehending，ask students to get some specific information about different forms of English poems and main developing steps of the history of English poems.
新课导入设计
导入一: Ask students to recite the songs and poems they’ve learned before, and discuss the reasons why people write poems in pairs.
Warming up by reciting poems
Hi, class. We are to take up Unit 2 Poem. Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? How many poems can you recite now? Let’s try this one.
Mid-Autumn Moon Su Shi
导入二:情景导入
Warming up by sharing information
Morning class! How much do you know about Chinese poets? How many poets have you ever read? Now in groups of 4 list all poets that you have heard of or read of.
Featured poets from China
Bai Juyi (白居易)
uses very simple language, and is therefore particularly accessible for the beginner.
Du Fu (杜甫)
widely acknowledged as the finest of the classical Chinese poets. His poems have a particularly sensitive feeling for humanity.
Du Mu (杜牧)
one of the foremost writers of the late Tang period.
Li Bai (李白)
the most popular Chinese poet, with a distinctively Romantic style.
Li Shangyin (李商隐)
wrote verse which was allusive, but which nevertheless dealt with readily accessible themes of loss and parting.
Li Yu (李煜)
the last emperor of the Southern Tang dynasty, deposed in 975. His works focus on the memory of lost pleasures.
Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元)
a Mid-Tang politician and another victim of political intrigues.
Meng Haoran (孟浩然)
associated with Wang Wei, and was himself one of the greatest poets of the High Tang.
Su Shi (苏轼)
also known as Su Dongpo, was the most important of the Song dynasty poets. .
Wang Wei (王维)
one of the three most admired Tang dynasty poets, alongside Du Fu and Li Bai. A painter as well as a poet, he is known above all for his miniaturist celebrations of nature.
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.
1.
Warming up by brainstorming for reasons why people write poems
So why do people write poetry? The reasons are as numerous as the poems themselves. Some people want to: make nice with the gods, tell the stories of their communities, record history, commemorate a moment of personal history, take an achingly clear snapshot of experience, embody their feelings, create a state of feeling and explore language.
2. Pre-reading by learning about English poets and their poems
This is my personal English poetry anthology; I hope it will give you, dear students, great pleasure in reading; perhaps as much as it gave me in (re-)citing the poems from memory. I learned many of these poems by rote 10 years ago as a schoolboy. Schoolchildren nowadays do not learn poems as much by rote as we did then.
My favorite English poems
Rupert Brooke, (The Soldier),
Robert Browning, (Home-Thoughts, from Abroad),
Robbie Burns, (A red, red rose),
Lord Byron, (She walks in Beauty),
Wendy Cope, (Bloody men!),
William Henry Davies, (Leisure),
Jenny Joseph, (Warning ! ),
Rudyard Kipling, (IF - ),
Leo Marks, (Yours and yours and yours),
Roger McGough, (Let me die a young man's death),
Stevie Smith, (Not waving but drowning),
3. Reading
⑴Reading aloud to the recording
Poems are written to be read aloud. So first let’s listen and read to the recording of the text. Listen carefully and read correctly.
⑵Understanding forms of English poems
To understand poems better we shall talk about forms of poems first.
●nursery rhymes 童谣
verses, generally brief and usually anonymous, for children. The best-known examples are in English and date mostly from the 17th cent. A popular type of rhyme is used in “counting-out” games, e.g., “Eenie, meenie, minie, mo.” The subject matter of the rhymes has been linked by some scholars to actual events in English political history. Most famous of nursery rhymes is the Mother Goose collection.
●CINQUAIN 五行诗
The traditional cinquain is based on a syllable count.
line 1 - 2 syllables
line 2 - 4 syllables
line 3 - 6 syllables
line 4 - 8 syllables
line 5 - 2 syllables
The modern cinquain is based on a word count of words of a certain type.
line 1——one word (noun) a title or name of the subject
line 2——two words (adjectives) describing the title
line 3——three words (verbs) describing an action related to the title
line 4 ——four words describing a feeling about the title, a complete sentence
line 5——one word referring back to the title of the poem
⑶Reading and underlining
Read the text once again and underline all the expressions useful to you. Copy them in your note book after school as part of homework.
Expressions from A FEW SIMPLE POEMS OF ENGLISH POEMS
write poems, describe something, give… a strong impressions, convey certain emotions, use different forms of poems, express oneself, a common type of…, delight children, have strong rhythm and rhyme, have repetitions, play with… learn about…, convey a strong picture, a Japanese form of poetry, give a clear picture, create a special feeling, have a free form, Tang poems
⑷ Reading and transferring
Skim the text and complete the table below.
Para. 1
Various reasons for people to write poems
Para. 2
The kind of poems called nursery rhymes
Para. 3
The poems that list things
Para. 4
Another form of poem: cinquain
Para. 5
A Japanese form of poetry: Haiku
Para. 6
Another kind of Asian poem: Tang poems from China
(5)Making a diagram to show the meaning and organization of the text
(6)Reading aloud and translating
To better understand the feeling expressed, we sometimes translate the poems into Chinese. Try the following one.
英文诗歌
When a child is born当一个孩子来临时
A ray of hope flickers in the sky, 一道希望之光，在空中闪耀
A tiny star lights up way up high, 一颗微星照亮了天上的路
All across the land 横跨整个大地，
Dawns a brand-new morn, 开展了一个崭新的黎明
This comes to pass 这都是因为一个小孩的诞生
When a child is born.
A silent wish sails the seven seas, 无声的愿望航过七海
The winds of change 转向的风在树梢呢喃
Whisper in the trees,
And the walls of doubt 猜忌之墙崩塌倾圮
Crumble tost and torn,
This comes to pass 这全是因为
When a child is born. 一个小孩的诞生
A rosy hue settles all around, 到处充满了红光
You got the feel 你感觉到了，
You're on solid ground, 你站在坚硬的土地上
For a spell of two no one seems forlorn, 在这段期间，似乎没有人孤单
This comes to pass 这全是因为
When a child is born 一个小孩的诞生
(And all of this happens, 这些事情所以发生，
Because the world is waiting, 是因为全世界都在等待
Waiting for one child, 等待一个孩子
Black, white, yellow, 是黑是白还是黄？ No one knows, 没有人知道 But a child that'll grow up, 但小孩会长大，
And turn tears to laughter, 将泪水化为欢笑 Hate to love, war to peace, 将仇恨化成爱, 战争化为和平 And everyone 使四海成一家 To everyone's neighbor,
And misery and suffering 悲痛与苦难将被遗忘 Will be words to be forgotten Forever) 永远被遗忘
It's all a dream, an illusion now, 那是一个梦想一个幻象
It must come true 但未来很快就会实现
Sometime soon somehow.
All across the land 横跨整个大地，
Dawns a brand-new morn, 开展了一个崭新的黎明
This comes to pass 这都是因为
When a child is born. 一个小孩的诞生
4. Writing a poem of your own
Could you be a poet? Now try to write a poem in English or Chinese. And in groups of four read it aloud in turns. The best one will be shared in class.
5. Closing down by taking a quiz
Fill in the blank with one word to complete the following short passage.
What is a Poet?
A poet is somebody 1 _____ feels, and who expresses his feelings 2 _____ words. This may sound easy. It isn't. A lot of 3 _____ think or believe or know they feel -- but that's thinking 4 _____ believing or knowing; 5 _____ feeling. And poetry is feeling -- not knowing 6 _____ believing or thinking. Almost 7 _____ can learn to think or believe or 8 _____, but not a single human being can be taught to feel. Why? 9 _____ whenever you think or you believe or 10 _____ know, you're a lot of other people; but the moment you feel, you're NOBODY-BUT-YOURSELF.
(Keys: 1 who 2 through 3 people 4 or 5 not 6 or 7 anybody 8 know 9 Because 10 you )
Work out the word and structure questions.
1. There are various reasons _____ people go abroad to study.
A: that B: which C: why D: when
2. _____ these, the teacher can _____ a strong picture in just a few words.
A: By, express B: Of, draw C: With, convey D: For, paint
3. We _____would have translated the poems into Chinese, if we _____ English.
A: have translated, have learned B: would have translated, had learned
C: would translate, had learned D: have translated, had learned
4. Love poems describe love _____ nursery poems make children happy.
A: while B: and C: but D: for
5. The book is not written for the pupils but it is very popular _____ them.
A: to B: for C: with D: by
(Keys: CCBA )
课时训练
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．He climbed up the tree and hid among the (树枝)．
答案：branches
2．The (模式) of a family has been changing over recent years.
答案：pattern
3．The prince was (转变) into a frog in the fairy tale.
答案：transformed
4．At that time, I found it hard to (传达) my feelings in words.
答案：convey
5．This price is Andrew's (最低限度), so he refuses to lower it any further.
答案：minimum
6．I don't understand, so please give me a (具体的) example.
答案：concrete
7．The government needs a more (灵活的) approach to education.
答案：flexible
8．Adam has a house in London and a (小屋) near the sea.
答案：cottage
9．Eric's statement is (矛盾的) to what he said before.
答案：contradictory
10．Can you think of a (押韵词) for “mouse”？
答案：rhyme
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．As we know, language is one of the significant means for mankind to ________ thoughts and feelings.
A．drive B．convey
C． deliver D．transport
解析：选B。convey 表示“传递；表达”，主要指传递和表达思想、意思、感情，符合句意。drive “驱使”；deliver “递送(物品、包裹、信件等)”；transport “(用交通工具)运送；运输”，都不符合语境。
2．The mountain climber ________ reached the top of the mountain after seven hours.
A．eventually B．constantly
C．entirely D．frequently
解析：选A。句意：经过7个小时后，登山者终于抵达山顶。eventually “终于；最后”，符合题意。constantly “不断地；时常地”；entirely “完整地；完全地”；frequently “频繁地；屡次地”。
3．I used to hate being ________ about my red hair when at middle school.
A．laughed B．imitated
C．teased D．encouraged
解析：选C。句意： 上初中时，我曾经很讨厌别人取笑我的红头发。tease sb.about sth.“拿某事取笑某人。”A中的laughed后应加at；imitate “模仿”；encourage “鼓励”。
4．—Say, Jane, will you come with me to the game Friday?
—________， Bob, but I promised Mary I'd go with her.
A．My pleasure B．Thanks
C．Take it easy D．Forget it
解析：选B。根据语境，需要委婉拒绝，从而使用Thanks/Thank you, but ...句式。my pleasure 用于回答thanks; take it easy“放松；别紧张”，多用于安慰别人； forget it 可用于回答sorry。
5．________， the pay isn't attractive enough, though the job itself is quite interesting.
A．Generally speaking B．On the contrary
C．In particular D．To be honest
解析：选D。句意：实话说，尽管工作本身很有趣，但工资不够吸引人。generally speaking “一般来说”；on the contrary “相反”；in particular “尤其”； to be honest “实话说”。
6．As the weather is getting drier and drier, the farmers are ________ the water in the pool.
A．going through B．running out of
C．suffering from D．running out
解析：选B。run out of 为固定搭配，意思是“用完”，主语是the farmers，故选B项而不选D项。go through“经历；经受”；suffer from “遭受；患病”。句意：随着天气越来越干旱，村民把水塘里的水快用完了。
7．You have no idea how she finished the relay race ________ her foot wounded so much.
A．for B．when
C．with D．while
解析：选C。with her foot wounded so much 是with复合结构，作伴随状语。
8．In some places women are expected to earn money ________ men work at home and raise their children.
A．but B．while
C．because D．though
解析：选B。句意：在有些地方女人赚钱，而男人持家、照顾孩子。while在此表示对比。
9．The football team ________ the best players is sure to win the match.
A．made of B．made into
C．made from D．made up of
解析：选D。be made up of“由……组成”，在此应用过去分词作定语。be made of 和be made from 都表示“由……制成”，区别是：前者的主语能看出原材料，后者的则看不出原材料；be made into “被制成……”。
10．In less than 10 years, the backward area has been ________ into a high and new technology development zone.
A．translated B．transported
C．transformed D．made
解析：选C。考查动词词义辨析。translate “翻译”；transport “运输；运送”；transform ...into ...“将……转变成……”；be made into“被制成……”。
Ⅲ.阅读理解
⊙山东、江西、浙江专用
A
Teaching Poetry
No poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”， until it has been read aloud by someone, teachers or students.Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.
All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling “interpretation” of it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once.Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward.But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.
I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it, if there isn't time for both.I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry.Poetry is “a criticism of life”， and “a heightening (提升) of life”．It is “an approach to the truth of feeling”， and it “can save your life”．It also deserves (值得) a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.
I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry.Those who don't like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else.But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential (基本的) nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make_room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.
1．To have a better understanding of a poem, one should ________.
A．discuss it with others
B．analyze it by oneself
C．copy it down in a notebook
D．practise reading it aloud
解析：选D。细节理解题。从“Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice ...”看出练习朗诵诗歌是比较好的事情。符合D项所述，要进一步理解诗歌，一个人应该练习朗诵诗歌。
2．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a fun_ction of poetry?
A．Extending your life.
B．Saving your life.
C．Criticizing life.
D．Heightening life.
解析：选A。细节理解题。在诗歌内涵的四个方面中，Poetry is “a criticism of life (对生活的批评)”， and “a heightening (提升) of life”．It is “an approach to the truth of feeling (感觉真理的方法)”， and it “can save your life (拯救生命)”，不包括A项的内容“延长生命”。
3．According to the writer, one of the purposes of teaching English is to get students ________.
A．to understand life
B．to enjoy poetry
C．to become teachers
D．to become poets
解析：选B。细节理解题。从“I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry”看出作为英语教师的目的之一是使得学生喜欢诗歌。符合B项的to enjoy poetry。
4．What does the last sentence in the third paragraph imply?
A．More stress should be laid on the teaching of poetry.
B．Poetry of more important than any other subject.
C．One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetry.
D．Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses.
解析：选A。推理判断题。从“It also deserves (值得) a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies”看出诗歌在语言和文学教学中占有更重要的位置。符合A项的“要更加重视诗歌的教学”，stress“强调”。
5．The phrase “make room” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by ________.
A．“build a booth”
B．“provide equipment”
C．“leave a certain amount of time”
D．“set aside enough space”
解析：选C。词义猜测题。从原文“...make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it” 看出教师为听和思考诗歌留出空间，意指“leave a certain amount of time”留出一定的时间。
B
Rae Armantrout, who has been a poetry professor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for two decades, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, Versed.
“I'm delighted and amazed at how much media recognition that the Pulitzer brings, as compared to even the National Book Critics Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win，” said Armantrout.
“For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th book, is really surprising.”
Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov, and her master's in creative writing from San Francisco State University.She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think.
In March, she won the National Book Critics Award for Versed.
“This book has gotten more attention，” Armantrout said, “but I don't feel as if it's better.”
The first half of Versed focuses on the dark forces taking hold of the United States as it fought the war against Iraq.The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many of her colleagues were not.“Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in American poetry，” said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at UCSD.
Versed, published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2,700 copies.The new edition is scheduled to appear in May.
6．According to Rae Armantrout, ________.
A．her 10th book is much better
B．her winning the Pulitzer is unexpected
C．the media is surprised at her works
D．she likes being recognized by her readers
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第二段的叙述可知，Armantrout 对于自己获得普利策奖是很惊讶的，所以B项正确。
7．Which of the following is true of Rae Armantrout?
A．She published a poetry textbook.
B．She used to teach Denise Levertov.
C．She started a poets' group with others.
D．She taught creative writing at UC Berkeley.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry ...可知C项正确。
8．What can we learn about Versed?
A．It consists of three parts.
B．It is mainly about the American army.
C．It is a book published two decades ago.
D．It partly concerns the poet's own life.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章中的The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.可知D项正确。
9．Rae Armantrout's colleagues think that she ________.
A．should write more
B．has a sweet voice
C．deserves the prize
D．is a strange professor
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段可知C项正确。
10．What can we learn from the text?
A．About 2,700 copies of Versed will be printed.
B．Cancer made Armantrout stop writing.
C．Armantrout got her degrees at UCSD.
D．Versed has been awarded twice.
解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章中的．..won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, Versed.以及In March, she won the National Book Critics Award for Versed.可知D项正确。
⊙通用版、安徽、福建、陕西专用
A
Teaching Poetry
No poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”， until it has been read aloud by someone, teachers or students.Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.
All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling “interpretation” of it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once.Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward.But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.
I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it, if there isn't time for both.I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry.Poetry is “a criticism of life”， and “a heightening (提升) of life”．It is “an approach to the truth of feeling”， and it “can save your life”．It also deserves (值得) a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.
I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry.Those who don't like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else.But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential (基本的) nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make_room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.
1．To have a better understanding of a poem, one should ________.
A．discuss it with others
B．analyze it by oneself
C．copy it down in a notebook
D．practise reading it aloud
解析：选D。细节理解题。从“Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice ...”看出练习朗诵诗歌是比较好的事情。符合D项所述，要进一步理解诗歌，一个人应该练习朗诵诗歌。
2．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a fun_ction of poetry?
A．Extending your life.
B．Saving your life.
C．Criticizing life.
D．Heightening life.
解析：选A。细节理解题。在诗歌内涵的四个方面中，Poetry is “a criticism of life (对生活的批评)”， and “a heightening (提升) of life”．It is “an approach to the truth of feeling (感觉真理的方法)”， and it “can save your life (拯救生命)”，不包括A项的内容“延长生命”。
3．According to the writer, one of the purposes of teaching English is to get students ________.
A．to understand life
B．to enjoy poetry
C．to become teachers
D．to become poets
解析：选B。细节理解题。从“I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry”看出作为英语教师的目的之一是使得学生喜欢诗歌。符合B项的to enjoy poetry。
4．What does the last sentence in the third paragraph imply?
A．More stress should be laid on the teaching of poetry.
B．Poetry of more important than any other subject.
C．One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetry.
D．Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses.
解析：选A。推理判断题。从“It also deserves (值得) a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies”看出诗歌在语言和文学教学中占有更重要的位置。符合A项的“要更加重视诗歌的教学”，stress“强调”。
B
Rae Armantrout, who has been a poetry professor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for two decades, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, Versed.
“I'm delighted and amazed at how much media recognition that the Pulitzer brings, as compared to even the National Book Critics Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win，” said Armantrout.
“For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th book, is really surprising.”
Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov, and her master's in creative writing from San Francisco State University.She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think.
In March, she won the National Book Critics Award for Versed.
“This book has gotten more attention，” Armantrout said, “but I don't feel as if it's better.”
The first half of Versed focuses on the dark forces taking hold of the United States as it fought the war against Iraq.The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many of her colleagues were not.“Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in American poetry，” said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at UCSD.
Versed, published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2,700 copies.The new edition is scheduled to appear in May.
5．According to Rae Armantrout, ________.
A．her 10th book is much better
B．her winning the Pulitzer is unexpected
C．the media is surprised at her works
D．she likes being recognized by her readers
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第二段的叙述可知，Armantrout 对于自己获得普利策奖是很惊讶的，所以B项正确。
6．Which of the following is true of Rae Armantrout?
A．She published a poetry textbook.
B．She used to teach Denise Levertov.
C．She started a poets' group with others.
D．She taught creative writing at UC Berkeley.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry ...可知C项正确。
7．What can we learn about Versed?
A．It consists of three parts.
B．It is mainly about the American army.
C．It is a book published two decades ago.
D．It partly concerns the poet's own life.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章中的The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.可知D项正确。
8．What can we learn from the text?
A．About 2,700 copies of Versed will be printed.
B．Cancer made Armantrout stop writing.
C．Armantrout got her degrees at UCSD.
D．Versed has been awarded twice.
解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章中的．..won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, Versed.以及In March, she won the National Book Critics Award for Versed.可知D项正确。
Ⅳ.选做题
⊙短文改错(通用版、浙江专用)
This autumn, my class went to the seaside to go camp.We arrived at a sandy beach with a well view of the sea and mountains.We set up our tents on the sandy beach, when night fell we started a fire to give us light and kept us warm.All my classmates sat around them, talking, singing and laughing.Several hours late, Robert and I went back to the tent to have the chat.
We stayed up all night.We found that we two had a lot in common.For example, we all like the same singers and have great enthusiasm for physics.The fire and stars see our happiness.What I wished time would stop at the moment!
答案：第一句：camp→camping
第二句：well→good
第三句：when前加and; kept→keep
第四句：them→it
第五句：late→later; the→a
第八句：all→both
第九句：see→saw
第十句：What→How
⊙短文填词(福建专用)
A recent survey shows that in today's society, Chinese young
people's life goals have become ________ various than before.1.____________
When young people are asked w______ they will struggle for, more2.____________
than half of the respondents choose to earn enough ________ to3.____________
buy a house and a car for ________ (自己). Besides this practical4.____________
goal, some people, about 44%, pick up their life goal as i______5.____________
their life quality or being a rich person, ________ 23.9% of the6.____________
respondents are ________ (仅仅) satisfied to have a good job. As for7.____________
how to a______ their life goals, most of them prefer struggling to8.____________
realize their ________ (梦想). The survey shows that the society9.____________
is m______ progress and people's life goals have become practical.10.____________
答案：1.more 2.what 3.money 4.themselves 5.improving 6.while 7.simply 8.achieve 9.dreams 10.making
