Unit 7 Journeys Lesson 20 Life in a Journey 课件17张PPT

Do you enjoy your life now? What do you think of your life?
Life is often compared to a journey.

In which ways is life like a journey?
Free talk:
Read the reading help and complete the table about the poem.
Life Is a Journey
Anonymous
four
three or four
comparing life to a journey which goes left and right
Title
Writer
Number of verses
Number of lines in each verse
Metaphor

Choose the summary for each verse. Write 1-4.
I need to make my own decisions.
Our choices lead to different futures.
It’s best not to worry and keep working hard.
Life can be compared to a journey.
1
2
3
4
1. Read Verse 1. what examples does the writer give to compare life to a journey?
The path of a journey goes left and right and there are good things and bad things in life.
a) happy, excited
b) confused, unsure
c) sad, hopeless
choices
unsure and confused
How does the writer feel about the choices in life?
What does the writer decide to do about his life?
He decides to enjoy life and never give up.
Enjoying the Journey of Life
Going on a Trip
The Past and the Future
My Choices
What could another title for the poem be?
What can you learn from the poem?
Life is …because…
(pair work)
Work in groups.
Use your ideas to write a short poem about life.
Refine the poems you write in class.

2. Write about your opinion on life:
What life is? Why?
What should we do in our life?
Life has to have cracks in it so that the sun can shine through.