课件18张PPT。Unit 2 PoemsA FEW SIMPLE FORMS
OF ENGLISH POEMSTask 1 Lead-inIn the Quiet Night So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed.
Could there have been a frost already.?
Lifting my head to look, I found that it was moonlight.
Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home.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. A Spring MorningTask 1 Lead-inHow 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.Task 1 Lead-inTask 2 Guessing A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMSCan you guess the writing style of the passage?
A narrator
An argumentation
An expositionTask 3 Predicting Read para.1 and predict what is the passage about?
A few simple forms of English poems and the resons the poets use in the poems.
Task 4 ReadingHow many forms of poems are listed? what are they?
How many poems are listed?
Which form does each poem belongs to?
Nursery rhymes
List poems
Cinquain
Haiku
Tang poemAB, CD, EF, GHTask 4 ReadingGo through the poems carefully and tell the reasons why the poets write the poems?Task 4 ReadingFind out the key words to describe the language of nursery rhymes and list poems.Feature: rhyme, repetitionN: concrete, imaginative, rhyme, rhythm, repetition, L: flexible line length, repeated phrases, rhyme Find out the rhyme and repetition in poem A, B and C.Task 4 ReadingWhat do the cinquain and Haiku have in common?(give readers) a strong picture with a few wordsTask 4 Readinglonelinessjoy love angerhatesorrowWhat feelings below that you think the woman in Poem H has? Give your reasons.Task 4 Post-readingto tell a storyto describe sth.to convey emotionsrhyme
Functions of poemsFeatures of poemsrepetition
minimum of words
express, impressRod Mckuen is an American poet, singer, songwriter and musician. “I’ve saved the summer” is his last work. Using languageI saved the summerListen to the poem and answer the questions.
1. Who do you think is the writer? A parent or a girlfriendboyfriend ?
2. Does the poem have a rhythmic pattern?
3. Does the poem have rhyming words?
4. When you were listening to the poem, did it make you feel something or think about something? What did it make you feel or think about?ReadingReading1. Read the poem and circle the words that rhyme.
2. Tranalate the poem into Chinese.
3. Finish the following passage.
The poet compares “summer” with “winter” to show that parents' love can give us . The poet compares with to show that parents' love can also give us . The poet keeps his children's , because it means to him. In one word, the poet gives all his to his children.
warmthsunlightdarkness hopesmileeverythingloveReadingWhat can we get from the poem?
Do you know other poems about love between parents and children in China?A TRAVELLER'S SONG
The thread in the hands of a fond-hearted mother,
Makes clothes for the body of her wayward boy;
Carefully she sews and thoroughly she mends,
Dreading the delays that will keep him late from home.
But how much love has the inch-long grass
For three spring months of the light of the sun?Listening 1. Who has written a poem already and is ready to enter the competition?
Lucy
2. Who is not going to enter a poem for the competition this year?
Pitty
3. Who plans to write at the weekend?
Jack
4. When is the deadline for the competition?
the 24th of the month.1. I’m ___________ enter a poem this year.
2. I haven’t begun mine yet but I ___________ this weekend.
3. How ____ you inspire yourself this weekend?
4. I ______ _ go for a hike in the countryside and sit quietly somewhere by myself.
5. I think __ _ try out his way too some time.
6. I’ve never tried it with poetry before but ___________ try it tonight.
7. And now I ___________________ reading all your poems. Listening willnot going toplan to do itintend toam looking forward toI’m going toI’ll