Unit 2-- Poems
Teaching Aims
1. Master the words and learn how to talk about poems.
2. Can write some short poems.
3. Master the subjunctive mood.
Important points
1. Talk about poems.
2. Write poems.
Difficult points
1. The grammar, subjunctive mood.
2. Describe the meaning of the poems in this unit.
Teaching methods
1. Multi-media teaching.
2. Writing on the blackboard.
3. Class activities: discussion in pairs and in class.
Teaching procedures
[Warming up]
Step one
Speaking practice:
1. Lead in
Can you remember any poems you learned when you were a child?
Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English?
Can you recite any?
2. Look at the pictures and read the Tang poems on screen, and then translate them into Chinese.
3. Ask and answer
Ask students to do the activity in pairs, and then call back the answers in class. Finally ask students to look at the samples on screen.
Step two
Review and learn
Learn some knowledge about poems according to the screen.
Appreciate some English poems, and English songs.
1. Read the poems, pay attention to the rhyme and rhythm.
2. Ask and answer the questions according to the screen.
Step three
Reading practice:
Learn some words about poems.
Learn to understand the poems both in English and Chinese.
Look at the screen and learn to appreciate the poem Goodbye Again, Cambridge by Xu Zhimo in English and Chinese.
Step four
Sum up
In today’s class, we learned how to appreciate the poems. Hope the poems can bring passion to our life.
Homework
1. Recite two of the poems we learned today. You can choose ones you like.
2. Surf the internet to get more English poems.
3. Prepare the reading.
[Reading and Learning about language]
Step one
Review & Speaking practice
Lead in
Ask questions and review the poems Goodbye Again, Cambridge!
Match the poems with the authors.
Step two
Pre-reading
1. Work in pairs
Ask students to look at the questions before reading the text.
(1. What is main topic of the reading passage?
(2. How many kinds of poem does the reading passage talk about?
(3. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?
2. Fast reading
Go through the reading passage quickly, and then discuss with your partner, tick the correct box or boxes for each question.
3. Finish the exercise 2
Look at the screen, and choose the correct answers, then check the answers.
Step three
Intensive reading
1. Finish the answer
Answer the questions according to the text.
(1. What is main topic of the reading passage?
(2. How many kinds of poem does the reading passage talk about?
(3. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?
Some simple forms of English poems.
Five kinds of English poems.
Nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku and Tang poems.
Look at the screen and answer the questions according to the text.
Then, learn more knowledge about poem.
2. Reading
Let’s read the poems one by one again and learn the poems carefully.
3. Discussion
Look at the screen and discuss with partners and discuss in class.
4. Ask students to look the sample answers on screen.
Step four
Post reading
1. Read the sentences and choose true or false.
2. Look at the screen and fill in the blanks.
3. Summary the five kinds poems in the unit.
Step five
Learning about language
1. Read and recite the words about poems
2. Learn the words and phrases in the passage.
Step six
Review the subjunctive mood
1. Practice the sentences.
(1. If I had worked harder at school, I’d have got a better job.
(2. If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed it.
(3. …
Prepare other situations of subjunctive mood.
Step seven
Sum up
In today’s class, we learned and analyzed the poems in the unit. From now on, we should learn to write some poems so that our life will be much happier.
Homework
1. Review the content of the reading passage.
2. Recite, at least, four of the eight poems in reading text.
3. Further study: Search and look through some websites about famous English poems.
[Grammar: Subjunctive mood (2)]
Step one
Presentation
1. Lead in
Today we will continue to discuss the subjunctive mood (2). Read the poems in the Reading section, and fined out the poem which contains the sentences of the subjunctive mood.
2. Review the subjunctive mood we learned.
Look at the chart on screen.
Step two
Reading
Read the poems in the unit, and find out the poem.
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’d been better!
Step three
Learning and discussion
1. Discuss the other situations of the subjunctive mood according to the screen.
2. Ask questions according to the sentences on screen.
Step four
Practice
Look at the screen and choose the best answer.
1. Work in pairs, and choose the best answer.
2. Fill in the blanks.
3. Check the answer in class.
Step five
Homework
1. Review the grammar.
2. Finish the Ex 2, 3 and 4 on Page 13.
3. Make sentences using ‘if only…; as if…; I wish…; I would rather…; It’s time that...
[Using language]
Step one
Review and question
1. Lead in
We have learned some English poems and other poems from different countries. In this part, we’ll learn another poem, I’ve Saved the Summer.
2. Read the questions on the book.
(1. Do you think the speaker in the poem is more likely to be a girlfriend /boyfriend or parent?
(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?
Step two
Pre-reading
1. Read the poem while think over the answers to the exercise 1 in pre-reading.
(I think the speaker is more likely a parent.
(Yes, it does.
(Yes, it does.
((Students may have seen certain images, felt certain emotions or had certain thoughts.) For example:
The poem shows that the speaker’s love to his/her son or daughter.
I think of my parents while reading the poem. They love me very much, too, just like the love of the speaker to his or her child.
2. Read the poem, and think over the questions.
(1 Circle the words that rhyme. What is unusual about the rhyming words in the last four lines?
(2 Listen to the poem again and clap the strong beats.
Step three
Reading
1. Read the poem again, and finish the answers.
(The rhyming words in the last four lines are unusual, because they are the same word (although they each have a different meanings).
You / new; need/ feed; nineteen/ mean; way/day; own/ own
(The second one is on the screen.
2. Look at the pictures and introduce the poet, Rod Mckuen.
Rod Mckuen is an American poem, singer, songwriter and musician. And ‘I’ve saved the summer’ is his last work.
Step four
Reading and the translation
1. Analyze and translate the poem.
2. Discuss the question 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?
Look at the sample answer on screen.
Step five
Language points
1. Learn the language points in this part.
2. Ask question when learning this part.
3. Discuss and the exercises on the workbook.
Homework
1. Surf on net to get more information on the five kinds of poems.
2. Introduce to your partner your job.
3. Finish the exercises on work book.
[Listening, Speaking and Writing]
Step one
Leading in
1. Pre-listening
Before listening, think about what might inspire you to write poetry.
Compare your ideas with your partner’s.
2. Opening discussion
Step two
Listening
The listening is a conversation between a teacher and three of her students about a poetry competition.
1. Look at the screen and ask questions.
2. How do they become inspired to write poetry when they are going to write their poems?
3. Ask questions:
(1 Who has written a poem already and is ready to the competition?
(2 Who is not going to enter a poem for the competition this year?
(3 Who plan to write at the weekend?
(4 When is the deadline for the competition?
Practice
1. Choose the best answer.
2. Choose true or false.
3. Fill in the blanks.
4. Do the exercise on workbook.
Step three
Speaking
1. Talking about plans and intentions.
2. Give the topics.
Imagine that your class has to enter poems in a competition next week.
How are you going to become inspired to write your poem?
I’m not going to…
Are you going to …
I’ m going to …
I will …
I am looking forward to …
Step four
Writing
Revise the grammar and read the poems we learned again.
1. Give writing tips.
2. Give three examples:
(Write a list poem starting with If I… like poem C on page 10. Write one line each. It doesn’t have to rhyme.
If I were the ruler of the world, I would …
If I had a million dollars, I would …
If I had taken your advice, I would have / wouldn’t have …
If I played in the NBA …
If I were a teacher for a day…
( Write a poem that starts with I feel happy when …
The lines do not have to rhyme.
I feel happy when…
The sky is blue,
You smile at me with your sparking black eyes,
It’s my birthday.
(Write a poem that starts each line with Slowly …, and make each pair of lines rhyme.
Slowly the moon climbs in the sky,
Slowly the black-tailed bird lets out a cry,
Slowly the dog crosses the road,
Slowly the old man carries his load.
Step five
Summary
In this unit, we learned some knowledge about poems, and learned five kinds of poems from different countries in English and Chinese. And we also learned how to use the subjunctive mood.
Homework
1. Finish the exercises in this unit on your workbook.
2. Write some short poems: the list poem starting with If I… ; the poem with I feel happy when … ; the poem that starts each line with Slowly …;
Unit 2-- Poems
Teaching Aims
1. Master the words and learn how to talk about poems.
2. Can write some short poems.
3. Master the subjunctive mood.
Important points
1. Talk about poems.
2. Write poems.
Difficult points
1. The grammar, subjunctive mood.
2. Describe the meaning of the poems in this unit.
Teaching methods
1. Multi-media teaching.
2. Writing on the blackboard.
3. Class activities: discussion in pairs and in class.
Teaching procedures
[Warming up]
Step one
Speaking practice:
1. Lead in
Can you remember any poems you learned when you were a child?
Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English?
Can you recite any?
2. Look at the pictures and read the Tang poems on screen, and then translate them into Chinese.
3. Ask and answer
Ask students to do the activity in pairs, and then call back the answers in class. Finally ask students to look at the samples on screen.
Step two
Review and learn
Learn some knowledge about poems according to the screen.
Appreciate some English poems, and English songs.
1. Read the poems, pay attention to the rhyme and rhythm.
2. Ask and answer the questions according to the screen.
Step three
Reading practice:
Learn some words about poems.
Learn to understand the poems both in English and Chinese.
Look at the screen and learn to appreciate the poem Goodbye Again, Cambridge by Xu Zhimo in English and Chinese.
Step four
Sum up
In today’s class, we learned how to appreciate the poems. Hope the poems can bring passion to our life.
Homework
1. Recite two of the poems we learned today. You can choose ones you like.
2. Surf the internet to get more English poems.
3. Prepare the reading.
[Reading and Learning about language]
Step one
Review & Speaking practice
Lead in
Ask questions and review the poems Goodbye Again, Cambridge!
Match the poems with the authors.
Step two
Pre-reading
1. Work in pairs
Ask students to look at the questions before reading the text.
(1. What is main topic of the reading passage?
(2. How many kinds of poem does the reading passage talk about?
(3. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?
2. Fast reading
Go through the reading passage quickly, and then discuss with your partner, tick the correct box or boxes for each question.
3. Finish the exercise 2
Look at the screen, and choose the correct answers, then check the answers.
Step three
Intensive reading
1. Finish the answer
Answer the questions according to the text.
(1. What is main topic of the reading passage?
(2. How many kinds of poem does the reading passage talk about?
(3. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?
Some simple forms of English poems.
Five kinds of English poems.
Nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku and Tang poems.
Look at the screen and answer the questions according to the text.
Then, learn more knowledge about poem.
2. Reading
Let’s read the poems one by one again and learn the poems carefully.
3. Discussion
Look at the screen and discuss with partners and discuss in class.
4. Ask students to look the sample answers on screen.
Step four
Post reading
1. Read the sentences and choose true or false.
2. Look at the screen and fill in the blanks.
3. Summary the five kinds poems in the unit.
Step five
Learning about language
1. Read and recite the words about poems
2. Learn the words and phrases in the passage.
Step six
Review the subjunctive mood
1. Practice the sentences.
(1. If I had worked harder at school, I’d have got a better job.
(2. If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed it.
(3. …
Prepare other situations of subjunctive mood.
Step seven
Sum up
In today’s class, we learned and analyzed the poems in the unit. From now on, we should learn to write some poems so that our life will be much happier.
Homework
1. Review the content of the reading passage.
2. Recite, at least, four of the eight poems in reading text.
3. Further study: Search and look through some websites about famous English poems.
[Grammar: Subjunctive mood (2)]
Step one
Presentation
1. Lead in
Today we will continue to discuss the subjunctive mood (2). Read the poems in the Reading section, and fined out the poem which contains the sentences of the subjunctive mood.
2. Review the subjunctive mood we learned.
Look at the chart on screen.
Step two
Reading
Read the poems in the unit, and find out the poem.
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’d been better!
Step three
Learning and discussion
1. Discuss the other situations of the subjunctive mood according to the screen.
2. Ask questions according to the sentences on screen.
Step four
Practice
Look at the screen and choose the best answer.
1. Work in pairs, and choose the best answer.
2. Fill in the blanks.
3. Check the answer in class.
Step five
Homework
1. Review the grammar.
2. Finish the Ex 2, 3 and 4 on Page 13.
3. Make sentences using ‘if only…; as if…; I wish…; I would rather…; It’s time that...
[Using language]
Step one
Review and question
1. Lead in
We have learned some English poems and other poems from different countries. In this part, we’ll learn another poem, I’ve Saved the Summer.
2. Read the questions on the book.
(1. Do you think the speaker in the poem is more likely to be a girlfriend /boyfriend or parent?
(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?
Step two
Pre-reading
1. Read the poem while think over the answers to the exercise 1 in pre-reading.
(I think the speaker is more likely a parent.
(Yes, it does.
(Yes, it does.
((Students may have seen certain images, felt certain emotions or had certain thoughts.) For example:
The poem shows that the speaker’s love to his/her son or daughter.
I think of my parents while reading the poem. They love me very much, too, just like the love of the speaker to his or her child.
2. Read the poem, and think over the questions.
(1 Circle the words that rhyme. What is unusual about the rhyming words in the last four lines?
(2 Listen to the poem again and clap the strong beats.
Step three
Reading
1. Read the poem again, and finish the answers.
(The rhyming words in the last four lines are unusual, because they are the same word (although they each have a different meanings).
You / new; need/ feed; nineteen/ mean; way/day; own/ own
(The second one is on the screen.
2. Look at the pictures and introduce the poet, Rod Mckuen.
Rod Mckuen is an American poem, singer, songwriter and musician. And ‘I’ve saved the summer’ is his last work.
Step four
Reading and the translation
1. Analyze and translate the poem.
2. Discuss the question 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?
Look at the sample answer on screen.
Step five
Language points
1. Learn the language points in this part.
2. Ask question when learning this part.
3. Discuss and the exercises on the workbook.
Homework
1. Surf on net to get more information on the five kinds of poems.
2. Introduce to your partner your job.
3. Finish the exercises on work book.
[Listening, Speaking and Writing]
Step one
Leading in
1. Pre-listening
Before listening, think about what might inspire you to write poetry.
Compare your ideas with your partner’s.
2. Opening discussion
Step two
Listening
The listening is a conversation between a teacher and three of her students about a poetry competition.
1. Look at the screen and ask questions.
2. How do they become inspired to write poetry when they are going to write their poems?
3. Ask questions:
(1 Who has written a poem already and is ready to the competition?
(2 Who is not going to enter a poem for the competition this year?
(3 Who plan to write at the weekend?
(4 When is the deadline for the competition?
Practice
1. Choose the best answer.
2. Choose true or false.
3. Fill in the blanks.
4. Do the exercise on workbook.
Step three
Speaking
1. Talking about plans and intentions.
2. Give the topics.
Imagine that your class has to enter poems in a competition next week.
How are you going to become inspired to write your poem?
I’m not going to…
Are you going to …
I’ m going to …
I will …
I am looking forward to …
Step four
Writing
Revise the grammar and read the poems we learned again.
1. Give writing tips.
2. Give three examples:
(Write a list poem starting with If I… like poem C on page 10. Write one line each. It doesn’t have to rhyme.
If I were the ruler of the world, I would …
If I had a million dollars, I would …
If I had taken your advice, I would have / wouldn’t have …
If I played in the NBA …
If I were a teacher for a day…
( Write a poem that starts with I feel happy when …
The lines do not have to rhyme.
I feel happy when…
The sky is blue,
You smile at me with your sparking black eyes,
It’s my birthday.
(Write a poem that starts each line with Slowly …, and make each pair of lines rhyme.
Slowly the moon climbs in the sky,
Slowly the black-tailed bird lets out a cry,
Slowly the dog crosses the road,
Slowly the old man carries his load.
Step five
Summary
In this unit, we learned some knowledge about poems, and learned five kinds of poems from different countries in English and Chinese. And we also learned how to use the subjunctive mood.
Homework
1. Finish the exercises in this unit on your workbook.
2. Write some short poems: the list poem starting with If I… ; the poem with I feel happy when … ; the poem that starts each line with Slowly …;
