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Welcome to
my class
Doe a deer a female deer
Ray a drop of golden sun
Me a name I call myself
Far a long long way to run
Sew a needle pulling thread
La a note to follow SewDo re miDo re mi
Tea a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Doe oh-oh-oh
That will bring us back to Doe
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti Do-So-Do
Enjoy an Enjoy an English poem English poem in the form of in the form of a song:a song:
Poems
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
Shelley--- Ode to the west wind
Unit 2
PoemsUnit 2Shall I compare thee to a summer‘s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate; 能否把你比作迷人的夏日？
你却比炎夏更可爱温存；
Shakespeare’s Sonnets( 十四行诗 )
Warming UpWarming Up
Do you remember any poems you Do you remember any poems you learned when you were a child? learned when you were a child?
Before my bed ,there is bright moonlight.So it seems like frost on the ground.Lifting my head ， I saw the bright moon .Lowering my head, I
dream that I’m at home.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Can you find something like a poem?
Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry.
Without them, there wouldn’t be poems.
Pre-readingPre-reading
Fast-reading The reading passage discusses five
forms of poems. What are they?
Five forms of poems
Nursery rhymes Cinquain
List poems
Haiku
Tang poems
careful-readingcareful-reading
2.Listen to the tape and find the words that rhyme in Poems A and B
1. Poems A and B have a strong rhythm.
Listen and try to clap the beat.
Task1
3.Answer some related questions.
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 a 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
我看见一个鱼塘着火了。
我看见一个房子属于乡绅。
我看见一个人有十二英尺高。
我看见一个村子在天上。
我看见一个气球使用铅做的。
我看见一个死人从棺材里掉出来。
我看见两只麻雀在赛跑。
我看见两匹马在做袋子。
我看见一个女孩长得像猫。
我看见一只猫戴着帽子。
我看见一个人他也看见这些。
虽然说起来很奇怪， 但都是真的。
Find the words that rhyme:word sing
broke
mockingbirdring
brass
Looking-glassbilly-goat
away
today
Poem A
fire
squire
high
sky
lead
dead
race
lace
cat
hat
too
true
Poem B
1. What is the baby’s father going to
buy if the mirror gets broken?
If the mirror gets broken, the baby’s fa
ther will buy a billy-goat instead.
2. What is the baby’s father going to do
if the goat runs away?
He’s going to buy the baby another
billy-goat.
3. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mockingbird won’t sing in Poem A?A. A billy-goat. B. A diamond ring. C. A looking-glass. D. A computer.4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem B?A fish-pond on fire. B A cottage in the sky.C. A girl like a cat. D. A person ten-feet high.
We should 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,
Our first football match
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 should have won…
If we’d been better!
1. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win?
2. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuses? How do you know?
No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win.
Listen to POEM C and answer the following questions
Nine
Task 2
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out.
Endless
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
夏日
困乏，刺激
干涸，枯萎，恐怖
周而复始
永无止境
Poem D & E
1.What subject is the speaker writing about?
Poem D:_________ Poem E:________
2. Do the authors like the subjects?
His or her brother summer
Poem D: Yes. Although the speaker describes a coupleof negative aspects of his/her brother( teasing ,enemy)We can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his / her brother
Poem E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait until the summer is over.
Task 3
What is cinquain?
Brother Beautiful ,athleticTeasing, shouting ,laughing Friend and enemy too mine
a name (subject of the poem)
two adjs ( describe the subject ）three verbs ending with –ing (describe actions)
four words (opinions or feelings)
restates( 重复 ) the subject in anther single word
Summer Sleepy, saltyDrying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out Endless
A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
(by Moritake)
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)
落下的花朵
回到了树枝上。
瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！ 作者 Moritake
雪儿融化了 ,
整个村庄充满着
欢乐的儿童。
作者 Issa
A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
(by Moritake)
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)
Line1: 5 syllables Line2 : 7 syllables
Line3: 5 syllables
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F?
A. A child. B. A branch.C. A butterfly. D. A blossom.
2. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G?
A. Sorrow. B. Love. C. Happiness. D. Loneliness.
Task 4
Where 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)
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。
1.What is the story that poem H tells?
Task 5 Discussion
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 from 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 coming back, she was very sad.
Read the text carefully and find
out the characteristics of each
form.
Summing-up
Forms of Poems
Characteristics
1_____________
Have strong _________
_______
Have a lot of repetition
Easy to learn and to
_________
Nursery
rhymes
rhythm
and rhyme
recite
2_________
Easy to write
Repeat ________
some rhyme while others do
not
3.Cinquain
Easy to write
Made up of ____________
Conveys a _______________
picture in just a few words
List poems phrases
five lines
strong
4. _______
A Japanese form of poetryMade up of ___________ Easy to writeGives a _________ pictureCreates a special feeling in just a few words
5.Tang Poems
The ___________ have a free form.
translations
17 syllables
clearHaiku
Why do people write poems?People write poems to tell a story to describe something to convey certain emotions to express feelings to tell the life or friendship to delight the kids to make others laugh to describe the seasons or scenes
Post-reading
……
Which poem A B C D E F G Hdescribes a person
tells a story
describes an aspect of a season
is about sports
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
Discussion
What forms are the following poems?
Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it.Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it.
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List poems
What forms are the following poems?
Trees
green every springbright orange in autumn
bare in winter
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Haiku
What forms are the following poems?
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.
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Tang Poem
What forms are the following poems?
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Cinquain
What forms are the following poems?
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Are you sleeping
Are you sleepingAre you sleeping,
Brother Bear, Brother bearMorning bells are ringingMorning bells are ringing
Ding Dang DongDing Dang Dong
Nurseryrhyme
