1、优质文档优质文档Unit2 PoemsPeriod 1 Warming up, Pre-reading list poems; cinquain,; haiku; Tang poems b. Enable Ss to talk about different purposes of writing poems.c. Understand the main theme of each poem.d. Enable Ss to chant some of their favorite poems.3. Learning abilityEnable Ss to distinguish differe
2、nt types of poems.Teaching important points1. Talk about five main types of poems.2. Understand the main purpose of writing the poems.Teaching difficult points1. Find the rhythm of each poem.2. Chant the poem.3. Understand the main purpose of writing the poems.Teaching methods1. Skimming and scannin
3、g.2. Asking-and answering activity3. Discussion4. ChantTeaching aidsMultimediaTeaching procedures 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, so
4、unds, 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
5、 and old age, feeling and experiences, emotions like love, hate, sadness, regret and desire, etc.)Step 4. Pre-reading来源:学科网 ZXXKPeople 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 ?
6、 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
7、 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 Hdescribes a person? tells a story? descr ibes an aspect of a
8、 season? is about sport? is about things that dont make sense? is recited to a baby? describes a river scene?来源:学科网 ZXXK has rhyming words at the end of lines? repeats words or phrases? Step 5. Rea dingScanningGet the Ss to read the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the Ss to form a
9、good habit of readin g. 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?优质文档优质文档Q2. Ho
10、w 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. Whats the characteristic of “list poems”? What about “cinquain”?Q5. Wh y do English People like “Haiku”?Q6. Are you familiar with Tang Poems? Do you know the t
11、itle of the last poem in the text?Listening来源:Zxxk.ComBefore 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 doesnt matter if th
12、ey dont understand every word.First readingGet 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
13、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 beardWho said “it is just as I feared”.“Four insects and thenTwo birds and a henHave all made a home in my bear
14、d”.Now read the poem A & B. Ask them to mark t he 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 readingJust as any scene can serve as the subject of a painting, so any part of daily
15、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 answe r the following questi
16、ons: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.Homework1. Surf some websites to find out more information about poets.2. Review the content of the reading passage.3. Finish the exercises on Page 12& 13.
