1、Unit 2 Poem (诗歌)Text-understandting (课文理解)Teching aims( 教学目标)1. Know a few simple forms of English poems.2. Learn the charactristics of English poems.Teaching steps as follows:Step 1 Leading-in (课文导入) Listen to a nursey rhyme in the break and then ask students to answer some questions. (课间童谣导入课题)（Th
2、is step is to arouse students interest in learning about poems.） Boys and girls,at the break of the class,we have listened to a very interesting song-Twinkle,twinkle little star.Step 2. Warming up(热身)(This step is intended to excite students to learn about poems)I ofter the questions as follows toex
3、cite students 1.Do you like the song ? 2.Now,do you want to listen to it again? 3.Can you sing the song? 4.Can you tell me what kind of poem is it?Is it a nursery rhyme or a haiku? Do you want to know more about English poems? Step 3. Fast reading (快速阅读)(This step is to teach students to get the gen
4、eral idea of the passage )1. Why do people write poems ? 2.Read the whole text silently and quickly, and then fill the form below.Which poemABCDEFGHDescribes a person ? Tells a story?Describes an aspect of a season?Is about sport?Is about things that dont make sense?Is recited to a baby?Describes a
5、river scene?Has rhyming words at the end of lines?Repeats words or phrasesStep 4Listening(听力)(This step is to train students listan ability .Explain to them that they should pay specisl attention to the key information)Five kinds of poems are and . Step5. Careful reading (细节阅读)(This step is to deal
6、with prombles in detail )Task1Answer the questions according to each poem1 Poem A1）. What is the babys father going to buy if the mirror gets broken? 2） What is the babys father going to do if goat runs away? 2Poem C1. ）What sport do you think the speaker is writing about? 2） Why didnt the players w
7、in? Write down three excuses that the speaker gives 3） Translate the following sentence into Chinesse if we hadnt taken it easy,if we hadnt run out of energy, we would have won 3Poem D,E1.) What subject is the speaker writing about?Poem D: PoemE: 2.) 2.) Does the speaker like the subject? Give a rea
8、son for your answerPoem D: Yes. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his/ her brother, the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his/ her brotherPoem E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cant wait until the summer is over. The words droopin
9、g, dreading, week in week out and endless convey this feeling. 4.Poem H1)What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own wordsA womans husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. she waits and waits never moving form that spot and never speak
10、ing, 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: yea
11、r after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husbands coming back, she was very sad.Task 2. Fill in the chart as the examples given.formscharacteristicspoem(s)Nursery rhymerepeat phrases and some rhymesD EHaiku a free form easy to copy Step 6 .Outline（提纲）(This step is to help s
12、tudents know the passage much more clearly) Outline: （课文行文顺序）1 the purpose of writing poems2.nursery rhyme3 list poems4 the cinquain5. the haiku6.Tang poemsStep 7. Consolidation(After the above reading, students can understand the text very well,so I arrange this step to consolidate what they have l
13、earned) Poems are used to tell a story or _ certain emotions. Poets use many different _ of poems to _ themselves. For example, nursery rhymes _ small children because they have strong _ and _and have a lot of _ , while, list poems is the _ kind of poems. Another simple form is the Cinquain ,_ poem
14、_ 5 lines. Haiku is a _ form of poetry that consists of 17_. In _,a lot of Tang poetry has also been _ into English.Step 8.Discussion and performance(This step is helpful to strengthen the cooperation among students and use what they have learned. )1. Are poems good for our life? 2 What can we get f
15、rom poems?Poems bring passion (激情)to our lifePoems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance. Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful!Step 9.Summary and Homework (小结及作业)1.Summary: In this period,we have learned much about E
16、nglish poems.Only if you have a good knowledge of poems can you understand English literature and culture.2.Homework:Write a composition according to the following poem阅读下面这首由英国诗人爱默生写的英语诗,然后用英语写一篇评价这首诗的短文: A Nations Strength 民族的力量 Not gold,but only man can make A people great and strong; 不是黄金，只有人才能使民族伟大而强盛； Men who for truth and honors sake为了真理，为了荣誉， Stand fast and suffer long. 他们意志坚定，历尽艰辛Brave men who work while others sleep, 他们无所畏惧,别人睡觉他们做工 Who dare while others fly; 别人逃遁他们大显神勇； They build a nations pillar deep他们深深地埋下民族的支柱， And lift them to the sky. 并将石柱举起支撑天空。
