1、Unit 4 Exploring poetryWelcome to the unit&Reading(I)Whatispoetry?Whatisthebiggestdifferencebetweenpoetryandothergenresoflterature?Poetryisaliteraryworkinwhichapoetexpressesbeautifulandelegantqualityandhisorherfeelingsthroughadistinctivestyle.Poetrydiffersfromothergenresofliteratureinthatithighlight
2、stheaestheticandrhythmicqualitiesoflanguage,suchasthesoundsymbolismrepresentedbyrhythmsandrhymes whicharetheactualsoundeffectscreatedbythelinesofpoetry.Lead-inPoetry is an expression of ones will.What is kept in the heart is the will,but when expressed in words,it is poetry.“Preface to The Book of S
3、ongs”诗者，志之所之也。在心为志，发言为诗。Whatisyourunderstandingofthequotationonpage43?Poetryisanexpressionofwhatonefeelsorthinksinhis/herheartormindwhenitiskepttooneselfinside,itiscalledoneswill,butwhenitis expressedinwordsandsharedwithothers,itiscalledpoetry.Areyouinterestedinreadingpoems?HaveyoueverreadanyEnglish
4、film?A Spring MorningBy Meng HaoranThis spring morning in bed Im lying,Not to awake till birds are crying.After one night of wind and showers,How many are the fallen flowers!Translated by Xu YuanchongLead-inDreams By Langston HughesHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat
5、 cannot flyHold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snowLead-in Possibleanswer:ASpringMormingrevealsthepoetsloveofspringandhisregretatitsdepartureinDreams,LangstonHughesemphasizestheimportanceofhavingdreamsinoneslife.Whatarethethemesofthetwopoems“ASpringMorning”and“Drea
6、ms”?Both poems are very descriptive.I like the first one because it focuses on the topic of spring and clearly describes a spring morning in a way that is easy to understand.The second one is about dreams and uses some artistic techniques,such as metaphor and personification.Even though it is a litt
7、le bit more difficult to understand,it is interesting to read.Howdoyoulikethetwopoems?Welcome to the unit Du Fu:He wrote poems about the beauty of nature and his experiences while traveling.He had a great gift for language.He met Li Bai on his travels and he admired the great poet very much.I know h
8、is poem“On Yueyang Tower”,which describes what he saw and how he felt while he visited the great tower.Whatotherpoemsorpoetsdoyouknowabout?Emily Dickinson:A famous American poet,she wrote poems that are creative and encourage careful thought.I like her poem“Hope Is the Thing with Feathers”，which com
9、pared the feeling of hopefulness and expectation to a bird.Whatotherpoemsorpoetsdoyouknowabout?Whatisyourfavouritepoem?Possibleanswer:MyfavouritepoemisAMoonlitNightontheSpringRiverbyZhangRuoxu,a poetfromtheTangDynasty.Thispoemdescribesfiveofthemost beautifulthings innature:spring,rivers,flowers,them
10、oonandthenight,ina romanticwayWhy do people read poems?Poems create vivid pictures and tell stories by using language creatively.Readers enjoy the challenge of trying to understand the poets intentionin writing a happening during the time when it was written.Readers can look at the poems form and li
11、terary devices to see what the poet saw.By reading it aloud,they can feel the rhythms and rhymes of the poem as well as the poets emotions.Pre-reading(1)_Global Reading:scan the lecture transcript and complete the chart below.Poetry(2)_Follow your ears and ask“(3)_”Approach the poem as(4)_.Be(5)_.Re
12、member that it is not necessary to(6)_.SoundSenseHow does it sound?an explorer in an unfamiliar lanscapepatientfully understand a poem to appreciate it1.How is poetry different from other types of literature?2.What aspect should you pay special attention to when you read a poem aloud?3.What characte
13、ristics can you find when you analyse its sound?Detailed Reading:read Para.1&2 and the first poem and answer the questions.1.How is poetry different from other types of literature?More than other types of literature,it usually implies a deeper meaning beyond the words on the page.2.What aspect shoul
14、d you pay special attention to when you read a poem aloud?The aspect of rhythm,repeated words,rhymes and other special effects.Detailed Reading:read Pa.1&2 and the first poem and answer the questions.Detailed Reading:read Pa.1&2 and the first poem and answer the questions.3.What characteristics can
15、you find when you analyseits sound?Firstly,the words“Wind of the western sea”are repeated.Secondly,there are several rhyming words:“low”rhyming with“blow”and“go”,“sea”rhyming with“me”.Detailed Reading:read Para.1&2 and the first poem and answer the questions.Alfred,Lord Tennyson(18091892)More than a
16、ny other Victorian-era writer,Tennyson has seemed the representative of his age.In his own day he was said to bewith Queen Victoria and Prime Minister William Gladstoneone of the three most famous living persons,a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had.Detailed Reading:read Pa.1&2
17、and the first poem and answer the questions.Sweet and low,sweet and low,Wind of the western sea,Low,low,breathe and blow,Wind of the western sea.Over the rolling waters go;Come from the dying moon,and blow,Blow him again to me,While my little one,while my pretty one sleeps.(From“Sweet and Low”by Alf
18、red Tennyson)Readaloudandusethetipinparagraph2toanalyzeitssoundcharacteristics.Possibleanswer:Firstly,thewordsWindofthewesternseaarerepeated;Secondly,thereareseveralrhymingwords:“low”rhymingwithblowandgo sea”rhymingwithme”.Detailed Reading:read Para.3 and the second poem and finish the chart.Approac
19、h the poem as if you were an _ in an unfamiliar_?As you approach the poem,you should ask:As you explore the poem,you should ask:As you slowly explore your surroundings,you willexplorerexplorerlandscapelandscapeWho is talking?Who is being talked to?What is being described?Is there a sense of place?Ar
20、e there other people or objects there?What are the images?What happens when they are put together?start to _ that give you a greater _ of the poem.dig up cluesunderstandingWhat images come into your mind when reading it?Detailed Reading:read Para.3 and the second poem and finish the chart.What image
21、s come into your mind when reading it?When I read it,I can see in my mind the image of a bird in a cage,which is desperately singing for freedom.An acclaimed American poet,storyteller,activist,and autobiographer,Angelou worked for Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.and was also an educator who served as a pro
22、fessor in the university.Detailed Reading:read Para.3 and the second poem and finish the chart.The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.(From“Caged Bird”by Maya Angelou)Detailed Read
23、ing:read Para.3 and the second poem and finish the chart.Detailed Reading:read Pa.4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.1.What should you do when you have difficulty in understanding a poem?2.According to the lecturer,what is more important in appreciating a poem?Detailed Reading:read Pa.4
24、-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.1.What should you do when you have difficulty in understanding a poem?We should set it aside and come back to it later.With our insight into life becoming deeper,we may one day find it not so hard to understand at all.2.According to the lecturer,what is
25、 more important in appreciating a poem?Detailed Reading:read Pa.4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.Poetry reading can make us feel something or let us perceiveanother level of meaning,which is more important and worth our effort.Detailed Reading:read Pa.4-6 and the third poem and answer
26、 the questions.Robert Frost(1874-1963)was an American poet who was much admired for his description of the rural life of New England,and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations.His famous poems include:Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Eveningand The Road Not Taken.Detailed
27、Reading:read Pa.4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.From“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”by Robert FrostPost-reading1.Please choose one of th
28、e poems in the lecture transcript and think about the sound and sense of the poem.2.Please give some other tips on how to read a poem.Para.1 Para.2 Para.3StructurePara.4Para.5Para.6 How to reveal poetrys hidden dimensionFollow your ears Approach the poem like an explorerHave patience to interpret th
29、e meaning of a poem.Remember its not necessary to fullyunderstand a poemEnjoy the journey in the world of poetry Introduction Introduction ConclusionConclusionSound Sound Sense Sense BodyBody1.Finish B1 on P47.2.Choose a poem that impresses you most.Discuss it with your partners and share the reasons why it impressed you.Homework
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