1、Do you like reading/writing poetry?Why?Do you think it good for children to read/write poetry?Why?Read the title and predict what this passage will tell us.Main idea of each paragraphPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Poetry can be used to express feelings and explore language.Poetry can also be used as a form
2、 of therapy.Students at a special school in Dudleyread and write poems.Their poems are helpful to and well-received by other people.The passage can be divided into _ parts:Part one:_Part two:_Part three:_threePara.1Para.2-3Para.41.Work in pairs.Read the passage and answer the questions.1)Why do peop
3、le want to write poetry?To express their feelings.It is a way of helping people with problems through writing poetry.2)What is poetry therapy?3)What kind of people can poetry therapy help?Everyone,but especially people with problems of some kind.It can help them to tell other people how they feel,an
4、d help them communicate with the world.4)In what ways can poetry help people?5)What problems do the students at a special school in Dudley have?Long-term medical problems,personality disorders or psychological problems.6)How does writing poetry help the students?It helps the students to become more
5、self-confident and also helps explore their problems and develop a positive attitude to life.It raises money for the hospital.7)How does the book of students poetry help the local community?2.Discuss the following statements and decide if you agree with them.1)Poetry is good for people.2)Its more im
6、portant to talk about your problems than write about them.3)Its important to keep your sense of humour if you are ill.4)I cant understand poetry.5)Poems are like dreams.3.Read the poem and complete the lines with the rhymes in the box.how I feel I go I hide I say my mind the real meI wish people cou
7、ld live through my daySee the things I see,bear the things(1)_.If only people could see me insideThe emotions I feel,the trouble _.I sayI hideI wish people could see(3)_.All of my thoughts too strong to reveal.If only people could read(4)_Not just the image I hide behind.I wish people knew the thing
8、s I knowThe places Ive been to,the places(5)_.I wish people would look further and seeThe person I call (6)_.(Victoria Booth,aged 16)how I feelmy mindI gothe real me1.Poets use language as a way of 2.expressing their feelings,whether 3.positive ones of love,happiness and 4.hope,or negative feelings
9、like anger 5.and fear.6.诗人把语言作为一种表达自己感受的方式，无论是正面的爱、高兴和希望，还是负面的愤怒和害怕。whether 引导_从句。e.g.Whether this is true(or not),I cant tell.这是否正确，我不能辨别。We havent decided whether to sail or fly to Qingdao.我们还没有决定要坐船还是要坐飞机到青岛。状语I shall start tomorrow,whether he asks me or not.不管他请不请我，我明天都将开始。Well,that depends on w
10、hether we carry out the policy correctly.嗯，这取决于我们是否执行了正确的政策。2.By writing poems students are growing in self-confidence.学生们通过写诗增强自信心。by prep.以(做某事)的行动(+doing sth.)e.g.Let me start by saying congratulations.让我先说恭喜。3.The poems provide a channel through which they can communicate with the world,and expr
11、ess their feelings.诗歌给人们提供了跟世人沟通和表达思想感情的渠道。through which 介词提前的_除此之外还有:to/of/by/with/without which/whom定语从句e.g.There are several novels of whichOliver Twist is the best one that I have ever read.雾都孤儿是我读过的小说里最好的一部。Oxygen is an important element without which we can not live.氧气是一种重要的元素，没有它我们就不能活。Do you
12、 know the artist to whom the judge gave a prize?你认识裁判员把奖颁给的那个艺术家吗？4.The school has collected some of the students poems and published them in a book which is being sold to raisefunds for a local hospital.学校已收集了一些学生的诗歌出版销售，为当地医院筹措资金。raise v.意为_e.g.They were raising money for a new undertaking.他们正为了新的事业筹集资金。筹措,募集Write a poem beginning with I wish.Use the poem above as a model.Study the phrases beginning with I wishand If only.Think of your own wishes.Keep your poem shortnot more than eight lines.You dont have to use rhyme.
