1、Period 1 : Reading and ThinkingTo read the introduction on some simple forms of English poems.To explore the characteristics of different forms of poems and learn to appreciate English poems. What is a poem?A poem is a composition with rhythmic balance expressing ideas or experiences or feelings.A p
2、oem is a literary work that is not in verse but deals with emotional or descriptive themes in a rhythmic form.A poem is a piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme, and are chosen for their sound and for the images and ideas they suggest. Why do you th
3、ink people write poems?Why? to encourage peopleto tell a storyto express feelingsto recall an enjoyable or unpleasant incidentto play with wordsto create images for the readersto express a point of viewto make a other laughto create a moodQuiz in Chinese traditional poemsCan you recite the Chinese t
4、raditional poems according to their English translation?Lets have a competition.If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased, Just see the over-brimming river flowing east!虞美人虞美人 李煜李煜问君能有几多愁，问君能有几多愁，恰似一江春水向东流。恰似一江春水向东流。How long will the bright moon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky. I do no
5、t know what time of year, It would be tonight in the palace on high.水调歌头水调歌头 苏轼苏轼明月几时有？把酒问青天。明月几时有？把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。I seek but seek in vain, I search and search again;I feel so sad, so drear, so lonely, without cheer. 声声慢声声慢 李清照李清照 寻寻觅觅寻寻觅觅, , 冷冷清清冷冷清清, , 凄凄惨惨戚戚。凄凄惨惨戚戚。 Read the pass
6、age quickly, and answer the questions:1. What does the passage mainly discuss?The text is mainly about the characteristics of five forms of English poems and examples of these poems.2. How many parts can it be divided into?Para 1Para 2-6Para 7A few of the simpler formsTry to write your own poemsReas
7、ons and characteristics Five kinds of poems Nursery rhymes 童谣童谣List poems 清单诗清单诗Cinquain 五行诗 Haiku 俳句诗俳句诗Tang poems 唐诗3. How many types of English poems are mentioned? What are they?1. is a description of the uniqueness of a mother2. is a description of a lovely brother.3. describes how a butterfly
8、rests on a tree.4. is a nursery rhyme that illustrate a fathers love for his baby.6. is a description of life5. is a translation of a Tang poetry, which describes a woman who waited for her beloved husband to come back from a journey.4. Match the main idea with each poem.Poem APoem B Poem CPoem D Po
9、em E Poem FRead the Paragraph 1 carefully and answer the questions.1. What are the main idea of Paragraph 1? The reasons why people compose poetry The characteristics of poetry2. According to the text, what are the characteristics of poetry?The characteristics of poetry:economical use of words; desc
10、riptive and vivid language; integrated imagery（意象）（意象）; literary devices, e.g. simile（明（明喻）喻）, metaphor（暗喻）（暗喻）; arrangement of words and lines; rhymes(韵脚）韵脚）; rhythm（节奏）（节奏）1. What type of poem is it?2. Whats the theme of the poem?3. What kind of poetic devices are used in the poem?4. How does it r
11、hyme(押韵）押韵）?5. What emotion/feeling does it try to convey?Read the Paragraphs 2-3 and discuss these questions.Nursery rhymesHush, little baby, dont say a word, Papas gonna buy you a mockingbird.If that mockingbird wont sing, Papas gonna buy you a diamond ring.If that diamond ring turns to brass, Pap
12、as gonna buy you a looking glass.If that looking glass gets broke, Papas gonna buy you a billy goat.If that billy goat wont pull, Papas gonna buy you a cart and bull.strong rhythm; often repeat the same words. AList poems flexible line length; repeated phrases.Hundreds of stars in the deep blue sky,
13、Hundreds of shells on the shore together, hundreds of birds that go singing by, Hundreds of bees in the sunny weather, Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,But only one mother the world over.BList poemsa flexible line lengt
14、h;repeated phrases.Life can be good, Life can be bad,Life is mostly cheerful,But sometimes sad,Life can be dreams,Life can be great thoughts, Life can mean a person,Sitting in court.CRead para. 4 and then answer the questions.CinquainLine 1: a noun (name the subject of the poem)Line 2: two adjective
15、s (describe the subject)Line 3: three -ing verbs (describe the subjects actions)Line 4: four words (give the writers opinions or feelings) Line 5: a word (give another name for the subject)1. Whats the feature of poem D?Cinquain made up of five lines BrotherBeautiful, athleticTeasing, shouting, laug
16、hingFriend and enemy tooMine one word (topic)two adjsthree verbs with -ingfour wordsone wordD2.What is poem D about? Does the author like his brother? Give your reasons. The poem is a description of a lovely brother. The author likes his brother. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative a
17、spects of his/her brother (teasing, enemy), the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his/her brother. Read para. 5 and then answer the questions.Haiku1. Underline the 17 syllables in poem E.5 syllables7 syllables5 syllablesHaiku A fallen blossomIs coming back to the branch.Look,
18、a butterfly!It consists of 17 syllables. It contains 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively.5 syllables7 syllables5 syllablesE2. What does poem E describe? It describes how a butterfly rests on a tree.Read para. 6 and then answer the questions.1. Do you know the Chinese title of poem F?A. 蝶恋花蝶恋花 B. 竹枝词竹
19、枝词 C. 望夫石望夫石 D. 一剪梅一剪梅望夫石望夫石 王建王建望夫处，望夫处，江悠悠，江悠悠，化为石，化为石，不回头。不回头。 山头日日风复雨，山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。行人归来石应语。Tang PoetryWhere she awaits her husbandOn and on the river flows.Never looking back,Transformed into stone.Day by day upon the mountain top,wind and rain revolve.Should the traveler return, this stone
20、would utter speech.Wang JianFA. loneliness B. joy C. love D. trustE. anger F. hate G. sorrow2.Which of the following words can convey the womans feelings?3. What is the story that poem F tells? Tell the story in your own words.The womans husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river wh
21、ere 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.Read the text again and complete the table on page 51.Type of poemCharacteristicsExampleTopics and poetic devicesNursery rhyme concrete but c
22、reative languageA love between father and baby rhymes, repetitionList poemBCCinquainDHaikuETang poemFType of poemCharacteristicsExam-pleTopics and poetic devicesNursery rhyme traditional poems or folk songs to the point but has a storyline language easy to learn and reciteA love between father and b
23、abyrhymes, repetitionList poemBCCinquainDHaikuETang poemF lists of things, people, ideas or descriptions of a particular theme flexible line length and repeated phrases for patterns and rhythm nature repetition life repetition simple form five lines strong picture mood 17 syllables three lines, cont
24、aining 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively nature life structured love and waiting metaphorThere are various reasons 1. people write poetry. Some poems give the reader a strong 2. （impress）. Others try to convey certain emotions. In this text，some simpler forms of English poems 3._ (introduce), such
25、4. nursery rhymes，which may seem 5. (contradict). But they are easy to learn and recite. List poems have a flexible line length and 6._ (repeat) phrases. Students can also write the cinquain，a form of poem 7.(make)up of five lines. Haiku is 8._Japanese form of poetry with 17 syllables. English speak
26、ers also enjoy Tang poetry. With so many different forms of poetry 9._ (choose) from，students may 10. (eventual) want to write poems of their own. why impression are introduced as contradictory repeated made to choose eventually a1. Listen to the recording of the text and read aloud the poems.2. Choose your favorite form of poems and write one on your own. Well share our own poems next class. Thank you
