1、Unit 8 LiteratureLesson 2 Poetry1.freeze nearly freeze to death 差点冻死freeze with horror 吓呆了frozen adj.冷冻的；冰封的；冻硬的ones frozen face 某人冻僵的脸freezing adj.极冷的，严寒的；冰冻的，冰点以下的freezing cold 严寒；相当冷the freezing point 冰点练习：Please _ the action there!freeze 2.appreciation in appreciation of 感谢appreciate v.欣赏，赏识；感激，
2、感谢；理解；意识到appreciate(sb./sb.s)doing 感激（某人）做Sb.would appreciate it if(=Sb.would be grateful if)如果，某人将不胜感激练习：Chinese arts have won the _ of a lot of people outside China.appreciation Whats your favourite poem,either in English or Chinese?Read it aloud and say why you like it.ACTIVATE AND SHAREWhat typi
3、cal language features do you often find in poems?rhyming,inverted word order,often in stanzas,imaginative languageACTIVATE AND SHARERead the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.Try to work out the missing words.Then,listen and check.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost(1874-196
4、3)Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village _;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.thoughRead the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.Try to work out the missing words.Then,listen and check.My little horse must think it queerTo stop withou
5、t a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the _.yearRead the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.Try to work out the missing words.Then,listen and check.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some _.The only other sounds the sweepOf easy wind and d
6、owny flake.mistakeRead the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.Try to work out the missing words.Then,listen and check.The woods are lovely,dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I _.sleepListen to the poem.Answer the questions.1 Why did
7、 the writer stop by the woods?He wanted to watch the snow falling in the woods.2 Why did the horse give the harness bells a shake?The horse was unsure why they had stopped without a barn nearby.3 Why couldnt the writer stay longer in the woods?The writer couldnt stay because he needed to keep going
8、on his journey and he had many more miles left to travel.Group Work What is the effect of the repetition in the last lines of the poem?The writer repeats the last line to show how sad the speaker feels.He cannot stop and must continue on his long journey.Read the poem The Daffodils.Use the words bel
9、ow to fill in the rhyming words in each stanza.Then,listen and check.The Daffodilsby William Wordsworth(1770-1850)I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high oer vales and hills,When all at once I saw a _,A host,of golden daffodils;Beside the lake,beneath the _,Fluttering and dancing in the bree
10、ze.crowdtreesRead the poem The Daffodils.Use the words below to fill in the rhyming words in each stanza.Then,listen and check.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending _Along the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads i
11、n sprightly _.linedanceRead the poem The Daffodils.Use the words below to fill in the rhyming words in each stanza.Then,listen and check.The waves beside them danced;but theyOutdid the sparkling waves in glee:A poet could not but be _,In such a jocund company:I gazedand gazedbut little thoughtWhat w
12、ealth the show to me had _:gaybroughtRead the poem The Daffodils.Use the words below to fill in the rhyming words in each stanza.Then,listen and check.For oft,when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward _Which is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasur
13、e fills,And dances with the _.eyedaffodilsListen to the poem.Answer the questions.1 How did the poet feel before he saw the daffodils?How did he feel afterwards?What is the poets mood in the poem?Before the poet saw the daffodils,he felt lonely.Afterwards,he felt companionship from the flowers.The p
14、oets mood in the poem is happy and positive.Listen to the poem.Answer the questions.2 What wealth did the daffodils bring to the writer?The experience provided him a memory that helped him when he was alone or in a blue mood.3 How is the beauty of the daffodils depicted in the poem?The poet depicts
15、the beauty of the daffodils by describing how they look and move.Read the two poems again.Underline and talk about the literary devices the two poets used to express their feelings.Suggested Answers:Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening personificationHe gives his harness bells a shake alliterationTh
16、e woods are lovely,dark and deeprepetitionAnd miles to go before I sleepRead the two poems again.Underline and talk about the literary devices the two poets used to express their feelings.The DaffodilsalliterationBeside the lake,beneath the treessimilewondered lonely as a cloudpersonificationFlutter
17、ing and dancing in the breezeexaggerationContinuous as the stars that shineGroup Work Both Robert Frost and William Wordsworth expressed their deep love and appreciation of nature in their poems.Discuss the different ways they expressed their appreciation.Find examples.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy E
18、veningThe poet describes the whole scene of the woods on a snowy evening vividly.He used the scene as background to show what he thinks and how his thought changes after he sees the scene.The DaffodilsThe writer is cheerful with recalling the beautiful sights.In the poem,on the beauty of nature,the reader is presented a vivid picture of lively daffodils.The poet uses the description of daffodils to show his philosophical thoughts.Write a short poem,expressing your love or appreciation of something.Read it aloud to the class.
