1、B4 Unit 4 Exploring poetryWelcome to the unit&Reading(I)Lead-in “Preface to The Book of Songs”A Spring Morning By 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-inDre
2、ams By Langston HughesHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot flyHold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snowLead-inWelcome to the unitBoth poems are very descriptive.I like the first one because it focuses on the topic of spring and
3、 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 little bit more difficult to understand,it is interesting to read.Pre-readingDreams By Langston HughesHold
4、 fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot flyHold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow(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
5、member that it is not necessary to(6)_.SoundSenseHow does it sound?an explorer in an unfamiliar landscapepatientfully understand a poem to appreciate itDetailed Reading:read Para.1&2 and the first poem and answer the questions.More than other types of literature,it usually implies a deeper meaning b
6、eyond the words on the page.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.Firstly,the words“Wind of the western sea”are repeated.Se
7、condly,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 any other Victorian-era writer,Tennyson has seemed the representative of his age.In his own d
8、ay 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 and the first poem and answer the questions.(From“Sweet and Low”by Alfred Tennyson)轻轻地，柔和地，轻
9、轻地，柔和地，西方吹来海风；轻轻地，柔和地吹拂，西方吹来海风！西边吹来，月色朦胧，吹过波涛汹涌；吹得他回家呵，亲亲睡着的宝宝，可爱的宝贝。Detailed Reading:read Para.3 and the second poem and finish the chart.Approach 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
10、 surroundings,you willWho is talking?Who is being talked to?What is being described?Is there a sense of place?Are 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 cluesunderstandingDetailed Reading
11、:read Para.3 and the second poem and finish the chart.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(受到赞扬的)American poet,storyteller,activist,and autobiographer,Angelou worked for Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.and was also an educat
12、or who served as a professor in the university.Detailed Reading:read Para.3 and the second poem and finish the chart.(From“Caged Bird”by Maya Angelou)Detailed Reading: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.Detaile
13、d Reading:read Pa.4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.They are often less interesting than those that constantly reveal deeper and previously unrecognized meanings.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 ha
14、rd to understand at all.Detailed Reading:read Pa.4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.Poetry reading can make us feel something or let us perceive another level of meaning,which is more important and worth our effort.This poem is not easy to understand and is suitable as an example to sup
15、port the tip of“be patient when having trouble in understanding a poem”.Detailed Reading:read Pa.4-6 and the third poem and answer 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 or
16、dinary people in everyday situations.His famous poems include:Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and The Road Not Taken.Detailed Reading:read Pa.4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.From“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”by Robert FrostPost-readingPost-readingThe poem by Maya Angelou
17、 describes the image of a caged bird wanting to be free.The lines are short and simple,which makes the message more direct and powerful.The short lines could also imply the sense of being in a small cage with very little space to fly around in.This does not stop the bird from singing though,and by r
18、epeating the sound of some words:“trill”,“still”,and“hill”I can imagine the sound that the bird makes it sings its lonely song.“Caged Bird”reminds me of the possibilities we have in life and that we should look past our current limitations.Post-readingFrom my point of view,to understand a poem bette
19、r,we should also know more about the poet and the background in which the poem was created the theme of a poem usually has a close relationship with the background in which the poet wrote it.1.Finish B1 on P47.2.Choose a poem that impresses you most.Discuss it with your partners and share the reason
20、s why it impressed you.HomeworkWelcome to the unitDu 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 his poem“On Yueyang Tower”,which describes what he saw an
21、d how he felt while he visited the great tower.Welcome to the unitEmily 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 compared the feeling of hopefulness and expectation to a bird.Poems create v
22、ivid pictures and tell stories by using language creatively.Readers enjoy the challenge of trying to understand the poets intention in writing a happening during the time when it was written.Readers can look at the poems form and literary 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
