1、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-inDreams
2、 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 cl
3、early 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.Welcome to the unitDu Fu:He wrote poems abo
4、ut 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 and how he felt he visited the great tower.Welcome to the unitEmily Dickinso
5、n: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 vivid pictures and tell stories by using language creatively.Readers enjoy the ch
6、allenge 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-readi
7、ngPre-readingDreams 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 snow(1)_Global Reading:scan the lecture transcript and complete the chart below.Poetry(2)_Follow your ears and a
8、sk“(3)_”Approach the poem as(4)_.Be(5)_.Remember that it is not necessary to(6)_.SoundSenseHow does it sound?an explorer in an unfamiliar lanscapepatientfully understand a poem to appreciate itDetailed Reading:read Pa.1&2 and the first poem and answer the questions.More than other types of literatur
9、e,it usually implies a deeper meaning beyond 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“
10、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 Pa.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 r
11、epresentative of his age.In his own day he was said to be with Queen Victoria and Prime Minister William Gladstone one 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“Swe
12、et and Low”by Alfred Tennyson)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 surroundings,you willWho is talking?Wh
13、o 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:read Para.3 and the second poem and fi
14、nish 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.Detailed Reading:read Para.3 and the second poem and finish the chart.An acclaimed American poet,storyteller,activist,and autobiographer,Angelou worked for Dr.Martin Luther King
15、Jr.and was also an educator 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 ans
16、wer the questions.Detailed 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
17、one day find it not so hard 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 suit
18、able as an example to support 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 real
19、istic verse portraying ordinary 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-readin
20、gThe poem by Maya Angelou 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 fro
21、m singing though,and by repeating 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 unders
22、tand a poem better,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.Finish B1 on P47.Choose a poem that impresses you most.Discuss it with your partners and share the reasons why it impressed you.Homework
