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1、Unit 2 PoemsReading A Few Simple Forms of English Poems Danzhou No.1 Middle School Li YiTeaching aims:1. To know about the forms and characteristics of some English poems.2. To learn how to write a simple poem.3. To foster the reading ability.4. To arouse students great interest in English poems.Tea

2、ching important points:1. To learn different reading skills.2. To know how to write a simple poem.Teaching difficult points:1. To write a poem.2. To learn to appreciate English poems.Teaching methods:1. Task-based teaching and learning2. WritingTeaching procedure:Step 1 GreetingStep 2 Lead-in Play a

3、 song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and ask students to sing with it.Step 3 Pre-reading1. Have Ss read Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star again and find out rhymes of each sentence.Twinkle, twinkle, little stara:How I wonder what you area:Up above the world so highaiLike a diamond in the skyai2. Tell Ss:

4、 Rhymes depend on sound, not spelling. And rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry.Step 4 While-reading1. Fast reading Answer the following questions:1) What is the passage mainly about?(The text is about a few simple forms of English poems.)2) How many forms of English poems are mentioned in the p

5、assage? What are they?(Five forms-Nursery rhymes; List poems; Cinquain; Haiku; Tang poems)2. Careful reading Find out the characteristics of each form of English poetry. FormsWhich poem or poemsCharacteristicsNursery rhymesAl concrete but imaginativel strong rhythml a lot of repetitionsl easy to lea

6、rn and reciteList poemsB&Cl a flexible line lengthl repeated phrasesCinquainD&El made up of 5 linesl easy to writel convey a strong and clear picture and create a special feelingHaikuF&Gl a Japanese forml made up of 17 syllablesTang poetryHl from ChinaAfter Ss answer the characteristics of one poem,

7、 Ss and T. together appreciate the poem to know the characteristics clearly.1) Poem Al Listen to poem A and find out its repetitions and rhymes.l Listen again and sing the song with the beats together.2) Poem B&CRead them aloud with the tape and find out their repeated phrases and rhymes.3) Poem D&E

8、Read them aloud together and answer: l What are poem D and E about?l Do the authors like the subjects? Why?4) The structures of Cinquain and Haikul Cinquain: read poem D&E again and match the descriptions with each line.Line 1 a word that gives another name for the subjectLine 2 three verbs ending w

9、ith ing that describe the subjects actionsLine 3 a noun that names the subject of the poemLine 4 four words that give the writers opinions of feelings about the subject Line 5 two adjectives that describe the subjectl Haiku: read poem F&G aloud together and find out how many syllables there are in e

10、ach line.Line 1: 5 syllablesLine 2: 7 syllablesLine 3: 5 syllablesStep 5 Post-reading 1. Guessing Show some poems on the screen and ask students to guess what forms they are.2. Writing 1. To My Parents, Thank you 2. What is loveYou were always there Love is To _me Love is You were always there To _me 3. I would If I But most important If I You were always there 4. Mother (Cinquain) To _meStep 6 Homework1. Choose one of five forms to write your own poem.2. Do Ex.2 on page11