Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学设计(第一课时)

Book 6 Unit 2

Reading A few simple forms of English poems

Knowledge aims 1. Get students to learn some simple forms of English poems and their characteristics. 2. Get students to learn rhymes and rhythm. Ability aims 1. Enable students to write some simple English poems. 2. Enable students to develop their skimming ability. Emotional aims 1. Develop students’ sense of group cooperation and teamwork. 2. Develop students’ sense of poem-appreciation.

Teaching important points 1. Enable students to learn some simple forms of English poems and their characteristics. 2. Enable students to enjoy some English poems. 3. Enable students to write a nursery rhyme and a list poem. 4. Enable students to learn some skimming skills. Teaching difficult points 1. Get students to develop students’ skimming ability. 2. Get students to grasp what poems (A-H) convey.

3. Get students to write a nursery rhyme and a list poem successfully.

Teaching procedure Step 1 Warming up Do you remember any poems you learned when you were a child?

If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased,

Just see the over-brimming river flowing east! 问君能有几多愁, 恰似一江春水向东流。

——李煜

How long will the bright moon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky.

I do not know what time of year,

It would be tonight in the palace on high.

——苏轼

I look for her in vain. When all at once I turn my head, I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.

--- 辛弃疾

Step 2 Pre-reading

Show a video of the song Twinkle twinkle little star and ask the students to sing together following the video. 2. Enjoy the rhymes and rhythm in the song. Step 3 Reading Task 1 Skimming 1.

What is the main topic of the reading passage? 2.

How many forms of poems are mentioned? What are they? Task 2 Careful reading: Fill in the blanks Forms of Poems Characteristics and examples Nursery rhymes Have strong 1._________ and rhyme Have a lot of 2.__________ Easy to 3.______ and to 4._____ E.g. Poem A conveys a father’s 5._____ for his baby.

Have a 6._______ line length and 7._________ phrases Some rhyme while others do not E.g. Poem 8._____ is an amusing nonsense poem which lists some ridiculous things.

Poem C is about losing a 9._____________ and the writer lists a lot of 10._______ for their failure. Easy to write Made up of 11.________ lines Conveys a 12._________ picture in just a few words

E.g. Poem D is a description of a

brother the author 13._____________(hates to hell/still loves).

Poem E is a description of a 14.______(hot/cool) and 15._______(funny/boring) summer. A Japanese form of poetry Made up of 16._____ syllables Easy to write Gives a 17._____ picture Creates a 18.________ 19.________________ words List poems Cinquain Haiku feeling using

Tang Poems Task3:Scan the passage and fill in the blanks. Forms of poems Features Nursery rhymes List poems Cinquain Haiku Tang poems Task4:strong ____ and _____; a lot of repetition; easy to learn and to _____ repeated _____ and some rhyme made up of ____ ____; convey a _____ picture in just a few words A Japanese form of poetry made up of ____ _____; gives a _____ picture and creates a special feeling in just a few words The ____have a free form.

English speakers enjoy this form of poems, so a lot of Tang poetry has been 20._________into English. The translations have a free form. E.g. Poem H describes a woman waiting for 21.____________ by the river. She may have the feelings of

22._____________(loneliness/love/ anger/hate/sadness).

1.

What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mockingbird won’t sing

in Poem A?

A. A billy-goat.

B. A diamond ring.

C. A looking-glass.

D. A computer. 2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem B?

A. A fish-pond on fire.

B. A cottage in the sky.

C. A girl like a cat.

D. A person ten-feet high. 3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F?

A. Child.

B. A branch. C. A butterfly.

D. A blossom. 4. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G? A. Sorrow.

B. Love.

C. Happiness.

D. Loneliness.

5. All the following make small children like nursery rhymes EXCEPT ___.

A. strong rhyme

B. strong rhythm

C. much meaning

D. a lot of repetition

Choose the best answers.

Step 4 Enjoying and imitating

Task 2 List poems 1.

Find out the sentence patterns in Poem C. 2.

Ask students to imitate Poem C to write a list poem.

Step 5 Homework