北师大版教案Unit 18 Beauty Lesson 3 Poetry 教案.doc

北师大版教案Unit 18 Beauty Lesson 3 Poetry Objectives To practise strategies for reading poetry. To study imagery, especially the use of metaphor and simile. To practise using idiomatic language. Resources used Lexicon. Possible problems If students do not appreciate poetry and the use of imagery in Chinese, they may approach poetry in English with a negative attitude and find it difficult to think of imagery themselves. Background Li Bai (701-762 A.D.), a famous Chinese poet in Tang Dynasty, whose poems express enlightened thinking, attack dignitary in his time with intense patriotism, and the style of which is bold and unconstrained. Routes through the material . If you are short of time, set some of the exercises for homework (e.g. Exercise 9). . If you have time, do the Options activities. . If you have two periods for this lesson, a suitable natural break is after Exercise 4. Language Power: pages 80-81. Reading Before you start Exercise 1 Elicit from students as many as famous contemporary Chinese poets. Ask them who is their favourite and why. Have individual students read out the Key Words to check pronunciation and give them time to check the meaning of the Key Words in the Vocabulary of the lesson. Exercise 2 Key Wo r d s : Description romantic, cheerful, breathtaking, colourful, peaceful, magnificent, imposing, spectacular, fantastic, elegant, graceful, exquisiteIn pairs, students look at the pictures and discuss which of the Key Words they associate with the pictures. The pairs exchange opinions as a class and see how much general agreement there is. If any of the pairs has chosen words different from others, ask them to give their reasons. Exercise 3 Read the instruction to the class and remind students to list the adjectives that are used to describe the moon, the sky and the daffodils. Students work individually, reading the poems and listing the Key Words used. Answers boundless, azure, hoarfrost, bright, fluttering, dancingExercise 4 In groups, students try to describe the beauty of the objects in poem 1-3 using their own words. Exercise 5 Read out the strategies to the class. Ask students what general feeling they got after reading the poems the first time. Give students time to work in pairs reading the poems again and trying to work out the images. Tell them to use their dictionaries if they wish to look up new words. Students then work in pairs, deciding if the statements are true or false. When checking students answers, have them correct the false statements. Answers 1 T 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 T 6 T 7 T 8 F 9 T 10 TExercise 6 Read out the example metaphors and similes to the class and draw their attention to the use of “as” or “like” in similes. Ask students how they would translate these sentences into Chinese. Students work individually, matching the images with the meanings. When checking students answers, ask them to say what links the image and the meaning. Answers 1 c 2 a 3 d 4 bExercise 7 Read out the example item to the class and ask students if the image is a good one for a ship in a storm.Students work in pairs, discussing and writing suitable images for the situations. Students then tell the class their images and see how many different images they have thought of. Tell the class your own images too (e.g. baby trying to walk- newborn foal/lamb). The class then vote for the best image for each situation. Ask students how difficult they found it to think of images. Students can find out what school subjects are the best ones for those students who found it easy/difficult to think of images (e.g. Did the “scientists” in the class find it difficult?). Vocabulary: Idiomatic Language Exercise 8 Read the expressions to the class. Students match the expressions with the pictures. Tell students that they can refer to the Lexicon, if they wish. Students then complete the sentences. Answers 1 bee in her bonnet 2 fish out of water 3 black sheep 4 bookworm 5 let the cat out of the bag 6 fly on the wall 7 rat race Check students answers by having individuals read out the sentences. Answers 1 bookworm 2 fish out of water 3 fly on the wall 4 let the cat out of the bag 5 rat race 6 bee in her bonnet 7 black sheepOptions Practice Have students look back at the poems. Working in groups of four, students practise reading the poems aloud, each reads one sentence in Li Bais poems and one stanza of Daffodils. Then each reads a whole poem to the group. Go round and monitor the activity. Correct students pronunciation where necessary. Extension Have students look back at the Key Words in Exercise 2. Students work individually, each writing a description of a certain scene and building, using some of the Key