优质选修6Unit2Poems教学设计

1、Unit 2 PoemsPeriod 1 Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading andComprehendingTeaching goals1. Knowledge and skills1) To get the stude nts have a better un dersta nding of poems2) To develop the stude ntsspeak ing ability by talk ing about some En glish poems.2. Emotion, attitude and value1) To cultivate st

2、udents appreciation of poetry2) To develop students interest in learning EnglishTeaching important & difficult pointsTo enable the students to have a better understanding of poems and develop their speak ing ability.Teaching methodsDiscussi onTeaching aidsMultimedia facilitiesTeaching Procedures:Ste

3、p 1 Warming up1. Talk about poems or songs the students learned before T: When we were very young, our mother or teacher taught us some songs or poems.Do you remember any little poems?Ca n you recite 背诵)any little poems?Show the following to the students. (If possible, present them in audio-visual f

4、orm.)Ask the stude nts to recite the poems or sing the son gs.Jing Ye Si by Libai1)2)Do-re-mi (Sou nd of Music)Lets start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read you begin with A-B-CWhen you sing you begin with do-re-mi Do-re-mi Do-re-miThe first three notes just happen to be

5、Do-re-miDo-re-miDo-re-mi-fa-so-la-tiOh, lets see if I can make it easier Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sun Me, a name I call myself Far, a long long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow sew Tea, I drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to do . oh

6、oh oh Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sun Me, a name I call myself Far, a long long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow sew Tea, I drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to do Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sunMe, a name I call my

7、self Far, a long long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow sew Tea, I drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to do Do re mi fa so la ti do, so do2. Talk about the characteristics of poems. Show the following opinions to the students.Poems have beats. They may rhyme

8、or may not rhyme but they have to haverhythms. This beat is not always obvious, but it s usually there.Rhyme and rhythm areessential to poetry. Without rhyht m, there wouldn t be poFeomrse.xample:Twinkle twinkle little star 强 弱 强 弱 强 弱 强 How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high Like a d

9、iamond in the sky.3. Talk about why people write poems with the students. T: How many poets do you know?Have you read the two poems below? A Grain of SandBy William BlakeTo see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.

10、DreamsBy L. HughesHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat can never fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen only with snowT: There are many reasons why people write poems. Some want to pass on some information, some tell a story, some expres

11、s feeling of love, anger, joy, etc. Weve learned a lot of poems before, especially in Chinese. But what are the reasonswhy people write poems? Work in groups and list some.Sample answers:People write poems: to express ones hopes and intentions; to call up people to do something; to practice writing;

12、 to pour out one s feelings; to show dissatisfaction or praise .Sum up: A poem is a composition with rhythmic balance expressing ideas or experiences or feelings.A poem is a literary work that is not in verse but deals with emotional or descriptive themes in a rhythmic form.A poem is a piece of writ

13、ing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme, and are chosen for their sound and for the images and ideas they suggest.Step 2 Pre-reading1. Words preview: tick, rhyme, convey, nursery, concretr, contradictory, diamond, flexible, pattern, cottage, sparrow, tease, salty

14、, endless, minimum, branch, translation, be made up of, run out of, on Particular, take it easy2. Please go over quickly the poems in the reading part. And then tick the correct box / boxes for each question.Sample answers:Which poemABCDEFGHdescribes a pers onVtells a storyVdescribes an aspect of a

15、seas onVVVis about sportVis about things that dont make senseVis recited to a babyVdescribes a river sce nehas rhy ming words at the end of linesVVrepeats words or phrasesVVStep 3 Read the poems1. Liste n to the poems in the readi ng part, pay ing atte nti on to the pauses with in each senten ce.2.

16、Listen again and read after the tape.3. Share your feeling with the rest of the class.Step 4 Homework1. Recite one of your favourite poems from the passage.2. Ask the stude nts to collect En glish poems.Period 2 ReadingTeaching goals1. Knowledge and skills1) To know the meanings of the follow ing ne

17、w words and phrases:tick, rhyme, conv ey, nu rsery, con cretr, con tradictory, diam ond, flexible, pattern, cottage, sparrow, tease, salty, en dless, minimum, bran ch, tran slatio n, be made up of, r un out of, on Particular, take it easy.2) To learn about some simple forms of English poems.3) To de

18、velop the stude ntsreadi ng ability by skim ming and sca nning the passage.2. Emotion, attitude and value1)To cultivate students appreciation of poetry and the ability of understanding, enjoying poems.2) To develop students sense of cooperative learning.Teaching important & difficult pointsTo enable

19、 the students to learn about some simple forms of English poetry and develop their read ing ability.Teaching methodsDiscussi on & Task-based teach ing& lear ningTeaching aidsMultimedia facilitiesTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Leading-in1. Ask some students to read their favorite poems in front of the cl

20、ass.2. Words preview: tick, rhyme, convey, nursery, concretr, contradictory, diamond, flexible, pattern, cottage, sparrow, tease, salty, en dless, minimum, bran ch, tran slatio n, be made up of, r un out of, on Particular, take it easyStep 2 Reading1. Skimmi ng1) Skim the text and get the main idea

21、of the text.(Suggested an swer: A birfe in troducti on of a few simple forms of En glish poems.)2) complete the table below.Para. 1Various reas ons for people to write poemsPara. 2The kind of poems called nu rsery rhymesPara. 3The poems that list thingsPara. 4Ano ther form of poem: cinquainPara. 5A

22、Japa nese form of poetry: HaikuPara. 6Ano ther kind of Asia n poem: Tang poems from ChinaPara. 7En courage the stude nts to write poems.Then make a diagram to show the meaning and organization of the text2. ScanningFill in the chart belowForms of PoemsCharacteristicsNursery RhymesStrong rhythm and r

23、hyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to reciteList PoemsRepeated phrases and some rhymeCinquainMade up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few wordsHaikuMade up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words.Tang PoemsThe translations have

24、 a free form.3. Detailed-readi ng1) What the main idea of Poem A? Find the strong rhythrm and rhyme in it.(Suggested answer: A is a nursery rhyme that illustrates a father love for his baby.)2) What are the main idea of Poem B and C? What s the differe nces betwee n them though they are both list po

25、ems?(Suggested answer: B is an amusing nonsense poem which describes images of some ridiculous thin gs.Poem C is about los ing a football match and the writer lists a lot of excuses for their failure.)3) What are the main idea of Poem D and E? A brife introduction of the structure of the cinquain.(S

26、uggested answer: Poem D is a description of a lovely brother.Poem D is a description of hot and boring summer.)The structure of the cinquain:Line 1: a noun that names the subject of the poemLine 2: two adjectives that describe the subjectLine 3: three verbs ending with - ing that describe the subjec

27、t s actionsLine 4: four words that give the writers opinions or feelings about the subjectLine 5: a word that gives another name for the subject4) What are the main idea of Poem F and G? Can you find out the 17 syllables inthem?(Suggested answer: Poem F describes how a butterfly rests on a tree.Poem

28、 G describes that the weather is warmer and the village is full of happy children.5) What the main idea of Poem H?What feelings do you think the woman has?Can you give a proper title to Poem H either in English of Chinese?(Suggested answer: A woman s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by

29、 the river where she last saw him. She waits and waits, never moving from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go. Loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.Love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain.Trust

30、: she believed her husband would come back one day.Sorrow: year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband s coming back, she was very sad. 望夫石 / A Loyal WifeThe Chinese version of poem H:望夫石 王 建望夫处，江悠悠，化为石，不回头。山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。6) Which poem or poems give you a clear pi

31、cture in your mind?(Suggested answer: D, F, G, H)Step 3 Listening, reading aloud and underlining1、Ask the students to listen to the recording of the passage, read after the tape and try to clap the beats.2、Listen again, underline useful words and expressionsStep 4 RetellingThere are 1 (vary) reasons

32、 2 people write poetry. Some poems tell a story or describesomething 3 a way 4 will give the reader a strong 5(impress). 6 try to convey certain emotions. Poets use many different forms of poetry 7(express) themselves.In this text, 8 , we 9 (look) at a few of the simpler forms .Some of the first poe

33、try 10(write) in English was 11(nurse) rhymes. Children learned these 12they were very young. Nursery rhymes 13 the one 14_ the right (A)15 (be) still a common type of children poestry, They delight small children16 they have strong rhythm and rhyme and have a lot of 17(repeat). This makes them easy

34、14 _(learn) and to recite. By 18(play) 19the words in nursery rhymes , children learn 20 language .One of the 21(simple) kinds of poems22 students can23 (easy) write themselves 24(be) poems like B and C that list things, List poems repeat phrases and somerhyme (like B)25 others do not (like C).Anoth

35、er simple form of poem that students can easily write is the cinquain, a poem 26(make) 27 of five lines. 28 these, students can 29(convey) a strong picture 30just a few words. Look at the examples (D and E) 31 the top of the next page.Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry32 33(be) made up of 17 syllabl

36、es. It is not a traditional form of English poetry, 34 is very 3536 English speakers. It is easy to write and, like the cinquain , 37(give) a clear picture and 38(create) a specialfeeling in just a few words. The two haiku poems (F and G) on the right are (translate) 39_ the Japanese.Did you know th

37、at English 40(speak) have also enjoy 41 forms of Asian poetry -Tang poems from China 42particular. A lot of Tang poetry has been 43(translate) 44 English. This Tang poem is a translation from the Chinese.45 so many different forms of poetry to choose 46, students may 47(eventual) want to write poems

38、 of own. 48 is easier than you might t hink and certainly worth 49_ try.Step 5 QuizCan you tell which form the following poems belong to?1. Rain, rain, go away,Come again another day;Little Johnny wants to play.Comment:Johnny can be substituted forany boy or girl name.2. Life is beauty, admire it.Li

39、fe is bliss, taste it.Life is a dream, realize it.Life is a challenge, meet it.Life is a duty, complete it.Life is a game, play it.Life is a promise, fulfill it.Life is sorrow, overcome it.3 Lilyout of the waterout of itself4 A Farewell Poem to the Old Meadow Grass is spreading over the meadow Life

40、or death will yearly come, yearly go. The bale-fire can burn away the green Spring breeze will help it survive again. 赋得古原草送别 白居易 离离原上草，一岁一枯荣。 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。5 SpaghettiMessy, spicySlurping, sliding, falling Between my plate and mouthDeliciousStep 6 Homework1.Read the text aloud.2.Ask the students to d

41、o Exercise 1 in Learning about Language on page 12.Period 3 Learning about languageTeaching goals1. Knowledge and skills1) To get the students to learn to use of the following important words and phrases: convey, concrete, contradictory, flexible, be made up of, run out of, on Particular, take it ea

42、sy, eventually, transform, appropriate, exchange, sponsor2) To get the students to understand and use the following important and useful sentence patterns: There are various reasons why people write poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong imp

43、ression. .Some rhyme (like B) while others do not (like C). Another simple form of poem that students can easily write is the cinquain, a poem made up offive lines. With so many different forms of poetry to choose from,students may eventually want to write poems of their own2. Emotion, attitude and

44、value1) To stimulate students interest in learning English.2) To develop students sense of cooperative learning.Teaching important & difficult points1) Important words and phrases2) Important and useful sentence patterns3) Some difficult and long sentences in the text.Teaching methodsDiscussion & Ta

45、sk-based teaching& learningTeaching aidsMultimedia facilitiesTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Revision1. Check the homework exercises.2. Ask some students to tell about some simple forms of English poems.Step 2 Reading and findingGet students to read through the passage to find out the new words and the u

46、seful expressions.Step 3 Practice for useful words and expressionsFinish the exercises on Page 12. Then check the answer with the whole class.Step 4 Vocabulary studyI.Derivative1. poem 诗，韵文poetry 诗(总称)poet 诗人( male)poetess (female)2. salty adj. 含盐的 ,咸的 salt n. 盐3. endless adj. 无穷无尽的 end vt. 结束end n.

47、 结局，结果 ending n. 结尾，结局4. tran slate vt& vi （sth into）translationn. 翻译translatorn. 翻译者5. transform vt& vi. 转化 /换transformation n. 转化 /换6. joy n. 快乐joyful adj. 换了 /喜悦 joyfully adv. 快乐地Joyless adj. 不快乐的 joylessly adv. 不快了地7. anger n.angry adj.angrily adv8. appropriate adj. 适当的appropriately adv. inappro

48、priate adj. 不适当的 inappropriately adv.10. minimum - the least possible quantity or degree maximum -the greatest possible quantity or degree maximum temperature/ volume最高气温 /最大音量11 eventual adj. - eventually adv.12. flexible adj. able to end; changeableflexibly adv.A flexible schedule/ arrangement/sub

49、stance （ 物质）flexi- （ pref. ） 有弹性的，灵活的 flextime 弹性工作时间制13. emotion 情绪 emotional 易动感情的II Words and phrases1. convey vt. 1）输送, 搬运 , 运输（ from ,to ,）传达 , 表达 （感情 ,意见, 思想）表明,说明 （ convey + clause）【例句】Please convey my apologies to your friend. She didn t wish to convey that they were all at fault. Pipes conv

50、ey hot water from the boiler to the radiators. The survivals from Wenchuan Earthquake have been conveyed to safe places. 【归纳总结】 convey ones feelings/thanks to sb. 向某人表达某种感情 /谢意 convey sth. to sb. 向某人传达 /运送某物convey sth./sb. from. to some 把某物 /人（从某地 ）送到某地【应用】汉 译 英 ： 请 向 李 教 授 转 达 我 良 好 的 祝 愿 。 （ conve

51、y ）2. co ncrete adj.具体的n.混凝土；凝结物【例句】You need to offer concrete evidences to support your idea.It is easier to think in concrete terms rather than in the abstractConcrete is very strong and is used in many modern buildings.In the concrete, the theory is far from perfect.I understand the general idea;

52、 but in the concrete,what do you actually plan to do ?【归纳总结】in the concrete 具体化，实际上【应用】What you said was not concrete so we couldn t understand. （英译汉）3. contradictory adj. 引起矛盾的；好反驳的 vt. contradict n. contradiction【例句】The evidence seems contradictory to our findings.His public speeches are in direct

53、 contradiction to his personal lifestyle.All evening his husband contradicted everything she said.【归纳总结】 be contradictory to 与.相矛盾【应用】The facts his theory.His practice is in with his stated principles.The prisoner s statement was to the one hed made earlier.There seems to be a between her words and

54、actions.He did something to his orders.4. flexible : adj. 灵活的；可弯曲的；柔顺的 adv: flexibly n: flexibility【例句】The government needs a more flexible approach to education.We can be flexible about your starting date.Computers offer a much greater degree of flexibility in the way work is organized【应用】 Mothers

55、holding jobs outside the home should have schedules to make it easier tocare for their children.A. heavy B. smooth C. flexible D. complex 5. take it easy 轻松；不紧张；从容 【例句】Take it easy. We ll take care of everything. 放心好了，一切由我们照料。 You should take it easy this weekend. 这个周末你应该放松一下。Take it easy, and you w

56、ill make it. 别紧张，你会成功的。【拓展】take it/things easy 别紧张，慢慢来；从容不迫地进行工作take one s chance 碰运气take one s time 不匆忙；别着急；慢慢来take sb. wrong 误解（曲解）某人的意思take sth. seriously 认真地对待某事 take. . . by surprise突袭，使 , 大吃一 惊【应用】 . It is not as difficult as you expected.A. Go aheadB. Don t mention itC. Take it easyD. No problem - I m going to have a driving test tomorrow and I don t know if I can pass it.A.