unit2 poems reading 1.ppt

1、,poems,Unit 2,Warming up,Do you remember any little poems you learned?,1. Which poems and poets can you think of when seeing the following pictures?,静夜思 李白 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 举头望明月，低头思故乡。 古风 其二 李绅 锄禾日当午，汗滴和下土。谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。,More and more people are interested to read modern poetry in Chinese,Saying Good-bye

2、 to Cambridge Again,Very quietly I take my leave,As quietly as I came here;,Quietly I wave good-bye,To the rosy clouds in the western sky.,The golden willows by the riverside,Are young brides in the setting sun;,Their reflections on the shimmering waves,Always linger in the depth of my heart.,Very q

3、uietly I take my leave,As quietly as I came here;,Gently I flick my sleeves,Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away,How do you like the poem? Why?,Discuss the reasons why people write poems.,to tell a story to express feelings to make others laugh to create images in the readers to express a poin

4、t of view to make the reader experience the sight, sounds, smells, feel and taste of something to create a mood to play with words .,Reading,A Few Simple Forms Of English Poems,Fast reading,. Skim the passage What is the main topic of the reading passage? 2. What kinds of poems does the reading pass

5、age talk about?,Task 1,(Different forms of English poems.),The reading passage discusses five kinds of poems. What are they?,Five kinds of poems,Nursery rhymes,Cinquain,List poems,Haiku,Tang poems,童谣,清单诗,五行诗,俳句,唐诗,Task 2 Scanning: Ss scan the poems and fill in the following form.,Some poetic devices

6、: rhythm rhyme ( fly ,stood,dear, die, should , here ) repetition sound patterns : e.g. alliteration (头韵) imagery : create pictures (images) by putting words together in a skillful way. Poems F, G and H,Poem E : summer, sleepy, salty; drying, drooping, dreading,Hush, little baby, dont say a word, Pa

7、pas going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird wont sing, Papas going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papas going to buy you a looking glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papas going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papa is going to

8、 buy you another day.,Task 3 Careful reading,A,Read the poem by yourself again and answer the following questions.1. Whats the babys father going to buy if the looking-glass gets broken?2. What is Papa going to buy for the baby if that billy-goat runs away?3. What are the features of it?,1. a billy

9、-goat 2. another billy-goat 3. It has strong rhythm and rhyme and has a lot of repetition.,Rhyme,Poem C Our first football match We would have won If Jack had just scored that goal, If wed had just a few more minutes, If we had trained harder, If Ben had passed the ball to Joe, If wed had thousands

10、of fans screaming, If I hadnt taken my eye off the ball, If we hadnt stayed up so late the night before, If we hadnt taken it easy, If we hadnt run out of energy, We would have won If weve been better!,Questions 1. Did his or her team win the game? 2. Why his or her team didnt win the game? 3. Does

11、the speaker really believe his or her own excuse? How do you know?,Keys: 1. No, his or her team didnt win. 2. The players didnt win because: Jack didnt score that goal; they didnt have enough time; they hadnt trained hard. 3. The speaker doesnt really believe his or her own excuses, because there ha

12、s too many ifs,Alliteration,Brother Beautiful ,athletic Teasing,shouting,laughing Friend and enemy too Mine,D,1. What subject is the speaker writing about? 2. Does the speaker like the subject? Give a reason for your answer.,头韵,F,A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch. Look, a butterfly !,G,S

13、now having melted, The whole village is brimful of happy children.,Haiku (comes from Japanese ),望夫石王健望夫处，江悠悠。 化为石，不回头。山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。,H,Where she awaits her husband On and on the river flows. Never looking back, Transformed into stone. Day by day upon the mountain top, Wind and rain revolve. Shoul

14、d the traveller return, This stone would utter speech.,Discussion1. What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words.,The poem tells a story about a woman who was waiting on the mountain top for her husband. The story goes like this: A loyal wife kept standing on a mountain to

15、p waiting for her husbands coming back. Year after year the wife became a stone which looks like a woman watching into far distance.,2. Circle one or more of the feelings below that you think the woman has. Give reasons for your answers: loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrow,Reasons Loneliness

16、: She was alone watching her husband on the mountain top. Love: She waited year after year despite wind and rain. Trust: She believed her husband would come back one day. Sorrow: Year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husbands coming back, she was very sad.,Summary,Task 4 Summary,Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words,Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words,Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and