Unit2PoemsPeriod1Warmingup,Pre-reading&ReadingTeachinggoals1．Targetlanguagea.ImportantwordsandphrasesPoem,poetry,recite,aspect,convey,nursery,rhyme,diamond,cottage,balloon,sparrow,tease,salty,endless,translate,nurseryrhyme,takeiteasy,runoutof,makeupofb.ImportantsentencesWhichpoemisaboutthingsthatdon’tmakesense?Poetsusemanydifferentformsofpoemstoexpressthemselves.Ihadn’ttakenmyeyeofftheball.Wehadn’ttakeniteasy.Thepoemismadeupoffivelines.AlotofTangpoetryhasbeentranslatedintoEnglish.ThetranslationshaveafreeformthatEnglishpeopleliketocopy.2.Abilitygoalsa.EnableSstotalkaboutdifferenttypesofpoems:nurseryrhymes;listpoems;cinquain,;haiku;Tangpoemsb.EnableSstotalkaboutdifferentpurposesofwritingpoems.c.Understandthemainthemeofeachpoem.d.EnableSstochantsomeoftheirfavoritepoems.3.LearningabilityEnableSstodistinguishdifferenttypesofpoems.Teachingimportantpoints1.Talkaboutfivemaintypesofpoems.2.Understandthemainpurposeofwritingthepoems.Teachingdifficultpoints1.Findtherhythmofeachpoem.2.Chantthepoem.3.Understandthemainpurposeofwritingthepoems.Teachingmethods1.Skimmingandscanning.2.Asking-and–answeringactivity3.Discussion4.ChantTeachingaids用心爱心专心MultimediaTeachingprocedures&waysStep1.GreetingsStep2.PresentationAskSstothinkbackandtrytorememberpoemsfromtheirearlychildhood,eitherinChineseorinEnglish.Talkaboutsomefamouspoetsbothhomeandabroad,eitherancientonesormodernones.Brainstorming:Whatwillyouthinkofwhenwetalkabouttheword“poem”?Step3.WarmingupReadthequestionsinthispart,remindingSswhattheynoticeabouttheabovepoems.(e.g.theyhaveastrongbeat,ortheyhaverhyme,ortheyplaywithwordsandsounds,orperhapssomeofthemarefunnybecausetheymakenosense.)TellSsthattherearemanyreasonswhypeoplewritepoetry.GivetheexamplesontheBb.AskSswhytheythinkthepoetswrotethepoemstheyhavejustrecited..Writetheirsuggestionsontheboard.GiveSsatimelimitofafewminutes.Dividetheclassintogroupsoffourtodiscussthepurposeofwritingpoems.Askonepersonfromeachgrouptoreadtheirgroup’slistandaddtheirsuggestionstothelistontheboard.(Suggestedreasons:tocreatecertainfeelingsorimagesinthereader;toshareafeelingorexperience;todescribesomethingindetailorgiveanimpression;togetthereadertothinkaboutanidea;toexpressapointofview;tomakethereaderexperiencethesight,sounds,smells,feelandtastesofsomething;tocreateamood,toplaywithwords---theirsounds,rhymeandrhythm.)Iftimepermits,insmallgroupsorasaclass,discussthekindsoftopicsthatpoetswriteabout.(people,animals,nature,landscapes,thesea,theseasons,stories,death,war,youthandoldage,feelingandexperiences,emotionslikelove,hate,sadness,regretanddesire,etc.)Step4.Pre-readingPeoplefromdifferentcountrieswritedifferentkindsofpoems.GetSstodiscussthequestionsonPage9withtheirpartners:DoyouhaveafavoritepoeminChinese?Why?DoyouhaveafavoritepoeminEnglish?Why?用心爱心专心Astoexercise2,giveSspracticeinanimportantreadingskill:scanningatext,thatis,lookingthroughatextquicklytofindspecificinformation.Readthetableinexercise2withtheSs.Tellthemthattheyaregoingtolookfortheinformationinthetable,justinthepoemsthemselves,notintheotherpartsofthetext.Theyaretolookonlyforthosepiecesofinformationandnotreadeveryword.Doanexamplewiththem.Suggestedanswerstoexercise2:WhichpoemABCDEFGHdescribesaperson?√tellsastory?√describesanaspectofaseason?√√√isaboutsport?√isaboutthingsthatdon’tmakesense?√isrecitedtoababy?√describesariverscene?√...
