Lesson3:SayItinThreeTeachingContent:Masterywordsandexpressions:direction,form,poet,simply,asetnumberof,middle,clearly,dark,sleepy,unexpected,frog,feelingOralwordsandexpressions:petal,cherry,grebe,MatsuoBasho,Haiku,particular,pattern,set,syllable,interruption,plop,splash,limerick,adverbTeachingAims:1.Cultivatethestudents’readingcomprehension.2.Knowmoreabouttheforeignculture.3.ComparethedifferencesbetweentheChineseandJapanesepoems.TeachingImportantPoints:1.LearnaboutanoldstyleofJapanesepoem:Haiku.2.Knowsomestylesofpoems:Haiku,NaturePoemandLimerick.TeachingDifficultPoints:TheoldformofJapanesepoetry:Haiku.TeachingPreparation:picturesTeachingAids:audiotape,flashcards,picturesTypeoflesson:newlessonTeachingProcedure:Step1:ShowpicturesofJapanesepoetsandpoems.ThenintroduceHaikutothestudents.Theteachercanfindsomemusictomatchthepoem.Step2:Listentothetapeandfillintheblanks.UsuallyHaikusareabout_______.Haikualwayshas______lines.ThefirstlineofaHaikuhas_______syllables.Checktheanswersinclassinoral.Step3:Readthetextandguessthemeaningsofthenewwords.Sometimessomenewwordsaretoohardtounderstand,sotheteachercanfindsomerelatedpicturestohelpthem.Ifthestudentsbringsomepicturesaboutnaturetotheclass,letthemshowtheminfrontoftheclass.Step4:Readthetextandfindtheanswerstothequestions:1.DoHaikustellastory?2.What’sasyllable?Step5:Cometo“PROJECT”.1.Dividetheclassintogroupstofinishthetask.2.Finishthethreepoemsinthetext.Usethesentence:Ineeda______.Lettheothersgivetheanswers,onestudentwritethewordsdown.3.Afterfinishingthepoems,readittotheclass.Allthegroupshavedifferentpoems.Dotheysoundfunny?4.Decideasubjectbyeachgroup.Thenmakeapatternaccordingtothesubject.Thenfinishthepoemasthemodelsinthetext.5.Readthepoemtotheclass.Step6:Homework1.Finishofftheexercisesinactivitybook.2.Goonthenextreadinginthestudentbook.Summary:Somestudentsmaythinktheforeignpoemsarefunnyandeasy.Theteachermayalsothinkso.Itispossibleforthestudentstocreatepoemslikethosewehavelearnedintheclass.Givethemmorechancestocreatetheirminds.Theteachercantrysomepoems,too.Theclassandtheteachercanfindmuchfuninlearningforeignpoems.
