Unit1YouCanWritePoetryLesson6SayItinFiveTeachingContent:Masterywordsandexpressions:create,single,thoughtOralwordsandexpressions:fur,stretch,hum,adjectiveTeachingAims:1.Improvethestudents’listeningandreadingabilities.2.Knowmoreabouttheforeignpoetry.3.LearntheAmericanfive-linepoems.TeachingImportantPoints:1.Graspthepatternofthefive-linepoem.2.Usethepatterntodescribesomething.TeachingDifficultPoints:Usethepatterntodescribesomething.TeachingPreparation:picturesTeachingAids:audiotape,flashcards,picturesTypeoflesson:newlessonTeachingProcedure:Step1.Cometo“THINKABOUTIT”.WeallknowChinesepoetryhasdifferentkindsofpatterns.Letthestudentsgivesomeexamples.Step2.Listentothetapeandanswerthefollowingquestions:1.Whocreatedthefive-linepoem?2.Howmanypoemsdoesthetextshowus?Finishthelisteningpartinclassinoral.Step3.Readingtask:Readandtellthemainideaofthetext.Thisisagametopracticethestudents’memories.Itcanimprovethestudents’summaryabilities.Step4.Readanddecidethestatementsaretrueorfalse.1.TodaywelearnapatternofFrenchpoetry.2.Thesecondlinehasthreewords.3.Thetopicofthepoemisanoun.Finishthequestionsinclassinoral.Step5.Activity:Showsomepicturestothestudents.Letthemthefavouriteonetodescribe.Theycanworkinpairs.Thenshowtheirpoemstotheclass.It’seasytofinishthetask,butitishardtodoitwell.Step6.Cometo“LET’SDOIT”.Workingroupsofthreeorfourstudents.1.SaythedifferencesbetweenaHaikuandafive-linepoem.Sayabouttheirdifferentformsanddifferentpatterns.Ahaikuisjustadescriptionofascene.Itissimplywhatishappeninginthisplace,atthismoment.Five-linepoemhasfivelines.Itisalwaysaboutasingletopic.Eachlinehasasetnumberofwords.Thefirstlinehasoneword.Thesecondlinehastwowords.Thethird,ormiddle,linehasthreewords.Thefourthlinehasfourwords.Thelastlinehasoneword.2.Finishthetaskingroups.Chooseonetopicastheylike.Thenexchangethepoemsamongthegroups.Step7.Homework1.Finishofftheexercisesinactivitybook.2.Askthestudentstofindmoretopicsafterclass.Summary:Welearndifferentkindsofforeignpoetry.Theyarelimericks,five-linepoemsandHaiku.Thestudentsmaythinktheyareveryinteresting.Somestudentshavesurprisingpoemsthatyoudidn’tthinkof.Givethemmorechancestopracticesothattheycancreatetheirminds.
