Extensive reading and writingUnit 2 PoemsRevisionRead aloud your writing in class.Listen to the tape and tell whether it makes you feel something or think about something?If so, explain it.Reading DiscussionIn groups of three, discuss and then write about the characteristics of each poem. Read pages 10 and 11 again to help you.This poem has beautiful imagery that conveys deep feelings. There are many things that this poem makes the reader think about: light heartedness and heavy heartedness, it contrasts morning and night, and creation and destruction. Poem A Tang poemPoem B adverb poemNumber of lines:Rhythm: Rhyme:Repetition: Part of speech:two sets of four linesregular strong beatfour pairs of rhyming lineshungrily is repeated at the beginning of each line regularly.The adverb hungrily starts each line. Rhythm: Rhyme: Repetition:Poem C: love songregular strong beat two pairs of rhyming lines First two lines are repeated at the end of the song .Number of lines:Topic :Poem D:cinquain fiveSunshine three17Number of lines:Number of syllables:Poem E:haikuWritingBrainstorming for poem types, topics and human feelingsPoem typesmodernclassicalromanticfantasyrealismseriousfunny topics…the seadrinking wineWorld War Ⅰpetsimaginationfriendshippower peace naturethe countrysidehuman feelingsangerhappinesshomesicklovedeathsadnesslonelinessbroken heartfeartrustWhen you have finished writing ortranslating your poem, practice reciting it aloud with correct rhythm and intonation. Now it is your turn to write or translate a poem.Homework1.Finish your writing or translating of your poem.2. Prepare for the exam of the unit.See you!
