Integrating skillsIntegrating skillswritingwriting Lead-inLead-in Read aloud or recite the poem you Read aloud or recite the poem you have chosen.have chosen. Are you interested in Are you interested in English poems now?English poems now? Reading Please read the passage on page 31 fast and find out:How did the writer learn to enjoy poems?Reading aloud, enjoying the rhythm, the rhyme and the sound of the words; Starting with small poems. 1. How do you feel 1. How do you feel when you read or when you read or listen to it? listen to it? 2. What makes you 2. What makes you think it beautiful? think it beautiful? DUST OF SNOWDUST OF SNOWThe way a crowThe way a crowShook down on meShook down on meThe dust of snowThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock treeFrom a hemlock treeHas given my heartHas given my heartA change of moodA change of moodAnd saved some partAnd saved some partOf a day I had rued.Of a day I had rued. Listening Listen to the tape, and try to follow it. Outline: Outline: (Three paragraphs)(Three paragraphs)11. . What is the poem about?What is the poem about?2. What images do you see in your 2. What images do you see in your mind? mind?3. What do you think of the poem?3. What do you think of the poem? Writing A poem reviewA poem reviewWriting together:Writing together:Read the poem and find out answers to the Read the poem and find out answers to the above three questions:above three questions: Sample writing:Sample writing: About About Dust of SnowDust of Snow It is aboutIt is about the beauty of nature. the beauty of nature. I seeI see a person in a bad mood early t a person in a bad mood early that day. But later on, when he walked hat day. But later on, when...
