1、Unit 1 The written wordProject 1Teaching aims: After finishing the lesson, the students will enhance their skill of analyzing and solving problems.After finishing the lesson, the students will be able to collaborate with others.After finishing the lesson, the students will be able to recite a poem.A
2、fter finishing the lesson, the students will be able to develop love and passion for poetry.Teaching aids:1. PPT2. blackboard3. a computer with network available for each student4. a PDF document for students to fillTeaching preparation:Before the day of the class, require the students to find some
3、poems which are to be presented during the class time. (The teacher might also encourage them to create their own ones)Teaching procedures: Step 1 Poems Sharing (PPT Page 6)Someone has several poems to share with us today. (Teacher)We also encourage love poems created by you.(Students)Presenting poe
4、ms freely(Teacher)After so many nice poems, I would like to introduce something you guys like! something that is helping chase your Mr. /Mrs. RightAs you could see, the best way to do that is to recite (write) a poem to him/her, which is our project today! We are learning to recite a poem.(Blackboar
5、d)Project: Reciting a poem(Teacher)In this project, we are telling you how to recite a poem to your Mr. /Mrs. Right to express your true love.Before getting started, reading an article about poetry will prepare us for that. Its about the poetry of a well-known Scottish poetRobert Burns.(Blackboard)T
6、he poetry of Robert Burns(Teacher)So here we go! Step 2 Fast-reading (Teacher)The article to read can be divided into three parts. Hopefully, you could, after reading, find out what they are and about. So your task is to give general ideas of each part.(Students) (PPT Page 7)Reading for answers.(PPT
7、 Page 8) Please go through the article to conclude the general ideas of each part. part paragraph general ideas1 1-4 an introduction of Robert Burns2 5-5some information about a movement of poets called the Romantic Movement3 6-7the poem A Red, Red Rose with its introduction and explanationStep 3 De
8、tailed-reading(Teacher)Having known the general ideas, we are closer to sending our Mr. /Mrs. Right poems. So lets look into details to follow Mr. Burns life into poetry. They might offer you more inspirations for the project.Part 1(Para 1-4)(PPT Page 9)Someone offered me two charts about Mr. Burns
9、life. Could you help me with them after reading Part 1? 1, 2, 3, 4 on the lateral axis are four symbolic points presenting important time-points of Robert Burns life and career.At Point 1, Robert was born . (Question 1)At Point 2, Robert published and moved to but was still poor. (Question 2 William
10、 Wordsworth; Robert Burnsconcepts freedom and beautythe movementof poetstendencies to use imagination and touch on strong feelings2. What are the two comparisons?The poet compared the idea of love to a red rose and a song.(PPT Page 18)3. Who did Burns want to say goodbye to? He wanted to say goodbye
11、 to a certain way of life or maybe he wanted to say goodbye to a loved one.Step 4 Poem Understanding(Teacher)Now we are looking at his poem. Anything you dont understand? You cant expect yourself to fully appreciate it before getting to know the difficult old English. So I offer you a Chinese versio
12、n. Be free to take notes of the words you dont know while reading.(PPT Page 20)一朵红红的玫瑰罗伯特.彭斯啊！我爱人像红红的玫瑰在六月里苞放啊！我爱人像一支乐曲乐声美妙、悠扬你那么美，漂亮的姑娘我爱你那么深切我会永远爱你，亲爱的一直到四海涸竭直到四海涸竭，亲爱的直到太阳把岩石消熔我会永远爱你，亲爱的只要生命无穷再见吧，我唯一的爱人再见吧，小别片刻我会回来的，我的爱人即使相隔万里(Students) Taking notes of difficult words in the poem(PPT Page 21) (St
13、udents)Old Scottish English Modern English luve lovemelodie melodythou art you arethee yougang goTill a the seas Till all the seaswi the sun with the sunthe sands o life the sand of lifeTho it were Though it werefare thee weel fare you wellExplanation诗歌阅读理解将为学生课题研究提供必要的信息铺垫。Step 5 Project Study(Teac
14、her)Now we could choose a poem to recite! Please download Project.PDF to your computer, and complete it.(PPT Page 22)Helpful Points 1. Please download Project.PDF to your computer. 2. The Internet might benefit you. 3. Be free to collaborate to do the research work! (Students)Working on the project(
15、Teacher)Offering assistance and help and making sure that everyone is engaged in the research work(Project.PDF)1. DiscussingBefore working online, please discuss the following question with your partner.Do you like poetry? _I like it because_or I dislike it because_2. Searching for InformationNow it
16、 is the time for you to log on the Internet for inspirations.The poem we all decide to choose is_We decide to recite it because_A brief introduction of the poet_We are going to make it more attractive by_3. Assigning TasksYou must have assigned tasks. Could you let me know what you guys do?The perso
17、n to recite is_The person to tell the background info is_The person to make props is_The last person is going to_4. Our source of information is from http:/www._If time is adequate:(PPT Page 23)Anyone to share with us the poem you chose? (Students)Sharing the poems they choseHomework(PPT Page 24)1.
18、to learn a poem with your partners includingthe background of the poet the contents of the poem 2. to write your own poem After-class Resources(PPT Page 25)For more information on poetry, please visit the following website. http:/eserver.org/poetry Platform WorkProject Reciting a poemThe poetry of Robert Burns
