1、 Teaching material: NSEFC Book 6 Unit 2Poems ReadingTeaching AimsTo cultivate students interest of poetry and improve their reading skills.Teaching Important they didnt have enough time; they hadnt trained hard.3. The speaker doesnt really believe his or her own excuses, because there has too many i
2、fsPoem D&E1. What subject is the speaker writing about?2. Does the speaker like the subject? Give a reason for your answer.T: We have enjoyed so many English poems. Some are traditional forms of English poetry but some are not, for example haiku. (It comes from Japanese).In fact English speaker also
3、 have borrowed from another kind of Asian poetry-Tang poems from China. Poem H at the bottom of this passage is a translation from the Chinese.Poem HWhere she awaits her husband,On and on the river flowsNever looking back,Transformed into stone.Day by day upon the mountain top,wind and rain revolve.
4、Should the journey return,this stone would utter speech.(By Wang Jian)望夫石王健望夫处，江悠悠。 化为石，不回头。山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。Discussion1. What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words.The poem tells a story about a woman who was waiting on the mountain top foe her husband. The story goes l
5、ike this: A loyal wife kept standing on a mountain top waiting for her husbands coming back. Year after year the wife became a stone which looks like a woman watching into far distance.2. Circle one or more of the feelings below that you think the woman has. Give reasons for your answers:loneliness
6、joy love trust anger hate sorrowReasonsLoneliness: She was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.Love: She waited year after year despite wind and rain.Trust: She believed her husband would come back one day.Sorrow: Year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husba
7、nds coming back, she was very sad.Step 4 SummaryAfter enjoying these five types of poem, can you tell me the names of these five types? And how about their features?Forms of poems featuresNursery rhymes(A) Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to reciteList poems (B and C)
8、Repeated phrases and some rhymesCinquain (D and E) Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few wordsHaiku (F and G)Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few wordsTang poems (H)The translations have a free form.Step 5 Homework1. Review the text and pay attention to some key words, phrases, and sentences.2. Recite more English poems.3. Surf the internet to appreciate more English poems.
