1、英语（八年级上册）Unit 7 SeasonsReading (II)I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. learn how to use some words and phrases;2. understand and feel the beauty of the poem from different aspects;3. learn to write a stanza of a poem by themselves.II. Teach
2、ing content s1. New words and phrases: shower, upon, as, temperature, drop, butterfly, memory, stream, shade, pile, harvest, crop, be full of, forget to grow, fly, brown, fall into piles upon the ground, harvest crop2. New structures: What a perfect time to fly a kite!Farmers work to harvest crops,
3、as the days are shorter and temperature drops.III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Understand the beauty of the poem;2. Encourage students to design a new stanza by themselves.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-in1. Review the words and phrases that students have learned last
4、period(1) Complete the sentences with the words of last period(2) Complete the passage with the words of last period来源:学优高考网2. Review the poem by encouraging the students to recite the poem with the help of the giving wordsStep 2 Presentation1. Enjoy the beautiful language of the poemLead students t
5、o analyze use of the words and sentences in the poem:(1) Words to show the beauty of nature(2) Words to show feelings(3) Sentences which use personifications2. Enjoy the beautiful rhymes of the poem(1) Lead students to read the poem again and feel the rhymes and pronunciation of the last words in ea
6、ch line.来源:学优高考网 gkstk(2) Discussion: What are the functions of the rhymes?(3) Enjoy the beautiful rhymes.3. Enjoy the beautiful structure of the poem(1) Discussion: What is the difference between the poems and other literary works in structure?(2) Get students to go through the poem again and try t
7、o feel the difference between the poems and other literary works in structure. 4. Summary: What makes a poem beautiful?Step 3 Consolidation 1. Enjoy the beautiful rhymesPresent a new poem with inside rhymes to get students to feel the beauty of different kinds of rhymes and understand the function o
8、f the rhymes.2. Try to be a poet: fill in the blanks来源:学优高考网Encourage students to think of proper words to fill in the blanks which make the poem sound rhythmic.3. Read and discussShow a new stanza and encourage students to analyze it by thinking about the questions below:(1) Are there any rhymes in
9、 the poem?(2) Are there any beautiful words in the poem?(3) What shape does the stanza look like? 4. Write a poem来源:学优高考网 gkstkEncourage students to work out their own poem by imitating the content, structure and rhyme styles of the sample stanza.Step 4 ConclusionAsk students to draw a conclusion about what is in a poem.来源:gkstk.ComV. HomeworkAsk students to search on the Internet for more poems about the seasons. Compare and choose out what they think a good poem and share it in class. Try to tell why they think it good.
