單元重點內容與教學目標
本單元的中心話題是詩歌。聽說讀寫等語言知識和語言技能主要圍繞“詩歌”這一主題設計的。文中涉及詩歌的韻律、節奏，并介紹了幾種簡單的不同內容和形式的詩歌。本單元引導學生討論這些內容，目的在于讓他們了解詩歌的一些基本特征和寫作方法，自己嘗試寫簡單的詩歌，并學會欣賞這些優美的文學作品。
Warming up部分圍繞詩歌這一話題設置了兩個練習。第一個練習引導學生回顧兒時所接觸的詩歌；第二個練習引導學生探討寫詩的目的。
Pre-reading 部分主要讓學生認識詩歌的種類和不同國家所賦詩歌的文化差異。該部分設置了兩個練習，第一個練習讓寫詩交流所喜愛的詩歌；第二個練習就閱讀課文設計圖表，讓寫詩從內容和寫作風格兩個方面認識閱讀課文中的詩歌。
Reading 部分介紹了五種簡單的英語詩歌共8首：兒歌節奏明快，韻律和諧、朗朗上口、不斷重復、利于記憶，是語言學習的有效手段；清單詩，尤其是那些不斷重復短語和節奏的詩歌，比較容易創作。五行詩，顧名思義，由五行組成，寥寥數語，言簡意賅。俳句起源于日本，由17個音節組成。唐詩，被英國等所借鑒，許多唐詩被譯成英文，廣為傳誦。
Comprehending部分的真重點放在文中的幾首詩歌上，要求提煉詩歌的主題，練習1要求選擇自己喜愛的詩歌進行評述，練習2與3是對詩歌進行更深入地理解。通過誦讀感受押韻和節奏。
Learning about language部分安排的兩個練習均與詩歌有關。第一個練習通過從課文詩歌中找押韻的詞幫助學生理解課文的生詞和詩歌的韻腳；第二個練習學習構詞發。語法部分設置了兩種類型的練習。一類寫詩或續詩；另一類是用所給詞的適當形式填空。這兩個練習都是操練虛擬語氣的用法。
Using language 部分綜合訓練聽說讀寫的語言能力。聽、讀和討論部分把聽力與閱讀訓練結合起來。通過聽理解詩歌內容，辨認寫詩人的身份、詩歌的節律，并表達詩歌所激起的聯想。通過邊打拍子邊朗讀、在欣賞中加深對詩歌的理解。通過釋義理解詩歌中的難句，并指導學生進行深層理解，學會推斷人物身份與關系。聽和討論部分有四個學生與老師交談，圍繞詩歌比賽展開。首先通過不同的聲音來辨認人物；然后，捕捉不同人的不同事，一一對號。該部分的兩個練習，幫助學生學習和運用表達意圖與決定的日常交際用語。寫的部分要求學生模仿詩歌C以IF I開頭寫清單詩；或以I FEEL HAPPY WHEN。。。開頭寫詩。
Summing up部分運用調控策略，對本單元所涉及的知識與技能，特別是本單元所涉及的結構和詞匯、話語功能以及詩歌的類型、押韻和節奏等方面進行自我評價。
Learning tip部分提示學生注意理解詩歌與應用學習的關系：寫詩、唱歌是理解和記憶詞匯，學習語言的有效方法。
教學設計
第一課時：Warming up, Pre-reading & Reading 本課時內教師可從學生的生活實際出發，了解人們寫作英語詩歌的不同目的，借助教材第9頁的表格，Reading部分的詩歌進行整體理解。建議以理解內容為主。可以選擇其中某一首詩，進行語音訓練，感受英語詩歌的節奏和韻律。
第二課時：Reading, Comprehending & Learning about language (Discovering useful words and expressions ). 本課時內主要是對課文進行適當的拓展、討論，著眼于對英語詩歌的欣賞，理解這些詩歌的寓意。利用 Learning about language 中的Discovering useful words and expressions 部分，引導學生注意并感受英語詩歌的韻律。
第三課時：Learning about language (除Discovering useful words and expressions) 課堂上處理完該部分內容，突出兩個重點：（1）學習詩歌的寫法； （2）學習與過去事實相反的虛擬語氣的用法。
第四課時：Using language 完成閱讀、聽力和討論及寫作部分。
第五課時：Summing up & Assessment小結、測試與講評。
Period 1 Warming up, Pre-reading & Reading
Teaching goals
1． Target language
a. Important words and phrases
Poem, poetry, recite, aspect, convey, nursery, rhyme, diamond, cottage, balloon, sparrow, tease, salty, endless, translate, nursery rhyme, take it easy, run out of, make up of
b. Important sentences
Which poem is about things that don’t make sense?
Poets use many different forms of poems to express themselves.
I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball.
We hadn’t taken it easy.
The poem is made up of five lines.
A lot of Tang poetry has been translated into English. The translations have a free form that English people like to copy.
2. Ability goals
a. Enable Ss to talk about different types of poems: nursery rhymes; list poems; cinquain,; haiku; Tang poems
b. Enable Ss to talk about different purposes of writing poems.
c. Understand the main theme of each poem.
d. Enable Ss to chant some of their favorite poems.
3. Learning ability
Enable Ss to distinguish different types of poems.
Teaching important points
1. Talk about five main types of poems.
2. Understand the main purpose of writing the poems.
Teaching difficult points
1. Find the rhythm of each poem.
2. Chant the poem.
3. Understand the main purpose of writing the poems.
Teaching methods
1. Skimming and scanning.
2. Asking-and –answering activity
3. Discussion
4. Chant
Teaching aids
Multimedia
Teaching procedures & ways
Step 1. Greetings
Step 2. Presentation
Ask Ss to think back and try to remember poems from their early childhood, either in Chinese or in English.
Talk about some famous poets both home and abroad, either ancient ones or modern ones.
Brainstorming: What will you think of when we talk about the word “poem”?
Step 3. Warming up
Read the questions in this part, reminding Ss what they notice about the above poems.(e.g. they have a strong beat, or they have rhyme, or they play with words and sounds, or perhaps some of them are funny because they make no sense.)
Tell Ss that there are many reasons why people write poetry. Give the examples on the Bb. Ask Ss why they think the poets wrote the poems they have just recited.. Write their suggestions on the board.
Give Ss a time limit of a few minutes. Divide the class into groups of four to discuss the purpose of writing poems. Ask one person from each group to read their group’s list and add their suggestions to the list on the board. (Suggested reasons: to create certain feelings or images in the reader; to share a feeling or experience; to describe something in detail or give an impression; to get the reader to think about an idea; to express a point of view; to make the reader experience the sight, sounds, smells, feel and tastes of something; to create a mood, to play with words--- their sounds, rhyme and rhythm.)
If time permits, in small groups or as a class, discuss the kinds of topics that poets write about.( people, animals, nature, landscapes, the sea, the seasons, stories, death, war, youth and old age, feeling and experiences, emotions like love, hate, sadness, regret and desire, etc.)
Step 4. Pre-reading
People from different countries write different kinds of poems. Get Ss to discuss the questions on Page 9 with their partners: Do you have a favorite poem in Chinese? Why ? Do you have a favorite poem in English? Why?
As to exercise 2, give Ss practice in an important reading skill: scanning a text, that is, looking through a text quickly to find specific information. Read the table in exercise 2 with the Ss. Tell them that they are going to look for the information in the table, just in the poems themselves, not in the other parts of the text. They are to look only for those pieces of information and not read every word. Do an example with them.
Suggested answers to exercise 2:
Which poem A B C D E F G H
describes a person? √
tells a story? √
describes an aspect of a season? √ √ √
is about sport? √
is about things that don’t make sense? √
is recited to a baby? √
describes a river scene? √
has rhyming words at the end of lines? √ √
repeats words or phrases? √ √ √
Step 5. Reading
Scanning
Get the Ss to read the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the Ss to form a good habit of reading. Teacher gives Ss a couple of minutes to look through the whole passage. Tell them to read the text silently and then ask some detailed questions about the text on the slide show . Teacher should encourage Ss to express their ideas.
Q1. Why do people write poetry?
Q2. How many forms of poems are mentioned in the passage? What are they?
Q3. What does “nursery rhyme” mean? Why do they delight small children?
Q4. What’s the characteristic of “list poems”? What about “cinquain”?
Q5. Why do English People like “Haiku”?
Q6. Are you familiar with Tang Poems? Do you know the title of the last poem in the text?
Listening
Before Ss read the text, have them close their books and listen to the text with their eyes closed. This gives Ss the opportunity to listen to the sounds or “music” of the poems before reading them in detail. Tell them that it doesn’t matter if they don’t understand every word.
First reading
Get Ss to read the text carefully, finding the one sentence that sums up the paragraph of each part.. Underline the topic sentence.
Second reading
Tell Ss that they are going to look at the rhythm of two of the poems. Make sure they know what rhythm is. Read the limerick aloud and have Ss listen for the strong beats. Then have them clap the strong beats as you read. Mark the strong beats on the limerick on the board.
There was an old man with a beard
Who said “it is just as I feared”.
“Four insects and then
Two birds and a hen
Have all made a home in my beard”.
Now read the poem A & B. Ask them to mark the strong beats on the two poems that have a strong rhythm. Check their answers . Then play the tape and get them to clap to the strong beats in those two poems.
Third reading
Just as any scene can serve as the subject of a painting, so any part of daily life can provide material for a poem.. Of course, the choice that the artist or poet makes relates to his or her purpose. Poetry is usually short and compact, so it should be read several times, preferably aloud, to appreciate its meaning. Read the last poem (Poem H), and answer the following questions:
Q1. What parts of the poem suggest that the woman loves her husband?
Q2. How do you understand the sentence” Should the journeyer return, this stone would utter speech.”? Explain the sentence in your own words.
Q3. What picture do you have in your mind when you read the above sentences?
Q4. Do you know the Chinese title of this poem? Do you know the Chinese version of the poem?
Step 6. Make a short summary of this period.
Homework
1. Surf some websites to find out more information about poets.
2. Review the content of the reading passage.
3. Finish the exercises on Page 12& 13.
Period 2 Reading, Comprehending & Learning about language
Teaching goals
1． Target language
Important words and phrases
joy, anger, sorrow, thread, appropriate, ending, compass
2. Ability goals
Enable Students to deepen their understanding of the reading passage and learn some useful words and expressions.
Learn to use words and expressions in their right form.
3. Learning ability
Enable Ss to understand the rhyme and rhythm in English poems.
Teaching important points
1. Understand the passage and answer the questions about it.
2. Learn the useful words and expressions in the passage.
Teaching difficult points
1. Discuss the poems and understand their deep meaning.
2. Find the rhyme and rhythm in English poems and try to create them by students themselves.
Teaching methods
Discussion, asking-and-answering activity, practice, task-based activity
Teaching aids
Multimedia
Teaching procedures & ways
Step 1. Greeting
Step 2. Comprehending
Task 1. Group work
Ask students to read the passage together and then discuss in group which poem they like best and give reasons.
After discussion, ask someone to present his/her idea to the class.
Task 2. Ask and answer
Answer the questions about the passage on Page 11 – 12.
Step 3. Explanation
1. Others try to convey certain emotions.
“convey” here means communicate (an idea, meaning, etc.).
I can’t convey how angry I feel.
“emotion” means strong feeling
Love and hatred are basic emotions.
His voice was shaking with emotion.
2. They delight small children because they have strong rhythm and rhyme.
“delight” means make sb. pleased greatly.
The gift of the child delighted his parents.
I am delighted to help you.
“rhythm” means a measured flow of words and phrases in verse determined by various relations of syllables.
the exciting rhythms of African drum music
“rhyme” means identity for sound between words or the endings of words, esp. in verse.
Shakespeare sometimes wrote in rhyme.
He made up funny rhymes to make us laugh.
3. We would have won if we hadn’t taken it easy.
“take it easy” means to proceed gently or carefully; to relax and avoid overwork.
You’ve done quite enough work for today; now take it easy for an hour.
4. We would have won if we hadn’t run out of energy.
“run out(of sth.)” means to use up; to come to an end.
The petrol is running out.
We are running out of out time. = Our time is running out.
5. a poem made up of five lines
“make sth. up” means to put together; to compound
What are the qualities that make up his character?
Society is made up of people of widely differing abilities.
Step 4. Learning about language
Check the exercise on Page 12-13.
Task 1. Discovering useful words and expressions
1. Ask some students to list the words they find to rhymes with the words in the exercise. The teacher may make some addition if necessary.
Sample answers:
2 high sky pie my fly shy lie
3 sing ring wing thing king fling string
4 today away say play lay tray may
5 lace race face case chase place pace
6 true too new flew few shoe canoe
Ask students to try to create more lists by themselves.
2. Complete the passage using the correct words.
Ask students to finish the passage and explain why the form of the words must be changed.
Task 2. Discovering useful structures
1. Rewrite the poem about winning the match and the reasons.
2. Rewrite the poem about the attempt to win the competition.
Offer students some time to discuss about it and present some samples for them to follow if they find it difficult to get through.
3. Match the sentences.
Explain some rules of subjunctive mood if necessary.
4. Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the verbs.
Step 5. Using words and expressions(Workbook)
Task 1. Make adjectives from nouns by adding suffix “ful” and then explain the meaning of the new adjectives. Encourage students to think of more examples that have the same form.
Task 2. Complete the table with the correct words.
Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
Task 3. Complete the sentences using the correct word from the table.
Task 4. Match the phrases appropriately and encourage students to create more of their own word pictures.
Step 6. Make a short summary of this period.
Homework
1. Remember important language points.
2. Write a simple English poem by using rhyme and rhythm.
3. Preview “Learning about language”.
Period 3 Learning about Language
Teaching goals
1． Target language
a. Important words
Appropriate , ending , compass
b. Important sentences
If she had stueide harder , she would have passed the exam.
If she had been there , she would have met some really interesting people.
2. Ability goals
a. Enable Ss to grasp the ways of writing poems.
b. Enable Ss to use subjunctive mood correctly.
3. Learning ability
Teach Ss how to write some poems and how to use subjunctive mood correctly.
Teaching important points
1. the way of writing poems.
2. Subjunctive Mood
Teaching difficult points
Using subjunctive mood correctly in different situations.
Teaching methods
1. Task-based learning
2. instructions
3. practice
Teaching aids
Multimedia
Teaching procedures & ways
Step 1. Greetings
Step 2. Warming up
Task1: Free talk------ why do you enjoy learning English?
T: I’m glad to see you again and I’m happy because we can enjoy English together. Do you enjoy learning English?
S: Yes . Because English is a very beautiful language.
S2: Because we can enjoy a lot of funny stories if we know English.
S3: Because we can communicate with foreigners in English.
S4: Because we can introduce China to foreigners if we know English.
S5……
T: Well done. If we did well in some way , people would know us. Now let’s talk about some famous persons. (Yao Ming , Liu Xiang , Madame Curie, Yuan Longping, Chinese Women Football Team)
Step 3. Presentation
Task2: Group talk-----Try to talk about the famous persons.
Q1: Why is Yao Ming famous ? S1: Because he played basketball very well. S2:…..
Q2: Why could Liu Xing succeed ? S1: Because he trained very hard. S2:……..
Q3: Why did Chinese Women Football Team lose the game? S1: Because they were tired…
Q4: Complete the sentence : They would win if they ……… S1:They would win if they had a good rest. S2:……
T: Just now we talked a lot about some persons .If we put these sentences together , they formed a kind of poem-----list poems..
Task3: Turn to page 13 , and do exercises 1 and 2.
Step 4. Grammar
Task4: Present some sentences on the blackboard , and ask Ss to tell the difference among them.
a. If I knew it , I would tell you.
b. If I had known it yesterday , I would have told you .
c. If I had known it , I would have told you.
d. If I had finished my homework , I would have gone to bed.
e. If I had known his telephone number , I would have made a phone to him.
S1: In these sentences , they use different tenses.
S2: They describe different situations.
S3:…………
T: Yeah . We can draw a conclusion as follows:
Verb forms
If –clause The main sentence
The present situation Ved would /could/should/might +V
The past situation had Ved would/could/should/might +have Ved
Task5: Compare some special sentences and draw a conclusion.
A. Had I not seen it with my own eyes , I would not have believed it.
Were it not to rain tomorrow , we would have a picnic.
Should it rain tomorrow , we would have a picnic.
Conclusion: connect subjunctive mood with inversion.
B. If the weather had been finer, the crops would be growing still better.
If you had followed the teacher’s advice, you wouldn’t be in hospital.
Conclusion: The situations in the clause and the main sentence are different.
C. If only I knew his name!
If only we had followed your advice!
If only I could see him again!
Conclusion: We should use different forms of verbs according to the different situations in the pattern: If only.
D. Without sunlight, people’s life would be different from today.
But for your help, I wouldn’t have finished the work.
Conclusion: If there are some special prepositions just like without , but for in the sentences, we sometimes should use subjunctive mood.
Step5. Practice
Task6 : Do exercises 3 and 4 on page13.
Task7: Present some pictures and ask Ss to make up some sentences with subjunctive mood.
Picture1: A rocket
e.g If I were a designer , I would design a spaceship .
If I were clever enough , I would have designed a spaceship.
Picture2: the universe
e.g.:If I were an astronaut , I would travel into space.
If I had been to space , I would have known what were there in space.
Picture3:a lot of money
e.g.:If I had a lot of money , I would run a big company.
If I had earned a lot of money , I would have built a lot of houses for the poor
Picture 4:the farmer and the snake
e.g.:If the farmer hadn’t seen the snake , he wouldn’t have put it in the arms.
If he hadn’t put it in the arms , the snake wouldn’t have bitten him.
If the snake hadn’t bitten him , he wouldn’t have died
Task8: Do some exercises on screen.
Step6: summary and homework
Do exercises 1-4 on page 50 and 51.
Period 4 Reading , Listening and Writing
Teaching goals
1. Target language
a. key words and phrases: pattern, rhythmic, rhyme, rhythm, sunlight, darkness, warmth, underlined, load
b. key sentences:
I’m not going to do….
I plan to do…
I’ll do….
I am looking forward to do…..
If I were the ruler of the world, I would do….
If I had a million dollars, I would do….
I feel happy when….
Slowly the moon climbs in the sky….
2. Ability goals
a. Enable the students to understand the rhyme and rhythm of the poem and grasp the main idea.
b. Enable the students can get the information from the long passage by listening.
c. Enable the students can express their feelings by writing poems.
3. Learning ability goals:
a. Enable the students to know how to get the key words to understand the poem.
b. Enable the students can find where the rhyme and the rhythm of the poem are.
c. Help the students learn how to get some skills in listening.
d. Enable the students to learn to present enough reasons to support their opinions.
e.. Help the students learn to write poems using the target language according to the writing steps.
4.Teaching important points
a. Help the students to understand what the rhyme and rhythm are.
b. Train the students to get the key words by reading the question before listening.
c. Teach the students to write according to the writing steps.
5.Teaching difficult points
a. How to help the students can find where the rhyme and the rhythm of the poem are.
b. How to help the students to make up dialogues, using the target language.
c. How to help the students to write the poem to express their feelings.
6.Teaching methods
Cooperative learning and Task-based learning
7.Teaching aids
A recorder, computer, slide and blackboard
8.Teaching procedure & ways:
Step1 Greetings and revision
Teacher greets the whole class and checks the homework.
Task1.Rhyme
Teacher asks the whole class to enjoy a poem (showing it on the screen by computer)
There was an old woman they say;
Who would eat an apple a day;
When asked she replied;
It’s good for my inside;
For I am never ill anyway.
Teacher asks some questions:
Question1: Do you think poem is funny? What is main idea of the poem?
(To tell us an apple is good for our health)
Question2: Could you find the rhyme of the last word in each line?
(say//day; replied//inside; anyway)
The rhyme in this poem is “a a// b b //a ”.
Task 2 .Rhythm
Enjoy a song----Little Stars
Teacher asks the students to listen to and follow it. After that, teacher asks them to find the rhyming words and share them. This time teacher tells students the poem not only has rhyme, but also has the rhythm so that people can sing it as well as read it.
Step2 pre-reading
Teacher tells the students they will learn a new poem which is also a song written by Rod McKuen and asks the students to listen to the poem to feel and think about.
Task1. Speaking
Show some questions on the screen before students listen.
1.Do you think the speaker in the poem is more like to be a girlfriend /boyfriend or a parent?
2.Does the poem have a rhythmic pattern?
3.Does the poem have rhyming words?
After listening to the poem, the students have some minutes to speak and share their opinions.
Task2.Discussion
Open question: When you were listening to the poem, did it make you feel something or think about something? What did it make you feel or think about?
This question has no standard answers , the students can discuss and express what they think freely.
Step3 While -reading
Teacher asks the students open their books and turn to page14.
Task1 Read the text following the tape.
Teacher asks students to follow the poems in their books while listening to the tape again and asks them to read aloud in pairs.
Task 2 Find the words that rhyme and circle them.
Teacher asks students to find and circle the rhyming words and list them on the blackboard to share.
Task3 Clap the strong beats of the rhythm
Teacher writes the first four lines on the board, and asks students to listen for the strong beats. Teacher plays the first four lines of the tape more than one time until the students are confident of hearing the strong beats and tap their tables in time to the strong beats. Teacher asks some students to underline the strong beats on the board and the teacher will tell them the correct answers by oral. After doing the example, the whole class will be divided into small groups and each group chooses one paragraph of the rest poem to underline the strong beats and reads them aloud. Some minutes later, teacher will check it in class.
Step4. Post –reading
Teacher sets exercises 3 (on page 15) on the screen and asks students to discuss the poem’s meaning in more detail. After that, teacher will tell each group to present the group’s views to the class.
Question1: Who is the speaker in the poem and who is he/she speaking to? Give reasons to support your answer.
Question2: Which of the following is the closest to the speaker’s message? Give a reason for your choice.
A .If it’s cold, I’ll warm you; if it’s dark, I’ll give you light; if you’re hungry, I’ll feed you; if you want love, I’ll give it to you.
B. Although the future may be difficult for you, whenever you need warmth and love, remember I’ll have some to give you.
C. While you’re away I’ll remember your smile and I’ll love you always. When you return, I hope you will love me.
Suggested answers.
Answer1 :A partner (mother or father) speaking to a young adult child(son or daughter)
Many of the phrases imply that the speaker is an older person who has experienced their own journey through life and who is offering love to the young person to help him/her begin his/her journey through life. For example, I’ve saved the summer …and I’ve saved some sunlight….when the speaker says Till you’re older….
We know that the speaker is probably a parent because he/she is offering the child unconditional love ( But if you’ve a need for love, I’ll give you al I own.).we know that son/daughter is a young adult because the speaker refers to the time when you were but nineteen.
Answer2: B is the best answer.
Step5 Pre-listening
Teacher tells students the listening is a conversation between a teacher and three of her students about a poetry competition. the students talk about when they are going to write their poems and how they become inspired to write poetry. Their discussion illustrates the function of intention.
Teacher first asks the students to discuss the following questions in groups about their experiences writing Chinese poetry.(show these questions by computer)
Question1: In what kind of place do you like to write poetry?
Question2: What conditions do you need to be able to write poetry? ( Does it have to be quite ,do you need to be alone, do you need to listen to music and so on?)
The discussion gives a context for the listening, prepares them for what they will hear and will help them understand the listening more easily.
Step6 Listening
Task1 First listening
Teacher reads the exercise1 with students before they listen and asks them whether ,in their discussion, any of them likes to write poetry under the same conditions as Lucy, Tom or Jack(ie in the countryside, at home, listening to music ).
As students listen, they should circle the correct student’s name in Exercise1.Check the answers together. (suggested answers: 1.Lucy;2. Jack;3.Lucy; 4.Tom)
Task2. Second listening
Teacher asks students to listen to the tape again , more than 2 times if possible. Exercise 2 asks more detailed questions. Teacher can reform and design the different forms of these question so that students will be more interested in them.
Exercises:
A. Multiple Choices
1.When do the students have to have their poems completed? (B)
A. By the 23th of the month B. By the 24th of the month C. By the 20th of the month
2. Who had decided not to write a poem for the competition but then changed is or her mind? (C)
A. Lucy B. Jack C. Tom
B. True or False
1.Lucy is satisfied with the poem she has written. (F)
Explanation: She thinks that if she had an extra week to work on it, she could improve it.
2.Tom has used music before while studying. (T)
Explanation: he works best when he is listening to his favorite music, but he has never tried writing poetry to music.
C. Complete the sentences
1. Why does Jack like to go into the countryside to write?
Because he finds that he notices all sorts of the things and he has interesting thoughts.
2. Why does Lucy stay at home to write?
Because she likes the quiet and likes to have her own things around her.
Task3 Third listening
This time the students are listening for a different kind of detail. They must listen for the expressions listed in Exercise 3.These sentences are model ways of expressing intention.
A. Filling the blanket
Teacher asks students close their books and show the sentences on the screen. Then Teacher plays the tape again and asks the students listen for these sentences.
1___________ enter a poem this.(I’m not going to)
2. ___________ do it this weekend.(I plan to)
3.How_____________become inspired to write this weekend?(are you going to)
4.__________________go on a hike into the countryside and sit quietly somewhere by myself.(I am going to)
5.____ also try out his way some time.(I’ll)
6.________________ try it tonight.(I ‘m going to)
7.__________________________ reading all your poems.(I’m looking forward to)
Check the answers together.
B. Repeating and Practicing
Imagine that the class has to enter poems in a competition next week. In small groups discuss the question :How are you going to become inspired to write your poem?
Teacher asks students to use some of the expressions in Exercise3 to talk about their plans. Students practise by oral and share in pairs.
Step 7 Writing
Task1.Revise the grammar
Students work in groups. Write a list poem starting with If I like poem C on page 10.write one line each .It doesn’t have to rhyme. Each group can choose one of these lines to start their group poem. Then share these poems in class.
Sentences pattern:
1. If I were the ruler of the world, I would….
2. If I had a million dollars, I would…
3. If I had taken your advice, I would have/wouldn’t have…
Task2 Write a poem
Teacher asks students to write a poem that starts with I feel happy when .The lines do not have to rhyme. Or write a poem that starts with Slowly. Start each line with Slowly and make each pair of lines rhyme. To show the students what to do, teacher list the first four lines of the two poems. Now teacher asks students to write own poem of eight to ten lines.
Eg: A
I feel happy when…
The sky is blue,
You smile at me with your sparking black eyes,
It’s my birthday.
Eg B
Slowly the moon climbs in the sky,
Slowly the black-tailed bird lets out a cry,
Slowly the dog crosses the road,
Slowly the old man carries his load.
If time permitting, the teacher asks students to finish their poems and share in class. If not, the task 2 of writing can be as homework.
Step8 Summary
In this period, all the students revise the key points of a poem-----Rhyme and rhythm. And they also enjoy a beautiful poem ----I’ve saved the summer. Students can understand the deep meaning in the poem and the parents’ love to the children. It’s good to help students how to appreciate poems. Meanwhile, Listening is important. Students enhance their listening skills by a conversation about the poems competition. In the end part, writing exercises helps students review the grammar and give them chances to express their thoughts by poem.(Teacher makes a list of some important points on the blackboard.)
Stop 9 Homework
1. Finish their poems after class.
2. Reread the poem “I’ve saved the Summer” and appreciate the beauty of the poem.
3. Make more sentences with If I had done….., I would….
Period5 Summary
Teaching goals
1.Target language
All useful words and structures in this unit.
2. Ability goals
a. Help students master the usage of the words and expressions in the unit.
b. Translate some sentences on Page 51.
c. Enable students to summarize what they learned by answering the questions in Summing up (P16) and Checking Yourself (P54).
3. Learning ability goals
Help students learn how to summarize what they have learned in this unit.
Teaching important and difficult points
How to review and conclude what students learned.
Teaching methods
Let students do the exercises, and then collect their answers. Ask them to conclude the rules and then give them some explanation.
Teaching aids
A projector and a recorder
Teaching procedures & ways
Step1 Revision
Check the homework left before. Ask some students to present the poems that they have written. Teacher can give them some remarks if necessary.
Step2 Ex on Page 49-50
This part is a consolidation of the words and expressions learned in this unit.
1. Let students finish part 1 and part2 ( 5 minutes )
T: Now please open your books and turn to page 49. Let’s use words and expressions. Make adjectives from the nouns and complete the table with the correct nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs.
2. Give the students 3 minutes to finish part 3 on next page.
T: Try to complete each sentence using the correct word from the table you have completed within 3 minutes.
3.Check the answers with the whole class.
Suggested answers:
Exercise 1 on P49
1.beauty beautiful 2.joy joyful 3.sorrow sorrowful 4.delight delightful
5. dread dreadful 6. hope hopeful 7. peace peaceful 8. power powerfu
Exercise 2 on P49
Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
anger anger angry angrily
dark darken dark darkly
impression impress impressive impressively
repetition repeat repetitive repetitively
transformation transform transformational
translation translate translated
warmth warm warm warmly
enjoyment enjoy enjoyable enjoyably
expression express expressive expressively
inspiration inspire inspirational inspirationally
Exercise 3 on P50
1. expressively 2. darkness 3. translation 4. repeat
5. inspirational 6. anger 7. impressed 8. enjoyably
9. transformed 10. warm
Step3 Translation on page 51
T: Please turn to page 51 and translate some sentences into English, using the word and phrases in bracket. This part is a consolidation of the grammar item in this unit. You should pay more attention to the sentence structure. Are you clear?
S: Yes.
For the exercise, teacher can ask some of them to go to the blackboard to write down their translations. And then check them with the whole class. If there are some problems, teacher can ask the students to discuss and give them some suggestions to solve them.
Suggested answers:
1. 如果我們的糖沒有用完, 我是不會去商店的。（run out of )
If we hadn’t run out of sugar, I wouldn’t have gone to the shops.
2. 如果劉思嘉沒有考上大學， 她就不用離別父母搬到千里以外的地方去了。（thousands of)
If Liu Sijia hadn’t gone to university, she wouldn’t have moved to thousands of kilometres away from her parents.
3. 他會為你準備一杯由果汁、酸奶和雞蛋制成的特殊飲料。（be made up of)
He’ll prepare for you a special drink that is made up of fresh fruit juice, yoghurt and eggs.
4. 如果你當時留心看著她，你就不會在人群中把她弄丟了。（keep an eye on)
If you had kept your eye on her, you wouldn’t have lost her in the crowd.
5. 如果你放松一段時間，你就會康復得更快一些。 （take it easy)
You ‘ll get better more quickly if you take it easy for a while.
6. 如果埃米莉沒有逗那只貓，它就不會打翻那個漂亮的花瓶了。（tease; knock over)
If Emily hadn’t teased that cat, it would not have knocked over that beautiful vase.
Step4 Summary
T：Today we have done a lot. We have finished using words and expressions and done some translations. We have also reviewed what we have learned in this unit. Now let’s fill in the chart on Page 16. Think about what you have read and practised in this unit. Then tick the boxes.
SUMMING UP
Think about what you have read and practised in this unit. Then tick the boxes.
I have learned I need to
this well learn more
I have learned about :
some simple types of poetry ;
rhythm and thyme;
some new words and phrased;
how to write some simple poetry;
how to use the subjunctive mood;
how to talk about intentions and plans;
Step5 Project ( on Page 54)
Teacher can ask the students to find their favourite English poem or a translation of their favourite Chinese poem. Get them to read it or write it on a poster and put it on the wall for the rest of the class to share.
Here is a sample for them to refer to :
靜夜思
唐-李白
床前明月光，
疑是地上霜。
舉頭望明月，
低頭思故鄉。
1) In the Still of the Night（徐忠杰譯）
I descry bright moonlig ht in front of my bed.
I suspect it to be hoary frost on the floor.
I watch the bright moon, as I tilt back my head.
I yearn, while stooping, for my homeland more
2) A Tranquil Night (許淵沖譯 ）
Abed, I see a silver light,
I wonder if it's frost aground.
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned.
T: As we know , the lyrics of many songs are good poems . Can you tell me what is your favourite song at the moment?
S: Various answers.
T: Different students have different answers. Now I will introduce my favourite song Seasons in the sun to you. Please listen carefully and try to write out the words. Do you understand?
S: Yes.
After enjoying the song, teacher can show the words for them.
Seasons In The Sun
----by Westlife
Goodbye to you, my trusted friend,
we've known each other since we were nine or ten;
together we've climbed hills and trees,
learned of love and A-B-C`s,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky;
now that the spring is in the air,
pretty girls are every where;
think of me and I'll be there.
We had joy, we had fun,
we had seasons in the sun;
but the hills that we climb
were just seasons out of time.
Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me,
I was the black sheep of the family;
you tried to teach me right from wrong,
too much wine and too much song,
wonder how I got along.
Goodbye, Papa, it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky;
now that the spring is in the air,
little children every where,
when you'll see them, I'll be there.
We had joy, we had fun,
we had seasons in the sun;
but the wild and the song,
like the season has all gone
Goodbye, Michelle, my little one,
you gave me love and helped me find the sun;
and every time that I was down,
you would always come around
and get my feet back on the ground.
Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky;
now that the spring is in the air,
with the flowers every where
I wish that we could both be there.
All our lives we had fun,
we had seasons in the sun;
But the stars we could reach
were just starfish on the beach.
再見了,我忠實的朋友
我們從孩提時就已相識,相知, 我們一起爬山,爬樹
學會去愛和其他基本知識
我們心意相同,情同手足
再見了朋友,我實在不愿意離去 當所有的鳥兒在天空歌唱. 空氣中彌漫著春天的氣息. 到處是漂亮的女孩.想我了,我就會與你同在。
我們曾共享快樂。
也曾共享陽光季節。
但我們一起爬山
的那些日子已經逝去。
再見了爸爸,請為我祈禱.
我是家里的害群之馬.
你費盡心思教我明辨是非.
我卻沉醉于歌酒狂歡中.
真不知道我以前是如何過日子的.
再見了爸爸,我實在不愿意離去.當所有的鳥兒在天空歌唱. 空氣中彌漫著春天的氣息.小孩子在到處嬉戲. 當你看見他們,我就會與你同在.
我們曾共享快樂,也曾共享陽光季節. 但昔日的歌酒狂歡, 猶如季節更迭已消逝。
再見了蜜雪兒,我的小可愛.
你給了我愛,幫我找到希望.
每當我意志消沉時,
你總會來到我的身邊.
鼓勵我振作起來
再見了蜜雪兒,我實在不愿意離去.
當所有的鳥兒在天空歌唱,
空氣中彌漫著春天的氣息
到處都是美麗的花朵
我希望我們都在那兒歡聚！
我們曾共享快樂。
也曾共享陽光季節。
但昔日的歌酒狂歡。
猶如季節更迭已消逝。
也曾共享陽光季節。
我們曾共享快樂。
也曾共享陽光季節。
但昔日的歌酒狂歡。
猶如季節更迭已消逝。
我們曾共享快樂。
也曾共享陽光季節。
但昔日的歌酒狂歡。
猶如季節更迭已消逝。
我們曾共享快樂。
也曾共享陽光季節。
Step6 Check yourself
This is a chance for students to collect knowledge they have learned in the unit. Teacher can leave them some time to finish the questions in the chart. Doing this task can improve students ability of teaching by oneself. If they like they can have a discussion in pairs, teacher can walk among them and give them some help.
Step7 Homework
T: The homework today is to preview the next unit; get familiar with the new words and expressions. OK, class is over. See you later.
S: See you.
教學建議：
本單元的教學圍繞詩歌這一主題展開，聽說讀寫等語言知識和語言技能應要圍繞“詩歌”這一主題設計。文中涉及詩歌的韻律、節奏，并介紹了幾種簡單的不同內容和形式的詩歌，要積極引導學生進行討論，讓他們了解詩歌的一些基本特征和寫作方法，并學會欣賞這些優美的文學作品。另外將語法基礎知識的訓練放在詩歌優美的語言環境中進行，在提高學生審美能力的同時，避免了以往語法講解的枯燥感。
1、 本單元的中心話題是詩歌，由于詩歌包含的內容豐富，所以每節課的設計都應有所側重，注意掌控課堂教學節奏，不要面面俱到。
2、 由于學生平日較少接觸英語詩歌，因此鼓勵學生進行課文預習的學習策略，對英語詩歌有個大概的了解，但不主張將所有新單詞的意思標注出來，這會削弱閱讀訓練的作用。
3、 課堂教學的活動設計應有梯度，任務設計要符合學生的實際水平，難易要適中。考慮到詩歌易于朗誦等特點，可增加互動性的教學內容，但應避免流于形式，使課堂既“熱鬧”又有實效。
4、 在實現教學任務的過程中，老師應加強對學生的引導，比如可進行示范性的詩歌朗誦，引導學生主動參與到互動性的教學活動中來，讓學生在輕松的氛圍中完成學習任務，體味到詩歌獨特的韻味，享受課堂內成功的喜悅。
5、 對學生的課堂表現應于正面鼓勵為主，引導學生相互交流和評價，與學生形成互學共進的良好教學環境。