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      Teaching aims:

　　1.learn the following words and expressions:

　　flexible ,convey  ,take it easy ,run out of ,be made up of ,tease ,branch, in particular ,transform

　　2.learn about poets and poems of different countries.

　　3improve the  students’  reading ability..

　　Teaching important points:

　　1. the usages of some useful words and expressions.

　　2. 2.the similarities and differences between the Chinese and English poets and poems.

　　Teaching difficult point；

　　How to grasp and remember the detailed information of the reading material.

　　Teaching methods；

　　1. fast-reading to  grasp  the main idea of the text .

　　2. talking method to get every student to want to express himself in English .

　　3. pair work or group work to get every student to join in the class activities.

　　Teaching aids:

　　1.a tape recorder

　　2.a  computer

　　3.a projector

　　Teaching procedures :

　　Step 1 greetings  and revision

　　Teacher greets the whole class as usual and checks the students’ homework.

　　Step2 pre-reading

　　Why do people write poems?

　　People write poems to tell a story to describe something to convey certain emotions to express feelings to tell the life or friendship to delight the kids to make others laugh to describe the seasons or scenes.

　　Can you try to translate the poems  into Chinese?

　　1. If winter comes, can spring be far behind?

　　Shelley——Ode to the west wind

　　2. Before my bed ,there is bright moonlight. So it seems like frost on the ground. Lifting my head， I saw the bright moon . Lowering my head, I

　　dream that I’m at home.

　　Step 3Fast-reading

　　The reading passage discusses five forms of poems. What are they?

　　Nursery rhymes . List poems . Cinquain . Haiku .Tang poem

　　Step4 Careful-reading

　　Task1

　　1. Poems A and B have a strong rhythm. Listen and try to clap the beat.

　　2.Listen to the tape and find the words that rhyme in Poems A and B 3.Answer some related questions.

　　Task 2

　　Listen to POEM C and answer the following questions

　　1. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win?

　　Nine

　　2. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuses? How do you know?

　　No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win.

　　Task 3

　　Poem D & E

　　1.What subject is the speaker writing about? His or her brother Poem E:________ summer Poem D:_________ 2. Do the authors like the subjects?

　　Poem D: Yes. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his/her brother( teasing ,enemy) We can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his / her brother Poem E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait until the summer is over.

　　Task 4

　　1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F? A. A child. B. A branch. C. A butterfly. D. A blossom. 2. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G? A. Sorrow. B. Love. C. Happiness. D. Loneliness.

　　2.The woman may have the feelings of : loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.

　　love:

　　trust:

　　she waited year after year despite wind and rain. she believed her husband would come back one day. year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband coming back, she was very sad.

　　sorrow:

　　Forms of Poems

　　1______ Nursery _______ rhymes

　　Characteristics

　　Have strong _________ rhythm

　　and rhyme _______ Have a lot of repetition Easy to learn and to recite _________

　　Easy to write Repeat ________ phrases 2_________ List poems some rhyme while others do not Easy to write Made up of ____________ five lines 3.Cinquain Conveys a _______________ strong picture in just a few words

　　A Japanese form of poetry Made up of ___________ 17 syllables 4. Easy to write Haiku clear _______ Gives a _________ picture Creates a special feeling in just a few words 5.Tang Poems translations The ___________ have a free form.

　　What forms are the following poems?

　　Life isLife is Life is Life is Life is Life is Life is Life is

　　beauty, admire it. bliss(极乐), taste it. a dream, realize it. a challenge, meet it. a duty, complete it. a game, play it. a promise, fulfill it. sorrow, overcome it.

　　List poems

　　What forms are the following poems?

　　Trees

　　green every spring bright orange

　　in autumn bare in winter

　　Haiku

　　What forms are the following poems?

　　A SPRING MORNING

　　I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,

　　Everywhere round me the singing of birds

　　But now I remember the night, the storm,

　　And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.

　　Tang Poem

　　What forms are the following poems?

　　Cinquain

　　What forms are the following poems?

　　Are you sleeping

　　Are you sleeping

　　Are you sleeping,

　　Brother Bear,

　　Brother bear

　　Morning bells are ringing

　　Morning bells are ringing

　　Ding Dang Dong Ding Dang Dong

　　Nursery rhyme

　　Step5Homework

　　1.Write an English poem as you like.