Unit 1《The written word》-Project教案1（牛津译林版选修8）.docVIP

Unit 1 The written word Project教案 Teaching aims: To teach the students one of the English literary treasures and help them analyze ancient poem. To appreciate another piece of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem. Steps : Part A: Reading Look at the screen and listen to the tape, trying to grasp the theme of the poem. It’s a romantic poem. As we all know, romantic themes tend to be emotional. Today, we’ll read and later recite a romantic poem about love by Robert Burns A Red, Red Rose. Let’s come to the reading part of Project. 1. Read the report on the poetry of Robert Burns, Skim for the main idea of this article and tell how it is organized. Paragraphs 1—4 introduction of Robert Burns Paragraphs 5—7 some information about a movement of poets called the Romantic Movement Paragraphs 8—9 the poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’ with its introduction and explanation 2. Pair work: Rearrange the events in the order of time. Fill in the following table: Time Event 1750 The Romantic Movement started. 1759 Robert Burns was born. 1794 The poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’ was published. 1796 Robert Burns died at the age of 37. 1870 The Romantic Movement ended. 1877 The monument to Burns was first publicly exhibited. 3. Read the article for a third time to get more information about this report, and then fill in the following table about Robert Burns. Year of birth Place of birth Year of death Family status 1759 Alloway, Scotland 1796 Poor His first love Name Nelly Kirkpatrick Effect on him Encouraged him to start writing poetry Main works ‘To a Mouse’; ‘The Holy Fair’; ‘A Red, Red Rose’ The movement of poets Name of the movement Romantic Movement Representative poets John Keats; William Wordsworth; Robert Burns Features Romantic themes tend to be more emotional. The poems are always about love, dreams or nature. The way people memorize him *All of Scotland mourned his death, and afterwards many people donated money to support his widow and children. The monument to him was fi