ATrueLoveStory.ppt

Unit 8, Book 1 Romantic stories Part Two Reading-centered Activities In-class Reading Romantic stories You jump, I jump! Flowers Love Sunflower 向日葵 Romance (Put them in proper order) A True Love Story Elizabeth Barrett Browning Robert Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning In 1806, Elizabeth Barrett was born at Coxhoe Hall, England. She was educated at home, learning Greek, Latin, and several modern languages at an early age. She spent the majority of her time in her room writing poetry. In 1844, Robert Browning wrote to Elizabeth admiring her Poems. In 1846, Elizabeth and Robert were secretly wed and ran off to Italy. Robert Browning In 1812,Robert Browning was born in Camberwell, a suburb of London. Young Robert spent much of his time in his fathers private library of 6000 volumes in several languages. The chief source of his education. In 1844, Browning became an admirer of Elizabeth Barrett’s poetry. He began corresponding with her by letter. Their courtship lasted until 1846 when they were married. Love Letter by Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett January 10th, 1845 New Cross, Hatcham,Surrey I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett, -- and this is no off-hand complimentary letter that I shall write, --whatever else, no prompt matter-of-course recognition of your genius and there a graceful and natural end of the thing: since the day last week when I first read your poems, I quite laugh to remember how I have been turning again in my mind what I should be able to tell you of their effect upon me… Reading comprehension Understanding the structure of the passage Directions: The passage can be divided into four parts. You are given the paregraph numbers of each part. Work in pairs to write out the topics of each part. Role-play Robert and Miss Barrett met each other for the first time