book5Unit2Poems.pptVIP

Teaching aims To know about the forms and characteristics of some English poems. To learn how to write a simple poem. To foster the reading ability. To arouse students’ great interest in English poems. Read the passage quickly and answer : 1. What is the passage mainly about? Read the passage quickly again and answer : 2. How many forms of English poems are mentioned in the passage? What are they? Careful reading(5mins)Find out the characteristics of each form : Careful reading(5mins)Find the characteristics of each form of English poems: I saw a fish-pond all on fire, I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twelve-feet high, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a balloon made of lead, I saw a coffin drop down dead, I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making lace, I saw a girl just like a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange they all were true. We would have won… If Jack had scored that goal, If we’d had just a few more minutes, If we had trained harder, If Ben had passed the ball to Joe, If we’d had thousands of fans screaming, If I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, If we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before, If we hadn’t take it easy, If we hadn’t run out of energy. We would have won… If we’d been better! Careful reading(5mins)Find the characteristics of each form of English poems: Line 1Line 2Line 3Line 4Line 5 Careful reading(5mins)Find the characteristics of each form of English poems: Homework 1. Choose one of five forms to write your own poem. 2. Do Ex.2 on page11 in the textbook. * Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Rhymes Rhymes depend on sound, but not spelling. And rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry. [a:] [a:] [ai] [ai] Rhyming words Fast reading The passage is mainly about a few simple forms of English poems. The title, the first and last paragraphs, the first sentence