高二英语选修6Unit2_Reading课件.ppt

Homework Surf the Internet to find more information about POEMS and you are expected to present it to your peer in the next class. * Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky. A little poem A garden of poems Little poems? Tang poems? Poets? Do you know who he is in this picture? 静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 抬头望明月，低头思故乡。 IN THE QUIET NIGHT So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed Could there have been a frost already? Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home. By Li Bai Shakespeare Shelley If winter comes, can spring be far behind? What kind of English poems do you know? 1. Epic (史诗 ) 2. Dramatic poems ( 戏剧诗 ) 3. Metrical tale ( 故事诗 ) 4. Ballad ( 民谣 ) 5. Lyric ( 抒情诗 ) 6. Didactic poems ( 说理诗 ) 7. Parody ( 模仿诗 ) 8. Clerihews ( 打油诗 ) A Few simple forms of English Poems Reading Fast reading: Read fast to answer the following questions: 1. What is the main topic of the reading passage? It is about a few simple forms of English poems. 2. How many forms of poems are mentioned in the text? What are they? ____kinds of poems five Nursery rhymes List poems Cinquain Haiku Tang poems Learning tip Pay attention to the title and the topic sentence which sums up the main idea of the paragraph. Most often, it is the first sentence of the paragraph. Second reading: Read the first paragraph again and answer: 1. What’s the purpose of the first paragraph? It gives the reasons why people write poetry. B. It introduces different forms of poems. C. It states the advantage of poems. D. It tells the readers what the text will be about. 2. What’s the topic sentence of the first paragraph? The first sentence. As we know, poems are mostly