Rhyme 1 is useful to remember important dates in history. (to remember that it was in 1492 that Columbus discovered the Americas)
Rhyme 2 is useful to remember how many days each month has.
Rhyme 3 is useful to help students learn and remember how to spell some difficult words in English.
Rhymes and rhythms are helpful. Do you use poetry to remember things?
Who sometimes still uses poetry to remember things today?
(Collect answers then listen to the following.)
But people also need to remember practical things such as where to find good cages to sleep, where to find water that could be drunk or when to plant crops. We no longer need poetry to remember things. But it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t or coundn’t use it to help us remember things better.
So anyone who want to remember things better can still use poetry to remember things.
Step VIII. Post-listening
You’ve done a good job today. Let’s enjoy some more poems. And you are required to recite some of these poems. You can recite and many as possible. We will check the next period.
1)Women
If you kiss her, you are not a gentleman
If you don’t, you are not a man
If you praise her, she thinks you are lying
If you don’t, you are good for nothing
If you agree to all her likes, she is abusing
If you don’t, you are not understanding
If you make romance, you are an experienced man
If you don’t, you are half a man
If you visit her too open, she thinks it’s boring
If you don’t, she accuses you of double crossing
If you are well dressed, she says you are a playboy
If you don’t, you are a dull boy
….
“O Lord, tell me what to do. AMEN”
2)Always Have a Dream
Forget about the days when it’s been cloudy,
But don’t forget your hours in the sun.
Forget about the times you’ve been defeated,
But don’t forget the victories you’ve won.
Forget about the misfortunes you’ve encountered,
But don’t forget the times your luck has turned.
Forget about the days when you’ve been lonely,
But don’t forget the friendly smiles you’ve seen.
Forget about the plans that didn’t seem to work out right.
But don’t forget to always have a dream.
Step IX Homework.
Recite one or two poems and get ready for tomorrow’s lesson!
Teaching Goals:
1. Learn about poets and poems of different countries.
2. The similarities and differences between the Chinese and English poets and poems.
3. Improve the student’s reading ability.
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Greeting & Warming-up
(Before the beginning of the class, show the students a clip of video from the movie Dead Poets Society.)
T: Morning, boys & girls!
Ss: Morning, sir!
T: Just now, we saw a video clip from the movie Dead Poets Society. (Show the poster on the screen) Have you found what is the boy doing?
SA: He is creating a poem.
T: Yeah, quiet right! He is using his imagination to create a poem. We know poetry is a special form of literature. If you want to write a good poem, you need to put yourself in the dream world of the poem. (Show the words on the screen one by one)
Step 2 Lead-in
T: We know China has long history and splendid culture. Of course, in the field of poetry, we have many of the world’s greatest poets. Can you name some famous poets?
Step 3 Fast-reading
T: So here we go! Open your books and turn to P27, look at the Reading part, English Poetry. First, I want you to go through the text quickly and find the answers to the following 2 questions:
Q: 1. What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?
2. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo?
(Give them 2 minutes to find the answers)
T: Well, let’s deal with the 2 questions.
A: 1. ① Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar. ② Poetry is difficult to write, but interesting to read.③ Poetry calls up all the colors, feelings,experiences and curious images of a dream world.
2. ① William Wordsworth, George Gordon Byron & John Keats ② John Donne
Step 4 Careful-reading
Task 1. The main idea of each paragraph
T: Good job! How many paragraphs in the text? (7) Ok, now listen to the tape & read the text carefully. Then I want you to summarize each paragraph’s main idea.
Para. 1 The characters of poetry.
Para. 2 A look on Chinese poetry.
Para. 3 The first period of Modern English poetry.
Para. 4 Modern English poetry in the 19th century.
Para. 5 Why modern poets have special attraction?
Para. 6 The introduction of English poetry to China.
Para. 7 ①The translation of English poetry.②The role that poems act as.
Task 2 A timeline
T: Excellent! Here is a task for you. Please focus on paragraph 3-5 and finish the timeline (show it on the screen), which will help you to get a more clear impression of some great poets in English history. Now do it!
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