Ⅰ.Teacher: Huang Likui
Ⅱ.Teaching material: NSEFC Book 6 -- Unit 2
Ⅲ. Lesson type: warming up & speaking
Ⅳ. Teaching aids:
1. a tape recorder
2. a projector
3. Slides and Pictures
Ⅴ. Teaching Objectives:
1. To present the topic of this unit -- poetry
2. To help students form concept of poetry.
3. To learn some words and useful expressions in order to express their own feelings.
4. To cultivate students’ interest of poetry.
Ⅵ. Teaching Important Points:
How to improve the students’ speaking ability.
Ⅶ. Teaching Difficult Points:
How to make the students gain enough information to express themselves.
Ⅷ. Teaching Methods:
1. Pair work or group work to make every student join in the class activities
2. Discussion to make every student express himself freely.
Ⅸ. Teaching Procedure:
Step 1: Daily Greetings (1 minute)
T: Good morning, students!
Ss: Good morning, Miss Huang!
Step 2: Warming up (11 minutes)
T: Last unit we have learnt something about art, right?
Ss: yes
T: It is a kind of art. This time we will learn another kind of art. What is it?
Ss: Poetry.
T: Yes, poetry. From now on, we will begin a mysterious trip of poetry--Unit 4: a garden of poems. Here “poem” means 詩,它是指一首具體的詩。It is a countable noun. We can say “a poem” or “poems”. For example, we can say “a love poem”. Well, the word “poetry” refers to 詩歌，它是指詩歌的總稱。So it is an uncountable noun. Is that clear?
Ss: Yes.
T: Ok. Who are the people that write poems?
Ss: Poet.
T: Yes, we call them poet. Can you name some famous poets in China?
Ss: ……
T: Very good. So many. Now, I’d like to introduce you two of them. Who is he?
(show a picture of Li Bai on the Blackboard)
Ss: Li Bai.
T: Good. Li Bai. Can you recite any of his poems?
Ss: ……
T: Good job. (show a poem written by Li Bai on slide 1)
So from his poems, we can see that Li Bai is full of imagination, right? His poems are always very romantic. So we say Li Bai is a representative of Romanticism. What about another famous poet? Who is he?
（show a picture of Du Fu on the blackboard）
Ss: Du Fu.
T: Yes, you’ve got it. Do you know any of his poems?
Ss: ……
T: Wonderful, thank you. Compared with Li Bai, most of his poems present us a real life in that period. For example, “朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨” . It tells us the living condition of the people at that time, right?
Ss: Yes
T: So, we call Du Fu realistic poet. Now, I’d like to take a poem written by Du Fu for example.
(show a poem written by Du Fu on slide 2)
Xxx, would you please read it for us?
S1: (reading)
T: Thank you very much. Well, can you understand the meaning of this poem?
Ss: No.
T: I don’t know, either. I think if we don’t know the background of the poem and some necessary explanations, it will be very difficult for us to understand a traditional poem, right?
Ss: Yes
T: Well, what about this one? Who’d like to read it for us?
(show a English songs “Do Ri Mi on slide 3)
S3: (reading)
T: Do you think it is easier to understand?
Ss: Yes
T: I’m sure all of us know what it talks about.
Step 3: Reading (5 minutes)
T: Today we’ll learn some English poems. They includes many kinds….
Ss: (reading)
T: Thanks for your sweet voice. Look at the first poem , can you tell me what is the Nursery Rhymes?
S4: Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite
T: Yes. Good.
What the matter is. OK?
T: Can you understand the meaning of this poem? It talks about a football match, right? With him?
S5: They lost the game.
Step 4: Discussion (10 minutes)
T: OK, up till now, we have collected several words to describe different styles of poems. Well, what other words will we need to talk about poems? Now, would you please form a group of four and have a discussion.
What other words will we need to talk about poems? Are you clear?
Ss: Yes
T: Ok. I’ll give you three minutes. After that, I’d like some of you to list some words you need. Now, go!
(Three minutes later)
T: OK. Time’s up. Who’d like to be the bravest one?
S6: funny, happy.
T: Good. Any other opinions?
S7: Boring, dull, sad.
T: Very good. Any other words?
S8: Moving, meaningful, meaningless.
……
Step 5: Pair work (10 minutes)
T: Well, what about this one?
(Sing an English song of another style by myself--Jingle Bells)
Do you think it is very sad?
Ss: No.
T: Do you think it is happy?
Ss: Yes
T: Yes, it sounds very happy. It is also very lovely, right?
Ss: Yes
T: Well, compare with these two songs, which one do you like better? This time, I’d like you to discuss with your desk-mates and make up a dialogue.
Which song do you like better? Why?
You can make up your dialogue with these useful expressions and sentence patterns. Maybe this sample may help you a lot. (show the useful expressions and a sample on slide 5) Is that clear?
Ss: Yes
T: OK, go. You have five minutes to prepare.
(five minutes later)
T: Who is ready?
……
(check some pairs.)
Step 6: Conclusion (3 minutes)
T: Today we just begin our magical journey of poetry. We have talked about some famous poets and learnt many words to show our ideas about poems and songs, right? Besides, we also enjoyed two beautiful songs. Do you feel good this class?
Ss: Yes
T: Thank you.
Step 7: Homework (5 minutes)
T: Here comes your homework. Next period we’ll make a further study about poetry, especially English poetry. So:
1. Please preview the reading part and look up the new words in the dictionary.
2. Try to find an English song or poem, and write a review.
Are you all clear?
Ss: Yes
T: Ok. So much for today. Thanks for your attention. See you!
Ss: See you!
Ⅹ. Blackboard Design:
Unit2 Poems
具體的一首詩
romantic 浪漫主義的 realistic 現實主義的 poetry 詩歌（總稱）
interesting uninteresting poet 詩人
funny 滑稽的，可笑的 dull / boring 枯燥的 limerick 打油詩
happy sad 悲傷的 style 風格
meaningful meaningless
lyric 抒情的 bold and unconstrained 豪放的
moving 感人的 lovely 可愛的
encouraging 振奮人心的
附：
Slide 1: Slide 2:
《望廬山瀑布》 《冬日有懷李白》
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李白 --杜甫
日照香爐生紫煙， 寂寞書齋里，終朝獨爾思。
遙看瀑布掛前川。 更尋嘉樹傳，不忘角弓詩。
飛流直下三千尺， 短褐風霜入，還丹日月遲。
疑是銀河落九天。 未因乘興去，空有鹿門期。
Slide 3: Slide 5:
沁園春--考試
考場風光，
千里紙飄，
萬里眼瞟。
望教室內外，
風景甚好，
交頭接耳，
互打手勢，
欲與考官試比高；
需來日，
看試卷成績，
互喜互賀。
惜八股取士，
搖頭晃腦。
死記硬背，
甚是苦惱。
一代天驕，
時代驕子，
考試作弊出高招。
俱往矣，
數風流高手，
還看今朝。
Useful expressions:
1. I’m interested to …… but ……
2. I’m (not) interested in …… so ……
3. I think it will be too ……to ……
4. I’ve never heard of …… so ……
5. I don’t know much about …… but ……
6. I’d like to ……
Example:
A: Which song do you like better?
B: I’m interested in……
A: Why are you interested in ……?
B: Because …… What about you?
A: Well, I prefer to ……
Because I think ……
Slide 4: the lyric of the song “My Heart Will Go On” (omit)