Unit2 Poems If winter comes, can spring be far behind? Shelley--- Ode to the west wind ( 西风颂 )

Reading

Quiz in Chinese traditional poems Can you recite （背诵） the Chinese traditional poems according to their English translation? Let’s have a competition.

A Spring Morning I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many flowers were broken. 春晓 春眠不觉晓, 处处闻啼鸟。 夜来风雨声, 花落知多少。 by Meng Haoran( 孟浩然）

I look for her in vain. When all at once I turn my head, I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed. 众里寻他千百度， 蓦然回首， 那人却在， 灯火阑珊处。 --- 辛弃疾

If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased, Just see the over-brimming river flowing east! 《虞美人》 问君能有几多愁，恰似一江春水向东流。 ——— 李煜

Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again Very quietly I take my leave As quietly as I came here; Quietly I wave good-bye To the rosy clouds in the western sky. 轻轻的我走了， 正如我轻轻的来； 我轻轻的招手， 作别西天的云彩。

How long will the bright moon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky. I do not know what time of year, It would be tonight in the palace on high. 水调歌头 明月几时有？把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？ ——— 苏轼

一、速读课文，整体感知 Turn to page 10, skim the text silently and quickly and finish Task 1 and 2 on your paper. Do it by yourself and then exchange your ideas in groups.

How many kinds of poems does the text mention? What are they? five kinds Nursery rhymes List poems HaikuCinquain Tang poems

二、仔细阅读，探究规律 Scan the text carefully and find out the features of different forms of poems and then finish Task 3 on your paper. Do it by yourself and then exchange your ideas in groups.

Forms of poems characteristics Nursery rhymes(A)A List poems (B and C)B Cinquain (D and E)D Haiku (F and G)G Tang poems (H)H Strong _______, a lot of ________, easy to learn and _______. Repeated _______ and some ______while others do not. Made up of __________, convey a _______ picture in just a few words. Made up of __________; Give a ______ picture and create a special feeling in just a few words. A lot of Tang peotry had been _________ into English. The translations have a_________. free form translated rhythmrepetition recite phrases five linesstrong 17 syllablesclear rhyme

三、迁移升华，活学活用 Task1: Guessing game Please try to guess what forms the following poems are.

Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. List poem

Trees green every spring bright orange in autumn bare in winter Haiku

Are you sleeping Are you sleeping, Brother Bear, Brother bear Morning bells are ringing Ding Dang Dong Ding Dand Dong Nursery rhyme

Cinquain

Task2: Group work Please make up a cinquain about your familiar people such as your friends or your classmates or something else. Create your own poem in groups and then choose a speaker to report it.

Innovation is the soul of poetry, which creates unexpected marvels and pleasing things. Summary

Nursery rhyme( 童谣 ) 童谣 [ə:d] [in] [a:s] [əu] [ei] Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papa is going to buy you another today.

List poem ( 清单诗 ) 清单诗 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.

Brother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too mine -----a noun ( 主题 ) adjectives ( 描写 ) verbs with -ing ( 行为 ) words ( 观点 ) ----a word ( 主题 ) Cinquain （五行诗）五行诗

Snow having melted, The whole village is brimful of happy children (by Issa) Haiku ( 俳句诗 ) 俳句诗

Where she awaits her husband, On and on the river flows Never looking back, Transformed into stone. Day by day upon the mountain top, wind and rain revolve. Should the journeyer return, this stone would utter speech. (by Wang Jian) 望夫石 王健 望夫处，江悠悠。 化为石，不回头。 山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。