Unit 4 A Garden Of Poems

William Shakespeare ( ) Write the earliest English poetry Famous for his plays and sonnets

George Gordon Byron ( ) an English Romantic poet.famous for Isles of Greece

John Keats ( ).An English romantic poet.died at a very young age in 1821

William Wordsworth ( ).An English romantic poet.Famous for his nature poems

Poetry poems songs rhymes limericks

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A rhyme /Pick an /apple, /pick a /pear, /Pick a /banana /over /there. /Lets /work, and /lets /play, /Picking /apples /every /day!

In English limerick is like in Chinese. It is a special, funny poem and is written just to make people laugh. Read the two limericks and enjoy them. In English limerick is like in Chinese. It is a special, funny poem and is written just to make people laugh. Read the two limericks and enjoy them.

A large lady from Corfu, Wished to travel to Peru. But Whether buses or trains Or boarding aeroplanes, There wasnt a door shed get through. A teacher from Singapore. Taught at middle school No 4. It didnt take students long To see something was wrong: The man was as mad as a door! rhyme: pattern: a a b b a

Pre-Listening Some suggestions on choosing( ) a poem. Start with books that are collection of poems( ). Go through the books to find what you like. You can choose according to the topic (humour love or nature) or a certain period of time (Early Seventeenth Century or Poetry between the World wars)

Listening 1.Listen to the tape and tick the words that are used by the woman working in the library poem collection the World Wars The countryside The moon the sea nature animals gardens paintings

2.Listen to the tape and answer the two questions. What kind of book is A Garden of Poems? Which topic for poetry does the student like? It is a collection of poems. He likes reading about nature.

Example : A:What kind of poems do you like to read? B: I am interested to read some Romantic poetry about love and friendship. A: Why are you interested in that kind of poetry? B: Because I think it is close to our life. A:I see.What kind of poems do you not like to read? B: I dont want to read English poetry about death and war, because I think it is too sad.

1.Make up a dialogue to express what you want to say about poetry. 2. Preview and underline useful words and phrases in the reading passage. 3. Finish the exercise book(38minutes) P38. Homework

Big big world /Im a/ big /big /girl, /In a /big /big /world. /Its not a /big /big /thing. /If you /leave /me, /But I /do /do /feel /That I /do /do /will /miss /you /much, /miss /you /much.

Useful expressions Im interested to…but… I think I might want to… I want to… Id like to… Ive never heard of…so… Ive never read any…so… I think it will be too difficult to… I think it will be boring… Im very interested in… so … Im not very interested in…so… I hope to find… I dont know much about...

1001 Songs and poems in English Poetry between the World Wars A garden of poems The earth is painted green English poems of the early seventeenth century 3.Listen to the tape, and sort the books by names, period of time and topic{ Match } Poems sorted by names Poems sorted by topic Poems sorted by period of time

Big Big World Im a big big girl, In a big big world. Its not a big big thing. If you leave me, But I do do feel That I do do will miss you much, miss you much. * I can see the first leaves falling. Its all so yellow and nice; Its so very cold outside Like the way Im feeling inside. * Outside its now raining, And tears are falling from my eyes. Why did it have to happen? Why did it have to end? * I have your arms around me, Wooh like fire. But when I open my eyes, Youre gone!

2.listen to the following sentences from the dialogue between the librarian and the student,write down the missing words 1. I want to read some _______. poems 2. There are different ways to _______a poem. choose 3. Youd better start with books that are _________of poems. collections 4.What most people do is to _________ them. go through 5. Some books _____together the work of writers. bring 6. There is also poetry about ______. nature 7. Itll be easier if you choose something________. modern

III.Speaking : Talk about something poetry Poems Topics love friendship peace Nature countryside Poets Li Bai Du fu Byron Donne Keats Feelings sadness happiness loneliness humour Romantic Classical Modern Example : A:what kind of topic of poems do you like? B:I like some … A:What poets are you interested in? B:Im fond of … A:What poems do you like best? B:I love… A:Why do you like it? B: Because… …