Warming up and listening Unit4 Designed By Wang Jinghong Huang Yan Middle School A Garden of Poems

A rhyme Good, better, best! Never have it rest! Till good is better, And better, best!

A Limerick People laugh and people cry Some give up some always try Some say hi while some say bye Others may forget you but never I.

A large lady from Corfu, Wished to travel to Peru. But Whether buses or trains Or boarding aeroplanes, There wasn’t a door she’d get through. Limericks 1

2 A teacher from Singapore. Taught at middle school No 4. It didn’t take students long To see something was wrong: The man was as mad as a door!

Where can I find a certain poem? Are poems put together in collections of poetry?

Who wrote them? What’re they about? When were they written In collections of poetry, poems are put together because they belong to the same group. poems sorted by different writers a certain topic a certain period of time

Poems by different writers “A garden of poems” “1001 songs or poems in English”

Poems by a certain topic The topic can be human feelings humour love “Poetry about Nature” … … flowers treesplants The old countryside “ ” The Earth is Painted Green.

Poems by a certain period of time “English Poem of the Early 17th Century” “Poetry Between the World Wars” World War I World War II

Listening 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 again and answer the following questions. 1.What is the dialogue about? 2.What kind of book is A Garden of Poems? 4.How should you read a book such as 1001 Songs and Poems in English? 5.Which topic for poetry does the student like? 3.Which period is meant when we say “between the World Wars”?

Poetry poems songs rhymes limericks

A rhyme Pick an apple, Pick a pear, Pick a banana over there. Let’s work, and let’s play, Picking apples every day!

Why did our ancestors invent poetry? 1. Before the invention of writing, was there any other way but to remember important things? 2.Were rhyme and rhythm very helpful when they are trying to remember things? 3.Why did our ancestors invent poetry? 4.What is the listening text about?

1.In fact, there are a number of quite famous short poems that can help us with things that are difficult to remember. We can learn and remember important dates in history using rhyme. The most famous of these is: in 1492 sailed the oceans blue discovered the Americas “In fourteen-ninety- two, Columbus _______ ____ _______ _______ to remember that it was __ ____ that Columbus ________ ___ ________.

September April June November have 31 February except “30 days has_________, ____, ____ and _________. The rest _____ ___. Fine! __________ 28 ________when 29.” (This rhyme is useful to________ ____ ____ _____ each month __________.) remember how many days has There are also short lines to remember how many days each month has.

We can even learn hard spellings with words from a short poem. The words ‘receive’ sounds like ‘believe’. But the spelling is not the same. Listen to the following short poem, It is very useful to help students learn and remember how to spell some difficult words in English and it always works. I E C ei neighbour Way “ ” before “ ” except after “ ” or when sounding like an [ ] as in “ ” and “ ”

Limericks 3 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 often, she thinks it is 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"

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. Always Have a Dream

永不放弃梦想 忘掉你的失意日子 但不要忘记黄金的时光。 忘掉你的一次次失败， 但不要忘记你夺取的胜利。 忘掉你遭遇的不幸， 但不要忘记你的时来运转。 忘掉你的孤独日子， 但不要忘记你得到的友善的微笑。 忘掉你没有得以顺利实施的计划， 但不要放弃你的梦想。

Homework: Recite some of the poems you’ve learned today and get ready for tomorrow’s lesson. Tomorrow we are going to talk about English poetry. So please preview the Reading part of your textbook!