1. Reading
A Few Simple Forms
of English Poems

3. Do you know these words? poem ['pəuim] n.诗 poet ['pəuit] n.诗人
poetry ['pəuitri] n.（总称）诗，诗歌，诗意
rhyme ['raim] n.韵，韵脚，押韵
v.（使）押韵
rhythm ['riðəm] n.节奏，韵律，节拍

4. Why do people write poems?
There are many reasons why people write poems. In small groups make a list of these reasons.
People write poems
to tell a story
to express feelings
to make others laugh

5. to tell the life or friendship
to delight the kids
to tell stories
to describe the seasons or scenes
for entertainment
as the lyric of a song

6. Step II Pre-reading
Appreciation:
Enjoy some poems

7. Appreciation 静 夜 思 疑 是 地 上 霜 。举 头 望 明 月 ，低 头 思 故 乡 。 A Tranquil Night
Abed, I see a silver light,
I wonder if it's frost aground.
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned.
静 夜 思 
- 李 白
床 前 明 月 光 ，
疑 是 地 上 霜 。举 头 望 明 月 ，低 头 思 故 乡 。　

8. Appreciation 寻寻觅觅, 冷冷清清, 凄凄惨惨戚戚。 <<声声慢 >>
I seek but seek in vain,
I search and search again;
I feel so sad , so drear,
so lonely, without cheer.
寻寻觅觅,
冷冷清清,
凄凄惨惨戚戚。
李清照
<<声声慢 >>

9. Ode to the west wind - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Appreciation
Ode to the west wind Percy Bysshe Shelley
If winter comes,
can spring be far behind?
冬天来了,
春天还会远吗?
-雪莱<<西风颂>>

10. Listen to a poem in the form of song

11. Can you tell the rhymes of the poem?
Twinkle, twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. When the blazing sun is gone, When the nothing shines up on. Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle all the night.

12. Step III While-reading
Listen to Poem A

13. Poem A 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’s going to buy you another today.

14. What is the poem A about?
Poem A is a nursery rhyme that illustrates(说明) a father’s love for his boy.

15. Nursery rhymes(童谣)
Nursery rhymes are the first poems that children will hear. They are often sung. Children love to move and dance to nursery rhymes and songs because they have strong regular rhythms. They enjoy the rhymes and the way the nursery rhyme plays with sounds.

16. the features of this poem
Nursery rhyme:
a common type of children’s poetry
having strong rhythm and rhyme
having a lot of repetition

17. 3. Careful reading:
Read Poem B & C and answer the following questions

18. Poem B & C I saw a fish-pond all on fire Our first football match
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.
Our first football match
We would have won…
If Jack had scored that goal,
If we’d had just a few more minutes,
if we had trained harder,
if Ben had passed the ball to Joe,
If we’d had thousands of fans screaming,
If I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball,
If we hadn’t stay up so late the night before,
If we hadn’t take it easy,
if we hadn’t run out of our energy,
If we’d been better!

19. Poem C
How many excuses did the players make to explain why they failed?
Six B. Seven
C. Eight D. Nine

20. What is the poem B about? What is the poem C about?
Poem B is an amusing nonsense poem which describes images of some ridiculous things
What is the poem C about?
Poem C is about losing a football match and the writer lists a lots of excuses for their failure

21. List poems(清单诗)
A list poem is a list of things. It can have as many lines as the writer likes. Sometimes they have repetition in them and sometimes they have words that rhyme. When a list poem has rhyming words, it also has a regular rhythm.

22. List poems: the features of the two poems a list of things
Can have as many lines as the writer likes
Not always have rhyming words

23. Teasing, shouting, laughing Drying, drooping, dreading
Cinquain
Poem D
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine
Poem E
Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out
Endless

24. Read Poem D & E Poem D: Poem E:
What subject is the speaker writing about?
Poem D:
Brother,a description of a lovely brother
Poem E:
Summer,a description of hot and boring summer

25. Cinquain poems(五行诗)
A cinquain is made up of five lines and has the following structure:
Line 1: a noun that names the subject of the poem
Line 2: two adjectives that describe the subject
Line 3: three verbs ending with –ing that describe the subject’s actions
Line 4: four words that give the writer’s opinions or feelings about the subject
Line 5: a word that gives another name for the subject

26. the features of the two poems
Cinquain poems (five lines)
Brother a noun
Beautiful, athletic adjectives
Teasing, shouting , laughing verbs
Friend and enemy too words
mine a word

27. Haiku poems Poem F Is coming back to the branch. Look, a butterfly!
A fallen blossom
Is coming back to the branch.
Look, a butterfly!
Poem G
Show having melted,
The whole village is brimful
Of happy children.

28. What is the poem F about? What is the poem G about?
Poem F describes how a butterfly rests on a tree.
What is the poem G about?
Poem G describes that the weather is warmer and the village is full of happy children

29. Haiku poems(俳句诗)
The haiku is a centuries-old form of Japanese poetry. It is made up 17 syllables and has the following structure:
Line 1: 5 syllables Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
A haiku poem comes from Japan.Though it is non traditional English poetry, the English people are popular with it.

30. the features of Poem F & G
Haiku poems (17 syllables, imagery)
A fallen blossom syllables
Is coming back to the branch syllables
Look, a butterfly syllables

31. Enjoy poems
Discuss Poem H in pairs

32. Poem H A.蝶恋花 B.竹枝词 C.望夫石 D.一剪梅 1.What’s the title ?
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
A.蝶恋花
B.竹枝词
C.望夫石
D.一剪梅

33. 望夫石 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．
Poem H is a translation of a Tang poem, which describes a woman who waited for her beloved husband to come back from a journey.

34. How many feelings of the woman can we learn from Poem H ?
A. loneliness B. joy C. love
D. trust E. anger F. hate
G. sorrow

35. 1. A woman’s husband has gone away
1. A woman’s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. She waits and waits, never moving from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.

36. 2. The woman has the feelings of:
Loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.
Love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain.
Trust: she believed her husband would come back one day.

37. Sorrow: year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad.

38. Step IV Post-reading 1. What is the main topic of the reading passage?
Some simple forms of English poems.

39. 2. How many
kinds of poems are mentioned
in the text?
What are they?

40. Tang poems Haiku 俳句诗 Five kinds of poems Nursery rhymes Cinquain 唐诗童谣
Cinquain
五行诗
List poems
清单诗

41. 3. Which two poems have a strong rhythm
3. Which two poems have a strong rhythm? Which two poems have rhyming lines?
poem A and B

42. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.
Forms of Poems
Characteristics
_________
Have strong _________
__________
Have a lot of repetition
Easy to learn and to
_______
rhythm and rhyme
Nursery
rhymes
recite

43. _________
Easy to write
Repeat _______ and
some rhyme while other do
not
Cinquain
Made up of ________
Conveys a _________
picture in just a few words
phrases
List poems
five lines
strong

44. Haiku
A Japanese form of poetry
Made up of ___________
Easy to write
Gives a _____ picture
Creates a special feeling in just
a few words
Tang Poems
The ___________ have a free form.
17 syllables
clear
translations

45. 3. Can you write a simple English poem?Please try it.
Step V Homework
1. Which kind of poems do you like best?
2. Why is it your favorite?
3. Can you write a simple English poem?Please try it.

46. Thank you!