1. Unit 18 Lesson 3 Poetry

2. Objectives Get the main ideas and tones of two poems.
Learn to appreciate (欣赏) the poems by their language.
(Audio beauty and Visual beauty)

3. Key words
高兴的，快乐的
cheerful
Christian
elegant
endless
freezing
基督教的
优雅的
无止境的,没完没了的
冰冻的

4. Key words 和平的，安宁的 peaceful precious 珍贵的 romantic scenic sentimental
vivid
珍贵的
浪漫的
风景优美的
多愁善感的
生动的

5. Choose words from Exercise 2.
1.Paris is a very ________ city.
romantic

6. 2.He always smiles, that is to say, he is _______ even though he is in trouble.
cheerful

7. 3.Australia is a _____ country.
scenic

8. 4.He gave us a (生动的) ____ description of what happened in the office on that day.
vivid

9. 5.Maggie Zhang is such an _______ lady that she enjoys a high reputation.
elegant

10. 6.The road looks so ______.
endless

11. peaceful, sentimental
Christian, cheerful

12. Pre-reading
Li Bai ( A.D.), a famous Chinese poet in Tang Dynasty, whose poems express enlightened thinking(启蒙思想), attack dignitary(权贵) in his time with intense patriotism(爱国主义), and the style of which is bold(大胆的) and unconstrained(不受拘束).

13. 1882美国诗人Dr. Clement Clarke Moore第一次把Santa Clause（圣诞老人）描写出亲切可爱的形象：
面颊像玫瑰，鼻子似樱桃，常常欢乐笑靥，两鳃长满白胡子，每逢圣诞前便会驾着驯鹿雪橇来到村镇里，从民居烟囟爬下，送礼物给乖孩子。

14. First reading
Get the main idea and the tone of two poems (multiple choices).
(Reading strategy →Just try to get the general idea and don’t worry about some new words. Pay attention to the title.)

15. 1. What is poem A about?
A.It conveys the poet’s affection for a peaceful night.
B.It describes the poet’s love of winter and nature.
C.It conveys the poet’s sadness at being far from his home and family.
2. What is poem B about?
A.It’s about the exciting time at Christmas when everyone opens their presents.
B.It’s about the night before Christmas when Santa visits each house.
C.It’s about a family getting ready for bed at Christmas time.

16. 3. The tone of the two poems
A. Both poems are sad and sentimental (感伤的).
B. Unlike Poem A, which has a cheerful lively tone, Poem B is sad and sentimental.
C. Poem A is sad and sentimental while Poem B has a cheerful lively tone.

17. Second reading A Tranquil Night Subject Actions Feelings __________ I
Finish two tables to understand the two poems better.
Poem A
A Tranquil Night
Subject
Actions
Feelings
__________ I
(LiBai)
Eyes _______,
I _____ the moon so bright;
raised in
homesickness
Drowned ____
____________
see
Head _____
bent

18. The Night Before Christmas
Poem B
The Night Before Christmas
Subjects
Actions
Feelings
children
parents
Santa
Clause
vague dreams of
_________________
sleeping
were ________
presents danced in their heads
wearing
________ a scarf and a cap, had just _______ themselves
settled
His oval eyes_______;
his face looked so_____;
his cute little mouth turned up__________;
and shouted “______
__________________”
shined
came down
__________ in a single
bound
____ straight to work
____ all the stockings
____ with a jerk
merry
went
like a bow
filled
Merry
Christmas to all
turned

19. Poetry reading strategies --- how to appreciate beauty of a poem
Third reading
Poetry reading strategies how to appreciate beauty of a poem
audio beauty
by rhymes
visual beauty
by images

20. Audio beauty by rhymes Poem A: Before my bed a frost of light,
Is it hoarfrost upon the ground?
Eyes raised, I see the moon so bright,
Head bent, in homesickness, I am drowned.
Rhyming structure:________
abab

21. Ss try to find the rhymes in poem B
house
mouse
care
1-3 _________ & ________; _________& __________; __________& __________
4-6 _________ & ________; _________& __________; __________& __________
7-9 _________ & ________; _________& __________; __________& __________
10-12 _________ & ________; _________& __________; __________& __________
Rhyming structure: _______________
there
beds
heads
cap
nap
roof
hoof
around
bound
merry
cherry
bow
snow
work
jerk
nose
rose
whistle
thistle
sight
night
abcb

22. Visual beauty by images
Think about three questions:
What is an image?
________________________________________
(2) Why do poets use images?
(3) How is it made?
An image is a picture in the reader’s mind
aroused by the words in the poem.
An image is able to create visual beauty and while doing so express the poet’s feelings.
An image is made by means of descriptions.

23. Examples in poem A I see the moon so bright.
It’s night time and there is a full moon.
I’m really sad and miss my home.
I see the moon so bright.
Head bent, in homesickness I am drowned.

24. Ss try to find key images in poem B.
Nothing was moving, not even a mouse.
Everything was quiet.
The children were excited about getting presents.
He was hard-working and didn’t want to waste any time.
He flew away quickly and was gone.
While vague dreams of presents danced in their heads.
He didn’t speak a word and went straight to work.
And away he flew like the seeds of a thistle.

25. Practice: Ss try to create their own images.
beautiful
as beautiful as a rose
white
as white as __________________
greedy
as greedy as _________________
hard
as hard as __________________
light
as light as __________________
busy
as busy as __________________
quiet
as quiet as __________________
strong
as strong as _________________
snow
a wolf
a rock
a feather
bees
a mouse
a lion

26. III. Post-reading: Ss do a quiz.
Rhymes
____________ can create audio beauty, and _____________ can create visual beauty.
The tone of poem A is ____________________.The tone of poem B is __________________.
In poem A, the poem felt sad because _________________________________.
images
sad and sentimental
cheerful and lively
he was homesick

27. 4. In poem B, there are some sentences in which the word order is quite different, such as “Down came stout Santa in a single bound.” = “Stout Santa came down in a single bound.” Can you find more?
(1)________________________________
= ________________________________
(2)________________________________
= _________________________________
The purpose:
___________________________________
And up the chimney he rose
And he rose up the chimney
And away he flew
And he flew away
Inversion (倒装)，起强调作用。

28. IV. Extension 春晓 春眠不觉晓， 处处闻啼鸟。 夜来风雨声， 花落知多少。 A Spring Morning
This spring morning in bed I’m lying,
Not to awake till birds are crying.
After one night of wind and showers,
How many are the fallen flowers.
Task 1: translate this poem.
—————
___________________ 春晓
春眠不觉晓，
处处闻啼鸟。
夜来风雨声，
花落知多少。

29. Task 2: Work out the rhyme of this poem. _________ & _________;
___________ & ___________.
Rhyming structure: ________________
Task 3: The tone of this poem is ____________________.
lying
crying
showers
flowers
aabb
lively and cheerful
全诗以清新活泼、明朗畅晓的语言来描写春天的秀丽景色，抒发诗人内心萌发的深厚春意，墨淡而意浓，景美而情切，并且给人留下鸟啼无意，而落花有情的不尽韵味。

30. Task 4: the images in this poem
In a spring morning I _________________
but I wake up because _________________.
I find that yesterday, there were ________
and ________ all night, and I wonder how
many _________ are on the ground.
Task 5: Find out the sentence in which word order is different. __________________________________
= __________________________________
am lying in bed
birds are crying
wind
showers
flowers
This spring morning in bed I’m lying.
This spring morning I’m lying in bed.

31. V. Homework
1. Work out the similar and different things between the two poems.
2. Choose one Chinese poem that you like and translate it into English.
(Try to use the rhymes and images.)

32. Thank you !