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A Teaching Plan of NSEFC BOOK 6 Unit2 Poems
Reading-A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS
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Ⅰ. Reading type: Intensive reading
Ⅱ.Teaching material analysis: It’s a passage which is about five forms of English 　poems.
Ⅲ. Teaching aims:
1) Knowledge aims:

a) To learn and understand “rhythm” and “rhyme”.
b) To learn about the characteristics of different forms of poems mentioned in the reading passage.
2) Ability aims:
a) To guide the students to grasp the skills of reading. (skimming for main idea, detailed-reading for important information, etc.)
b) To enable the students to appreciate English poems.
3) Emotion aims:
a) To cultivate the students’ Literature –awareness, especially to activate the students’ interest in poems.
b) To cultivate the students’ ability of self-exploration and cooperation
IV. Teaching emphasis and difficulties:
1) Teaching emphasis:
a).Let students have a good understanding of the poems.
b).Get students to master the characteristics of forms of poems mentioned.
c).Arouse the students’ interest in appreciating English poems.
2) Teaching difficulties:
How to practice some reading skills.
V. Teaching Procedures:
Step One Lead- in
Watch a video and listen to a nursery rhyme “Twinkle, twinkle, little star.”
Read the poem and discuss the function(功能) of the marked words:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Note The step is designed to cheer up the students and lead in the new reading.
Step Two: Pre- reading
Look at the title , please predict what the text will mainly talk about.
A. ways of writing poems
B. forms of English poems
C. famous English poems
Note: The question above is designed to arouse the students’ interest in the topic so as to get them prepared for the next step.

Step Three: Skimming
The reading passage discusses ______ forms of poems. What are they?

1. _____

2.________
5.________
____ forms of poems
4.________

3. _______

Note: This step aims to guide students to grasp the main idea of a passage as quickly as possible.
Step Four: Detailed-reading
Read and appreciate the poems.
Read the passage, especially poems carefully and finish the following tasks.
Form One:
Poem A: Listen to poem A and answer the following questions
1. What’s poem A about?
Poem A is a _________ ________that conveys a father’s _______for his baby.
2. Find the words that rhyme（押韵）:
word sing brass broke away

mockingbird __________ _________ __________ __________
3. Features(特点) of nursery rhymes
Form (A)
Features
1. nursery rhymes
They __________ and have strong .
Have a lot of ___________.

Form Two: List poems
Poem B and Poem C: Read poems B & C and answer the following questions.
1. Poems B and C belong to and they _______ things.
2. How many excuses（理由）are there in poem C for their failure? _______.
3. Complete the last sentence “If we’d been better!
__________________________________ .
4. What does this sentence mean?
__
5. Features(特点) of list poems
Form(B & C)
Features
2. List poems
List poems have a _______ line length and ________ phrases.
Some list poems rhyme like poem _____ while others do not rhyme like poem ______.
Form Three: Cinquain.
Poem D& E: Read poems D& E and answer the following questions.
1. What subject is the author writing about?
Poem D:_________ Poem E:________
2. Do the authors like or dislike the subjects? Give the words to support your idea.
Poem D: The author _________ his brother.
The supporting words _______________________
Poem E: The author _________ summer.
The supporting words _______________________________________.
3. The purpose of writing the poems is to _________ a person and a season.
4. Features(特点) of cinquain.
( Five lines )
Brother (a word to give a _____ for the subject)
Beautiful ,athletic (______ ______ to describe the subject）
Teasing, shouting ,laughing (_____ _____ forms to describe actions)
Friend and enemy too (_____ _____ to express opinions or feelings)
Mine (a word to give another name for the ______).
Form Four:
Poem F& G : Features(特点) of Haiku
1. Have Ss count the number of syllables .
A fallen blossom Line1: 5 syllables.
is coming back to the branch.Line2: _____ syllables.｛____syllables in total｝.
look, a butterfly! Line3: _____ syllables.
2. When you read the poems you can get a clear ___________ in your mind.
Form Five: Tang poems.
Poem H : Read poem H and finish the following questions:
1. Translate the poem into Chinese.
2. Let Ss discuss two questions in pairs .
⑴ Choose the words to show the woman’s feelings
loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrow
⑵ Could you tell us the woman’s story in your own words according to the information?
when where
who why
what result
3. The purpose of writing this poem is to ___________
Note: These detailed - reading steps are designed to improve the students’ intensive reading ability and the ability of their information acquisition.
Step Five: Enjoy poems
What forms are the following poems?
I II III
Life is beauty, admire it. Trees Are you sleeping
Life is bliss, taste it. green every spring Are you sleeping
Life is a dream, realize it. bright orange in autumn Are you sleeping
Life is a challenge, meet it. bare in winter Brother Bear, Brother bear
Life is a duty complete it. Morning bells are ringing
Life is a game, play it. Morning bells are ringing
Life is a promise, fulfill it. Ding Dang Dong
Life is sorrow, overcome it. Ding Dang Dong
( ) ( ) ( )
Note: This step is designed to consolidate and test what the students have learned by appreciating beautiful poems and arouse the students’ interest and enthusiasm in poems.]
Step Six: Summary.
Have a brief summary using the FREEMIND(思维导图).
Step Seven: Group work
Topic One: Discussion:
Why do people write poems?
To tell a story
……
Topic Two: Writing
Write a poem about your friends, your teachers or your parents according to the example or using any form you like.
You (a word to name subject of the poem)
Lovely, friendly (two adjs to describe the subject）
Thinking, discussing ,answering (three v–ing forms to describe actions)
Students and friends too (four words to express opinions or feelings)
Mine (A word to give another name for the subject).
Note：In this step, the students should learn to express their ideas clearly.
Step Eight: Assessment
What have you learned today ?
Prediction 课前预习（10 points）
Reading skills 阅读技巧 (20 points)
Cooperation合作学习 （30 points )
Presentation 展示自我 （20 points）
Helping others 帮助他人 (20 points)
100
points

Step Nine: Assignment
1. Try to surf the internet to admire more English poems.
2. Try to write more English poems.
Note：This assignment is designed to consolidate what the students have learned and improve their writing ability.
Thank you for your attending! Good – bye!
【教师寄语】：If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
冬天来了，春天还会远吗？ (西风颂)

Book 6 Unit 2 Poems

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