Book6 Unit2 Poems教案1

Unit 2-- Poems

Teaching Aims

1. Master the words and learn how to talk about poems. 2. Can write some short poems. 3. Master the subjunctive mood. Important points 1. Talk about poems. 2. Write poems. Difficult points

1. The grammar, subjunctive mood.

2. Describe the meaning of the poems in this unit. Teaching methods

1. Multi-media teaching. 2. Writing on the blackboard.

3. Class activities: discussion in pairs and in class. Teaching procedures

Period One

[Warming up] Step one

Speaking practice: 1. Lead in

Can you remember any poems you learned when you were a child?

Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English?

Can you recite any?

2. Look at the pictures and read the Tang poems on screen, and then translate them into Chinese.

3. Ask and answer

Ask students to do the activity in pairs, and then call back the answers in class. Finally ask students to look at the samples on screen. Step two

Review and learn

Learn some knowledge about poems according to the screen. Appreciate some English poems, and English songs. 1. Read the poems, pay attention to the rhyme and rhythm. 2. Ask and answer the questions according to the screen. Step three

Reading practice:

Learn some words about poems.

Learn to understand the poems both in English and Chinese.

1

英语辅导报高中英语教学资源库

Look at the screen and learn to appreciate the poem Goodbye Again, Cambridge by Xu Zhimo in English and Chinese. Step four Sum up

In today’s class, we learned how to appreciate the poems. Hope the poems can bring passion to our life. Homework

1. Recite two of the poems we learned today. You can choose ones you like. 2. Surf the internet to get more English poems. 3. Prepare the reading.

Period Two & Three

[Reading and Learning about language] Step one

Review & Speaking practice Lead in

Ask questions and review the poems Goodbye Again, Cambridge! Match the poems with the authors. Step two Pre-reading 1. Work in pairs

Ask students to look at the questions before reading the text. ☺1. What is main topic of the reading passage?

☺2. How many kinds of poem does the reading passage talk about? ☺3. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about? 2. Fast reading

Go through the reading passage quickly, and then discuss with your partner, tick the correct box or boxes for each question. 3. Finish the exercise 2

Look at the screen, and choose the correct answers, then check the answers. Step three

Intensive reading 1. Finish the answer

Answer the questions according to the text. ☺1. What is main topic of the reading passage?

☺2. How many kinds of poem does the reading passage talk about? ☺3. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about? Some simple forms of English poems. Five kinds of English poems.

Nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku and Tang poems. Look at the screen and answer the questions according to the text. Then, learn more knowledge about poem. 2. Reading

2

英语辅导报高中英语教学资源库

Let’s read the poems one by one again and learn the poems carefully. 3. Discussion

Look at the screen and discuss with partners and discuss in class. 4. Ask students to look the sample answers on screen. Step four Post reading

1. Read the sentences and choose true or false. 2. Look at the screen and fill in the blanks. 3. Summary the five kinds poems in the unit. Step five

Learning about language

1. Read and recite the words about poems 2. Learn the words and phrases in the passage. Step six

Review the subjunctive mood 1. Practice the sentences.

☺1. If I had worked harder at school, I’d have got a better job.

☺2. If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed it. ☺3. …

Prepare other situations of subjunctive mood. Step seven Sum up

In today’s class, we learned and analyzed the poems in the unit. From now on, we should learn to write some poems so that our life will be much happier. Homework

1. Review the content of the reading passage.

2. Recite, at least, four of the eight poems in reading text.

3. Further study: Search and look through some websites about famous English poems.

Period Four

[Grammar: Subjunctive mood (2)] Step one Presentation 1. Lead in

Today we will continue to discuss the subjunctive mood (2). Read the poems in the Reading section, and fined out the poem which contains the sentences of the subjunctive mood.

2. Review the subjunctive mood we learned. Look at the chart on screen. Step two Reading

Read the poems in the unit, and find out the poem.

3

英语辅导报高中英语教学资源库

Our First Football match We would have won…

if Jack had just 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 stayed up so late the night before, if we hadn’t taken it easy, if we hadn’t run out of energy, We would have won… if we’d been better! Step three

Learning and discussion

1. Discuss the other situations of the subjunctive mood according to the screen. 2. Ask questions according to the sentences on screen. Step four Practice

Look at the screen and choose the best answer. 1. Work in pairs, and choose the best answer. 2. Fill in the blanks.

3. Check the answer in class. Step five Homework

1. Review the grammar.

2. Finish the Ex 2, 3 and 4 on Page 13.

3. Make sentences using ‘if only…; as if…; I wish…; I would rather…; It’s time that...

Period five

[Using language] Step one

Review and question 1. Lead in

We have learned some English poems and other poems from different countries. In this part, we’ll learn another poem, I’ve Saved the Summer. 2. Read the questions on the book.

☺1. Do you think the speaker in the poem is more likely to be a girlfriend /boyfriend or parent?

☺2. Does the poem have a rhythmic pattern? ☺3. Does the poem have rhyming words?

☺4. When you were listening to the poem, did it make you feel something or

4

英语辅导报高中英语教学资源库

think about something? What did it make you feel or think about? Step two Pre-reading

1. Read the poem while think over the answers to the exercise 1 in pre-reading. ☺I think the speaker is more likely a parent. ☺Yes, it does. ☺Yes, it does.

☺(Students may have seen certain images, felt certain emotions or had certain thoughts.) For example:

The poem shows that the speaker’s love to his/her son or daughter.

I think of my parents while reading the poem. They love me very much, too, just like the love of the speaker to his or her child. 2. Read the poem, and think over the questions.

☺1 Circle the words that rhyme. What is unusual about the rhyming words in the last four lines?

☺2 Listen to the poem again and clap the strong beats. Step three Reading

1. Read the poem again, and finish the answers.

☺The rhyming words in the last four lines are unusual, because they are the same word (although they each have a different meanings).

You / new; need/ feed; nineteen/ mean; way/day; own/ own ☺The second one is on the screen.

2. Look at the pictures and introduce the poet, Rod Mckuen.

Rod Mckuen is an American poem, singer, songwriter and musician. And ‘I’ve saved the summer’ is his last work. Step four

Reading and the translation 1. Analyze and translate the poem. 2. Discuss the question 4:

☺When you were listening to the poem, did it make you feel something or think about something? What did it make you feel or think about? Look at the sample answer on screen. Step five

Language points

1. Learn the language points in this part. 2. Ask question when learning this part.

3. Discuss and the exercises on the workbook. Homework

1. Surf on net to get more information on the five kinds of poems. 2. Introduce to your partner your job. 3. Finish the exercises on work book.

Period Six

5

英语辅导报高中英语教学资源库

[Listening, Speaking and Writing] Step one Leading in 1. Pre-listening

Before listening, think about what might inspire you to write poetry. Compare your ideas with your partner’s. 2. Opening discussion Step two Listening

The listening is a conversation between a teacher and three of her students about a poetry competition.

1. Look at the screen and ask questions.

2. How do they become inspired to write poetry when they are going to write their poems?

3. Ask questions:

☺1 Who has written a poem already and is ready to the competition? ☺2 Who is not going to enter a poem for the competition this year? ☺3 Who plan to write at the weekend?

☺4 When is the deadline for the competition? Practice

1. Choose the best answer. 2. Choose true or false. 3. Fill in the blanks.

4. Do the exercise on workbook. Step three Speaking

1. Talking about plans and intentions. 2. Give the topics.

Imagine that your class has to enter poems in a competition next week. ➢ How are you going to become inspired to write your poem? ➢ I’m not going to… ➢ Are you going to … ➢ I’ m going to … ➢ I will …

➢ I am looking forward to … Step four Writing

Revise the grammar and read the poems we learned again. 1. Give writing tips. 2. Give three examples:

☺Write a list poem starting with If I… like poem C on page 10. Write one line each. It doesn’t have to rhyme.

6

英语辅导报高中英语教学资源库

If I were the ruler of the world, I would … If I had a million dollars, I would …

If I had taken your advice, I would have / wouldn’t have … If I played in the NBA … If I were a teacher for a day…

☺ Write a poem that starts with I feel happy when … The lines do not have to rhyme. I feel happy when… The sky is blue,

You smile at me with your sparking black eyes, It’s my birthday.

☺Write a poem that starts each line with Slowly …, and make each pair of lines rhyme.

Slowly the moon climbs in the sky,

Slowly the black-tailed bird lets out a cry, Slowly the dog crosses the road, Slowly the old man carries his load.

Step five Summary

In this unit, we learned some knowledge about poems, and learned five kinds of poems from different countries in English and Chinese. And we also learned how to use the subjunctive mood. Homework

1. Finish the exercises in this unit on your workbook.

2. Write some short poems: the list poem starting with If I… ; the poem with I feel happy when … ; the poem that starts each line with Slowly …;

7