Unit 2 Reading POEMS 学案

Unit 2 Enjoy the Poems 学案

A poem is a text that has _______ and ________, a certain form with a fixed number of lines and a fixed rhyme pattern.

Task One

Quiz in Chinese poems. Let’s play a game !

Can you recite the Chinese poems according to their English translation? 1. In the quiet night

So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed--- Could there have been a frost already?

Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home.

2. If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased, Just see the over-brimming river flowing east!

3. Say Goodbye to Cambridge Again Very quietly I take my leave As quietly as I came here; Quietly I wave good-bye

To the rosy clouds in the western sky.

Task Two Reading

Read para 2 quickly and get the main idea.

________________________________________________________ Detailed-reading 1. Nursery rhymes

Listen to Para 2 and find out the characteristics of nursery rhymes.

_____________________________________________________________________ Underline the pair of rhyming words. Nursery rhyme(童谣)

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 is going to buy you another today. 2. List poems

Read the Para 3 together and answer the following question. What are list poems like?

_____________________________________________________________________ Read poem B & C and find out how many repeated phrases ? _______________________________ 3. Cinquain (五行诗) (poem D and E)

Brother _______________________________

Beautiful, athletic _______________________________ Teasing, shouting, laughing _______________________________ Friend and enemy too ________________________________ Mine ________________________________

Summer

Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out Endless

Does the speaker like the topic?

_____________________________________________________________________

4. Haiku (俳句诗 )

Poem F&G Read the poem F and count the syllables.

A fallen blossom Snow having melted,

is coming back to the branch. The whole village is brimful look, a butterfly! of happy children

5. Poem H: Tang Poem

Read this poem and answer the following questions. 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) 1. What’s the title ?

A.蝶恋花 B.竹枝词 C.望夫石 D.一剪梅

Task Three

Summary

Characteristics Form They have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition. ________________

They are made up of 17 syllables, and give a

picture and a special feeling. _________________

They repeated phrases and some rhyme, and

easy to write. __________________

They are made up of 5 lines, and convey a

strong picture, and easy to write. ___________________

Their translations have a free form. ____________________

Read the following poems and tell what kind of poems they are. 1. A SPRING MORNING

I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds

But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many blossoms were broken. 2. Tree 3

Green branches First autumn morning; Growing, living, reaching The mirror I stare into Your shade protects me Shows my father’s face Peace 4

Hungrily the cat consumes the fish Hungrily I close my eyes and make a wish Hungrily the boys runs to the road’s end Hungrily the driver takes the next bend Hungrily the young man loves life at sea Hungrily the beautiful girl looks at me Hungrily the seal dives down into the deep Hungrily I fall into bed and sleep 5

London Bridge’s falling down, falling down, falling down ; London Bridge’s falling down, my fair lady .

Task Four

Discussion :

Which poem do you like best? Can you write a simple poem?

Brother _______________________________

Beautiful, athletic _______________________________ Teasing, shouting, laughing _______________________________ Friend and enemy too ________________________________ Mine ________________________________

Task Five Homework

1. Review the text carefully and retell it.

2. Find out the important and difficult words and expressions. 3. Write a list poem using subjunctive Mood.

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